Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek’s post-Oscar move Now that Rami Malek has an Oscar, what will his career look like? He still has Mr. Robot, but on the movie side, it looks like his first post-Oscar role will be as the villain in Bond 25. In a double-report, Deadline stated that Malek and Lupita Nyong’ By Sarah • Mar 01, 2019 12:33 pm
TV Updates Idris Elba’s comedy series Did you remember that Idris Elba made a comedy series for Netflix? I kinda forgot, then Lainey emailed me about the trailer for Turn Up Charlie and was like, Oh yeaaaaah, Idris Elba made a comedy series for Netflix. We’re living in Andy Warhol’s future, where everyone is By Sarah • Feb 28, 2019 03:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dark Phoenix is doomed Sometimes you look at a trailer and think it can go either way—the movie might be better than this, or might be exactly as bad as this trailer is making it seem. Marvel trailers tend to be like that. Between their habit of cutting around any potentially plotty scenes By Sarah • Feb 28, 2019 11:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Detective Pikachu Update: Still Real Defying all expectations, Detective Pikachu continues to be a real movie that exists. I halfway expected the first trailer to be revealed as a hoax, but no, Detective Pikachu is absolutely a Real Movie that you will be able to buy a ticket for with real human dollars and see By Sarah • Feb 27, 2019 12:53 pm
Douchebags Emma Thompson quits over John Lasseter If you recall, John Lasseter, impresario of Pixar, left Pixar last year amid allegations of inappropriate conduct with female staff. He got an exceptionally kind and gentle send off from Disney, being given months to ease out the door, golden parachute dragging behind him. He was almost immediately snapped up By Sarah • Feb 27, 2019 10:15 am
TV Updates Fosse/Verdon is coming for all the awards During the Oscars, FX dropped a new trailer for Fosse/Verdon, the engineered-to-win-ALL-the-awards drama they have coming later in the spring. Sam Rockwell went into the Oscars the reigning Best Supporting Actor and a back-to-back nominee on the night. Now he’s being By Sarah • Feb 26, 2019 01:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Florence Pugh in Fighting with My Family Do you have to care about professional wrestling to enjoy Fighting with My Family? No. Though set in the world of the WWE, and based on the life story of professional wrestler Saraya-Jade Bevis, known in the ring as “Paige”, Fighting with My Family is a classic sports underdog By Sarah • Feb 22, 2019 10:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rocketman is not hiding its icon Earlier this week, we got a featurette from Rocketman meant to sell us on Taron Egerton’s Elton John karaoke. Now, we have the first full trailer to get our best feel yet for Rocketman and its potential. I am most curious about the dance numbers and fantasy sequences, which By Sarah • Feb 21, 2019 04:07 pm
Dumbass Can we just not with Ghostbusters again You guys, I am tired. It’s FEBRUARY and I am already exhausted. Here’s the latest sh-tf-ck ruining the mood. Last month we learned Jason Reitman is re-rebooting Ghostbusters in 2020. The announcement left a bad taste in my mouth in re: the 2016 reboot starring By Sarah • Feb 21, 2019 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Hemsworth Hulks out Today in I Mean, Okay news, Chris Hemsworth is going to star as Hulk Hogan in a biopic to be directed by Todd Phillips. This project reunites Phillips with The Joker screenwriter Scott Silver, and Hemsworth is also on board as a producer. This is a strange mix of people By Sarah • Feb 21, 2019 01:00 pm
Dumbass The honest Oscar ballots are back It’s that time of year, when anonymous Oscar voters show their asses by explaining their votes to entertainment outlets. It is interesting to see the patterns that emerge, how many people confess to voting for friends, mention the preferential balloting system, and talk about “throwing away” votes. No one By Sarah • Feb 21, 2019 12:07 pm
Entertainment self-care Entertainment Self-Care: Your Super-Soft Recommendations Last month we kicked off Entertainment Self-Care with “super-soft” TV, the shows and programs that help us wind down after a long, probably bad, day in our nightmare dystopia reality. Your response was overwhelming, with lots of great suggestions pouring in for more super-soft watching. So here By Sarah • Feb 20, 2019 03:37 pm
Faux Gossip Do the Oscars have a secret host? This messy AF Oscar season will never end. The latest, with just four days until the ceremony, is that maybe the Oscars have a host after all, it’s just a SECRET HOST. This theory comes from Peter Knegt, who pondered on twitter whether or not Whoopi Goldberg might actually By Sarah • Feb 20, 2019 03:09 pm
Lucas Hedges Lucas Hedges’ interview prompts very important question Lucas Hedges is on the cover of GQ’s spring fashion issue. The interview is nice, and Hedges comes off well, if a bit in-his-head, the way young artists can be. The photo spread is fun, with looks ranging from “1980s triple-divorcee” to “thrift store grandpa”. I By Sarah • Feb 20, 2019 12:42 pm
Gossip Nostalgia 90s Baes hash it out Macaulay Culkin and Devon Sawa were two of the biggest teen beat heartthrobs of the 1990s. Generation X got Johnny Depp, River Phoenix, and Then Keanu—who is pretty much the same as Now Keanu, to be fair. But for those of us slightly too young for Gen X’s By Sarah • Feb 19, 2019 04:20 pm
Music Can Rocketman do better than Bohemian Rhapsody? We’ve already gotten a look at Taron Egerton playing Sir Elton John in Rocketman, but here comes a new featurette meant to convince us he is not just doing Elton karaoke but is FULLY INHABITING THE SPIRIT OF SIR ELTON. This featurette is dedicated to showing off his singing— By Sarah • Feb 19, 2019 12:33 pm
