Movie Reviews and Previews Dev Patel in The Green Knight David Lowery is a filmmaker profoundly interested in time. All of his films from the traditionally narrative (The Old Man & the Gun) to the abstractly lyrical (A Ghost Story) to the big-budget studio (Pete’s Dragon) in some way address time, its relentlessness, man’s desire to defeat it, By Sarah • Aug 19, 2021 01:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Where were the Eternals? The “final trailer” for Eternals, a movie that is theoretically coming out in November, dropped this morning, and it’s nearly three minutes of meet and greet for Marvel’s new super-team. We get to see some of the Eternals in action, like Gemma Chan’s Sersi—who is being By Sarah • Aug 19, 2021 12:14 pm
TV Updates Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki and the new Charles and Diana The Crown season five will move into the 1990s, which means we are getting a new set of royals. Imelda Staunton takes over as the Queen, and Jonathan Pryce will be the new Prince Philip. Prince Charles and Princess Diana, meanwhile, will transition from Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin By Sarah • Aug 19, 2021 09:47 am
Business of Hollywood Emma Stone sticks with Disney When news of Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against Disney broke, there was rapidly a rumor that Emma Stone, whose star-vehicle Cruella was also moved to a Premiere Access title on Disney+, would follow suit and join ScarJo in the suit. Well, no. That is not happening. In fact, the opposite By Sarah • Aug 16, 2021 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Free Guy: The Best of Ryan Reynolds In Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds stars as Guy, a non-player character in an open-world shooter game called “Free City”. Within the world of the game, Guy and all the other NPCs are unaware of their artificial reality, they just think it’s normal for the bank to be robbed every By Sarah • Aug 13, 2021 12:56 pm
TV Updates Physical gave us misery and LEWKS Physical, the dark half-hour comedy-drama starring Rose Byrne wrapped up last week. The show is a tough watch, no doubt, that brings up a lot of feelings about body positivity and diet/workout culture, but the season ended strong, with Sheila (Byrne) tasting her first success as an aerobics instructor By Sarah • Aug 11, 2021 11:35 am
TV Updates Nicole Byer finally gets her hour From Girl Code to Nailed It!—for which she just became the first Black woman nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Show—to being one of Conan’s faves to a string of guest appearances on all your favorite comedy series and/or podcasts By Sarah • Aug 10, 2021 11:34 am
TV Updates Important Stranger Things News: BANGS Today in This Is Important News, a new teaser for Stranger Things dropped and you guys, Eleven has BANGS. We’ve seen her with a shaved head, we’ve seen her with a curly pixie, with a lob, with whatever was happening when she went to Chicago, and now Eleven By Sarah • Aug 09, 2021 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Suicide Squad, take two First of all, yes, James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is better than the 2016 Suicide Squad. That movie is a mess, this one isn’t, it’s not even a contest. Gunn, who writes and directs, also seems to have freer rein than David Ayer did, as Gunn got By Sarah • Aug 06, 2021 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in Jungle Cruise Jungle Cruise is currently the #1 movie in America, which means ??? in the age of COVID when nothing is a hit but also nothing can really fail because business is nowhere near back to normal and hey, at least SOME people are turning up to the movies, even when the By Sarah • Aug 05, 2021 01:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Venom: A fun double date! A new trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage dropped this week, and this one clicks a little stronger for me. Right off the top, it looks like Eddie Brock is doing better these days because he’s upgraded his Ducati from the more practical Scrambler to one of the By Sarah • Aug 04, 2021 02:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews What is Shang-Chi’s “Destiny”? Assuming nothing changes—which is starting to feel like a big assumption—Shang-Chi is set for release in one month. As such, Marvel is ramping up the publicity machine, bringing us a new featurette titled “Destiny”. It shows off more of the action of the film, and features Simu Liu, By Sarah • Aug 03, 2021 01:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Father, Son, and House of Gucci The trailer for House of Gucci dropped late last week, which means I have had DAYS to live in this trailer and just VIBE IT. We saw the set photos earlier this year, and the trailer is NOT disappointing the expectations raised from those photos. This movie LOOKS amazing. Slick, By Sarah • Aug 03, 2021 12:29 pm
Top Reads Scarlett Johansson v Disney: Hollywood’s next labor battle Last Thursday, Scarlett Johansson dropped a bombshell lawsuit on Disney, alleging breach of contract. The suit claims that Johansson had a theatrical-exclusive guarantee in her contract for Black Widow—which would not be unusual for an actor of her stature—and that by putting Black Widow on Disney+ day-and-date with By Sarah • Aug 03, 2021 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith is coming for Oscar Will Smith is not an actor who consistently pursues Oscar nominations, but he is occasionally seized by the fervor. Has two nominations under his belt, for Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness, but it’s been over a decade since his last nomination. Apparently, the Oscar bug bit him again, By Sarah • Jul 29, 2021 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Martin & Short & Gomez team up A second trailer for Only Murders in the Building, the true crime dark comedy starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, has arrived, and in case you’re on the fence about this one, let the comedic duo of Martin & Short sell you on it. Lainey is also By Sarah • Jul 28, 2021 02:39 pm
