Movie Reviews and Previews Clayface is the sad-eyed villain of our nightmares Matt Reeves’ The Batman might be my favorite superhero movie of all time. I know, I know, so controversial and brave of me to say out loud. It just understands the mythological nature of superheroes so well, and Reeves’ Batman is such a Gothic weirdo virgin loser, I love him. By Sarah • Apr 23, 2026 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Coyote vs. Acme, at long last After surviving an attempted deletion by David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery, like a toon escaping Judge Doom’s dip, Coyote vs. Acme has a release date (August 28) and, finally, a trailer. And guess what? It looks good as hell! Having grown up on Looney Tunes, I am all By Sarah • Apr 22, 2026 11:45 am
Top Reads The Owens sisters are back at last With all these legacy sequels coming out over the next year, I am on tenterhooks, living in Schrödinger’s box of managing expectations. As long as the movies are not yet out, they might still be good, which is very much where I am living with Practical Magic 2. Practical By Sarah • Apr 21, 2026 11:47 am
What Else Other necklaces worth heisting Connor Storrie was at the Tiffany & Co. Blue Book bash last night, but so were other people! For instance, Naomi Watts and Diane Kruger were both there, in excellent necklaces. Necklaci? Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade were there, too. Chase Sui Wonders was also there in another great necklace, By Sarah • Apr 17, 2026 04:27 pm
Robert Downey-Jr CinemaCon trudges on CinemaCon continues, a relentless march, and yesterday brought presentations from Disney and Paramount. First, Disney, which held their presentation amidst company-wide layoffs, which have taken out about 8% of Marvel’s staff, too. Nothing says “celebrate cinema” like firings! Woo! Disney’s presentation included a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday— By Sarah • Apr 17, 2026 03:37 pm
Connor Storrie Connor Storrie shows restraint for Tiffany Last night was Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Book 2026: Hidden Garden event in New York. Connor Storrie was made a Tiffany ambassador earlier this year, he wore Tiffany jewels throughout awards season to great effect. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tiffany & Co. (@tiffanyandco) Connor By Sarah • Apr 17, 2026 10:16 am
Russell Crowe Intro for April 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, It is Friday and we will have fun goddammit! Fun will continue until morale improves! And today’s fun is brought to you by…Russell Crowe? Crowe stars in a new MMA movie called Beast, which he co-wrote with Daniel Frigerio, and co-stars in alongside Daniel MacPherson and By Sarah • Apr 17, 2026 09:14 am
What Else Aubrey Plaza is doing well Aubrey Plaza has had A Year. In January of 2025, her estranged husband, Jeff Baena, died by suicide, and Plaza, known for her wit and her deadpan delivery, retreated from what little public profile she has (compliment, she keeps it tight). She has reemerged, though, appearing on Amy Poehler’s By Sarah • Apr 16, 2026 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jack Reynor in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy Mummies are one of cinema’s most enduring monsters, from Karl Freund’s 1932 classic starring Boris Karloff, to the 1999 bisexual masterpiece starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, to, er, Tom Cruise’s failed blockbuster experiment in 2017. Now, though, mummies are coming back not through Universal and their By Sarah • Apr 16, 2026 02:58 pm
Carey Mulligan Carey Mulligan wore all the orange Beef’s second season debuts today on Netflix. It is my weekend watch, for sure. There was a screening last night in New York, and everyone wore grey except Carey Mulligan, who showed up in traffic cone orange velvet. I don’t think I like it but it’s SO By Sarah • Apr 16, 2026 01:34 pm
Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway does Fran Fine Anne Hathaway is currently promoting two movies, The Devil Wears Prada 2—which press tour feels interminable, it has always been, it will always be—and Mother Mary. Both films are about fashion, and for both films, Annie is pulling out all the sartorial stops. Yesterday, Annie stopped by The By Sarah • Apr 16, 2026 10:50 am
Ryan Gosling The Movie Stars are still at it (CinemaCon) We’ve already covered the drama at CinemaCon, now let’s get back to our regularly scheduled Movie Stars. As Lainey said, CinemaCon is a celebration of movie stars and star power, and to that end, Ryan Gosling appeared to celebrate the success of Project Hail Mary and literally give By Sarah • Apr 16, 2026 10:08 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for April 16, 2026 Dear Gossips, As Lainey mentioned, CinemaCon, the annual showing of wares for the theatrical distribution industry, is happening this week in Las Vegas. While CinemaCon is mainly about movies and Movie Stars, we can usually count on it for a little drama, like the time Olivia Wilde got served legal By Sarah • Apr 16, 2026 09:03 am
What Else Teyana Taylor after Oscar It’s amazing how fast we move on from the Oscars. I know, I know, the pace of everything is insanely fast, but awards season eats up SO MUCH mental space and then it’s over and poof. It’s like it never happened. It’s like Christmas like that. By Sarah • Apr 10, 2026 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John C. Reilly in Heads or Tails? Italian cinema has a long love affair with the American west, most notably producing the mid-20th century genre of “Spaghetti western”, Italian-made tales of the American west dominated by Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood, which imagine the American west as a place of violence, revenge, possibility, and manifest destiny. In By Sarah • Apr 10, 2026 03:03 pm
Noah Wyle Noah Wyle’s Star Moment Just one more episode of The Pitt’s sophomore season to go. Next week is the finale. We are deep in the trenches now, and this year the big catastrophe at PTMC is just stress. Classic toxic workplace stress. In The Squawk chat, Betts put it really well, that the By Sarah • Apr 10, 2026 12:44 pm
