Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek did not mention Bryan Singer Not like we expected him to, but let’s never forget that Bohemian Rhapsody did not direct itself, and though Bryan Singer is nowhere to be found this award season, he benefits from all the trophies being thrown at his movie. He remains empowered because he makes people money and By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 10:51 am
SAG Awards 2019 Chris Pine Wears Clothes Chris Pine is not my Best Chris—that would be Hemsworth—but maybe he’s yours. He is enough people’s Best Chris that I accept him as A Best Chris. Maybe not THE Best Chris, but definitely A Best Chris. He made a case for being THE Best Chris By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 09:29 am
SAG Awards 2019 Alison Brie is living in the 80s Alison Brie was, once again, a double-nominee for her role on GLOW. GLOW is set in the 1980s. Ever since she started getting nominated for GLOW, she has really embraced the Eighties glam of GLOW, and regularly wears dresses that are sort of tacky in that over-the-top 80s way (see By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 07:44 am
SAG Awards 2019 Megan Mullally did her best It’s not like she was given a lot to work with. As host of the 25th SAG Awards—the silver anniversary, as SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris pointed out—Mullally should have been working with top-tier material, to make SAG’s biggest night shine extra bright on their milestone. And By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 07:29 am
Quiveration Sebastian Stan in Cozy Couture Sebastian Stan has been doing a lot of promotion for Destroyer. He has maybe fifteen minutes in the whole movie, but based on the amount of promotion he’s done, you’d think he was co-leads with Nicole Kidman. I get it—he’s Marvel famous (like internet famous but By Sarah • Jan 25, 2019 10:05 am
Business of Hollywood Vanity Fair’s effortless cover As Lainey mentioned earlier, we’ll be unpacking more of our thoughts about the 25th anniversary of the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue as we get through all the features. The cover is GREAT. You know what strikes me most? It’s effortless. It looks so relaxed, so EASY. No one By Sarah • Jan 24, 2019 03:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is McConaughey even acting? Harmony Korine, who is the filmmaking equivalent to Florida, is finally following up his last feature, 2012’s Spring Breakers, with The Beach Bum, which actually looks like a real movie? At least, it looks about as straight forward as anything Korine has made. This is the guy, after all, By Sarah • Jan 24, 2019 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sundance Preview 2019: 10 to Watch Sundance is this week, which is impossible because New Year’s was just like, yesterday. January is going so fast! (After the ninety-year slog of 2018, this is a blessing.) For once, sparing everyone, Oscar nominations were before the festival, so we’ve dealt with that, and now we can By Sarah • Jan 23, 2019 03:36 pm
Douchebags Never say you didn’t know again In the fall of 2017, when the double-barrel Harvey Weinstein exposés hit, the first reaction was, FINALLY. And as the enormity of what was happening sank in, that a powerful, abusive bully, protected for decades by an industry built on a system of exploitation and silence, was finally experiencing a By Sarah • Jan 23, 2019 01:39 pm
Oscars 2019 Black Panther makes history again Black Panther was the biggest movie of 2018. Oh sure, Avengers: Infinity War made more money, but Black Panther was right behind as the #2 moneymaker of the year, and there is no denying that it was THE cultural film moment of 2018. No movie made a bigger impact last By Sarah • Jan 22, 2019 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Academy almost got it all right With one big exception, which Duana will be posting about later, this morning’s Oscar nominations are almost entirely acceptable. 2018 was a GREAT year for film, so for sure one of your faves didn’t get nominated. Eighth Grade got shut out, for instance. And Won’t You Be By Sarah • Jan 22, 2019 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Shyamalan’s homegrown superheroes: Glass brings it all together A direct sequel to Split and a shared-universe continuation of Unbreakable, Glass is the culmination of M. Night Shyamalan’s home-grown superhero universe within the Eastrail 177 trilogy. It unites strong-man David Dunn (Bruce Willis), evil mastermind Elijah Price/Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson), and The Beast and his Horde By Sarah • Jan 18, 2019 03:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John Wick is back, baby The first trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 is here (I refuse to acknowledge the subtitle “Parabellum” because it remains incredibly stupid). As much as I need my entertainment to be gentle and soft right now, I do consider John Wick to be part of my self-care routine. These movies By Sarah • Jan 18, 2019 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Shyamalan’s homegrown superheroes: The Split comeback Yesterday, we looked back at M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable, the film that was supposed to spawn a sequel but didn’t because no one liked it when it came out. But over time, even as Shyamalan’s reputation as a filmmaker nose-dived, Unbreakable rose in estimation and cult status, By Sarah • Jan 17, 2019 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ghostbusters but with boys this time The 2016 Ghostbusters is one of the most divisive movies of recent years. From the moment it was announced, it was a magnet for the worst behavior on the internet, and it was the target of ratings-tanking and downvote campaigns—the kind of toxic fan behavior we’re used to By Sarah • Jan 17, 2019 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Shyamalan’s homegrown superheroes: Revisiting Unbreakable (Ahead of the release of Glass this Friday, we are running a miniseries of posts on the Unbreakable trilogy, or the Eastrail Trilogy, by M Night Shyamalan. This is the first, on Unbreakable. Tomorrow we will follow with Split.) It’s easy to forget, because he’s become a pop By Sarah • Jan 16, 2019 03:03 pm
