Movie Reviews and Previews Dark Phoenix was a clusterf-ck Dark Phoenix is a sad end to the X-Men franchise v.1, and it is bombing horribly at the box office, estimated to lose at least $100 million. Its $32 million opening weekend is the worst in the franchise’s history, and it’s not going to get any better, By Sarah • Jun 12, 2019 01:52 pm
Business of Hollywood The Oscars: Chaos ahead of schedule Last year the Oscars had one of the most chaotic seasons ever. Kevin Hart was the host, then Kevin Hart was not the host. There was the announcement of a new “popular film” category, which was quickly cancelled. Then, they announced there would only be two Best Song nominees performing By Sarah • Jun 12, 2019 11:40 am
TV Updates Natasha Lyonne – she’s running Emmy voting begins today, and one of the hopefuls is Natasha Lyonne, star of Russian Doll. Yesterday she attended a Netflix “FYSee” Q&A to promote the show’s Emmy hopes, alongside show co-creators Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler, her co-star Charlie Barnett, editor Todd Downing—that show depends By Sarah • Jun 10, 2019 05:06 pm
BFFs Forensic Gossip Files: Julia Roberts at Denzel Washington’s tribute Denzel Washington was honored last night with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. As one of the most popular and beloved figures in the industry, basically everyone showed up for him. Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Cicely Tyson, Spike Lee, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, Jerry Bruckheimer, Mahershala Ali, Jamie Foxx, Frances By Sarah • Jun 07, 2019 02:43 pm
Award Season Campaigning Let Billy Porter host a truth-telling roundtable Award season roundtable roulette continues, and this time, it’s the drama dudes up to bat. The roundtable features Stephan James (Homecoming), Diego Luna (Narcos), Richard Madden (Bodyguard), Billy Porter (Pose), Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal), and Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon). That’s a solid group, and just as By Sarah • Jun 07, 2019 12:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The X-Men limp to the finish line With Disney taking over Fox, and the X-Men returning to Marvel Studios’ control, the X-Men franchise is now a lame duck. Dark Phoenix, which should have been the next stop in the two-decade-long franchise, is now the culmination of the franchise that began with 2000’s X-Men. (New Mutants, which By Sarah • Jun 06, 2019 03:44 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan Reynolds and the blowjob guy Ryan Reynolds owns a gin company, Aviation (aggressively featured in Blake Lively’s movie, A Simple Favor), and he does Maximum Ryan Reynolds ads for the company. His newest ad is called “Dedication”, and it is advertising Aviation’s “signature bottle”, a bottle “signed” by Reynolds (it is real, and By Sarah • Jun 06, 2019 02:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman shines Yesterday, a surprising piece of news came out that Warner Brothers will be skipping Hall H at Comic-Con next month, which means no DC Films panel, as has been the case the last several years. That means no Joker (I REALLY wanted to see Joaquin Phoenix cope with Hall H) By Sarah • Jun 06, 2019 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Scary Stories is the Harold show From the beginning, I have been mixed on the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie. The live-action realization of those godawful illustrations from the book are spot-on, and come loaded with a generation’s worth of nightmare fuel to give them extra weight as screen images. But everything By Sarah • Jun 05, 2019 02:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Curse of Bond 25? Is Bond 25 cursed? First there was the director drama, then that spectacularly ill-timed live-launch event— these were the harbingers, the warnings that Bond 25 had run afoul of some ancient chthonian curse, it’s the part of the story where the old timer shows up to warn you to By Sarah • Jun 05, 2019 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt’s Ad Astra is in an awkward spot Last month, Lainey mentioned that Brad Pitt had a space movie, Ad Astra, that was supposed to come out, only to get pulled from the release schedule. The movie was due on May 24, but there had been no trailer or publicity for it, so it wasn’t exactly surprising By Sarah • Jun 05, 2019 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Godzilla’s weakening roar Godzilla: King of the Monsters opened at #1 over the weekend, but still managed to disappoint, earning $47 million against expectations of $50 million or more. That’s not a huge disappointment, true, but Godzilla’s expectations themselves were disappointing. This is the third entry in a franchise, following 2014’ By Sarah • Jun 04, 2019 03:47 pm
TV Updates Orlando Bloom got a job This is how Lainey chose to inform me about the new Amazon Prime show, Carnival Row. Not, “There is a show about mythical creatures living in Victorian London,” or even, “this looks interesting.” No, she led with, “Orlando Bloom got a job!” Which is news, to be fair. He was By Sarah • Jun 04, 2019 12:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rocketman: The queer-positive rock biopic we deserve It is impossible to talk about Rocketman, the Elton John biopic, without mentioning its sibling, Bohemian Rhapsody, the Queen biopic. Both are about rock icons who came up in the 1970s, whose combination of glam, rock, and pop led to total chart dominance. Both feature iconic vocalists with a library By Sarah • Jun 03, 2019 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Boy sh-t at the race track One of the most fun things I have ever done in my life was go to a test track and drive a 1967 Shelby GT500. I’ve always loved Corvettes, and the way they look like they’re eating the road as they drive, but my boyfriend’s dad was By Sarah • Jun 03, 2019 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews We do not need Rambo now When the Death Wish remake starring Bruce Willis came out last year, I said there was “no good time for a movie like Death Wish”, a movie about a white man using vigilante violence against minority communities. You know what is a movie like Death Wish? Rambo. Specifically, Rambos 2-4. By Sarah • May 31, 2019 03:48 pm
