BFFs Eddie Redmayne for Emma Stone It’s barely November, but Emma Stone is calling up the heavy hitters to help celebrate her (fantastic) work in La La Land. A few weeks ago, Jennifer Lawrence held down the fort for Emma in New York and made a Tonya Harding reference for the ages — but last night, By Joanna • Nov 02, 2016 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Does Eddie Murphy have a shot at Best Supporting Actor this year? He definitely could be in contention. Eddie Murphy’s performance in the little-seen indie Mr. Church — which hit DVD and on-demand yesterday* — has been dubbed a “revelation” by The Hollywood Reporter. Whoever is running Eddie’s Twitter appears to agree with that take. All week long – Eddie’s Twitter account By Joanna • Oct 26, 2016 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jon Hamm in Keeping UP With The Joneses Keeping Up With The Joneses is the type of movie that's engineered to make you laugh on a plane. It has more laughs than you see in the trailer, yet even though it's not particularly inventive, it does give Gal Gadot the opportunity to deliver a By Joanna • Oct 24, 2016 02:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Yes, Annette Bening deserves all that Oscar buzz for 20th Century Women Sight unseen, Annette Bening was hailed as a Best Actress contender (and possible frontrunner) for her work in 20th Century Women, which premiered on Saturday at the New York Film Festival. The same hype followed Viola Davis for her work in Fences, and coincidentally, the trailers for both of these By Joanna • Oct 12, 2016 10:40 am
Ben Affleck "Matt and Ben" and John and Emily: Inside the Good Will Hunting live read and what it could mean for Manchester by the Sea John Krasinski had a "viral moment" last week on Good Morning America when, as he was talking about his upcoming Good Will Hunting live read, Ben Affleck surprised him with a leering grin and wave. So, imagine the audience's surprise when the real Ben and Matt By Joanna • Oct 11, 2016 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Woody Harrelson as LBJ Bryan Cranston won the Tony for his portrayal of Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way, and he's up for two Emmys this weekend for the televised version of the same role. So, when news broke that Woody Harrelson would also play LBJ in a Rob Reiner film By Joanna • Sep 16, 2016 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rebecca Hall as Christine According to Rebecca Hall, the challenge of making a movie about Christine Chubbuck — a Florida-based reporter who died by suicide (reportedly on-air) barely a month before her 30th birthday in 1974 — is creating "a film about sensationalism without being sensationalistic." That's what she told the CBC, By Joanna • Sep 15, 2016 11:49 am
Maple Leaf Two Lovers and a Bear is freezing cold, and a piece of surreal perfection Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan must have really taken to Kim Nguyen's surreal arctic love story because Two Lovers and a Bear left them out in the cold. The freezing cold, in fact. But to them, it was a very worthy project, and this original Canadian, The Shining-esque By Joanna • Sep 14, 2016 02:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wakefield aka Two (Estranged) Lovers and an Attic. Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner basically star in a film that should be called Two (Estranged) Lovers and an Attic. Bryan plays Howard Wakefield, a high-end Connecticut-based lawyer who runs away from his idyllic married life to live in isolation on the property. In his mind, it's a By Joanna • Sep 14, 2016 11:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Xavier Dolan deserves a break I have a ton of respect and admiration for Xavier Dolan. It’s hard not to, right? He’s 27. Every profile or review of his work mentions his age. He’s had movie after movie at Cannes, so much acclaim, directed Adele’s Hello video, has an LV campaign By Joanna • Sep 13, 2016 04:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews American Honey really wants you to think it's as good as Spring Breakers... but it's not Kristen Stewart and Alicia Cargile dancing on the famous red steps in Cannes alongside the American Honey cast, including Shia LaBeouf? It was one of the more memorable moments from May's otherwise ultra-formal film festival. The couple attended to show support to Kristen's friends, who are By Joanna • Sep 13, 2016 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel Weisz in Denial at TIFF The phrase "never forget" has taken on a sarcastic connotation on social media, or in pop culture, and is often used to memorialize shortlived celebrity couples, fads or memes. But its origins stem from a scarier idea: that we need to remember certain moments in history (the Holocaust, By Joanna • Sep 13, 2016 11:27 am
TIFF 2016 Coverage Liev Schreiber is The Bleeder Mercury is in retrograde, so yada yada yada, I walked in to my screening of The Bleeder late. The night before, for the red carpet for The Bleeder, Lainey and I had to rush there due to some technical woes. It all worked out, and we got some great interviews By Joanna • Sep 12, 2016 04:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman in Jackie If you ask Natalie Portman which performance was more daunting: dancing in Black Swan or mastering Jacqueline Kennedy's poise for Jackie, she might say the former was harder. But on the Jackie red carpet last night, she admitted to our camera crew and my friend and colleague Danielle By Joanna • Sep 12, 2016 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anne Hathaway in Colossal Before I saw Jackie — a masterclass in filmmaking, vision and Americana subversion (more on that later)— I was ready to rave about Anne Hathaway's twisted part-addiction movie, part-monster movie, all dark comedy Colossal as being the most unique and memorable movie of TIFF. But, then Natalie gave me By Joanna • Sep 12, 2016 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lion, the word of mouth movie of TIFF, & a "love letter" to Nicole Kidman's children Word at TIFF travels fast. Sometimes, a little too fast. And Lion surprised everybody when it premiered on Saturday to "ugly cries" and a standing ovation. It's the based-on-a-true-story Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara adoption movie that is seemingly sponsored by Google Earth, and which By Joanna • Sep 12, 2016 09:49 am
