Quiveration Timothy Olyphant went somewhere I know nothing really matters today except for Beyoncé’s pregnancy Glamour Shots, but the premiere of Santa Clarita Diet was last night and Very Handsome Man Timothy Olyphant was there, being very handsome—we’re reaching the “silver fox” stage of Olyphant’s hotness. Olyphant doesn’t go to By Sarah • Feb 02, 2017 12:42 pm
Douchebags Anonymous Oscar Voter showing their ass again It’s become an annual tradition during award season, for Academy members to give anonymous opinions that almost invariably end up showing their ass and this year is no different. This time it’s Anonymous Oscar Voter talking to Michael Musto of The Daily Beast, and it starts out well By Sarah • Feb 01, 2017 12:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John Wick is coming John Wick: Chapter 2 had its premiere last night in Los Angeles and it reunited Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne on the red carpet. Reeves is, of course, John Wick, and Fishburne is playing a new character named “The Bowery King”. The obligatory reference here is “Neo and Morpheus together By Sarah • Jan 31, 2017 03:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck sheds some Bat-responsibility Continuing the “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” trend, Ben Affleck released a statement last night that he will not, after all, direct The Batman, the stand-alone Bat-movie he’s been developing. There were already questions about what is actually going on with this movie, and By Sarah • Jan 31, 2017 09:31 am
SAG Awards 2017 Blunt and Krasinski: Dream Dinner Date I mentioned John Krasinski and Emily Blunt in my post about Kirsten Dunst, and they were also at the SAG Awards, where Blunt was a nominee for The Girl on the Train, which has more to do with her popularity among her peers than her actual performance. Her face when By Sarah • Jan 30, 2017 12:09 pm
SAG Awards 2017 Kirsten Dunst’s solo SAG Well, not technically solo since she went with her brother, but solo in the sense that she didn’t bring her maybe fiancée, Jesse Plemons. So, if they are engaged, despite waving a ring around they’re keeping a low profile. That’s a pretty smart play. Kiki can flash By Sarah • Jan 30, 2017 11:16 am
SAG Awards 2017 Mahershala Ali’s moving speech Describing something as “moving” always feels a little bit like Emma Woodhouse dropping an “elegant”—a blank descriptor to be used when you can’t think of anything truly nice to say. But Mahershala Ali’s speech at the SAG Awards IS moving—he’s visibly emotional, speaking from the By Sarah • Jan 30, 2017 07:52 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Ben Affleck’s tarnished glow A few days ago Lainey wrote about the luck forecast for Rats this year, and she name-checked Ben Affleck as a Rat who could have a lucky year, if only he can maintain his focus. And he’s going to need to maintain his focus to channel his luck By Sarah • Jan 27, 2017 01:30 pm
Media Manipulation Vin Diesel’s hype train I said in my xXx: Return of Xander Cage review that Vin Diesel is “extremely good at self-promotion” and here is an example of what I am talking about. While promoting Xander Cage, Diesel did an interview with MTV in which he talks up a potential Groot spin-off By Sarah • Jan 27, 2017 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Vin Diesel in xXx: Return of Xander Cage xXx: Return of Xander Cage opened in second place last weekend but is doing better business overseas. It’s the stupidest f*cking movie in the world but sure, let’s review this sucker like it’s a real movie. (This is not a real movie. This is the Vin By Sarah • Jan 26, 2017 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver in Paterson Many were hoping that Paterson would have a chance at the Oscars and that there would be a surprise nomination yesterday, while acknowledging that the chances weren’t great. It certainly wasn’t the biggest snub, but most critics agree that Adam Driver’s performance stands up to any of By Sarah • Jan 25, 2017 01:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Martin Scorsese’s Silence Many are considering Silence to be an Oscar snub after nominations were announced. It took Martin Scorsese nearly thirty years to bring his adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel to the big screen. Clocking in at nearly three hours, Silence is a magnum opus of faith and doubt and a By Sarah • Jan 25, 2017 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hidden Figures surging We are fans of Hidden Figures around here, and while, as Michael Shannon puts it, the work is the work regardless of recognition, there’s still something nice about professional validation. And today Hidden Figures got validated with three Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer, and By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 03:06 pm
Award Season Campaigning Michael Shannon’s work pays off As you know, I love Nocturnal Animals and am perpetually salty that it’s not getting enough attention this award season. It only got one Oscar nomination, although at least the Academy got this right: Michael Shannon was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. I’m still stung that the film By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 01:44 pm
Award Season Campaigning The Icon and The Ingenue The most competitive category at the Oscars this year is Best Actress. It’s been this way since last fall. For several months, the race was defined as Emma Stone versus Natalie Portman. Back in November I wrote about their competition, and that despite Portman’s excellent work in Jackie, By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews DC wants Tom Cruise because they have no imagination Friday The Wrap published an alleged short list of actors wanted by Warner Brothers/DC to play the Green Lantern, the character that almost wrecked Ryan Reynolds’ career. That list includes Reynolds—who is probably praying they decide to start over from scratch—as well as Jake Gyllenhaal, Bradley Cooper, By Sarah • Jan 23, 2017 01:29 pm
