Movie Reviews and Previews Patsy and Edina in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie If you’re a fan of the British TV series Absolutely Fabulous, about the trials and misadventures of boozy London publicist Edina and her enabling editor friend, Patsy, then sweetie darling do I have the movie for you. Almost twenty-four years after debuting on the BBC, Ab Fab comes to By Sarah • Aug 05, 2016 02:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Not Pictured: Harry Styles Christopher Nolan’s next film is a World War II drama called Dunkirk, and while it features the usual suspects when it comes to Nolan—Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy—it also marks the feature film debut of Harry Styles. I do not like One Direction, and I resent having the By Sarah • Aug 05, 2016 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Roberts and Dave Franco in Nerve Here’s a surprise—I really like Nerve! The trailer made this movie look dumb as sh*t, and it IS dumb, but it’s also really fun and actually pretty thrilling. Based on a novel by Jeanne Ryan (adapted by Jessica Sharzer, Speak), and directed by Henry Joost and By Sarah • Aug 04, 2016 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rogue One: We need different directors A few months ago there was a report that Rogue One, the Star Wars spin-off, was undergoing weeks of additional photography, and that the brass at Disney were in a “panic” over an initial cut of the movie not testing well. That whole report seemed fishy to me, not because By Sarah • Aug 03, 2016 02:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jared Leto is the third best movie Joker Where to start, where to start. Well, I guess we can start with the good stuff. The Good Stuff Suicide Squad is not as flat-out awful as Superhero Face Punch That movie is a dour, grinding slog, and Suicide Squad has approximately twenty fun minutes in its two hour run By Sarah • Aug 03, 2016 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon in Jason Bourne Some SPOILERS Matt Damon and Jason Bourne are inextricably linked, like RDJ and Iron Man or Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones. As long as Matt Damon is still kicking, it’s not conceivable that someone else could play Jason Bourne, and an attempted knock-off, The Bourne Legacy, starring Jeremy Renner By Sarah • Aug 02, 2016 12:26 pm
Amazingness Channing Tatum is a mer-MAN A while back there was an announcement that there would be a remake of Splash, the 1984 mermaid-themed rom-com that convinced a generation that if we just spent enough time in the tub we, too, would turn into a mermaid like Madison. The announcement of a Splash remake felt as By Sarah • Aug 02, 2016 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mel Gibson’s return Are you ready for Mel Gibson to come back? No? Me either. But he is. His first film as a director since Apocalypto ten years ago is coming out this fall, with a splashy Venice Film Festival debut and an Oscar-friendly November release date. That means the film, Hacksaw Ridge, By Sarah • Jul 29, 2016 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Chris Evans Wheel of Fortune It’s time once again to play everyone’s favorite game—Chris Evans Wheel of Fortune! With a spin of the wheel we’ll determine if Chris Evans’ next movie will be another Snowpiercer, or will it be a chance to make another godawful movie like Playing It Cool? Will By Sarah • Jul 29, 2016 11:28 am
TV Updates Winona Ryder in Stranger Things Set in 1983 in Hawkins, Indiana, a sleepy little town next to a mysterious government facility, Netflix’s latest original show, Stranger Things, centers on the disappearance of Will Byers (Noah Schnapp). When Will doesn’t make it home after playing Dungeons & Dragons with his friends Mike, Dustin, and By Sarah • Jul 28, 2016 03:09 pm
TV Updates Stephen Colbert is coming on strong Last month I wrote about Stephen Colbert’s struggle to adapt to the mainstream on The Late Show, and at that time I said, “Colbert is SO talented, and there’s no question he can hold down The Late Show—if The Late Show will just let him be Stephen By Sarah • Jul 28, 2016 11:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t go to the Office Christmas Party I know you people enjoy it when I have to sit through bad movies, so here is the first trailer for Office Christmas Party, a future probably-bad movie I’ll have to sit through. It stars Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston and it looks like the “wild party” montage part By Sarah • Jul 27, 2016 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Teresa Palmer in Lights Out The dearth of good blockbusters this summer has left the cinematic landscape wide open for smaller films to rise to the top—call it the Summer of the Sleeper Hit. Movies like The Shallows, The Purge: Election Year, and Lights Out have all done well in a wide-open market, and By Sarah • Jul 27, 2016 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF 2016: The Return Yesterday the Toronto International Film Festival announced the first slate of films that will screen during the festival, from September 8-18. This is only the first wave of titles, and TIFF 2016 is already a doozy. I don’t even know where to begin sorting out the schedule. I guess By Sarah • Jul 27, 2016 10:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine in Star Trek Beyond Here’s a fun surprise—a movie that was not really on my radar, Star Trek Beyond, turned out to be the most fun and well-made summer action movie since Captain America: Civil War. In 2009, JJ Abrams rebooted Star Trek, but his heavily Star Wars-influenced take on the material By Sarah • Jul 26, 2016 01:44 pm
TV Updates Sherlock gets serious Something else that came out of Comic-Con this year is the first trailer for Sherlock series four. This could be the last go round for Sherlock, as both Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch have healthy movie careers that keep them busy—Cumberbatch went to work on series four just days By Sarah • Jul 26, 2016 12:12 pm
