Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary Aliens have long been a target of human paranoia. Since the earliest days of science-fiction, aliens have been imagined as the universe’s great equalizers, come to Earth to destroy and punish humanity for being locusts upon our own planet. We imagine them incinerating great cities, toppling monuments, obliterating humans By Sarah • Mar 20, 2026 11:21 am
TV Updates Is The Studio tackling awards season? The Studio is still filming scenes for season two in Venice, Italy, and, duh, it just occurred to me that they’re probably doing something with the Venice Film Festival, right? They have filmed scenes at real events before, notably the Golden Globes in season one, but they also recreated By Sarah • Mar 20, 2026 10:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man’s Hauntingly Lonely Brand New Day Zendaya’s big week continues with the official trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, though I suppose this is technically a Tom Holland-first thing. The trailer does prominently feature Zendaya, though, because since being cast as “the girlfriend” in Spider-Man: Homecoming a decade ago, she has become one of the By Sarah • Mar 18, 2026 12:23 pm
What Else Zendaya begins Zendaya’s busy year is condensed into a busy week this week, with the Oscars Sunday, the Dune: Part Three teaser drop today, Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s teaser drop tomorrow, and The Drama premiere tonight. Never mind what all is going on with Euphoria (the third season premieres in By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 04:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tall Skinny Dune No rest for the wicked! The Oscars are over and we are MOVING ON! Today, it’s the Dune: Part Three teaser, tomorrow, it’s the Spider-Man: Brand New Day teaser! The person I really feel bad for is Zendaya, caught in the middle of the Marvel-Warner Bros. death spiral By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Manny Jacinto and a coven at SXSW While the Oscars were happening in LA, SXSW continued in Austin. Yesterday was the premiere of Love Language, a romantic comedy-drama starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Manny Jacinto, who was at the premiere looking like an entire snack: Also at the premiere were Lukas Gage, Isabel May (lately of Scream By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Exorcist tempts fate once again The Studio is not the only project in production, as Mike Flanagan’s remake of The Exorcist is up and running in New York, with both Scarlett Johansson and Chiwetel Ejiofor on set yesterday. We don’t really need a remake of The Exorcist, but I am a big enough By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 11:05 am
TV Updates Madonna joins The Studio Though The Studio mopped up pretty much every major award for a comedy series during the 2025-26 awards season, I don’t think this show is actually THAT popular. Like it’s not Ted Lasso, an Apple TV+ series we can say with confidence “everyone” watched. Ted Lasso had a By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 10:03 am
Oscars 2026 Intro for March 17, 2026 Dear Gossips, Now that the Oscars are over, it’s time to autopsy the Oscars. In Variety, Daniel D’Addario asks, Why were the movie stars in hiding? While the headline irritated me, D’Addario is actually onto something, particularly in the capital-letter Movie Star department. There was a time, By Sarah • Mar 17, 2026 09:08 am
Oscars 2026 Sarah’s Best Dressed – It’s Actually a Tie From very early in the evening, I was calling Rose Byrne my best dressed in a floral trumpet gown, but then I saw Anne Hathaway, also in a floral trumpet gown, so it’s actually a tie. This honors Kumail Nanjiani’s masterful handling of the real tie that happened By Sarah • Mar 16, 2026 02:56 pm
Oscars 2026 The boys are back in town Boys will always insist on being present, and it was no different at the Oscars. I regret to inform you that there were many boys at the Oscars last night. Some of them were even dressed well. Credit must be given where it is due: sometimes boys look good. For By Sarah • Mar 16, 2026 01:56 pm
Oscars 2026 KPop’s Golden Night KPop Demon Hunters was a big winner last night, taking home both Oscars for which it was nominated: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for “Golden”. This caps off EJAE’s story of resilience and perseverance, as she accepted the Oscar along with the songwriting team for “Golden”, which By Sarah • Mar 16, 2026 09:47 am
Oscars 2026 Jessie Buckley and Chloé Zhao had VERY different Oscar dresses Unsurprisingly, Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for her performance in Hamnet. A lot of people were annoyed with her after her anti-cat comments, but her acceptance speech was lovely, including a shoutout to mothers, as it was Mother’s Day in the UK (which she is not from, being Irish) By Sarah • Mar 16, 2026 08:38 am
Oscars 2026 Intro for March 16, 2026 Dear Gossips, The 98th Academy Awards were last night, thus concluding the (rather interminable) 2025 awards season. As we suspected, even if we hoped differently, One Battle After Another walked away the big winner, though Sinners hardly went home empty-handed. More on that later, though. For now, let’s talk By Sarah • Mar 16, 2026 06:17 am
Checking in on non-nominee Jeremy Allen White On Oscar weekend, the most relaxed people in Los Angeles are everyone who doesn’t have to go to the Oscars. I know this personally, not having to go to The Big Thing—or even leave your house when you know traffic will be f-cked by The Big Thing—is By Sarah • Mar 13, 2026 04:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emily Blunt 2x It’s Emily Blunt times two, as she stars in two of the most anticipated films of 2026, both of which got new trailers yesterday. First up, The Devil Wears Prada 2, which continues to focus on vibes, fashion, and Miranda Priestly being beastly. Simone Ashley! The Viscountess! Glad to By Sarah • Mar 13, 2026 02:58 pm
