The new Iron (Wo)Man Marvel Comics is in the middle of another crossover event, Civil War II. The original Civil War happened almost entirely within the niche corner of comic books and their readers—the only thing that got out to the wider cultural landscape was the assassination of Captain America. But this time, By Sarah • Jul 06, 2016 12:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Idris Elba hot in leather Idris Elba has been filming The Dark Tower in New York City, so here are some photos of Elba all decked out as a fantasy Western gunslinger. Back when I wrote about his casting, I said that “at the very, very least, he’ll look f*cking badass” in costume. By Sarah • Jul 05, 2016 02:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively in The Shallows Here’s something I did not expect to say: The Shallows is pretty good. I know, right? I was surprised I like it, too. But The Shallows, aka Blake Lively vs. A Shark, is a solid B-movie. It’s effectively scary and sort of stylish, and Blake Lively isn’t By Sarah • Jul 04, 2016 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart belong together Central Intelligence is a perfectly serviceable, middle of the road comedy. It’s not bad, it’s not great. It’s okay. It has some good laughs, but they’re a little fewer and further in between than the filmmakers would have liked, I’m sure. (It has three credited By Sarah • Jun 30, 2016 01:06 pm
America Ferrera Oscar: The New Class Yesterday the list of the 2016 class of invitees to join the Academy was released, and it shows follow-through on their promise, after back-to-back years of #OscarsSoWhite controversy, to double membership diversity by 2020. This year they invited an unprecedented 683 members—about ten percent of the pre-existing membership. Recent By Sarah • Jun 30, 2016 09:57 am
Game of Thrones Wrapping up Game of Thrones We’re done with Westeros for another year, and all that’s left is to pick over the bones of the season that was. Mostly this means trying to figure out what Jon Snow’s Targaryen name is—Lyanna Stark definitely said it to Young Ned, but it’s impossible By Sarah • Jun 29, 2016 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day: Resurgence I’m not going to sit here and pretend like Independence Day is some great movie—it’s not. It’s nonsensical trash like all of Roland Emmerich’s movies. But it is at least fun nonsensical trash, arguably the only Emmerich movie that is in any way actually enjoyable. By Sarah • Jun 28, 2016 01:41 pm
Seth Meyers Comedy in our annus horribilis 2016 is, without doubt, an annus horribilis, a worldwide sh*tstorm that is starting to feel suspiciously like the first chapter in a dystopia novel. 2016 is the real-life equivalent of a Hieronymous Bosch painting—this detail of a bird-monster sh*tting bubble people while it eats a person that By Sarah • Jun 28, 2016 11:12 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones 6.10: Winter is here, and so are the women Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10 recap SPOILERS This season has seen women seize power across Westeros, and in the finale, Cersei herself takes the Iron Throne. It cost her everything to achieve, but in the end, she is in charge once again. The writers hinted all season at By Sarah • Jun 27, 2016 09:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Elle Fanning in The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn is a filmmaker who lives on the line between art and trash, and his new film, The Neon Demon, is built firmly on that line. A horror movie in the giallo tradition, The Neon Demon is equal parts art film and B-movie schlock, with the dreamlike underpinnings By Sarah • Jun 24, 2016 01:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ewan McGregor’s Pastoral passion The first trailer for Ewan McGregor’s adaptation of American Pastoral is here, giving us our first look at the film McGregor heroically rescued by deciding to just direct the damn thing himself. It actually doesn’t look that bad. There’s some really nice imagery in the trailer, and By Sarah • Jun 24, 2016 12:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Colin Firth and Jude Law in Genius The first hurdle to clear with Genius, the feature film debut of English theater director Michael Grandage, is that everyone is played by Brits and Aussies, and by “everyone” I mean some of the most towering figures of American literature. You cast the best actor for the role and a By Sarah • Jun 23, 2016 01:22 pm
Game of Thrones Thrones theories before the finale I was feeling pretty good about Game of Thrones going into finale week until Lainey put a bug in my ear about Littlefinger becoming the new big bad—now that Ramsay Bolton is gone—and I’ve spent all week trying to break down the odds of that happening. After By Sarah • Jun 23, 2016 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gal Gadot’s abs Are the most memorable thing in the first trailer for Keeping Up With the Joneses. It’s an action-comedy that looks like a cross between Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Burbs with a dash of Date Night thrown in, and stars Isla Fisher, Zach Galifianakis—who I BARELY recognized— By Sarah • Jun 22, 2016 02:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dueling Agathas As is the case so often in Hollywood, two studios are developing rival films of the same subject, but since the subject is Agatha Christie, can we all agree that this is totally okay and both movies should absolutely be made? The Hollywood Reporter reports that both Paramount and Sony By Sarah • Jun 22, 2016 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Elle Fanning and Nicolas Winding Refn talk The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn talks about seventeenth century Italian art, and next to him, Elle Fanning listens intently. With his glasses and suit, he looks like a hip professor, with Fanning as his star pupil. They’re in town to promote their new movie, The Neon Demon, a giallo-inspired horror movie By Sarah • Jun 21, 2016 11:48 am
