Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 26, 2022 Dear Gossips, Don’t worry, darlings, Don’t Worry Darling is finally out in theaters, which means we’re ALMOST done talking about this movie (probably), after what feels like a seventy-two-year press cycle for this film. It feels like this movie came out a month ago, we’ve been By Sarah • Sep 26, 2022 09:45 am
What Else What Else? Charlize Theron has finally accepted she is not as famous Kim Kardashian. As Maria says, though, reality TV fame is a different kind of famous from a movie star. Kim might be more famous in terms of basic face-name recognition, but I argue that movie stars still, even in the By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t count out M. Night Shyamalan When it comes to M. Night Shyamalan, will we ever learn our lesson? Probably not. Because there are few filmmakers who see-saw so wildly between legitimately great and genuinely awful as Shyamalan. It’s like that thing they say about Targaryens, every time M. Night Shyamalan makes a movie, the By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 12:30 pm
Relationship Assumption George and Amal have a date night Renowned human rights barrister Amal Clooney stepped out for dinner in New York City last night, accompanied by her husband, George. OF COURSE, they’re this couple, where she’s all dressed up and his vibe is “you’re lucky I’m not wearing flip-flops”. It’s been a relatively By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 09:32 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for September 23, 2022 Dear Gossips, One of the side-effects of the streaming era is the increasingly combative relationship between movie stars and studios when it comes to salaries. Top-tier talent doesn’t just get paid up front, they get a bite of the back-end ticket sales, and a percentage of home video/sales. By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 08:59 am
TV Updates Diego Luna shines in Andor Rogue One is arguably the second-best film to come out of New New Star Wars (the best is The Last Jedi, argue with a wall). The middle of Rogue One is a goddamn mess, but it has a memorable ending and in just one film introduced a compelling gallery of By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 02:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ana de Armas sets her narrative Blonde, the quasi-biopic of Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas, is in limited theatrical release now, but it hits Netflix next week, which is when Blonde-mania will crest. It’s also when Ana de Armas will launch into the forefront of the Best Actress Oscar race, as she will get By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 12:04 pm
Top Reads The Tiffany Haddish lawsuit is already over A few weeks ago, we learned of a lawsuit filed against Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears by a pair of anonymous siblings accusing them of, among other things, grooming and sexual abuse. A couple days ago, the suit was dismissed with prejudice—meaning the plaintiffs can’t refile—on behalf By Sarah • Sep 22, 2022 10:02 am
TV Updates Kumail Nanjiani’s good Eighties vibes Speaking of true crime, the teaser for Welcome to Chippendales dropped yesterday. The Hulu limited series stars Kumail Nanjiani as Steve Banerjee, the founder of Chippendale’s who gets into a murder plot involving the club’s choreographer, Nick De Noia. Murray Bartlett, fresh off his Emmy win for The By Sarah • Sep 21, 2022 01:42 pm
Serial’s impact…eight years later Adnan Syed is a free man. After 22 years in prison, Syed was released this week after being convicted in 2000 of the murder of his high-school ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Syed’s case was popularized on Serial, Sarah Koenig’s podcast that brought not only podcasting but true crime By Sarah • Sep 21, 2022 09:12 am
Timothy Olyphant Timothy Olyphant appears David O. Russell’s new movie, Amsterdam, held its premiere last night in Los Angeles. Timothy Olyphant showed up looking like the cool teacher at the prep school. David O. Russell is on my no-fly list, but I will observe all these new photos of Timothy Olyphant, because he is By Sarah • Sep 19, 2022 01:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu gets his wish For nigh on 20 years, Keanu Reeves has expressed a desire to play John Constantine, the DC comics character, in a sequel to 2005’s Constantine. That film was not well regarded when it came out, it did okay business but fanboys—gaining pop culture power via nascent comic book By Sarah • Sep 19, 2022 11:09 am
What Else What Else? Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are expecting another baby. Can’t wait to hear what song Taylor Swift writes about it. (Popsugar) Kanye West opened a private, Christian school called Donda Academy. It’s not accredited (yet), and the parents have to sign NDAs. I’m sure that’s all By Sarah • Sep 16, 2022 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Moonage Daydream Filmmaker Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck) takes a non-traditional approach to his latest subject, David Bowie. Moonage Daydream is neither a traditional concert film nor a traditional documentary, but instead blends concert footage, archival interviews with Bowie, and hundreds—thousands?—of clips By Sarah • Sep 16, 2022 03:06 pm
TV Updates Page and Powell and Butch and Sundance Earlier this week, Lainey fell under the spell of Glen Powell and Jonathan Majors. That’s a powerful combination, a one-two punch of hot and sexy. But how do you feel about Glen Powell and Regé-Jean Page? They’re at the center of a “reimagining”—no one wants to use By Sarah • Sep 16, 2022 12:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 16, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s a Friday mystery! Henry Cavill has a new spy movie coming out—no, not James Bond, sorry—called Argylle. It’s coming from Apple TV+ sometime in 2023. It’s directed by Matthew Vaughn and adapted for the screen by Jason Fuchs (who has a story By Sarah • Sep 16, 2022 09:08 am
