Movie Reviews and Previews Warner Bros denies there’s a Justice League problem Yesterday, word got out that Justice League is undergoing extensive retooling, the same kind of thing we saw with Suicide Squad. Later that day, The Wrap ran a denial from Warner Brothers, quoting a(nother anonymous) source: “There has been no additional photography to date on Justice League, we have By Sarah • May 17, 2017 09:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Justice League uh-oh Would you be terribly surprised if I told you Justice League might be in trouble? No? Me neither. The latest warning sign comes in the form of reshoots—lots and lots of reshoots. Like, multiple rounds of reshoots, enough to be “remade…twice”. Oh boy. I bet Ben Affleck is By Sarah • May 16, 2017 02:10 pm
Cannes 2017 Cannes Preview 2017 Cannes 2017 kicks off tomorrow, and the festival seems a bit muted, with a noticeable dimming of star power and no obvious Oscar bait in the line-up. That has to be deliberate—there is a real emphasis on the filmmaker, not the actor, this year. Which is good for the By Sarah • May 16, 2017 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively, Cage Fighting Mom Today in This Year Is Complete Nonsense News: Blake Lively will star in a movie about a woman who turns to cage fighting in order to keep her son. That’s right, Blake Lively, the self-appointed second coming of Martha Stewart, is going to play a cage fighter. The movie By Sarah • May 16, 2017 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlie Hunnam is White Aladdin in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was supposed to be the first in a six-film franchise. But in a classic “the gods punish hubris” result, King Arthur fell on its sword with a $14.7 million opening weekend. This isn’t just a bomb, this is, “Sorry By Sarah • May 15, 2017 09:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn in Snatched Snatched starts strong, with a solid first act based in character-driven comedy featuring two generations of funny women. Amy Schumer stars as Emily, a vapid asshole who is stuck with a non-refundable trip to Ecuador after her musician boyfriend (Randall Park, hilarious in one scene) dumps her because his budding By Sarah • May 12, 2017 02:36 pm
TV Updates A girl in a suitcase Confession: I’m not watching The Handmaid’s Tale. I tried but I couldn’t make it through the second episode—it’s TOO REAL. When I read the book in college it was like a warning to not take for granted the ground gained and keep fighting for more, By Sarah • May 11, 2017 12:55 pm
Amazingness Jessica Chastain double-rolls Johnny Depp Jessica Chastain is promoting the UK release of Miss Sloane, and was asked by a BBC reporter if she had heard about Johnny Depp and his ear pieces, through which he is fed lines on set, and Chastain’s response is a thing of beauty. Behold: Jessica Chastain's By Sarah • May 10, 2017 02:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cars 3: Important Lessons About Time And Death The talking cars that populate a post-apocalyptic wasteland devoid of human life are back for Cars 3, a movie in which beloved racing champ Lightning McQueen is aged and borderline decrepit, and irreparably injured in a terrifying crash. Bested by the faster, younger newcomer Jackson Storm—why do all these By Sarah • May 10, 2017 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Blade Runner GORGEOUS Blade Runner 2049 has been teasing us with glimpses of its orange and neon visuals, and now we have the first full trailer and it’s mind-bogglingly gorgeous. It’s director Denis Villeneuve, of course, and also cinematographer Roger Deakins, who is one of the greatest living cinematographers. They previously By Sarah • May 09, 2017 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Breakfast Club Spider-Man While Warner Brothers drags their heels on Wonder Woman’s marketing, Sony is not letting the grass grow and is uncapping the Spider-Man: Homecoming marketing two full months before the movie’s release in July. They premiered a clip during the MTV Movie Awards and it’s totally adorable. It By Sarah • May 08, 2017 08:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What are you doing to Wonder Woman? A couple of weeks ago Shana O’Neil at Syfy Wire/Fangrrls pointed out that the Wonder Woman marketing has been…let’s call it low-key, for a movie coming out in less than two months. Donna Dickens at Uproxx followed suit, providing some compare-and-contrast with other Warner Brothers/DC By Sarah • May 08, 2017 08:02 am
Maple Leaf Bloody Gos When last we checked in with Blade Runner 2049, Ryan Gosling was shilling at CinemaCon. Today, we have a snippet of footage teasing the first trailer premiere in three days. It’s high contrast, ORANGE, and The Gos is looking a bit beat up and bloody. (Nothing will top how By Sarah • May 05, 2017 03:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender: Dream Robot Boyfriend Here is Michael Fassbender at the premiere of Alien Covenant, the movie that is supposed to redeem the Alien franchise after the sci-fi bullsh*t of Prometheus. Sometimes he can look a bit tired, but he looks really good right now, and he's enthusiastic about Covenant, which bodes By Sarah • May 05, 2017 12:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Guardians of the Galaxy: Better the second time SPOILER FREE Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 picks up an indistinct amount of time after the events of the first movie, and one very smart thing writer/director James Gunn does is not bog us down with timeline and other continuity details. He’s freed from the Avengers continuity By Sarah • May 04, 2017 01:28 pm
TV Updates Twins 2017 Some cosmic force is at work right now because suddenly Jeff Goldblum is f*cking EVERYWHERE. He’s in Thor: Ragnarok, he’s in Jurassic World 2, he’s got a food truck in Australia (???), and now he’s coming to television via Amazon. Yesterday it was announced that Goldblum By Sarah • May 04, 2017 10:20 am
