Movie Reviews and Previews Tron: Ares almost looks good One of the pieces of Disney’s CinemaCon presentation was for Tron: Ares, which I did not mention because Tron: Ares stars Jared Leto and life is short, and I try to make wholesome, self-loving decisions like not talking about Jared Leto. But now there is a trailer for Tron: By Sarah • Apr 07, 2025 12:32 pm
The White Lotus The White Lotus spoils Spoilers ahead for The White Lotus season three. The White Lotus season three wrapped up last night and it was fine. Some storylines resolved much more satisfactorily than others, but overall, this season was not as strong as the previous two. Not for nothing, this season also featured another episode By Sarah • Apr 07, 2025 10:05 am
Hair George Clooney opens on Broadway The Broadway adaptation of Good Night, and Good Luck celebrated its opening night last night (the reviews are mostly good), and because the play stars George Clooney, EVERYONE came out in support. First there was Clooney himself, sporting a truly bad dye job. I know it’s for the play, By Sarah • Apr 04, 2025 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Pedro Pascal in Freaky Tales Filmmaking duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck return to cinemas with their first feature film since 2019’s Captain Marvel with the anthology film, Freaky Tales. A loosely connected set of four stories depicting convergent events on May 10, 1987, in Oakland, California. Freaky Tales is a love letter to By Sarah • Apr 04, 2025 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel’s big week Following their CinemaCon presentation earlier this week, DC Studios dropped their Superman featurette. It’s heavy on Krypto, showing the scene where he takes Superman “home” to the Fortress of Solitude. There is also a promising bit of kissing between Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Superman doesn’t work without By Sarah • Apr 04, 2025 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 4, 2025 Dear Gossips, CinemaCon concluded yesterday—at least, the studio presentation bit did—by bringing out the big guns. Literally Tom Cruise, who might as well be christened Mr. CinemaCon at this point, turned up for Paramount’s presentation, as did Edgar Wright and the stars of his new adaptation of By Sarah • Apr 04, 2025 09:25 am
Top Reads Amber Ruffin was cancelled The White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner is later this month and as has been the tradition since 1983, the post-dinner entertainment was to be provided by a comedian. This year, it was supposed to be Amber Ruffin, writer and star of The Amber Ruffin Show and Late Night By Sarah • Apr 03, 2025 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Superman at CinemaCon It was a busy day at CinemaCon yesterday, and one of the highlight presentations was from Warner Bros. Discovery, which is giving extreme The Studio vibes as studio co-chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy are reportedly under pressure from company CEO David Zaslav to focus on big IP and By Sarah • Apr 02, 2025 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fincher + Pitt do Tarantino Some interesting news broke yesterday that David Fincher and Brad Pitt are teaming up for a sequel to Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, which is written by Quentin Tarantino. Basically, Tarantino wrote a sequel to Hollywood, but he doesn’t want to direct it himself—probably because he doesn’ By Sarah • Apr 02, 2025 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Beatle boys CinemaCon, the annual film industry trade show held in Las Vegas, has begun (and a good thing it’s happening now and not after The Studio skewers the whole dog and pony show in a few weeks). Sony’s presentation was last night, and they announced a lot of stuff, By Sarah • Apr 01, 2025 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Viola Davis secures her bag as president in G20 Viola Davis has a new movie coming out called G20. In G20, Viola Davis plays the president of the United States and she has to save her family and other world leaders from terrorists, led by Antony Starr, during the G20 summit. So it’s Die Hard at the G20 By Sarah • Mar 28, 2025 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 10 Questions about A Working Man What is A Working Man? A man with a job. Alternatively, it’s a new film from director David Ayer, co-written by Ayer and Sylvester Stallone, and starring Jason Statham, along with Michael Peña, David Harbour, and Arianna Rivas. The film is based on the Chuck Dixon book, Levon’s By Sarah • Mar 28, 2025 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Unhinged Leo There was a moment in the 2010s when Leonardo DiCaprio’s career was consumed by “when will he win his Oscar” talk, and winning for 2015’s The Revenant felt like releasing a pressure valve and we could go back to just enjoying his performances. I hate the phrase “one By Sarah • Mar 28, 2025 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Start your day with dudes Behold, a collection of internet boyfriends all in one place. The press tour for Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film Warfare kicked off with a premiere in Los Angeles last night, bringing together many thirst-inducing men in one location. The film stars Joseph Quinn, Noah Centineo, Will Poulter, D’ By Sarah • Mar 28, 2025 10:18 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for March 28, 2025 Dear Gossips, Big news in independent film, as of 2027 the Sundance Film Festival will call Boulder, Colorado home. 2026 will be the fest’s last year in Park City, Utah, which has been home to the festival since 1981. There have been grumblings for years that Sundance outgrew the By Sarah • Mar 28, 2025 09:06 am
TV Updates Seth Rogen in The Studio Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have been making movies together since 2007’s Superbad, which they co-wrote. They’ve been co-directing since 2013’s This Is The End, and they’ve been running the production company Point Grey since 2011. In other words, they’re three decades deep into a By Sarah • Mar 27, 2025 12:06 pm
