Movie Reviews and Previews Anya Taylor-Joy is the new Furiosa George Miller is returning to the world of Mad Max with a Fury Road prequel called Furiosa. As the title indicates, it will be the origin story of Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road. But Theron will not be reprising the role; instead, Furiosa will By Sarah • Oct 14, 2020 12:32 pm
TV Updates WandaVision resumes Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Kathryn Hahn, and Teyonah Parris are back on set, filming the last episodes of WandaVision. Disney-Marvel has promised they will get this show to Disney+ by the end of the year, but as we can see, they still have some work to do. Given that, By Sarah • Oct 13, 2020 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gal Gadot is Cleopatra and people are mad Wonder Woman 1984 may or may not come out this December, but that uncertainty is not getting in the way of Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot reteaming for a third time, for a new biopic of everyone’s favorite Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. Jenkins will direct the film which will be By Sarah • Oct 13, 2020 12:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Female Revenge Fantasy for the Holidays One of the most anticipated films of the year around the LaineyGossip internet office is Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan. This movie looks GREAT, and it got very interesting reviews out of Sundance. It was slated for a spring release, but then came COVID and it By Sarah • Oct 09, 2020 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Soul for the Holidays In completely unsurprising news, Pixar’s next film, Soul, will skip theaters and premiere on Disney+. It is shifting back one month from its previously COVID-adjusted release date of November 20 to December 25, when it will be available on the streaming service at no additional cost. In international By Sarah • Oct 09, 2020 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Doctor Strange joins Spider-Man One of the most adorable moments in Avengers: Infinity War is when Spider-Man meets Doctor Strange. It’s less than thirty seconds but it’s a great character beat for Peter Parker and the “who has time for you” look Strange gives him is loaded with potential which neither By Sarah • Oct 09, 2020 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews David Fincher worships at the altar of Mank and Welles David Fincher’s latest film is for Netflix, as is becoming the way for top-tier directors who can’t get the funding they want from traditional studios. Titled Mank, it is a biopic of Herman Mankiewicz, the screenwriter who co-wrote Citizen Kane, among other things (including an uncredited By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 03:03 pm
TV Updates RIP GLOW One of my favorite shows on Netflix is GLOW, the 1980s-set dramedy about an all-women pro-wrestling show starring Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Marc Maron. GLOW was strong right out of the gate, and it got better through each successive season. But by the time season three By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The 355 is NOT a comedy I don’t know why, but for some reason I thought The 355 was an action-comedy. This is the all-lady spy movie Jessica Chastain pitched to Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg, and I don’t know what about that made me think it was going to be a By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 11:22 am
TV Updates Ted Lasso: The spiritual successor to Schitt’s Creek With the final season of Schitt’s Creek hitting Netflix, the show is really, truly, officially over (until the inevitable reunion episode to support some new streaming platform called something like Zibi Max+). Of course we can always revisit Schitt’s Creek, but with no new episodes coming until Zibi By Sarah • Oct 07, 2020 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Free Guy is sticking it out As most movies vacate 2020, Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy is sticking with it. A new trailer dropped yesterday, doubling down on the movie’s December 11 release date. Interestingly, there is no “Only in theaters” tag, which suggests that whatever happened with Mulan, Disney might not be over the direct- By Sarah • Oct 06, 2020 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Now it’s Dune’s turn When the first trailer for Dune was released last month, I said it wasn’t going to come out in 2020, and sure enough following Bond, it is the latest movie to pull up stakes in 2020 and seek greener pastures in 2021. Specifically, Dune is taking overThe Batman’s By Sarah • Oct 06, 2020 10:06 am
Bradley Cooper Bradley Cooper wants YOU.. To get out and vote. Bradley Cooper did a voting PSA for his home state of Pennsylvania, explaining the steps and process of how to vote in Pennsylvania. It’s no Certified Young Person™️ Paul Rudd exhorting people to wear masks, but it’s a solid “how to” PSA and By Sarah • Oct 06, 2020 09:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Defying death with Dick Johnson Is Dead Dick Johnson Is Dead is an unusual documentary in which director Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson) imagines her father’s death over and over, and her dad, Dick, participates in staging his many fatalities. This exercise in impermanent mortality is way for Kirsten and Dick, who seem very close, to come to By Sarah • Oct 05, 2020 03:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alex Gibney’s October surprise In US elections, there’s a thing called the “October surprise”, which is when a candidate pulls out some information as a last minute battle axe to wield against their opponent. It was clear a couple weeks ago that Trump was aiming to have a miracle vaccine in October as By Sarah • Oct 05, 2020 12:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond quits 2020, too In the wake of Disney clearing most of their slate out of 2020, the latest Bond film, No Time to Die, has also evacuated this cursed year for hopefully greener pastures in April 2021. The means that No Time Die has now moved back a full year, from its original By Sarah • Oct 05, 2020 10:34 am
