Movie Reviews and Previews Oppenheimer dudes Christopher Nolan’s next film, Oppenheimer, is currently filming in Los Angeles. Cillian Murphy and his near-translucent stare rings the bell for some of y’all, so here he is on set yesterday, along with Matt Damon and Dane DeHaan in period World War II-era garb. To refresh, this movie By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 09:39 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for April 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s been a wild week for Netflix. Following a disastrous earnings call earlier this week, in which CEO Reed Hastings admitted to a 200K subscriber loss in the first quarter, and estimated as much as a 2 million subscriber loss coming up in quarter two. It’s By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 09:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicolas Cage returns to late night The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent opens tomorrow, and Nicolas Cage has been doing a full press tour to support it, including returning to late night television after a 14-year absence. He stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night and boy, do I miss movie stars like this on talk By Sarah • Apr 21, 2022 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Pants PROBLEMS for Doctor Strange The press tour for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness officially kicked off in Berlin today, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen doing a photocall to which they both dressed as if they are living in different universes, indeed. Cumberbuns is rocking a “philosophy prof after spring break” look, By Sarah • Apr 21, 2022 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s shoe movie Coming off The Last Duel, which reunited Ben Affleck and Matt Damon not only as co-stars but also as co-writers (along with Nicole Holofcener), Affleck and Damon are working together once again, this time on a movie about Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, the man who built the indelible and then-revolutionary By Sarah • Apr 20, 2022 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoë Bell’s moment Zoë Bell is a New Zealand actor and stunt performer best known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino. She got her start doing stunts on Xena: Warrior Princess, but then doubled for Uma Thurman on Kill Bill, and from there on, she collaborated regularly with Tarantino, culminating in Once Upon By Sarah • Apr 19, 2022 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard’s victory lap The Northman, the Icelandic saga-inspired Viking epic starring Alexander Skarsgard, opens this week, and the premiere was last night in Los Angeles. Skarsgard was on hand along with his castmates Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, and writer/director Robert Eggers. Keith Urban joined Kidman on the black carpet, and By Sarah • Apr 19, 2022 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor’s spiritual spring break The first teaser for Thor Love and Thunder is finally here, featuring “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses and one wonders if clearing this song is what held up the trailer release. It was a pain in the ass to clear the Led Zeppelin song for the trailer By Sarah • Apr 18, 2022 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JK Rowling has poisoned the Fantastic Beasts well Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore opened this past weekend in North America, and in a classic case of diminishing returns, it is the lowest-grossing opening weekend for the Wizarding World spin-off yet. It took in $43 million, with $150 million to date worldwide, for a total gross of $193 By Sarah • Apr 18, 2022 12:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews KStew goes the classy thriller route Kristen Stewart is following up her Best Actress season with a new film, a romantic thriller called Love Lies Bleeding from filmmaker Rose Glass and production company A24. Glass and A24 previously worked together releasing her first feature, Saint Maud (very creepy and centered on an excellent performance by the By Sarah • Apr 14, 2022 01:07 pm
Business of Hollywood Frank Langella is also being replaced Frank Langella has also left a production mid-go, leaving behind a role that also needs to be recast. A couple days ago, TMZ—I know, I know—reported that Langella was being investigated for alleged sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct on set, and Deadline has now confirmed TMZ’s report, By Sarah • Apr 14, 2022 11:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Slap has cursed Hollywood (Thandiwe vs Channing edition) Yesterday afternoon, news broke that Thandiwe Newton was exiting Magic Mike’s Last Dance, filming now in Britain, for “personal reasons” and that Salma Hayek would replace her. The official statement released by Warner Brothers, the studio bankrolling Last Dance, said that Newton “made the difficult decision to step away By Sarah • Apr 14, 2022 09:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicolas Cage gets back into comedy As Lainey pointed out yesterday, we’re about to be up to our necks in Nicolas Cage as the press tour for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent starts for real. Cage dropped some soundbites with The Hollywood Reporter while at a screening promoting Talent, talking about how director Tom By Sarah • Apr 12, 2022 02:35 pm
TV Updates Stranger Things is just spooky New Girl Stranger Things’ penultimate season finally arrives this spring and summer after a pandemic delay in production. “Volume 1” drops on May 27, followed by “volume 2” on July 1. As much as Netflix’s “consume everything at once” binge model has permanently changed television—and audiences do like the convenience By Sarah • Apr 12, 2022 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson is also #Family Fast & Furious 10, alternatively called Fast 10 or Fast10 but not FasTEN, is currently filming and still adding to the cast, as Vin Diesel took to Instagram to announce that Brie Larson is joining the franchise (in an unspecified role), following Jason Momoa’s addition earlier this year (he By Sarah • Apr 11, 2022 02:55 pm
Equality Issues The Final Slap After moving up their meeting regarding Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars which feels like 14 years ago, the Academy leadership (“leadership”) has taken the step of banning Smith, who has already resigned his membership from the Academy, from the Oscars and all Academy events for By Sarah • Apr 11, 2022 09:37 am
