Top Reads Green Book is America’s Best Picture It’s not like we didn’t know it was coming. Awards season has been preparing us for the inevitable: Green Book as the 2019 Best Picture winner. America, and its almost comically disrespectful Black History Month of bad news, has been preparing us for this too. Since it won By Kathleen • Feb 25, 2019 04:54 am
Award Season Campaigning Actors saying things at a table Next stop on the Award Season Express, it’s The Hollywood Reporter’s actor roundtable, featuring Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Timothee Chalamet, Chadwick Boseman, Hugh Jackman, and Richard E. Grant. This group actually makes me wonder how far in advance they book these things, because Hugh Jackman is a ??? at By Sarah • Dec 05, 2018 01:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Green Book’s precarious Oscar position Back in September, Green Book won the audience award at TIFF. This set it up as an Oscar front-runner, and it seemed like an inevitable Best Picture nominee. It’s a middle-of-the-road movie about race made to make white people feel good, a la Driving Miss Daisy, The Blind Side, By Sarah • Nov 28, 2018 10:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Viggo slipping? Viggo Mortensen was considered a strong contender for a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in Green Book. Last week, however, at a Q&A following a screening, Viggo said the n-word. He apologized afterwards. Now Variety is asking if it will “doom his Oscar chances”. But Green By Lainey • Nov 22, 2018 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton: Team Bohemian Rhapsody at the Governors Awards It’s a one-person team, really. Bohemian Rhapsody continues to perform very well at the box office. Right now it’s approaching $400 million worldwide and could make as much as $500 globally by the end of its theatrical run. Despite the problems that many critics – including Sarah – had with By Lainey • Nov 19, 2018 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Viggo, Ethan, Willem, and the “due” game Viggo Mortensen was the Middleburg Film Festival promoting Green Book this weekend. Green Book won the People’s Choice at TIFF last month. And Viggo is definitely a contender for Best Actor for his performance in the film, alongside Mahershala Ali. Ethan Hawke, meanwhile, was at the London Film Festival By Lainey • Oct 22, 2018 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Here comes Christian Bale Last Friday, it was quietly announced that Adam McKay’s film about Dick Cheney, starring Christian Bale, would be released on Christmas Day. Before then, the film didn’t even have a title. Now we know it’s Vice and we also know that, given the timing of the opening By Lainey • Oct 04, 2018 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews There’s something about Green Book A Star is Born did not earn the coveted TIFF Grolsch People’s Choice Award over the weekend, like Lainey and so many predicted it could. Instead, the Oscar bellwether — which has previously been awarded to Best Picture winners like 12 Years a Slave, Slumdog Millionaire, and The King’s By Joanna • Sep 17, 2018 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Another award season entrant There are TOO MANY MOVIES. TIFF keeps adding to their lineup—now mulleted medieval Chris Pine is opening the fest—and trailers keep dropping and it’s TOO MUCH. I’m dreading making my schedule because it will be impossible to see everything I want. Last year felt thin, but By Sarah • Aug 15, 2018 12:11 pm
Oscars 2017 Viggo Mortensen wasn’t there to win Among the Best Actor nominees was the surprise inclusion of real-life Ghostbuster villain Viggo Mortensen, for Captain Fantastic. I didn’t care for the movie and if the Academy was going to use this nonsense year to pull out a little-seen performance from an offbeat movie, I wish they’d By Sarah • Feb 27, 2017 05:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Viggo Mortensen in Captain Fantastic Captain Fantastic is the third “people in the woods” movie I’ve seen in the last few weeks, following the ambitious and bonkers Swiss Army Man and the superb Hunt for the Wilderpeople I really enjoyed both of those movies, but I did not enjoy Captain Fantastic very much. Written By Sarah • Jul 22, 2016 02:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Viggo’s romantic stroll That’s what the photo agency is calling it... This is Viggo Mortensen in Madrid with his longtime partner Ariadna Gil. Viggo’s new Argentinean film Everybody Has A Plan (English title) is out today, select cities. I’ve attached the trailer below. He plays twins. Click here to read By Lainey • Mar 22, 2013 03:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor gets Strange One of the biggest ongoing questions surrounding the Avengers franchise is the potential involvement of Dr. Strange, a dude who messes around with space-magic sh*t, and he sometimes helps the Avengers out. A lot of folks, myself included, have thought Benedict Cumberbatch might be down to play Strange, but By Sarah • Sep 11, 2012 01:05 pm
Viggo Mortensen Viggo before TIFF Special for all you Viggo Mortensen fans out there and we don’t get photos of him too often - here’s Viggo in Spain today at the premiere of Everybody Has A Plan. Viggo plays twin brothers. And it’s his third film in Spanish. Hot, right? Viggo is By Lainey • Sep 05, 2012 11:10 am
Maple Leaf Viggo loves Canada and Canada loves Viggo The Genie Awards happened in Toronto last night. Viggo Mortensen was named Best Actor. Of course he took the opportunity to show some love for his Habs. As always. And for Phillippe Falardeau and Monsieur Lazhar. I don’t think I have to say much more to those of you By Lainey • Mar 09, 2012 10:08 am
LifestyleArticle Confirmed: Michael Fassbender has a pants problem We saw the first signs of it here. I think we can confirm it now, right? He’s wearing them like they’re dance pants. By Lainey • Jan 31, 2012 06:24 pm
