Movie Reviews and Previews Rogen + Theron = unlikely rom-com Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron made a movie with the unlikely working title “Flarsky”. The movie was known to be a comedy, but the title was so WTF everyone sort of wondered if Rogen and his creative partner, Evan Goldberg, had maybe pushed things too far. Turns out: No. Retitled By Sarah • Feb 18, 2019 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Isn’t it Romantic is a feel-good rom-com parody Isn’t It Romantic has a slightly tortured concept, with a meta romantic comedy tucked inside a regular, straightforward romantic comedy. It’s part of the recently resurgent “brain damage leads to fantasy scenario” sub-genre of romantic movies (see also: Yesterday), and stars Rebel Wilson as the recipient of By Sarah • Feb 14, 2019 04:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson is getting it done Brie Larson’s press tour for Captain Marvel has been solid. It’s the most interesting she’s been, and she has spoken astutely about what these kinds of big franchise roles mean when it comes to representation, as well as the cross-section of promotion and representation. She’s By Sarah • Feb 13, 2019 03:44 pm
TV Updates Entertainment Self-Care: Slow TV Last month we kicked off a new feature we’re calling “entertainment self-care”, the things we’re watching to unwind from the nightmare dystopia we call reality. The first installment covered super-soft TV, and this time we’re going to talk about Slow TV. I found this category By Sarah • Feb 12, 2019 04:22 pm
TV Updates Exploring Russian Doll’s labyrinth of trauma You have now had two entire weekends to watch Russian Doll, so the spoiler-gloves are off. If you still haven’t seen it, stick with the spoiler-free review, but if you have, let’s dig into the show’s serpentine coil of story and allegory. This show’s By Sarah • Feb 12, 2019 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The LEGO Movie 2: worn a little thin The LEGO Movie was a surprise hit—no one expected an obvious and crass commercial ploy like this would ever work—which, naturally, started a franchise. 2017 saw two LEGO spin-offs, The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Ninjago movie, which was an up-and-down experience. Batman did By Sarah • Feb 12, 2019 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt should just take the L and move on Today in I Knew This Sh-t Was Never Happening news, Paramount has officially put the kibosh on World War Z 2, the would-be sequel to Brad Pitt’s disastrous World War Z adaptation. Originally slated to be directed by JA Bayona and released in 2017, the project ended By Sarah • Feb 07, 2019 10:28 am
TV Updates Have you watched Russian Doll yet? It’s only eight, half-hour episodes. Extremely bingeable. Have you watched yet? In case you haven’t the in-depth, spoiler-laden review will be coming next week, giving more people a chance to see it. For now, let’s just talk about Russian Doll as an achievement in By Sarah • Feb 06, 2019 12:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson embraces her inner Captain Marvel I had a lot of doubts about Brie Larson from the moment she was cast as Captain Marvel. Not doubts about her acting—she is a good actress. But she’s much younger than Carol Danvers is normally portrayed, and she didn’t seem like Carol, not the messy Carol By Sarah • Feb 06, 2019 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The most misguided Sharon Tate movie? I’m already not-so-low-key worried about Quentin Tarantino’s take on Sharon Tate and the Tate murders, which will be featured in some fashion in his upcoming film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But maybe Tarantino isn’t the one we need to be worried about. By Sarah • Feb 05, 2019 12:58 pm
Douchebags Liam Neeson said WHAT Well this is something no one could have ever seen coming. During possibly the worst interview in history while promoting his latest “middle-aged guy kicks all the ass” action movie, Cold Pursuit, Liam Neeson talked about revenge, and his once-upon-a-time desire to exact it on a By Sarah • Feb 05, 2019 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Scary Stories to wreck you for life Raise your hand if Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark completely f-cked you up for life. Thanks to the Scholastic Book Fair, I got all of those nightmare tomes long before I should have been allowed to read them—where were the adults in my life?!—and now By Sarah • Feb 04, 2019 04:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sassy toys being sassy We got another look at Toy Story 4 during the Super Bowl, this time introducing new toys Bunny and Ducky, voiced by Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael-Key, respectively, and also a look at revamped Bo Peep (Annie Potts returns!). This is a fun and funny clip, with none of By Sarah • Feb 04, 2019 02:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Higher Further Faster, Baby Captain Marvel released its best teaser/trailer yet during the Super Bowl. I wish we could go back in time and have this be the first teaser, and then build up from there because this is a great tone to strike for Carol Danvers. It’s exhilarating and cool and By Sarah • Feb 04, 2019 11:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sadvengers want revenge A new teaser for Avengers: Endgame dropped during the Super Bowl and I have been thinking about it for several hours and have come to a conclusion: It makes no sense that Captain America shaved his beard. If anything, he should be even more hirsute now than he was in By Sarah • Feb 04, 2019 11:22 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones and Bud Light – surprise Super Bowl commercial Game of Thrones and Bud Light win the award for Most WTF Super Bowl crossover event. I guess when you need to promote the final season of your smash hit show, but you don’t want to give anything away and sit on as much footage as possible, the only By Sarah • Feb 04, 2019 10:14 am
