Jodie Foster Gossip

In case you, like me, watched the trailer for Hotel Artemis and thought, Oh, a fun John Wick knock-off, allow me to disabuse you of the notion. Despite obvious similarities, particularly in the “hotel for criminals” vein, Hotel Artemis isn’t really a John Wick knock-off. There’s a likeness, to be sure, but Hotel Artemis is not the wall-to-wall action of John Wick, it has a rather surprising amount of exposition. Full Story

Jodie Foster’s new movie is a straight-up John Wick knock-off, and I do not care, it looks super fun. It’s called Hotel Artemis, and except for the near-future, vaguely dystopian setting, it might as well be called Hotel Continental. The Hotel Artemis runs on rules suspiciously similar to the Continental in the John Wick movies: Refuge for criminals with art deco styling, no weapons/killing on the premises, criminal overlords with dumb nicknames like “Bowery King” and “Wolf King”. Full Story

Money Monster is several different movies rolled into one, all of them mediocre. It stars two of the biggest old school Movie Stars in the world, but only puts them on screen together for about eight minutes. It is directed by a celebrated actress-cum-filmmaker who cannot manage tension but who can frame the sh*t out of her stars. Full Story

Julia Roberts, George Clooney, and Jodie Foster Full Story

It’s that time of year again, with the Cannes Film Festival kicking off on Wednesday amidst unprecedented security measures. Usually the pre-Cannes stories are all about yachts, parties, prostitutes, and producers (the 3 Ps), but this year it’s all about the crazy security in place. Full Story

The Cannes Film Festival kicks off in a month with Woody Allen’s Café Society starring Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg. It is expected that, one night later, it’ll be Kristen’s friend Jodie Foster Full Story

Tom Cruise was also in Milan to honour Giorgio Armani. He will be attending the fashion show and cocktail tonight for Mr Armani’s 40th anniversary too. As a super super VIP. I mean, everyone’s a VIP. But, as you can see, Roberta Armani’s the one escorting him. People in Europe don’t give a sh-t about Going Clear. Full Story

I LOVE these pictures of Julia Roberts. So much. They're just so...her. She's in New York, working on Money Monster. Let's start with the shots of her leaning out the car window, looking like she's throwing some sharp words at the crew members. Probably not. This is Photo Assumption after all, but still. Full Story

Was there a bigger let down last year than Prometheus? All the hype, is-it-Alien/is-it-not-Alien, the series of good trailers and stellar viral marketing, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender AND Idris Elba in a movie together, and then…it kind of sucked. A lot. Sci-fi is hard. Full Story

When does the Cecil B DeMille Award recipient ever take over the Golden Globes? Never, right? It’s the only moment of the show without suspense. The whole room knows, weeks and weeks in advance, who’s getting it. And even if the recipient gives a great speech, it’s rarely great enough to dominate the post-show discussion. Full Story