Michael Keaton Gossip

The heart of Spider-Man: Homecoming is a story about a kid anxious to grow up and join the world of adults. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) chafes against the rules put in place for him by his mentor, Tony Stark (RDJ Full Story

A red band trailer for American Assassin, the hopeful launching pad for a new action franchise in the vein of Tom Clancy (the movie is based on the “Mitch Rapp” novels by Vince Flynn so it is a straight-up Clancy knock-off), has been released and I have not previously paid any attention to this movie, but now I have a series of questions. Full Story

(Lainey: OMG …and Gwyneth too???) A new trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming debuted yesterday at CinemaCon, the annual film industry show-and-tell, and today it’s online, bringing us more of the absolutely adorable Tom Holland Full Story

As a title, The Founder is a bit of wordplay meant to test your knowledge of Americana. You see The Founder is about Ray Kroc, the man who founded a fast-food franchise empire, but who did not found the restaurant he made famous: McDonald’s. Originally a California burger stand, McDonald’s was founded by brothers Mac and Dick, who ended up going into business with Kroc, who convinced them to let him franchise their assembly-line inspired fast-food process. Full Story

Years after fans shouted into the ether of the internet, campaigning for Donald Glover to play Spider-Man—they went with Andrew Garfield, instead—Glover, of Community and Childish Gambino fame, is finally living the dream. Full Story

Spotlight won Best Picture on Sunday at the Oscars. It was one of my top films coming out of TIFF. Yes for Spotlight. Last year Birdman was Best Picture. So that's two in a row for Michael Keaton. Will it be three? Michael's next major role will be Ray Kroc, of McDonald's, in The Founder. Full Story

Have you seen Spotlight yet? The film won Best Feature and Best Screenplay last night at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, strengthening its position as a frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars. There is no doubt – Spotlight will be nominated in the category. Right now it’s about what other films it’ll face in the race. Full Story

Hands down the best movie I’ve seen at TIFF, Spotlight is a phenomenal film, absolutely pitch perfect from start to finish. This could be my whole review—this film is flawless and if it doesn’t affect you, then you are a monster. It will break your heart. It will make you so, SO angry. Full Story

We must be approaching award season because the fall festivals have announced their lineups, led by TIFF, and now we’re starting to get trailers for the Oscar baity movies we’ll be watching in the fall. There’s a lot of good-looking stuff coming up, but the one film I’m most looking forward to—and have been since it was first announced—is Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight, about the Boston Globe breaking the story of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal. Full Story

Everything about the Best Picture win for Birdman was a little odd. I’m not one of those people who hated the film – in fact I thought it was great.  But the whole weird round-robin guyfest on the acceptance stage gave me a bit of a stomach ache. First of all, the ‘special guest' who was promised to present best picture was…Sean Penn? In our viewing before he came out, we were throwing around ideas like Stephen Hawking, or remembering when it was Michelle Obama a couple of years back. Full Story