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
Movie Reviews and Previews Smile for Joker Two years ago we learned that cinema’s best misanthropic boy, Todd Phillips, was developing a Joker origins movie no one asked for. Then Joaquin Phoenix was named as the star, and while still totally unnecessary, at least it wasn’t DC Films’ worst idea (that was a Jared Leto By Sarah • Apr 03, 2019 11:14 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones, two weeks out Just in case you thought April was all about the Avengers, Game of Thrones is here to remind you that April is ALSO all about Westeros. (Is this the busiest pop culture spring ever?) New teasers just dropped, with some new footage and some recycled, and a lot to talk By Sarah • Apr 02, 2019 03:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews We’re in the Endgame now It’s official, Avengers: Endgame mania has begun. The movie comes out in three weeks, it’s the final go-round for the original team, this is going to be Marvel hype par excellence. The first Avengers tour in 2012 was fun, remember how fun it was? (Prem is probably like, By Sarah • Apr 02, 2019 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver saying “Ghouls” Up until this very moment, pop culture has had only one ghoul expert, and that is Charlie Kelly, who knows a ghoul on sight. Now, however, Charlie Kelly is joined by Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch’s new zombie movie, as he correctly identifies ghouls and, incidentally, creates a new By Sarah • Apr 01, 2019 03:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dumbo is thinly veiled anti-corporate propaganda The thing about Dumbo is that it is completely mediocre and the latest evidence in the case against Disney’s blatant cash grabs via these live-action remakes of their classic cartoons, but it is also thinly veiled anti-corporate propaganda. It feels like someone in Disney oversight command fell asleep at By Sarah • Apr 01, 2019 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dev Patel and Armie Hammer in Hotel Mumbai Hotel Mumbai is a docu-drama that recreates the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, with a particular focus on the siege of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. It is technically a very good movie. It is very well made, tightly written by John Collee and Anthony Maras, who also directs. Maras delivers By Sarah • Mar 29, 2019 03:32 pm
