Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in Black Bag Steven Soderbergh is a prolific filmmaker who takes a lot of swings and tries a lot of stuff. Not everything he makes works, but when he hits, he HITS, and his latest film, sexy spy thriller Black Bag, is a home run. Working once again with screenwriter David Koepp, following By Sarah • Mar 14, 2025 01:27 pm
TV Updates Bill Nighy is the new Bowie If you’re making a new adaptation of a film that stars David Bowie, who do you get to replace David Bowie? When illness kept Bowie out of Twin Peaks: The Return, David Lynch replaced him with a talking teapot, because, well, why not. It’s David Lynch, Twin Peaks, By Sarah • Feb 23, 2022 02:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Venom: A fun double date! A new trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage dropped this week, and this one clicks a little stronger for me. Right off the top, it looks like Eddie Brock is doing better these days because he’s upgraded his Ducati from the more practical Scrambler to one of the By Sarah • Aug 04, 2021 02:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Venom tries again Venom: Let There Be Carnage was one of the many films delayed by the pandemic last year, but it will finally be coming out this year—currently scheduled for September 24—and to that end, we have a trailer to ogle. It’s fine! Venom was an accidental hit in By Sarah • May 10, 2021 12:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Another Jungle Book Jon Favreau made a hybrid live-action/animated Jungle Book that was really quite good, so much so it bagged him the job of directing the new Lion King, and also good enough that it threw Andy Serkis’s competing project into considerable shade. Back then Serkis’s project was called By Sarah • Nov 09, 2018 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock and a giant gorilla Imagine Jurassic World, except instead of one giant mutant dinosaur there are three giant mutant animal hybrids, and instead of that lone dino-monster terrorizing a theme park the three mutant animals are terrorizing Chicago, and also imagine if Jurassic World was both dumber and more fun—that’s Rampage. It By Sarah • Apr 16, 2018 03:32 pm
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Naomie Harris – The Outfit Of The Week All-over sequin dresses are not usually my thing. But Naomie Harris cannot be denied in this gold sparkly gown because it looks like it’s more than just sequins. It looks like it’s tinfoil compressed together and along the skirt, there seem to be added embellishments (or the illusion By Lainey • Apr 06, 2018 12:52 pm
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Naomie’s BAFTA pants One of my favourite, favourite, favourite BAFTA looks, not only of this year but of all time! Look at this glorious outfit that would have worked, even if there wasn’t an all-black dress code in place! Everything about this look has been styled perfectly. The hair is glorious, majestic, By Lainey • Feb 19, 2018 11:26 am
Style Naomie Harris: Surprise Oscar Connection The other night I told someone how, years ago, I was convinced I hated this show. I yelled at the TV, talked sh*t about it to anyone who would listen. In fact, my roommate would leave the room while I got all worked up about it—which meant I By Duana • Feb 27, 2017 08:59 am
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Naomie’s BAFTA ruffles and flowers I appreciate that Naomie Harris wasn’t going for a boring strapless column dress. That she’s willing to try something different, make a statement. Unfortunately I can’t get behind this outfit. It’s too much at the same time. The shoulder ruffles, the flower belt, it's By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 01:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Team Moonlight at the Nominees Luncheon Have you seen Moonlight yet? Moonlight is challenging La La Land for Best Picture. It’s an underdog though, especially since La La Land just took the Directors Guild and the Producers Guild award before that. There is, however, some backlash about La La Land. I liked La La Land. By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 10:13 am
SAG Awards 2017 Naomie Harris’s SAG lounge-wear One of the things Lainey’s always eager to talk about during awards season is the idea that celebs can be holding back, or banking, their best dresses—or alternately, spending them earlier if they don’t think they’re going to get a lot of play on the big By Duana • Jan 30, 2017 02:03 pm
Will Smith Helen Mirren wants a “hey hey” A reader called Sharon set this Daily Beast link over to me this morning about Helen Mirren’s Christmas message on the Graham Norton Show while she was on with Will Smith and Naomie Harris to promote Collateral Beauty – Sarah just reviewed the movie and said it was bananas. Anyway, By Lainey • Dec 22, 2016 12:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith in Collateral Beauty SPOILERS because this movie is INSANE Based on the trailers, you probably think Collateral Beauty, aka Will Smith’s holiday movie, is some kind of twenty-first century It’s A Wonderful Life, where the universe conspires to convince a sad schmuck that he’s better off being a sad schmuck, By Sarah • Dec 22, 2016 11:44 am
LifestyleArticle Carpets & Candids: Naomie's sequined split This colour on her! This split! The pants! I’m all about all the parts of this outfit and if I were wearing it I’d dramatically toss around each side of the dress like a matador, God I’d love it so much! And perfect hair choice too. Flat, By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 04:59 pm
Natalie Portman Intro for November 22, 2016 Dear Gossips, I love Annette Bening’s voice. And her diction. She speaks with such intention. And the sound of it is so rich, so thick, I feel like if she were reading to me I could remember every word. Interestingly, Taraji P Henson, during the same conversation, talks about By Lainey • Nov 22, 2016 08:55 am
