TV Updates Alexander Skarsgard: What’s next? Earlier this year, Alexander Skarsgard won an Emmy for Big Little Lies. Now, he is graduating from a supporting role to leading, as he has signed on to star in The Little Drummer Girl, the next John le Carré adaptation from the team that made The Night Manager. That miniseries, By Sarah • Nov 29, 2017 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 19th Century Hot Air Balloonists Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones co-starred in The Theory of Everything. Jones was nominated for an Oscar, and Redmayne won an Oscar for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking. I know I saw The Theory of Everything, and it’s only been a few years, but I don’t remember anything By Sarah • Nov 28, 2017 02:01 pm
Business of Hollywood Someone got a pass In the immediate wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Terry Crews shared a story about being groped at a party by a “high level Hollywood executive”. That executive turned out to be WME power broker Adam Venit, who was subsequently suspended from work. Well guess what? After a thirty-day suspension, By Sarah • Nov 28, 2017 11:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jack could have fit on that door, James The last time we heard from James Cameron, he was saying words about Wonder Woman and everyone was like, Take Diana’s name out of your mouth. Well, James Cameron is saying words again, but at least this time he isn’t talking about Wonder Woman. He is hyping those By Sarah • Nov 27, 2017 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Memorializing Marvel Do you care about anything other than the royal engagement today? I bet when Marvel and Vanity Fair timed the release of an interview with Marvel boss Kevin Feige, and a bunch of fancy photos of the characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they didn’t bank on being upstaged By Sarah • Nov 27, 2017 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pixar’s Coco: Cute and hella creepy In 2015, Pixar reminded everyone what they can do—make people laugh and cry in equal measure while reaching out to hug the nearest stranger—with Inside Out, but then they went on a run that included one admirable misfire (The Good Dinosaur) and two sequels (Finding Dory and Cars By Sarah • Nov 21, 2017 02:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dee Rees’ Mudbound is a classic Mudbound opens with two men racing to dig a hole to bury their father before imminent rain makes it impossible. While digging, they discover a set of shackles and a skull with a bullet hole. “A slave grave,” one man says. “Pappy would hate that.” That scene sets the tone By Sarah • Nov 21, 2017 01:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Justice League didn’t get it done Justice League opened this weekend with $96 million and there is no way to sugar coat it that is DISASTROUS. It’s the lowest opening for a DC movie since Man of Steel launched in 2013 with $116 million, it’s $70 million short of Batman v Superman’s opening By Sarah • Nov 20, 2017 08:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock vs. A Gorilla Recently retired Sexiest Man Alive, Dwayne Johnson, is keeping himself busy after being succeeded by Blake Shelton. (Fun fact: Retired SMAs are neatly folded and placed into storage until they are needed again.) He has Jumanji coming out in December, and next year he has another video game adaptation on By Sarah • Nov 17, 2017 03:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Michael Shannon Christmas Bigfoot Movie The Michael Shannon Christmas Bigfoot Movie is a real thing that exists. It is a movie starring real people who say real words and you can pay real human money to see it. The official title is Pottersville, but it is destined to be known as the Michael Shannon Christmas By Sarah • Nov 17, 2017 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Krasinski-Blunt horror movie The first trailer for A Quiet Place was released yesterday, the horror movie directed and co-written by John Krasinski, and starring Emily Blunt. I believe it’s the first time they’ve worked together—Krasinski-Blunt stans, correct me if I’m wrong. The movie looks GREAT, but also really scary, By Sarah • Nov 17, 2017 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Here lies Justice League, DOA You know that description of Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, when Harry is post-life in the way station between places? “…Raw and rough…it had been left, unwanted, stuffed out of sight, struggling for breath.” Voldemort, defeated, provides the most apt description of Justice League, a messy By Sarah • Nov 16, 2017 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Feeling CMBYN I FINALLY saw Call Me By Your Name, and Lainey would like me to get “all up in my feelings” about it, but I don’t have Kathleen’s gift for emotive expression. I do really like it, kind of love it, actually, and you will certainly feel many things By Sarah • Nov 16, 2017 11:17 am
TV Updates Versace Crime Story The next chapter in Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story anthology is The Assassination of Gianni Versace, and a new trailer has dropped, giving us a look at what Murphy has done with this story. The answer seems to be: render it a soap opera. Which is basically what Murphy By Sarah • Nov 15, 2017 03:52 pm
TV Updates Taylor Kitsch: Waco Intense A new trailer for the upcoming miniseries Waco has been released, and damn if this doesn’t really feel like the moment Taylor Kitsch breaks out at long last. Like the first trailer, he is the focus with Michael Shannon riding shotgun, and Kitsch is so compelling as David Koresh By Sarah • Nov 15, 2017 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Murder on the Orient Express is for parents Agatha Christie’s most well-known murder mystery, Murder on the Orient Express, is the subject of several adaptations, including Sidney Lumet’s 1974 film in which Albert Finney played famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, surrounded by a cast that includes Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Perkins, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Jacqueline Bisset, By Sarah • Nov 14, 2017 04:46 pm
