Movie Reviews and Previews Cats: They Never Stop Singing Cats begins with Victoria (Francesca Hayward), a cat-human hybrid escaped from the island of Dr. Moreau, abandoned on the streets of London. I am shocked that the location is not called “Meow Town”. Is this mercy? Is Cats mostly harmless, a little weird and off-putting but not sunk so low By Sarah • Dec 19, 2019 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars concludes (for now) in The Rise of Skywalker To follow a much-debated middle installment in a trilogy is a big task, and to wrap up a nine-film saga is a big task, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is better at one of those things than the other. As a conclusion to the “Skywalker Saga”, it is By Sarah • Dec 18, 2019 04:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bill & Ted back in the booth The movie I am most looking forward to in 2020 is Bill & Ted Face the Music. I was reluctant to believe this movie was really happening, after almost thirty years of teasing it, but it is happening, it has happened, it will always happen. They filmed Bill & Ted By Sarah • Dec 18, 2019 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Sandler still has a shot Back in September, Joanna wrote about the premiere of Adam Sandler’s Oscar hopeful, Uncut Gems. Well, Uncut Gems is now in theaters, and Adam Sandler’s Oscar hopes still exist. Reviews remained strong even after the festival buzz faded, an Uncut Gems hive has materialized online—led by Vulture’ By Sarah • Dec 17, 2019 04:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Moviegoers didn’t show up for Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell Richard Jewell did not perform well at the box office this weekend. It’s Clint Eastwood’s “worst opening in four decades”. The film is about Richard Jewell, the man wrongfully accused of the Centennial Park bombing during the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and the latest white male hero trumpeted By Sarah • Dec 17, 2019 03:19 pm
TV Updates Watchmen: Save Me Daughter Spoilers Amazingly, incredibly, for a show that has SO much going on, last night Watchmen came to a satisfying conclusion. It’s almost a little TOO pat, the way everything ties off, but I’m not going to complain about Damon Lindelof tying off all his threads. If there is By Sarah • Dec 16, 2019 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Reynolds in 6 Underground Netflix, in their quest to conquer cinema, has been flinging money at filmmakers in truly ludicrous fashion. Their no-limit budgeting leads to unfiltered works from big-name filmmakers, like Martin Scorsese’s indulgent-yet-effective The Irishman. But in the case of Michael Bay, director of 6 Underground, that unfettered, Netflix-sponsored spending results By Sarah • Dec 16, 2019 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Maverick is the boss now Maverick: Legend of the Skies (AKA Top Gun: Maverick, a boring title) is probably going to be one of the biggest movies of summer 2020. I say “probably” only because this past summer was so f-cking dicey for everyone not named Disney, I am no longer confident in people showing By Sarah • Dec 16, 2019 01:02 pm
TV Updates Can Watchmen stick the landing? We have arrived at the final episode of Watchmen season one, which makes me incredibly nervous, because if you’re familiar with Damon Lindelof, then you know sticking the landing isn’t his strong suit. Even though the story is mostly in focus now, and we can see how things By Sarah • Dec 13, 2019 04:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Shazam! gets another shot For a superhero movie, Shazam! flew under the radar this year. It deserved more attention, it’s one of the best superhero movies in recent memory, and definitely a high water mark for DC Films. But it came out smack dab in the middle of Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame, By Sarah • Dec 13, 2019 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The players return in Jumanji: The Next Level Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was a surprise hit in 2017, a sequel/soft reboot that actually manages to add to the lore of the original movie, such as changing the Jumanji game from a board game to a video game, while also standing on its own. Jumanji: The Next By Sarah • Dec 13, 2019 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Top 10 Movies of 2019 This has been a great year for film, so I fully expect enthusiastic arguments for this or that film not on my list because it’s not possible to pick every film for a list that is meant to be finite. In a year with so many genuinely good movies, By Sarah • Dec 13, 2019 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life Terrence Malick has wrestled with themes of suffering for decades, and in the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, he has found his perfect beatific subject. A conscientious objector in World War II, Franz (August Diehl) is happily married and raising young children in an Alpine village in Austria when the By Sarah • Dec 12, 2019 04:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu Day Yesterday, Warner Brothers announced a movie slate that includes The Matrix 4, now dated for May 21, 2021. (They also slated Ezra Miller’s long-gestating The Flash for July 1, 2022, which…call me when that movie is actually in production.) This is very interesting as John Wick 4 is By Sarah • Dec 12, 2019 12:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story (Lainey: Marriage Story came away with several Golden Globe nominations, including Best Drama, and nominations for Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Laura Dern from the Screen Actors Guild but curiously was not nominated in the ensemble cast category. Still, it’s a major contender for Best Picture at the Oscars. By Sarah • Dec 12, 2019 10:11 am
TV Updates Fancy Cutting Edge We all know The Cutting Edge is perfect, but what if I told you there is a Netflix show that is basically just The Cutting Edge but for the Peak TV era? That means it’s The Cutting Edge, but with more explicit sex, plus drugs and INNER DARKNESS. That By Sarah • Dec 11, 2019 03:20 pm
