Equality Issues The Punisher doesn’t like bullies Jon Bernthal debuts his solo series as The Punisher on Netflix this weekend, and so he’s out doing the press rounds. Talking to the Jim and Sam Show on Sirius XM—is this what replaced Opie & Anthony?—Bernthal recounted “losing a ton of respect” for Kevin Spacey after By Sarah • Nov 13, 2017 03:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Heavyweight Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is one of the most successful, popular movies of the year. It has turned Gal Gadot into a star, and made Patty Jenkins a power player behind the camera. We’ve already seen Jenkins use her new juice to secure a sweet deal to return to direct Wonder By Sarah • Nov 13, 2017 09:38 am
Gross Everyone quits Louis C.K. In a pattern now recognizable thanks to Kevin Spacey, everyone has quit Louis C.K. The List of Abandonment includes FX, with whom C.K. had a production deal; APA, the agency that represented his comedy tours; longtime publicist Lewis Kay; and 3 Arts Entertainment, home of his manager, Dave By Sarah • Nov 13, 2017 09:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying Richard Linklater is on a “spiritual sequel” streak. His previous film, Everybody Wants Some!!, is a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, and his new film, Last Flag Flying, is a spiritual sequel to Hal Ashby’s 1973 film The Last Detail. Like The Last Detail, Flag is adapted from By Sarah • Nov 10, 2017 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Delivering The Post Not unlike P.T. Anderson’s Phantom Thread, when it comes to Oscar odds, everyone left room for Steven Spielberg’s latest, The Post. It features a heavyweight ensemble led by Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, and it’s about the Washington Post going up against Nixon’s administration over By Sarah • Nov 10, 2017 10:07 am
Douchebags Up next: Louis C.K. Louis C.K.’s new movie, I Love You, Daddy, opens next week. The premiere was supposed to be tonight. I say “supposed to be”, because it was abruptly cancelled today, apparently because the New York Times is about to run an expose on C.K., about all those rumors, By Sarah • Nov 09, 2017 03:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Deleting Kevin Spacey As the allegations against Kevin Spacey have mounted, companies affiliated with him have started cutting ties. Netflix is moving forward without him in what is now House of Cards' final season, and they dumped a biopic of Gore Vidal in which he was set to star. And now, in By Sarah • Nov 09, 2017 11:30 am
Equality Issues Jessica Chastain’s bold position A few days ago, Jessica Chastain retweeted an article outlining past allegations of sexual assault against director Bryan Singer. She said, “Let us not forget.” (I don’t know about you, but the day the Weinstein Scandal broke, I thought—how long before we get to Bryan Singer?) That’s By Sarah • Nov 09, 2017 10:48 am
Dumbass Disney’s dumb power play Disney has had quite the week. On the one hand, Thor: Ragnarok is champagne-toasting success, but on the other hand, they stumbled into an incredibly stupid and ill-timed power play with the LA Times. As Lainey mentioned briefly yesterday, it all started with an investigative report about Disney’s dealings By Sarah • Nov 08, 2017 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades: Lifestyle Porn Remember when Fifty Shades of Grey was described as “mommy porn”? And then, I guess, “let down porn” because despite talking a big game about being a 21st century Last Tango In Paris, the Fifty Shades movies have been, so far, mildly horny at best. (My theory is that Dakota By Sarah • Nov 07, 2017 02:13 pm
TV Updates The Crown season 2: Elizabeth On Edge I enjoyed season one of The Crown for the most part, especially the domestic drama happening behind closed doors at Buckingham Palace. So I am incredibly into the trailer for season two, which is almost entirely tidbits about the domestic drama that went down in the 1960s. There’s only By Sarah • Nov 07, 2017 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively, the B-movie queen I must apologize to Blake Lively. In my review of Age of Adaline, I said, “[Blake Lively] is almost unwatchable as a leading lady.” Dear Blake Lively: I take it back. You’re not unwatchable. You just need to be in movies as bat sh*t insane as All I By Sarah • Nov 06, 2017 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Here comes the Justice League The big question mark in November’s box office is what is going to happen with Justice League. We’ve already seen the numbers Thor: Ragnarok put up, and now the question is, how much more can one month support? The story of 2017 at the box office—and previous By Sarah • Nov 06, 2017 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor smash First Thor: Ragnarok got hugely positive reviews—including mine— making it one of the highest-rated superhero movies ever. And then it opened to huge box office, raking in an estimated $121 million over the weekend (and don’t be surprised if the actuals are a little higher). Going into the By Sarah • Nov 06, 2017 08:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor and Loki on set The interminable Avengers shoot continues, and as Thor: Ragnarok opens in theaters, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are on set with RDJ (for what looks like a flashback to the events of The Avengers). Lainey pointed out this will be a fun week at work for Hemsworth, who gets to By Sarah • Nov 03, 2017 10:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika Waititi delivers the Thor you didn’t know you wanted Thor: Ragnarok begins with a visual gag that’s a little bit weird and a little bit macabre and 100% indicative of what a ride Ragnarok will be. Reimagined by Taika Waititi as a Flash Gordon-inspired sci-fi/fantasy caper, and catering to Chris Hemsworth’s latent comedy skills, Ragnarok is By Sarah • Nov 02, 2017 03:44 pm
