TV Updates Oscar and Michelle’s Marriage Story There is going to be SO MUCH breakup media coming out of this pandemic. And there will be some romantic stories to be told, but I predict the vibe of post-pandemic storytelling will be overwhelmingly about the meltdown, not the meet cute. Case in point: Oscar Isaac and Michelle By Sarah • Jul 10, 2020 11:29 am
TV Updates The Quibi Experiment, Three Months Later Here’s a real question for us to ponder in the summer of nothing better to do: Which is going worse, the first months of Apple TV+ or the first months of Quibi? Both are enormously expensive streaming ventures, both had flashy launches touting impressive rosters of A List talent, By Sarah • Jul 07, 2020 12:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews An Unexpected Pickle Earlier this year, Sony sold Seth Rogen’s new movie, An American Pickle, to HBO Max, offloading it from their theatrical release schedule when coronavirus shut down the world. I said at the time that “This sounds like exactly the kind of dumb premise Rogen and his producing partners Evan By Sarah • Jul 06, 2020 12:56 pm
Douchebags Ray Fisher calls Joss Whedon “completely unacceptable” Amidst the wreckage of Justice League lies Cyborg, the part-man, part-robot character played by Ray Fisher. Cast by Zack Snyder in his first film role, Fisher by way of Cyborg was supposed to be Justice League’s break-out character, as Cyborg was not widely known to general By Sarah • Jul 06, 2020 11:32 am
Kenan Thompson Ricky Gervais vs. the youths in comedy Voting for Emmy nominations is now underway with the nominees expected to be announced on July 28. And that means everyone is campaigning. This year’s Hollywood Reporter’s comedy actors roundtable features Ricky Gervais, Kumail Nanjiani, Ramy Youssef, Kenan Thompson, and Dan Levy – an interesting crop, especially as Gervais By Sarah • Jul 03, 2020 11:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Eurovision Song Contest is the dumb summer fun we need Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga—a title that never gets easier to deal with—is the dopamine hit we need this summer. If you’re missing the Eurovision Song Contest this year, Fire Saga has you covered with a series of Eurovision All-Star cameos and original By Sarah • Jun 29, 2020 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie’s lateral move Over the 2010s, Margot Robbie became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. She’s a two-time Oscar nominee with a hot production company, developing interesting, trophy-baiting projects for herself (I, Tonya), and for other people (Promising Young Woman), as well as creating television projects (Dollface). She’s By Sarah • Jun 29, 2020 10:28 am
Award Season Campaigning Extreme Marvel Dad Energy The Emmys are proceeding on September 20, though no one is quite sure what the show will look like. Will it be virtual? Will it be nominees only? Is Jimmy Kimmel still hosting or will he be replaced? Many questions, no answers. What we do know is that the award By Sarah • Jun 26, 2020 11:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet blinked again With COVID-19 cases on the rise in the US, Tenet has once again delayed its release, moving off its second date of July 31 for a mid-week drop on Wednesday, August 12. When I wrote about the first date change, I said it was “probably the first in By Sarah • Jun 26, 2020 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to the Blackfeet Boxing Club Earlier this summer, ESPN dominated quarantine viewing with The Last Dance, a docuseries about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Their next big sports documentary is about an all-women boxing club…on a Native American reservation. Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible tells the story of the Blackfeet Boxing Club, founded By Sarah • Jun 25, 2020 11:29 am
TV Updates Perry Mason is of our time The first episode of HBO’s rebooted Perry Mason aired on the weekend, and it is a cynical show for a cynical time. Set during the week between Christmas and New Year’s, in that liminal space where nothing feels real and everything is possible, a young boy, Charlie, is By Sarah • Jun 24, 2020 11:45 am
Douchebags Ugh, Bryan Singer This was my reaction when I saw Bryan Singer’s name on an email from site manager Emily this morning, “Ugh, Bryan Singer.” The roach analogy was even better than I realized, because here comes another one, scuttling across the floor. You might have thought Singer was done, after an By Sarah • Jun 24, 2020 11:08 am
Douchebags Winona Ryder reminds us who Mel Gibson is Not that anyone SHOULD need reminding, but just in case someone DID forget, Mel Gibson is a raging asshole and all-around bad person. To remind us, Winona Ryder emerged from her self-quarantine to tell The Sunday Times about that time in the 1990s when Gibson said homophobic and By Sarah • Jun 24, 2020 09:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Here for The King’s Man, whenever it comes out Here’s another “we’ll see it when we see it” movie: The King’s Man, the prequel to the Kingsman movies, is supposed to come out this fall. To that end, a new trailer was released yesterday, touting that it will be “Only in theaters September 18”. You know By Sarah • Jun 23, 2020 03:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Keaton may return as Batman Today in I Didn’t Even Know That Was An Option news, Michael Keaton may return as Batman in The Flash, the movie centered on Ezra Miller’s speedster. The Wrap first reported that Keaton is in talks to reprise the role, but then Deadline jumped in to clarify that By Sarah • Jun 23, 2020 10:38 am
Douchebags The latest bad man: Ansel Elgort Bad men are like roaches—there’s never just one. There’s always a whole freaking hive, just behind the walls, and the moment one gets caught out in the light, just wait for it because more will soon be exposed. Case in point: On June 16 comedian Chris D’ By Sarah • Jun 22, 2020 10:00 am
