Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita on screen Last week Kathleen wrote about Lupita Nyong’o’s defense of her (perfectly reasonable) decision to do a Broadway play—for which she’s Tony-nominated—instead of taking more film roles after winning an Oscar. In that piece, Kathleen mentioned that it’s been two years since we’ve seen By Sarah • May 11, 2016 02:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Goop Update: Still not in Civil War Lainey was disappointed in my gloating over being right about Gwyneth Paltrow not being in Captain America: Civil War, so let me reiterate that I was right about Goop not being in Civil War. Being right is nice! It’s fun! But also super stressful because people sling a lot By Sarah • May 10, 2016 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cannes Preview 2016 It’s that time of year again, with the Cannes Film Festival kicking off on Wednesday amidst unprecedented security measures. Usually the pre-Cannes stories are all about yachts, parties, prostitutes, and producers (the 3 Ps), but this year it’s all about the crazy security in place. That’s a By Sarah • May 10, 2016 10:40 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones 6.3: “My watch has ended” Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 3 recap SPOILERS In the wake of Jon Snow’s resurrection, we’ve wondered what the “rules” are of his second life. Is he, like Beric Dondarrion, missing “pieces” of himself? Or is his resurrection somehow different? This week’s episode has a Stark-centric By Sarah • May 09, 2016 08:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Now Nicolas Cage is fighting sharks Man it’s a bad week for sharks at the movies. Following the trailer for Blake Lively Shoot A Shark, we now have the first trailer for USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (totally unnecessary subtitle), starring Nicolas Cage fighting sharks. The story of the USS Indianapolis is one of history’ By Sarah • May 06, 2016 02:24 pm
TV Updates Old Hollywood Girl Sh*t Ryan Murphy’s anthology series have been very successful. No matter how bad it gets, American Horror Story is perennially popular—every season I play a game I call “how many episodes can I make it before calling it quits”—and the American Crime Story franchise got off to a By Sarah • May 06, 2016 01:16 pm
BFFs Goop Gloat Earlier this year there was a report from Empire magazine that Gwyneth Paltrow would be making an appearance in Captain America: Civil War. Not long after that, though, I heard she would not, in fact, be in the movie, and said as much. Now that the movie is out around By Sarah • May 06, 2016 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans and RDJ in Captain America: Civil War review SPOILER FREE Captain America: Civil War is good. It’s very, very good. Great, even. Easily the best Marvel movie (so far), and, in my book, the best superhero movie to date. Themes of responsibility, causality, guilt, and consequences play out in a story that also contains breathtaking, awesome action. By Sarah • May 06, 2016 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jesse Eisenberg in Louder Than Bombs A dysfunctional family drama with a teenaged son named “Conrad” will inevitably invoke the 1980 film Ordinary People—and the novel upon which it’s based—and like that film, Louder Than Bombs is a family portrait snapped at a moment of profound grief, of a family derailed by loss. By Sarah • May 05, 2016 04:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Key & Peele in Keanu You should recognize the names “Key” and “Peele”, but on the chance you don’t, they are the comedy duo of Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, eponymous creators and stars of the Comedy Central sketch show, Key & Peele, which ran for five seasons. Remember the East/West College Bowl? By Sarah • May 05, 2016 03:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sing Street is impossible to resist Do you like Pitch Perfect? Do you like Irish films (you should—Irish cinema is pretty incredible)? Do you also like 1980s nostalgia? Then boy oh boy is Sing Street the movie for you! And I mean that sincerely - this is a bouncy, fun pop musical set in 1980s By Sarah • May 05, 2016 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hanks in A Hologram for the King For a movie starring one of the last real Movie Stars, A Hologram for the King sure did fly under the radar. Based on the Dave Eggers’ novel of the same name, Hologram reunites Tom Hanks and Cloud Atlas co-director Tom Tykwer in the kind of movie that would have By Sarah • May 05, 2016 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews ScarJo’s comedy squad Remember that dead body comedy Scarlett Johansson signed onto a few months ago? Well, it’s casting up and Scarlett Johansson is being joined by several funny ladies: Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, and Ilana Glazer. McKinnon you know from SNL, and the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot. Glazer is one half of By Sarah • May 04, 2016 04:00 pm
Media Manipulation The Kit Harington Apology Tour Lainey included a video on my recap this week of Kit Harington apologizing for lying for a year about the fate of Jon Snow. You can see it here. And by the way, it wasn’t just us—Harington had to lie to EVERYONE. In the wake of Jon Snow’ By Sarah • May 04, 2016 01:32 pm
Style Lena, Jenna, Jenni: MET Tuxedo Triplets Girls collaborators and co-founders of the Lenny Letter Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner attended the MET Gala with J Crew president and creative director Jenna Lyons, and they all wore J Crew tuxedoes. Different body types, different styling, and they all look great. I LOVE this. I’m a sucker By Sarah • May 03, 2016 01:51 am
TV Updates Tom Hiddleston: Dapper Gentleman at the MET Tom Hiddleston, Serious Actor, attended the Met Gala in white tie and tails, looking every inch a dapper English gentleman. It was a bad idea to have me write this right after seeing Captain America: Civil War because it creates an approximate two hour vortex where nothing else matters. Hiddles By Sarah • May 03, 2016 12:26 am
