Game of Thrones Sarah’s Best of Thrones: “Baelor” I came a little late to Game of Thrones. Two seasons had already lapsed, and then before the third, HBO did one of those free-trial weekends and they marathoned the first couple seasons before the premiere of the third. I decided to watch it, but fantasy is very hit and By Sarah • Apr 12, 2019 01:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews An amazing day in Wine Country A few weeks ago, we got a preview of Amy Poehler’s Netflix film, Wine Country, when she and Maya Rudolph appeared in Vanity Fair to talk work and friendship. Now, we have a trailer for Wine Country, and it looks as funny and adorable as you’d expect. Poehler By Sarah • Apr 12, 2019 10:18 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones Winning Odds: House Stark We’ve reviewed the odds of all the major players left on the board, and now it’s time to talk about House Stark. Like House Targaryen, there are multiple routes to a Stark victory, starting with the most obvious, Jon Snow. Jon has been a leader, inspired loyalty, commanded By Sarah • Apr 11, 2019 01:17 pm
TV Updates Princess Diana is coming to The Crown, eventually The third season of The Crown is due this year, with a new cast playing the royal family. Olivia Colman is taking over as the queen, Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip, and Helena Bonham-Carter as Princess Margaret. No-longer-a-child Prince Charles will be played by Josh O’Connor from The Durrells By Sarah • Apr 10, 2019 02:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews I am The Lion King Grinch The full trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of The Lion King is here and I remain totally unmoved. It’s a shot-for-shot remake. Sure, it looks beautiful, but it’s a shot-for-shot remake. Besides money, WHY? There is no answer, except “money”. Also, I really need a ruling on By Sarah • Apr 10, 2019 01:19 pm
Business of Hollywood College Admissions Scandal: Prison Update The college admissions scandal has entered its next phase—trial and sentencing. The first round of defendants, including Felicity Huffman, have plead guilty and await sentencing. Huffman faces up to twenty years in jail, but because she accepted a plea deal, the prosecutors will recommend her sentencing fall on the By Sarah • Apr 10, 2019 10:43 am
TV Updates Timothy Olyphant, Silver Fox Lainey notifies me whenever there are new photos of Timothy Olyphant, because there are so rarely new photos of Timothy Olyphant. That might be why I didn’t realize he has gained so much silver in his hair—Timothy Olyphant has officially reached Silver Fox status. It’s a good By Sarah • Apr 09, 2019 03:03 pm
Jason Clarke Church the cat in Pet Sematary Remakes are rarely anything more than a cash grab, and the remake of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary is no different, seemingly existing solely to capitalize on the recent King boom heralded by It and Castle Rock. This Pet Sematary, brought to us by directing duo Kevin Kölsch and Dennis By Sarah • Apr 09, 2019 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson’s last group date? Scarlett Johansson is currently promoting Avengers: Endgame, a movie which needs no promotion. She was on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night with RDJ, Chris Hemsworth, and Paul Rudd. Next year, she’ll probably be back on the Marvel beat promoting her own movie, Black Widow, which is reportedly going to By Sarah • Apr 09, 2019 10:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Zachary Levi in Shazam! Here’s a surprise, Shazam! is delightful, by far the most fun and upbeat—and optimistic—movie DC Films has produced. So it’s a little bit of a bummer the movie isn’t doing any better. It opened this weekend with $53 million, which isn’t bad, but it’ By Sarah • Apr 08, 2019 02:53 pm
TV Updates John Cho is a space bounty hunter Yesterday the internet exploded when it was announced that John Cho will star in Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop remake, as the space bounty hunter Spike Spiegel. Lainey emailed me about it, and I think I disappointed her when I said I’m not into Cowboy Bebop. It’s one By Sarah • Apr 05, 2019 02:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Octavia Spencer’s horror moment It’s an unspoken rule of entertainment that the horror genre can deliver great roles to actresses in a way traditional dramatic often doesn’t. Consider Toni Collette in Hereditary, or Lupita Nyong’o in Us, or Jamie Lee Curtis’s resurgence thanks to Halloween—horror often comes through when By Sarah • Apr 04, 2019 02:04 pm
BFFs The Rock and The Stath: A united front Hobbs & Shaw is one of my most anticipated movies of the year. Sure, I’m excited for Avengers: Endgame, but also Hobbs & Shaw is a real movie that exists and it features Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, and Idris Elba trying to out-punch one another while driving cool cars By Sarah • Apr 04, 2019 01:20 pm
Style Gwendoline Christie is our Moth Queen Here is Gwendoline Christie at the Game of Thrones final season premiere, looking like a radiant moth. A basic might say butterfly, but moths have a dramatic Goth edge that butterflies don’t, and Gwendoline Christie is all about the drama in this dress (it’s by Iris Van Herpen) By Sarah • Apr 04, 2019 11:53 am
Quiveration Everyone’s favorite couple at the GOT premiere Khal Drogo returned to Game of Thrones, kind of, as Jason Momoa turned out for the Game of Thrones premiere. He came with Lisa Bonet, because everyone’s favorite couple is contractually required to appear on all red carpets together. Sadly, they did not color coordinate this time, and there By Sarah • Apr 04, 2019 10:20 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones Winning Odds: House Targaryen We have looked at the chances of House Greyjoy, House Lannister, and the Night King winning it all in the final season of Game of Thrones. This week, we’re talking House Targaryen which, thanks to incest, has an almost 100% chance of ending up on the Iron Throne. There By Sarah • Apr 03, 2019 03:06 pm
