Movie Reviews and Previews Taron Egerton in Tetris A movie about a brand should not be this good, but Tetris is REALLY good. Tetris tells the true(ish) story of how a colorful salesman struck the deal of a lifetime to get Tetris, one of the most popular games of all time, out of the USSR and into By Sarah • Mar 31, 2023 12:47 pm
Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio: London Party Boy Leonardo DiCaprio spent the weekend in London because… well… there might be an official work reason for it but there doesn’t have to be. Leo goes where the parties are – and since it was BAFTA weekend in London, it’s not really all that surprising he was there. Leo By Lainey • Feb 20, 2023 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tetris without the murders Well, here’s one way to do guilt-free true crime: just don’t mention it. The trailer for Tetris, a film about the behind-the-scenes effort to acquire the rights to Tetris and bring it out of the USSR and to game consoles around the world, dropped yesterday. The film stars By Sarah • Feb 17, 2023 10:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans’ villain streak continues Ever since leaving Captain America behind, Chris Evans seems determined to shed the mantle of superhero by playing villains. His first role post-Cap was in Knives Out; sometime this year he has an Apple TV show about a dad whose son maybe killed a classmate, which isn’t exactly a By Sarah • Feb 25, 2020 11:15 am
Award Season Campaigning Taron Egerton and Elton John won’t let you forget about Rocketman It wouldn’t be awards season without a big splash, and who’s splashier than Elton John?! Following the release of his juicy memoir Me this week, he’s putting the spotlight not just on his life story on the page, but on the screen too. Last night, he and By Joanna • Oct 18, 2019 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rocketman: The queer-positive rock biopic we deserve It is impossible to talk about Rocketman, the Elton John biopic, without mentioning its sibling, Bohemian Rhapsody, the Queen biopic. Both are about rock icons who came up in the 1970s, whose combination of glam, rock, and pop led to total chart dominance. Both feature iconic vocalists with a library By Sarah • Jun 03, 2019 02:30 pm
Music Taron Egerton’s strong (and golden?) Rocketman launch Taron Egerton brought his mom and his very much on-again girlfriend Emily Thomas to the London premiere of Rocketman last night, days after they proudly stood by his side at the film’s world premiere in Cannes. One thing I really like about Taron? In spite of all of his By Joanna • May 21, 2019 12:04 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Kate Mara’s pregnancy announcement Kate Mara prefers to share her personal and relationship milestones on her own terms. And when she does, we get just a taste. When she and Jamie Bell tied the knot about 18 months ago, the wedding snap caption read simply, "Nuptials." And now, she's confirmed By Joanna • Feb 26, 2019 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rocketman is not hiding its icon Earlier this week, we got a featurette from Rocketman meant to sell us on Taron Egerton’s Elton John karaoke. Now, we have the first full trailer to get our best feel yet for Rocketman and its potential. I am most curious about the dance numbers and fantasy sequences, which By Sarah • Feb 21, 2019 04:07 pm
Music Can Rocketman do better than Bohemian Rhapsody? We’ve already gotten a look at Taron Egerton playing Sir Elton John in Rocketman, but here comes a new featurette meant to convince us he is not just doing Elton karaoke but is FULLY INHABITING THE SPIRIT OF SIR ELTON. This featurette is dedicated to showing off his singing— By Sarah • Feb 19, 2019 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taron Egerton gets back together with his girlfriend Taron Egerton was at a BAFTA event last night joined by Emily Thomas, his girlfriend. They broke up some time last year but, obviously, are back together. As the older generation would say, this is quite a handsome couple. Some of these shots are like prom portraits, which feels about By Lainey • Feb 07, 2019 03:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx in Robin Hood (Lainey: The headlines about Robin Hood aren’t great. Forbes calls it the “most predictable box office bomb” of the year. The Telegraph says it’s the “biggest box office bomb since Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur”. According to Business Insider, it’s the “biggest box office bomb of the By Sarah • Nov 27, 2018 04:09 pm
Quiveration Taron and Sofia out for dinner Taron Egerton is currently promoting Robin Hood. This movie was shot a while ago. The release date was pushed back at least once. There were all kinds of rumours about production being a mess. I’m not sure how it’s going to do a week after Fantastic Beasts and By Lainey • Nov 16, 2018 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taron Egerton’s Elton John karaoke Last month we saw Taron Egerton on the set of Rocketman dressed as Elton John, and Kathleen dubbed him “Hot Elton”. Well, now we have a teaser trailer for Rocketman that shows Egerton in action as Sir Elton and I’m less into the hotness of it and more struck By Sarah • Oct 01, 2018 03:33 pm
Style Taron’s Hot Elton Lainey sent me these photos of Taron Egerton in character as Elton John on set of Rocketman and asked, “What happened to my hot dude?” Lainey can refer to Taron as hers because of that time he had a crush on her. Taron isn’t at his usual level of By Kathleen • Sep 04, 2018 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taron Egerton is Elton John Elton John is finally getting the biopic treatment, and as a sign of some goodness remaining in the universe, Justin Timberlake is not going to portray him. The movie is called Rocket Man (for now), and it will star charm machine Taron Egerton as Elton John. The project originally centered By Sarah • Apr 20, 2018 03:15 pm
