Drama The film industry’s Hamilton Here is a series of strange events for you: Ron Meyer, one of the longest-serving chiefs in the film industry, was summarily fired from NBCUniversal this week after revealing to his bosses that he had an extramarital affair and was now being extorted over this information. Meyer co-founded CAA back By Sarah • Aug 19, 2020 10:51 am
Drama The film industry’s Hamilton Here is a series of strange events for you: Ron Meyer, one of the longest-serving chiefs in the film industry, was summarily fired from NBCUniversal this week after revealing to his bosses that he had an extramarital affair and was now being extorted over this information. Meyer co-founded CAA back By Sarah • Aug 19, 2020 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Project Power Since bursting onto the scene ten years ago with Catfish, directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have found a groove directing genre movies of a particular flavor, including a couple Paranormal Activity flicks and enjoyably dumb Nerve. Their latest movie is Project Power, a superhero movie that isn’t derived By Sarah • Aug 17, 2020 01:46 pm
TV Updates In Lovecraft Country, monsters are real (and are racists) Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country is the latest HBO primetime Sunday night drama, and in its opening episode it, much like Watchmen last year, declares itself a major work. Created by Green, and executive produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams, Lovecraft Country is a hyper-detailed portrait of 1950s America, By Sarah • Aug 17, 2020 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson brings chaos to Tom Holland At this point, I will watch anything Robert Pattinson is in, just to see whatever bonkers performance he’s giving that day of the week. Over his decade-plus of fame, Pattinson has turned into one of the most reliably strange performers in film—some actors try VERY HARD to sell By Sarah • Aug 14, 2020 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Unpregnant trailer Here’s something that is not at all destined to provoke yet another asinine battle front in the American culture war: HBO Max is going to stream an abortion dramedy next month. Unpregnant stars Haley Lu Richardson (adorable, love her, watch Support the Girls) and Euphoria’s Barbie Ferreira as By Sarah • Aug 13, 2020 11:42 am
TV Updates Sarah Cooper, quarantine queen Has anyone done better than Sarah Cooper in quarantine? Her TikTok videos mocking Trump became a viral sensation, this week she guest-hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live, and now she is getting a variety special on Netflix. Cooper didn’t exactly spring out of nowhere – she is a comedian and the author By Sarah • Aug 13, 2020 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hamilton is the closest thing to a blockbuster hit streaming offers An incidental comment I make a lot when writing about streaming, especially Netflix, is that any reporting on “the numbers” must be taken with a grain of salt because there is no real transparency regarding how many people are actually watching streaming shows and movies. With traditional theatrical release, there By Sarah • Aug 12, 2020 12:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews She Dies Tomorrow is a quarantine fever dream Some films try to be defining, of the moment works, and some films stumble into cultural relevance due to happenstance and timing. In a normal year, She Dies Tomorrow would be a lyrical, interesting experiment from writer/director Amy Seimetz (Sun Don’t Shine), but in the year 2020, She By Sarah • Aug 12, 2020 10:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What Jared Leto will ruin next First he came for the Joker, then he came for Blade Runner, now Jared Leto has his sights set on ruining Tron as the long-gestating Tron 3 sees a little development happening. The latest news is that Lion director Garth Davis is on board to direct the feature, which won’ By Sarah • Aug 11, 2020 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Seth Rogen in An American Pickle An American Pickle is a film about two lookalike relatives separated by a hundred years, who can’t resolve their generational differences. Like the main characters of Ben and Herschel Greenbaum (both played by Seth Rogen), An American Pickle is at war with itself and can’t quite overcome its By Sarah • Aug 10, 2020 03:03 pm
TV Updates Perry Mason rests Perry Mason wrapped up its first season last night, and the end result is as conflicted as Perry has been throughout these eight episodes. There is no eleventh hour miracle, no witness breaking down on the stand (“No one confesses on the stand,” Hamilton Burger intones with an implied eyeroll By Sarah • Aug 10, 2020 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A new Charlie Kaufman head trip Charlie Kaufman does not make what anyone could describe as “linear” films. His films, whether he’s writing them, like Adaptation., Being John Malkovich, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or also directing them, like Synedoche, New York and Anomalisa, can best be described as “imaginative existential head trips” By Sarah • Aug 07, 2020 12:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Give Daniel Kaluuya an Oscar right now We have a long way to go to the Oscars, especially since eligibility has been extended through February 2021, but look. Just give Daniel Kaluuya the Best Actor Oscar right now. The teaser for Judas and the Black Messiah, in which Kaluuya plays Black Panther Party Chairman and Rainbow Coalition By Sarah • Aug 07, 2020 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nia DaCosta’s Captain Marvel Here’s some good news, reports state that Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming Candyman, will be directing Captain Marvel 2. This is a GREAT GET for Marvel. DaCosta fits into Marvel’s trend of hiring directors with a knack for characters, like Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who directed By Sarah • Aug 06, 2020 02:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 2020, the year women ruled film 2020 was set up to be a major year for women in film, with everything from high-profile blockbusters to award bait indies directed by women set to dominate the conversation all year. The original 2020 slate for blockbusters began in February, with Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey. Other superhero By Sarah • Aug 06, 2020 10:40 am
