Movie Reviews and Previews Milly Alcock in Supergirl After swooping in to pick up her dog at the end of Superman, Supergirl follows Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock), Clark Kent’s wayward cousin, into her adventures in outer space. Though Clark (David Corenswet, as much a scene-stealer here as Alcock was in his film) wants his cousin By Sarah • Jun 26, 2026 02:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A new Sense and Sensibility, too It’s a year of Jane Austen, as Dolly Alderton’s series adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is due on Netflix later this year, and now we have a trailer for a new feature film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, too. The new Sens and Sens—is that anything?—comes By Sarah • Jun 26, 2026 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews 2 Magic 2 Practical One of my most anticipated movies of the year is Practical Magic 2, the long-awaited sequel to one of my favorite films of all time, Practical Magic. Following the teaser we got a couple months ago, there is now a full trailer, and dare I hope? Practical Magic 2 By Sarah • Jun 25, 2026 11:55 am
Tom Cruise Is Tom Cruise going to make a double Oscar run? We say it all the time, that we just aren’t minting Movie Stars like we used to, that even when a new one emerges, it’s not quite like how it was, because of the shattering of the monoculture. Nothing proves this point more than a Tom Cruise retrospective. By Sarah • Jun 24, 2026 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika and Jenna Ortega team up in the sun Yesterday, I asked if we’re concerned about Taika Waititi and Rita Ora not being seen together for over three months and the answer was a resounding “no”. So noted. But Taika is busy, with a new film, Klara and the Sun, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the By Sarah • Jun 23, 2026 12:19 pm
What Else All the hot boys in Paris (ft. Connie Storrie) Paris Fashion Week kicks off tomorrow, and all the hot boys are in Paris for the occasion. “All” being, mainly, Connor Storrie, one of the hottest of the hot boys right now. Connor is, of course, weeks away from beginning production for season two of Heated Rivalry. If you’ve By Sarah • Jun 22, 2026 04:06 pm
Taika and Rita on different continents Let’s check in on one of pop culture’s more random couples, Taika Waititi and Rita Ora. They’ve been married since 2022, but lately it seems they’re being photographed less than they were earlier in their relationship. Let’s examine the evidence, starting with the most recent By Sarah • Jun 22, 2026 03:11 pm
Business of Hollywood Amazon MGM drops Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI movie Today in Burn It All Down News, Amazon MGM Studios has dropped Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film about Sam Altman and OpenAI. The news first broke Friday via Puck, and The Hollywood Reporter confirms that not only has Amazon MGM dropped the film—the third from Guadagnino that they were By Sarah • Jun 22, 2026 01:23 pm
Lexi Minetree It’s Lexi Minetree’s Elle World Elle, the television series prequel to Legally Blonde, premieres on Prime Video on July 1. Hard not to be cranky with Amazon/Prime Video right now, but we’ll get to that in a minute. First, we must take notice of the “Elle World” event hosted in New York to By Sarah • Jun 22, 2026 12:15 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for June 22, 2026 Dear Gossips, For the entire history of Netflix releasing original films, I have been a straight up hater on the idea of them ever investing in the theatrical business in a meaningful way. This comes after multiple conversations over many years with different people of increasing levels of power within By Sarah • Jun 22, 2026 09:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The power of imagination in Toy Story 5 Thirty-one years and five films deep, the Toy Story franchise somehow keeps finding new ways to justify its existence. Seven years after Toy Story 4 asked what it means to live purposefully, the toys are back in Toy Story 5, which asks us to choose imagination when screens and By Sarah • Jun 19, 2026 11:55 am
TV Updates Welcome to Widow’s Bay, see you next year! Spoilers for Widow’s Bay season 1 There are hungry places in the world; places that devour, yet humanity cannot resist infringing upon the maw of something dark and terrible we do not understand. It is summer, people will insist on swimming in Lake Lanier. Every spring, thousands line up By Sarah • Jun 18, 2026 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gross things are happening to Peter Parker With the Spider-Man: Brand New Day press tour underway, it’s time for a new trailer…which already leaked online. Sony is having a really hard time keeping Brand New Day under wraps, the first trailer leaked during the holidays, and now the second trailer leaked, too. (This is By Sarah • Jun 18, 2026 10:30 am
What Else Tomdaya ARE married Tom Holland and Zendaya are on the press circuit for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Today, they’re in Amsterdam. Zendaya looks like she’s got a parade to lead (compliment), Tom looks happy to be there (compliment). I never, ever get tired of these two because of their palpable By Sarah • Jun 17, 2026 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hopscotching Shrek Four months after a teaser in which everyone collectively rejected the look of NuShrek, the teaser for Shrek 5 is here and bullying didn’t work this time, Shrek still looks different. The teaser, er, teases a new adventure with Shrek and Donkey, the teaser also shows off Princess Fiona By Sarah • Jun 17, 2026 03:17 pm
Angelina Jolie Angelina’s unchanging style Last year, I reviewed Alice Winocour’s film Couture, starring Angelina Jolie, at TIFF. The film is fine, mostly notable for Angelina Jolie’s sensitive performance. But Couture is now being released into theaters at the end of the month, so Angelina is outside, doing promotion. She was in New By Sarah • Jun 17, 2026 09:52 am
