Movie Reviews and Previews Matthew McConaughey: Comeback at SXSW Matthew McConaughey is a local legend in Austin, so it was only fitting to launch his new film The Rivals of Amziah King - his first screen role in nearly six years - at SXSW, as a hometown hero. It was such a proud moment that his eldest son Levi, By Joanna • Mar 11, 2025 12:54 pm
BFFs Ben Affleck at SXSW: Matt Damon, Dancing, and Tom Cruise Inside the world premiere of The Accountant 2. What do Ben Affleck and Tom Cruise have in common? Commitment to the bit, and apparently, their love of challenging stunt work. Ben Affleck claims he spent “months and months” perfecting how to line dance for The Accountant 2, before joking “Tom By Joanna • Mar 10, 2025 02:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Inside Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Backlash Bradley Cooper dons a larger, prosthetic nose to play the late composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro, a biopic he also directs and co-writes, but does this make him problematic? Well, it depends who you ask, and if you dip into Twitter today, his name is still trending, and not just By Joanna • Aug 16, 2023 02:06 pm
Gorgessity The Wades Bring Big Love Energy to TIFF If you want to talk about pride and basking in a celebratory moment at TIFF, look no further than Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, who brought a magnetic, and contagious, confident energy to the world premiere of The Inspection at the Royal Alexandra Theatre last night. Dwyane and Gabrielle - By Joanna • Sep 09, 2022 12:34 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Maggie Gyllenhaal wins big at the Gothams Maggie Gyllenhaal was the top winner at the Gotham Awards last night, winning three statues from different juries of her peers in her hometown New York crowd for her feature directorial debut, The Lost Daughter. For a New Yorker, and independent film champion like Maggie, the Gothams are definitely a By Joanna • Nov 30, 2021 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dear Evan Hansen polarises TIFF 2021 It makes perfect sense why Dear Evan Hansen was selected to open the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, on paper. It is the big-screen adaptation of the massively popular Tony-winning musical of the same name, and is a super emotional crowd-pleaser. Plus, with the star power of Amy Adams, Julianne By Joanna • Sep 10, 2021 11:27 am
Award Season Campaigning Riz and Sir Anthony Hopkins’ night before ‘Twas the night before Oscar voting closes… and Best Actor contenders Riz Ahmed and Sir Anthony Hopkins both flexed their last-minute campaign hustle on two separate late night talk shows. Sir Anthony Hopkins popped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert alongside his The Father director, Florian Zeller, while a By Joanna • Apr 20, 2021 01:05 pm
Music Demi Lovato’s Next Chapter Demi Lovato performed her title track “Dancing with the Devil” live for the first time last night at the drive-in premiere for her docuseries of the same name in LA. The song chronicles her relapse, near-fatal drug overdose, and subsequent recovery, with lines like “I told you I was OK, By Joanna • Mar 23, 2021 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Introducing, Selma Blair Selma Blair is the kind of exhilaratingly self-aware performer who will cartwheel weeks after a stem cell transplant, then curl up into a ball and laugh about how she wanted to stick the landing, only to lie on the floor dormant before saying, “I’m trying to look dead for By Joanna • Mar 19, 2021 10:12 am
TV Updates Underrated Aubrey Plaza Gets Her Due The Internet has been thirsting for Aubrey Plaza since the release of Happiest Season last week, and for good reason. Her quippy wallflower doctor character Riley is exactly the kind of character that appeals to the social media generation. And yet, Aubrey still does not feel she’s worthy of By Joanna • Dec 03, 2020 02:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Best of TIFF 2020: Shiva Baby is a loving ode to "neurotica" Imagine being told you "look like Gwyneth Paltrow on food stamps, and not in a good way" by your mother minutes after you walk into a sombre family event. Barely 30 seconds later, you unexpectedly spot your "sugar daddy" talking to your real father in the By Joanna • Sep 18, 2020 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Way I See It: When “a thousand words” is great, but is it enough? Hot off her Marriage Story Oscar win, Laura Dern “returns” to TIFF – virtually – as a producer of the documentary The Way I See It. The film spins the camera back around at former Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza, and marks Laura’s first producer credit on a feature By Joanna • Sep 14, 2020 12:02 pm
SD Recommendations Rachel McAdams: Family Time and Regina George dreams Rachel McAdams maintains a very private profile outside of her work life but yesterday, she Zoomed in and donated $10,000 in support of her hometown-area fundraiser for frontline healthcare workers, threw in some pop culture nostalgia for us all, and some social distancing family time details too. During ultra-rare By Joanna • Apr 17, 2020 01:26 pm
SD Recommendations John Krasinski SDs with "best boss" Steve Carell In another world, John Krasinski would have hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time over the weekend, fulfilling a childhood dream. Instead, he posted his first Some Good News broadcast to YouTube from a Weekend Update-like desk late on Sunday, in front of a logo created by his daughters, By Joanna • Mar 31, 2020 11:56 am
SD Recommendations Ethan Hawke's SD Instagram Live The four-time Oscar nominee teased another "Before" trilogy sequel, opened up about parenting, jealousy, and more in a new interview. Celebrities are doing what they can to keep themselves busy while social distancing, for better or for worse. Seth Rogen is livetweeting Cats, Debbie Allen is giving dance By Joanna • Mar 20, 2020 11:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews JLD’s First Oscars Julia Louis-Dreyfus is presenting at the Oscars this weekend – for this first time. Sunday night will mark her Oscars debut, as a guest or presenter. You’re surprised, right? Sure, Julia has never been nominated, but she came pretty close during the 2013-2014 awards season with Nicole Holofcener’s Enough By Joanna • Feb 04, 2020 03:11 pm
