TV Updates Eddie and Lashana: Award the Jackal! Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch were in London last night for the UK premiere of The Day of the Jackal. The ten-part series is a reimagining of the film of the same name from 1973, a cult classic, which was adapted from Frederick Forsyth’s novel, a cat-and-mouse story about By Lainey • Oct 23, 2024 11:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Did you know there’s a Bob Marley movie? A Bob Marley biopic is surely a big deal, but it seems like promotion for Bob Marley: One Love has been relatively quiet. The premiere was last night in London, and it brought out star Kingsley Ben-Adir, who plays Marley; Lashana Lynch, who stars as Marley’s wife, Rita; Naomi By Sarah • Jan 31, 2024 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Woman King campaigns The Woman King came out of TIFF with good reviews. Then it opened at #1 at the box office. In the weeks since it has pretty much recouped its budget, and with strong word of mouth, it should continue to see steady business; I went on Saturday and my theatre By Lainey • Oct 04, 2022 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Woman King A battle epic in the vein of Braveheart and Gladiator, The Woman King is based on the Agojie, the women warriors of the Kingdom of Dahomey in 19th century Western Africa (the territory of Dahomey now lies within Benin). Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by Dana Stevens—with a By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 03:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t fail The Woman King A couple of months ago, we got a first look at The Woman King, the film Viola Davis calls her “magnum opus”. Now, ahead of its September release date, we have a trailer for The Woman King and it does, indeed, look epic and cool. Davis stars as Nanisca, the By Sarah • Jul 07, 2022 01:10 pm
Equality Issues Intro for September 29, 2021 Dear Gossips, After multiple delays due to the pandemic, Bond: No Time To Die finally had its splashy world premiere in London last night. This is Daniel Craig’s final appearance as James Bond, his final promotional run in support of the iconic character that made him a superstar. His By Lainey • Sep 29, 2021 09:03 am
Top Reads Cary Fukunaga spills the tea Theoretically, No Time To Die is slated to premiere next week before opening in North America on October 8. I sort of won’t believe it’s happening until I am actually watching it, but it seems the time for Daniel Craig’s final Bond movie has come at last. By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond, for real this time Way back when this interminable nightmare began, No Time To Die was the film industry bellwether, being the first major movie to push back its release date due to coronavirus. Now, though Team Bond is sticking with their current release plan, dropping a final trailer ahead of the film’s By Sarah • Sep 01, 2021 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ana, Ben, and Bond Missing something? We are approaching the second weekend in a row without a Ben Affleck-Ana de Armas sighting! The last we saw them they were moving Ana’s things out of her place in Venice and into his home. Since then no pap photos, no dog walks, no coffee, no By Lainey • Sep 03, 2020 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Team Bond is working hard I have not been super enthusiastic for the latest James Bond movie, No Time to Die, which is partly because the Bond movies of the Daniel Craig era are not dependably good, but also because I did not care for the serialization offered by Spectre—why does everything have to By Sarah • Jan 22, 2020 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Bond has another bad day Poor James Bond, always having such bad days at work. Wouldn’t it be nice to see Bond just, like, chill out for a while? But no, the man can’t even retire without getting dragged back into the spy game. The first trailer for No Time to Die, the By Sarah • Dec 04, 2019 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James Bond is feminist now Today in “Cry about it, diaper babies” news, there is a report that Bond 25, the beleaguered final installment in the Daniel Craig/Bond era, has embraced feminism and will feature scenes of emasculation and misandry, as a collective of women capture, humiliate, and ultimately murder James Bond before throwing By Sarah • Jul 15, 2019 09:12 am
Dumbass Bond 25 actually tried it today Yesterday I got a marketing email that completely baffled me. It was a “media alert!” announcing that this morning there would be a “live launch” of Bond 25, and as I read the email, I legit laughed out loud. They’re trying it? This week? THIS week of ALL weeks? By Sarah • Apr 25, 2019 02:41 pm
BFFs Captain Marvel’s International Women’s Weekend Today is International Women’s Day intentionally chosen to be the American opening day of Captain Marvel. Obviously they’re hoping for a big box office this weekend. Projections range anywhere from $80 million to $120 million. She was off to a good start last night with Deadline estimating a By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 10:22 am
