Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming The heart of Spider-Man: Homecoming is a story about a kid anxious to grow up and join the world of adults. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) chafes against the rules put in place for him by his mentor, Tony Stark (RDJ, who keeps evolving this character in ways that keep his By Sarah • Jun 29, 2017 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Jackman’s un-Great Show The first trailer for Hugh Jackman’s PT Barnum passion project, The Greatest Showman, has arrived and I have learned a few things: 1) This is a musical. (Shudder) 2) PT Barnum is a hero now. 3) This looks like some family-friendly sanitized sh*t. Jackman is, of course, a By Sarah • Jun 29, 2017 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx in Baby Driver I didn’t list Ansel Elgort in the title because Ansel Elgort is not the best thing about Baby Driver. The latest film from Edgar Wright—the film he made after his Ant-Man deal fell apart at Marvel—Baby Driver is slightly more plotty than films like John Wick and By Sarah • Jun 29, 2017 10:08 am
TV Updates GLOW: A 1980s feminist power ballad SPOILERS Inspired by the real-life “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling” that was briefly popular in the 1980s, GLOW is not a biography, but a fictionalized behind-the-scenes comedy. Alison Brie stars as Ruth, a struggling actress who latches onto professional wrestling as her last best shot at making it. Betty Gilpin (Nurse By Sarah • Jun 28, 2017 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Incredible Jessica Williams One of the biggest hits at Sundance this year was The Incredible Jessica James, starring Jessica Williams. You might recall that at Sundance, Salma Hayek devoured her own foot while talking over Williams at a luncheon for women in the film industry. Kathleen covered it here, and I forgot how By Sarah • Jun 27, 2017 03:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Math-Man Returns Today in Holy Sh*t Random But Awesome News, Warner Brothers is planning a sequel to the bonkers assassin movie, The Accountant. This is the “so dumb it’s fun” movie in which Ben Affleck plays an autistic assassin who does math on the windows because he’s a super-genius By Sarah • Jun 27, 2017 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews International box office is rescuing bad franchises Transformers: Broken Car Alarm opened with a dismal $69 million over a five-day opening weekend. It’s enough to open at #1 but it’s one of those “congratulations on being the toughest poodle” sort of wins – and that’s still a piss-poor result for a Wednesday-Sunday opening run. It’ By Sarah • Jun 26, 2017 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robot Trash Fire: A Transformers Review In case you didn’t hear, Transformers 5 had the worst opening weekend in the franchise yet, but also debuted with $265 million. We’ll talk about it in a separate post to follow. The movie begins with a prologue, and the prologue is insane. It’s the Dark Ages By Sarah • Jun 26, 2017 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake G going for it A lot of new trailers have come out this week, including the first trailer for Stronger, the movie in which Jake Gyllenhaal plays Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman. Unlike Mark Wahlberg’s Patriots Day, the bombing isn’t the focus - Bauman’s recovery after losing his legs is. By Sarah • Jun 23, 2017 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chadwick Boseman like a BOSS The first trailer for Marshall, a biopic of Thurgood Marshall, the first black US Supreme Court Justice, has just been released and if you needed a reminder that Chadwick Boseman is a f*cking boss, just watch him striding around, being all eloquent and sly. He looks nothing like Marshall, By Sarah • Jun 22, 2017 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ron Howard mops up Han Solo After quickly emerging as the front-runner to take over the young Han Solo movie following the firing of original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Ron Howard has been confirmed just a day later as the new director of record. As expected, Disney/LucasFilm wasted no time getting someone in By Sarah • Jun 22, 2017 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Science Bros and Strange Fellows Filming for Avengers: Infinity War—and whatever the hell they decide to call Avengers 4—continues in Atlanta. Yesterday, RDJ posted a photo on Twitter that gives us our first look at Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict Wong, as Doctor Strange and Wong, respectively, revamped for the Avengers. And human fluffy By Sarah • Jun 22, 2017 11:27 am
TV Updates Don’t go back to the Wall For the first day of summer, a look into winter. A new trailer for the seventh season of Game of Thrones has been released, and at this point, I’m just ready for this sh*t to start. You could show me two and a half minutes of a dog By Sarah • Jun 21, 2017 03:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Han Solo Director Roulette In the wake of the shocking exit of directing team Lord & Miller, the young Han Solo movie is now looking for a new director. A few names started to emerge overnight, and given that Disney is sticking with the May 2018 release date—although I won’t be surprised By Sarah • Jun 21, 2017 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Han Solo CATASTROPHE Yesterday it was announced—surprising literally EVERYONE—that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are leaving the young Han Solo movie. Yes, that young Han Solo movie, the one starring Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover. The one that is FIVE MONTHS into production. There’s less than a month left By Sarah • Jun 21, 2017 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taylor Kitsch’s What The Hell movie A red band trailer for American Assassin, the hopeful launching pad for a new action franchise in the vein of Tom Clancy (the movie is based on the “Mitch Rapp” novels by Vince Flynn so it is a straight-up Clancy knock-off), has been released and I have not previously paid By Sarah • Jun 20, 2017 12:57 pm
