Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt in Babylon Damien Chazelle continues his cinematic study of obsession and achievement with Babylon, a three hour and ten-minute odyssey through the end of the silent era of film that drags the audience through piles of cocaine, piss, vomit, and ten gallons of elephant sh-t. It’s the most glamorous film about By Sarah • Dec 21, 2022 11:52 am
TV Updates Austin Butler closes it out Austin Butler closed out his breakout year hosting the Christmas episode of SNL, and as Lainey said, he hit just the right mix of silly and sincere to succeed as a host. It wasn’t the strongest episode of the year, but Butler showed up ready to play and made By Sarah • Dec 21, 2022 10:03 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for December 21, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s one last bit of DC drama just before everyone checks out for the end of the year! Yesterday, Dwayne Johnson took to Twitter to announce he will not be returning to Black Adam under the auspices of the new DC Studios. This is entirely unsurprising given By Sarah • Dec 21, 2022 09:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews MBJ takes the Tom Cruise route Kind of. He’s not flinging himself out of an airplane while filming a thank you video, but Michael B. Jordan is taking a page from the Tom Cruise Playbook for Creed III. A behind-the-scenes featurette dropped yesterday, and in it MBJ emphasizes two things: big cinema and big emotional By Sarah • Dec 20, 2022 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aubrey and Adam in the cold Francis Ford Coppola commenced filming his long-gestating passion project, Megalopolis, in Atlanta in November. Among the sprawling ensemble cast are Adam Driver and Aubrey Plaza, who is sporting blonde hair for a character called “Wow Wee”. I’m sure that name isn’t an indication of anything about the movie, By Sarah • Dec 20, 2022 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bomb movie goes boom Just like Barbie, a teaser for next summer’s Oppenheimer played in front of IMAX screenings for Avatar: The Way of Water over the weekend, and just like Barbie, Oppenheimer’s teaser is now online for all of us to see. Like Barbie, Oppenheimer looks good. Completely different, of course, By Sarah • Dec 19, 2022 03:06 pm
What Else What Else? Elon Musk suspended a bunch of journalists on Twitter yesterday, claiming they were doxing him. They weren’t, flight paths are public data, if you know a plane’s tail number there are numerous databases, including those maintained by public agencies, where you can input it and find out where By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver cashes in Human sequoia Adam Driver puts up with a lot from his adoring public, from graphic “Reylo” fanfic, to being called things like “human sequoia” on the internet, to John Oliver’s massive crush, and in exchange for his endless patience and not stepping on us all like ants with his By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 03:26 pm
TV Updates Party Down returns Party Down lives in television history as one of those cult darling “cancelled too soon” shows like Arrested Development, Firefly, and Freaks and Geeks. Its two seasons aired in 2009 and 2010, and it starred Adam Scott, Martin Starr, Lizzy Caplan, Jane Lynch, Megan Mullally, Ken Marino, Ryan Hansen, and By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig in White Noise Somewhere there exists a film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel, White Noise, that is as good as the production design in the currently existing film adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel, White Noise. Written for the screen and directed by Noah Baumbach, White Noise is the odd misfire from By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews All the Spider-People are back Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is arguably the best superhero movie ever made (cases can be made for Superman, 1978, Batman, 1989, and Black Panther). Not only is it eye-wateringly beautiful animation, but it captures the essence of both Miles Morales as a singular character and Spider-Man as an archetype. And By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 12:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews We’re in our Barbie Era For a lot of us, Barbie is one of the most anticipated movies of 2023. It’s not even that we’re all fans of Barbie, it’s the sheer combination of unlikely factors—that a Barbie movie exists in the 2020s, that it’s directed by Greta Gerwig, that By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 16, 2022 Dear Gossips, Babylon, the last major entry into awards season before the holidays, premiered in Los Angeles last night. Everyone turned out, from headliners Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, to members of the massive ensemble including Jean Smart, Flea, comedian Rory Scovel, Li Jun Li, Tobey Maguire, Lukas By Sarah • Dec 16, 2022 09:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The CCAs have what the Oscars want The nominations for the 2023 Critics’ Choice Awards were announced yesterday, and the coverage was overall more robust than what we saw earlier in the week for the Golden Globes. The Critics’ Choice Association is actively trying to snake the Globes’ place as THE pre-Oscar awards show, and so far, By Sarah • Dec 15, 2022 02:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month Buckle UP because this is a roller COASTER. Six weeks ago, Henry Cavill confirmed he was leaving The Witcher, his hit Netflix fantasy series (to be replaced by Liam Hemsworth). Many people, myself included, assumed this was at least in part due to Cavill’s return as Superman in the By Sarah • Dec 15, 2022 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Cameron returns with Avatar: The Way of Water “Never bet against James Cameron” is how the old adage goes, and anyone foolish enough to think that his latest film, Avatar: The Way of Water, won’t make a truckload of cash is wasting their breath. At this point, no one delivers large-scale spectacle quite like Cameron, and we By Sarah • Dec 14, 2022 01:59 pm
