Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman in The Roses Warren Adler’s divorce-themed novel, The War of the Roses, was published in 1981, born of the era in which the introduction of no-fault divorce led to a huge spike in divorces. In 1989, Danny DeVito—an underappreciated director of comedy—adapted Adler’s novel into the similarly titled The By Sarah • Aug 27, 2025 02:55 pm
TV Updates Meet the new Bennet sisters Production has begun on a new six-episode Netflix adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The new series is written by Dolly Alderton, the creator of Everything I Know About Love, and directed by the excellently named Euros Lyn, an award-winning director who has worked on everything from Dr. Who (David Tennant By Sarah • Jul 30, 2025 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Roses at war (again) When a remake of The War of the Roses, Danny DeVito’s pitch black 1989 divorce “comedy”—quotes because the film is emotionally and literally violent—was announced last year, I thought why. I mean, besides the fact that you almost can’t get a script greenlit without it stemming By Sarah • Apr 17, 2025 12:56 pm
Hugh Grant Everyone is outside We are in the thick of press tour season, because all the holiday movies want to get their press tours out of the way before Americans collectively unbutton our pants for the five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Thus, this mash-up post of Unstoppable and Paddington in Peru. By Sarah • Nov 04, 2024 03:13 pm
Hilary Swank Oscar Winners in Plaid My obsession with platinum blonde Olivia Colman continues. When I posted about her last week it was about her new film Wicked Little Letters which is basically a movie about women cursing and we love it when Olivia curses. She loves it when she curses. If you haven’t already, By Lainey • Feb 20, 2024 03:22 pm
Amazingness Olivia Colman: The Cursing and the Hair Olivia Colman, Anjana Vasan, and Jessie Buckley were at the premiere last night of Wicked Little Letters. And before we get to Olivia’s hair, let’s talk about this film and how much I wish we could all gather in a theatre together and watch it and scream with By Lainey • Feb 14, 2024 03:32 pm
TV Updates The Crown ends with a whimper The final season of The Crown was split into two parts, with season six part one reaching the series’ nadir. Part two is now streaming and is at least a little step up from the first four episodes of this season. Six episodes make up the second part of the By Sarah • Dec 14, 2023 11:28 am
Style Our very little Wonka treat Monday’s photocall for Wonka in London was a relatively lowkey affair, given that Timothee Chalamet, one of the few men who is a true red carpet star, is involved. With Timmy, we have come to expect a lot, as we expect a lot from Zendaya, Rihanna, and Margot Robbie By Sarah • Nov 29, 2023 09:56 am
Style A brief Wonka break Before we get back to Gotham Awards madness, let’s take a brief break for the Wonka photocall yesterday in London. The actual premiere is today, which is why, I assume, everyone saved their best looks for later. Even Timothee Chalamet, a reliable red carpet star, dressed relatively down, by By Sarah • Nov 28, 2023 09:41 am
TV Updates Oh yeah! Secret Invasion! I 100% forgot that Marvel’s Secret Invasion debuts on Disney+ this month. Literally, completely forgot, until photos from the premiere in Los Angeles yesterday popped up. So, just to remind everyone, Secret Invasion drops on June 21, and includes six episodes. They’re promising this a sort-of return to By Sarah • Jun 14, 2023 12:49 pm
Oscars 2022 Zendaya, Olivia, Rachel: Oscar Sparkles There was a lot of sparkle at the Oscars, including Zendaya, my best dressed for the night in a crop-top button down and a high-waisted sparkle skirt by Valentino. It sort of reminds me of Sharon Stone’s Gap button down paired with a Vera Wang skirt at the 1996 By Sarah • Mar 28, 2022 10:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Review: Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal makes her feature directorial debut with The Lost Daughter, an adaptation, also by Gyllenhaal, of Elena Ferrante’s novella. Gyllenhaal is astoundingly assured, as both a director and a screenwriter, interweaving past and present into a crushing tale of motherhood and personhood that are not always in agreement. By Sarah • Dec 17, 2021 03:46 pm
Emmy Awards 2021 The Crown Emmys The Crown is Netflix’s first win in the Emmys drama category. The series started during the reign of Game of Thrones and also the same year as The Handmaid’s Tale, just after Donald Trump was elected to office so, looking back, you can get a sense of the By Lainey • Sep 20, 2021 09:18 am
TV Updates Marvel is hiring all the fabulous ladies They’ve been at it for a while, having previously featured Cate Blanchett and Elizabeth Debicki (who, recognizing her tall majesty, they fully painted gold) in their villain ranks, but this year alone we’ve seen Kathryn Hahn and Julia Louis-Dreyfus join the Marvel villain ranks, and now Olivia Colman By Sarah • Apr 20, 2021 03:30 pm
TV Updates The Crown is better than ever, thanks to Diana In season three, The Crown began to show some wear, being not as engaging as the first two seasons—especially season one—and not as well-balanced in its storylines. But in season four, The Crown comes roaring back, reenergized by the arrival of Princess Diana, much as the real Diana By Sarah • Nov 17, 2020 10:31 am
Oscars 2020 Olivia Colman: Oscars Best Blue Velvet Last year, Olivia Colman gave one of the best acceptance speeches of the night when she won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in The Favourite. She is also an excellent presenter. Last night she got up there and talked about her sex life which was adorable and delightful By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 06:17 am
