Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary Aliens have long been a target of human paranoia. Since the earliest days of science-fiction, aliens have been imagined as the universe’s great equalizers, come to Earth to destroy and punish humanity for being locusts upon our own planet. We imagine them incinerating great cities, toppling monuments, obliterating humans By Sarah • Mar 20, 2026 11:21 am
Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling gets the Pop-Tarts Ryan Gosling has been promoting Project Hail Mary enthusiastically for a few weeks now. He’s the star and also a producer on the project, the most recognisable name and face – although Rocky, the alien, and his best friend in the movie might eclipse him when the movie opens – and By Lainey • Mar 19, 2026 11:51 am
What Else A Holiday Rom-Con…rad It was announced a couple of weeks ago that production has started on Clashing Through the Snow, starring Christopher Briney and Michelle Randolph. From the title alone, of course it’s a holiday rom-com, a classic enemies to lovers situation as two co-workers end up having to share a rental By Lainey • Mar 18, 2026 04:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man’s Hauntingly Lonely Brand New Day Zendaya’s big week continues with the official trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, though I suppose this is technically a Tom Holland-first thing. The trailer does prominently feature Zendaya, though, because since being cast as “the girlfriend” in Spider-Man: Homecoming a decade ago, she has become one of the By Sarah • Mar 18, 2026 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tall Skinny Dune No rest for the wicked! The Oscars are over and we are MOVING ON! Today, it’s the Dune: Part Three teaser, tomorrow, it’s the Spider-Man: Brand New Day teaser! The person I really feel bad for is Zendaya, caught in the middle of the Marvel-Warner Bros. death spiral By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Manny Jacinto and a coven at SXSW While the Oscars were happening in LA, SXSW continued in Austin. Yesterday was the premiere of Love Language, a romantic comedy-drama starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Manny Jacinto, who was at the premiere looking like an entire snack: Also at the premiere were Lukas Gage, Isabel May (lately of Scream By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Exorcist tempts fate once again The Studio is not the only project in production, as Mike Flanagan’s remake of The Exorcist is up and running in New York, with both Scarlett Johansson and Chiwetel Ejiofor on set yesterday. We don’t really need a remake of The Exorcist, but I am a big enough By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emily Blunt 2x It’s Emily Blunt times two, as she stars in two of the most anticipated films of 2026, both of which got new trailers yesterday. First up, The Devil Wears Prada 2, which continues to focus on vibes, fashion, and Miranda Priestly being beastly. Simone Ashley! The Viscountess! Glad to By Sarah • Mar 13, 2026 02:58 pm
Style Celebrities are also at SXSW Yesterday was opening day for the SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas. There were many people in attendance, some who, like Gwyneth Paltrow, will have to turn right around and get back to LA for the Oscars on Sunday. The two-week Olympic delay in awards season is really By Sarah • Mar 13, 2026 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Paul Rudd’s Power Ballad One of the grumpiest things about me is that I just do not jive with John Carney’s music-inspired feel-good cinema. Once? Nonce, thank you. Sing Street? Silence beat, please. His latest film, Power Ballad, stars Paul Rudd as a flop wedding singer who writes a song with an ex-boy By Sarah • Mar 12, 2026 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan & Lord & Miller in Paris The Project Hail Mary press tour rolls on, with the latest stop in Paris. Ryan Gosling was there with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. They also brought along the Rocky-the-alien puppet. Project Hail Mary debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a strong 96% “fresh” rating. As I always say, this By Sarah • Mar 12, 2026 11:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessie Buckley(x3) in The Bride! The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore feature film as a writer/director, is a wild, unabashedly angry mashup of tones and styles and influences. Jumping off of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, Frankenstein, Gyllenhaal introduces “the bride”, a “reinvigorated” corpse given a second go-round at life, herself a confluence of By Sarah • Mar 06, 2026 12:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scary nostalgia and time-traveling buds Everything old is new again, and just as we’re bringing back Scream with original final girl Neve Campbell, the scary spoof movie is back with Scary Movie, technically the sixth movie in the franchise but sharing the same title as the first movie, which came out twenty-six years ago, By Sarah • Mar 03, 2026 02:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Toy Story 5 is going to make us contemplate aging Last year was dogsh-t at the box office, but one of the bright spots was Zootopia 2, Disney’s in-house authorized furry fanfic, which became Hollywood’s biggest animated film of all time—a necessary distinction as Ne Zha 2 is still reigning biggest animated film, period. Even when the By Sarah • Feb 20, 2026 02:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Mandalorian and Grogu puts spectacle before character Rather than debut a new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, Disney/Lucasfilm’s great hope for summer 2026, during the Super Bowl, Disney opted to do a riff on Budweiser commercials, which did not move the needle at all. Now, though, they have dropped the official trailer, giving us By Sarah • Feb 18, 2026 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sam Rockwell in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Among the many ways to classify films, they can be sorted into two groups: films in which Sam Rockwell dances, and films in which Sam Rockwell does not dance. Note that a film in which Sam Rockwell dances does not actually have to contain Sam Rockwell dancing, it can just By Sarah • Feb 13, 2026 03:23 pm
