Movie Reviews and Previews Dune: Grey is for Drama Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel, Dune, has long been considered unfilmable, but director Denis Villeneuve, adapting with John Spaihts and Eric Roth, almost makes it work. Villeneuve’s Dune is good in a lot of ways and bad in a couple critically important ways. It’s a mixed bag By Sarah • Oct 28, 2021 03:06 pm
TV Updates Brace yourself for Tiger King 2 Tiger King is unquestionably one of the biggest hits of 2020, benefitting from both the true crime moment in pop culture, and its arrival on Netflix just as the first wave of COVID sent everyone home last spring. It succeeds in being a “wait WHAT” true crime documentary with more By Sarah • Oct 28, 2021 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brendan Fraser is DINING OUT Brendan Fraser was a big deal in the 1990s and a slightly less big deal in the 2000s and then he sort of disappeared and then we found out that was GOING THROUGH IT! And now, Brendan Fraser is BACK, baby! He is DINING OUT on role after role these By Sarah • Oct 27, 2021 03:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sandra Bullock’s second Netflix holiday In 2018, Sandra Bullock starred in one of Netflix’s big breakout movies, Bird Box. That film was a holiday season stand-out, and now she’s back on Netflix just in time for the holidays with The Unforgivable, an awkward title for this remake of the 2009 British mini-series, Unforgiven. By Sarah • Oct 27, 2021 02:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bill Murray isn’t here for your Marvel secrets If ever there was an actor who is not going to keep your franchise secrets, it’s Bill Murray. And indeed, he’s spilled the beans on an appearance in an upcoming Marvel movie, likely Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Speaking recently to the German paper FAZ, Murray said, “I By Sarah • Oct 27, 2021 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling is Barbie’s Ken The temptation to dunk on the live-action Barbie movie is high, because it’s a live-action Barbie movie. But Greta Gerwig is directing. Gerwig and Noah Baumbach wrote the screenplay. And Margot Robbie is not only starring as Barbie, she’s producing the movie through her Lucky Chap banner, which By Sarah • Oct 25, 2021 02:27 pm
Rust: A familiar tale of cut corners The investigation into the on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is ongoing, but over the weekend new details about the conditions on Rust have emerged which contribute to our larger discussion of set safety and labor conditions in the film industry. Rust is a low-budget production, on day 12 of By Sarah • Oct 25, 2021 12:51 pm
What Else What Else It turns out, Queen Elizabeth’s doctors wanted her to lay off the sauce for a reason. QEII was hospitalized for a night this week, for unknown but not COVID reasons. Get well soon, Betty! Someone’s gotta keep shielding Andrew from consequences. (DListed) The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia By Sarah • Oct 22, 2021 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland goes on baby’s first adventure The popular video game series Uncharted has been stuck in development hell since 2008, when a film adaptation was first announced. After years of false starts—including David O. Russell being attached to direct for a while in the early 2010s—Uncharted finally got off the ground, only to get By Sarah • Oct 22, 2021 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sam Richardson is everywhere Sam Richardson, Veep’s erstwhile Richard Splett, is everywhere lately. From mainstream blockbusters like The Tomorrow War to indie horror-comedies like Werewolves Within, from Ted Lasso to—most importantly—I Think You Should Leave, Sam Richardson is everyone’s favorite funny scene stealer. The latest scenes he will steal will By Sarah • Oct 22, 2021 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake Gyllenhaal is a charismatic outlaw Earlier this year, we saw Jake Gyllenhaal at work on Michael Bay’s new movie, Ambulance, which is now set for release in February 2022. February isn’t the death knell it once was, though it’s still not a confidence builder. Does Michael Bay need the boost, though? His By Sarah • Oct 22, 2021 10:28 am
Business of Hollywood Ruby Rose calls out Warner Brothers Ruby Rose starred in the CW series Batwoman for one season before abruptly leaving the show before the start of season two. Last year, she told Entertainment Weekly her decision to leave the show was in part due to an injury sustained in 2019, and that ten days after surgery, By Sarah • Oct 22, 2021 09:39 am
Alec Baldwin Intro for October 22, 2021 Dear Gossips, The first reports stated that a prop gun was “misfired” and “two crew members” were injured on the set of Rust, a Western starring Alec Baldwin that is currently filming in New Mexico. Last night, though, more details emerged. Baldwin discharged the gun, and the two crew members By Sarah • Oct 22, 2021 09:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Riz Ahmed, Cover Star Riz Ahmed had a huge 2020 with Sound of Metal, which earned him his first Oscar nomination—the first time a Muslim actor was nominated for Best Actor—and he’s back in 2021 for another potentially huge year. Thanks to pandemic delays, he has two movies doing the fall By Sarah • Oct 21, 2021 02:08 pm
TV Updates Cowboy Bebop launches amidst Netflix turbulence Netflix’s slow-moving car crash response to the Dave Chapelle/The Closer controversy continues, as today is a planned worker walkout in support of trans employees at Netflix who are attempting to create a better environment for themselves and also viewers of Netflix. (In support, consider abstaining from Netflix for By Sarah • Oct 20, 2021 02:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman’s grape stomp Aaron Sorkin’s long-awaited biopic of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Being the Ricardos, is making its way to theaters and Amazon Prime this winter. In anticipation of that, the teaser trailer has arrived, and I am not feeling it. Not only does it have a flat look a la By Sarah • Oct 20, 2021 12:31 pm
