What Else Friday Funday with Jack and Paul Programming note: We will be dark beginning Monday, December 22, and will return on Monday, January 5, 2026, with our coverage of the Critics Choice Awards. In between, daily chats at The Squawk will be open for holiday hangs. Off to the liminal space! To wrap up LG’s 2025 By Sarah • Dec 19, 2025 04:00 pm
What Else Jack Black is theme dressing too Not exactly the celebrity who’d come to mind first if you’re thinking about the stars theme dressing for appearances during a movie press tour but it does make sense that Jack Black would do it, because he’s never been against a stunt, and there’s not that By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 04:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nu-Anaconda I have been curious about the Anaconda reboot since it was announced last year. I don’t think all IP is created equal, and I’m not sure what the nostalgia really is for a movie known for being so bad the franchise eventually turned into Syfy Channel dreck. But By Sarah • Sep 18, 2025 12:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Paul Rudd and Jack Black sign up for slithering Today in Let The Past Die news, Paul Rudd and Jack Black are in talks to star in a remake of the 1997 film Anaconda which was Owen Wilson’s first big Hollywood role, and Jennifer Lopez’s follow up to Selena (look, it can take time for a movie By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 01:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Borderlands our new Fifth Element? The quest to permanently dispel the video game curse—and maybe overtake the superhero movie as the dominant popcorn entertainment genre—continues with Borderlands, Eli Roth’s take on the popular game series that debuted in 2009. The first trailer dropped and it’s sort of a wild mess, but By Sarah • Feb 21, 2024 02:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pratt(’s voice) in The Super Mario Bros. Movie Super Mario Bros., the 1993 live-action adaptation of the popular Nintendo video game series of the same name, is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made. Thirty years later, Hollywood and Nintendo are back with another attempt to capture that Mario magic and translate it to the By Sarah • Apr 06, 2023 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pratt’s Mario voice New York Comic Con is happening right now, which isn’t quite the bonanza of stuff that San Diego Comic Con is, but it’s close. One of the new things coming out of NYCC is the first trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, coming in April 2023. It By Sarah • Oct 07, 2022 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The players return in Jumanji: The Next Level Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was a surprise hit in 2017, a sequel/soft reboot that actually manages to add to the lore of the original movie, such as changing the Jumanji game from a board game to a video game, while also standing on its own. Jumanji: The Next By Sarah • Dec 13, 2019 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle The lasting impression of the comedy Central Intelligence is that Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson are a terrific screen duo. They must have known that, too, because just eighteen months later, they’ve reunited for the Jumanji sequel/reboot, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. They wasted no time in finding By Sarah • Dec 22, 2017 10:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock tries again Baywatch sh*t the bed last month, but before that, F8 of the Furious was a monster hit. So it’s been a rollercoaster year for Dwayne Johnson, and it’s not over yet. The first trailer for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was released yesterday, priming the pump for By Sarah • Jun 30, 2017 11:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina Jolie and Jack Black in Kung Fu Panda 3 I’m inclined to go easy on Kung Fu Panda 3 because Norm of the North is so f*cking bad, and indeed, it is better than that garbage movie. But despite some pretty flashy animation, Kung Fu Panda 3 is not especially good. It’s basically Kung Fu Panda, By Sarah • Feb 01, 2016 12:21 pm
Kate Hudson Kate Hudson, the presenter Kate Hudson was at the People’s Choice Awards last night as a presenter. She’s been presenting a lot the last few months, non? She is The Presenter. She’ll be presenting at the Golden Globes on Sunday too. She’s always at the Golden Globes. This year, they’ By Lainey • Jan 07, 2016 01:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Goosebumps is Horror 101 for your kids I used to get in trouble for reading Goosebumps in church. They were pretty much the only kids’ books I actually read as a kid, and at one point I had the whole set. As I grew older, though, and I graduated to more mature forms of horror, I was By Sarah • Oct 16, 2015 02:59 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, Thursday May 28, 2015 I know Lainey wrote about Justin and Selena’s Snapchat today, but can I just say, loud and proud, I am pro Justin and Selena! Very pro. The heart wants what it wants. And here is Justin performing a private concert for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Good boy. @justinbieber good man By Maria • May 28, 2015 04:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Marsden rides the D Train I know there are a few of you out there who are into James Marsden, but he doesn’t leave a lot of openings, as it were. So enjoy him, looking super hot in a douchebaggy way, in the new trailer for The D Train, a comedy with Jack Black By Sarah • Apr 01, 2015 12:14 pm
Oscars 2015 Anna Kendrick: Oscars Supporting Player What a night for Musical Theatre Nerds! We are legion and we are getting ever stronger. And it surprised nobody that if you’re doing a musical sequence, you get Anna Kendrick to come on board and pick things up. And Anna Kendrick will deliver for you, no matter what. By Duana • Feb 23, 2015 03:32 am
