Faux Gossip Blake Lively isn’t to blame for everything Back in 2018, A Simple Favor did moderately well, and over the years—bolstered by streaming—it became a cult classic. This led to Amazon and Lionsgate greenlighting a sequel, which was filmed last year. Based on when it was filmed, I expected A Simple Favor 2 to be a By Sarah • Jan 13, 2025 01:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Last Christmas in London In the previous post about Charlie’s Angels, I posted about the movies that aren’t for critics but people love them anyway. Here’s another example – Independence Day, the original, from 1996 starring Will Smith. Critics weren’t into it. I regularly watch the sh-t out of that movie By Lainey • Nov 12, 2019 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Four Funny Women in Ghostbusters Ghostbusters starts with a laugh, as an historical mansion tour guide—Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods, doing more in five minutes than many can do in an entire film—gives his spiel about the supposed haunting of the “Aldridge Mansion”, describing a murderous daughter entombed in her home’s basement By Sarah • Jul 13, 2016 10:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews NuGhostbusters is the most disliked movie ever A new trailer for Ghostbusters was released yesterday. This one gives us more of the plot—still science dorks in New York bustin’ ghosts—and sets up the purpose of Chris Hemsworth’s character. Not every joke works, like the Leslie Jones stage diving bit, but then that demon joke By Sarah • May 19, 2016 11:33 am
Media Manipulation Lady Ghostbusters are the only interesting kind of Ghostbusters So says Paul Feig, the director of the all-female Ghostbusters reboot. In an interview with AlloCine while promoting Spy, Feig said the only way he can see to remake Ghostbusters is to reimagine it with women. I love that he says this, that the only way it makes sense to By Sarah • Jun 02, 2015 01:22 pm
