Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa and Tiffany in The Kitchen Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy have gotten to work on their mob movie, The Kitchen, filming in 1970s get ups today. This is a really good look for both, right? 1970s fashion isn’t workable for everyone—the proportions are unforgiving and don’t work for me at all—but By Sarah • May 11, 2018 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Annette Bening goes comic book Captain Marvel filming is ongoing, and Brie Larson is still wearing that green suit that impresses no one. (I will NEVER stop complaining about this.) The movie is also still casting up, adding Annette Bening as “a scientist”. Captain Marvel stories are always full of scientists because Carol Danvers is By Sarah • May 11, 2018 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain made a lady spy movie happen Jessica Chastain has become one of the most visible advocates for women in the film industry, speaking out for more inclusion and using her position to get her co-stars equal pay. And now she’s not waiting for people to bring her starring vehicles, she’s making her own starring By Sarah • May 11, 2018 10:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cannes 2018: The Canning The Cannes Film Festival opened last night, and as I mentioned the other day when writing about the 2018 jury president, Cate Blanchett, it’s a weird time for Cannes. They’re fighting with Netflix—one of the last big spenders in the indie market—selfies, flat shoes, and #MeToo. By Sarah • May 09, 2018 08:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlize Theron in Tully With Tully, director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody collaborate for the third time, following Juno and Young Adult (one of the decade’s best films). Tully is the richest and most mature of their collaborations, anchored again, as in Young Adult, by a searing performance from Charlize Theron. These By Sarah • May 04, 2018 03:12 pm
Equality Issues Cate Blanchett’s talking point The Cannes Film Festival opens next week, and Cate Blanchett is the jury president. Cannes is somewhat embattled of late, fighting with Netflix, adhering to their (outdated) high-heel policy, banning selfies, and continuing to struggle with representation among the filmmakers and films they invite to the Croisette. Cannes is an By Sarah • May 03, 2018 02:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ant-Man and the Wasp: For sure less catastrophic Marvel is currently dominating the box office. Avengers: Infinity War is the biggest domestic and global opening weekend ever, and will undoubtedly accrue a massive box office haul (they will definitely be blamed for some other tent pole blanking this summer, because they hogged all the money or whatever), and By Sarah • May 01, 2018 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michelle Pfeiffer gets busy After taking a few years off, Michelle Pfeiffer returned in 2017, appearing in several movies including mother! and Murder on the Orient Express. This year, she returns to comic book movies in Ant-Man and the Wasp—no one is psyched for this movie but the cast is AMAZING, so maybe By Sarah • Apr 30, 2018 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Trek to boldly hire a woman Two years ago, just before Star Trek Beyond opened, Paramount announced a fourth Trek movie—not to be confused with Trek movie Quentin Tarantino pitched—with Chris Hemsworth slated to return as Captain Kirk’s dad (he cameoed in the 2009 movie). At the time, I didn’t really get By Sarah • Apr 27, 2018 03:03 pm
Quiveration Okay but I DID see him first The LaineyGossip offices have descended into chaos recently, as Lainey and Kathleen have been hitching onto my Sebastian Stan train like a couple of old timey hobos, and it’s not that I mind them finally catching on, it’s just that I want all the credit for spotting him By Sarah • Apr 27, 2018 11:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Avengers: Infinity War is Marvel at its best and worst Avengers: Infinity War is the beginning of the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we’ve known it for a decade. It’s the culmination of ten years of storytelling, bringing together heroes from across the universe, uniting Avengers and Guardians and everyone in between. Pound for pound, for By Sarah • Apr 27, 2018 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alden Ehrenreich gets cusp’d Because everything is happening all of the time, before we can recover from our Avengers hangover—hell, before we can even enjoy the drunk—we’re already warming up the Solo press machine. The new Han Solo (NuHan), Alden Ehrenreich, covers Esquire this month with a profile that is part By Sarah • Apr 26, 2018 02:54 pm
Girlcrushes Make Okoye Proud Society Remember in Harry Potter when Hermione founded SPEW? Well, I want to found an organization with a funny acronym and that is MOPS, the Make Okoye Proud Society. The object is to promote the kind of healthy, boss bitch living that would inspire Okoye to gaze upon one with approbation. By Sarah • Apr 25, 2018 03:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aquaman is rumbling Aquaman is Warner Brothers only live-action superhero movie this year, so there is a lot of pressure on it to perform during the holiday box office season, especially since Justice League disappointed all expectations. To that end, Aquaman was a centerpiece of Warners’ presentation at CinemaCon yesterday. Director James Wan By Sarah • Apr 25, 2018 12:18 pm
Child Stars Macaulay Culkin returns, kind of We don’t often talk about Macaulay Culkin—and I prefer it that way— but recently he’s been out in public, doing things and saying stuff. This week he was on Ellen DeGeneres, and last month he popped by The Tonight Show, tolerating questions about Home Alone and his By Sarah • Apr 25, 2018 09:33 am
Assy Style Chris Hemsworth: Demoted Chris For many of us, Chris Hemsworth hovers near the top of the Chris Rankings, but he has been (temporarily) demoted after his appearance at the Infinity War premiere. He wore what is a pretty standard look for him: Bland suit with an open-collar shirt unbuttoned one button too low, and By Sarah • Apr 24, 2018 01:08 pm
