Girlcrushes Lady Ghostbusters dressed for action The last time we saw the new Ghostbusters they were dressed in civilian clothes. Thanks to more on location filming this week, we now have photos of the whole team in their new ghostbusting suits. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon are in the familiar jumpsuits, but By Sarah • Jul 10, 2015 12:17 pm
TV Updates Fancy English Sherlock debuts at Comic-Con The BBC’s Sherlock had a panel yesterday at Comic-Con that remained dry and panty-butter free as Benedict Cumberbatch, preparing to play Hamlet on the West End, was not on hand. But they did do a message video for the crowd, featuring The Batch, show co-creator (and the Superior Mycroft) By Sarah • Jul 10, 2015 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson is cold porridge A while back a request came in for a career prospectus on Robert Pattinson, which was completely baffling because, despite being the human equivalent of a bowl of cold porridge—the English dude version of Oatmeal Amanda Seyfried, if you will—he’s working consistently and with very good filmmakers. By Sarah • Jul 09, 2015 05:30 pm
Aging Gorgessity Time Bandit Paul Rudd and some ants in London Paul Rudd is stealing time. That is the only explanation. I have considered every possible option for how he has not aged in the last twenty years, and I have deduced that Paul Rudd is a time bandit. It’s the only thing that makes sense. He can’t be By Sarah • Jul 08, 2015 04:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marisa Tomei as New New Aunt May Now that New New Spider-Man has been cast, Marvel and Sony are turning their eyes toward once again casting Peter Parker’s friends and family, beginning with Aunt May. First played by Rosemary Harris and more recently by Sally Field, Variety is reporting that Marisa Tomei has been offered the By Sarah • Jul 08, 2015 03:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Han Solo casting roulette: consider Garrett Hedlund Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the writing/directing team behind The LEGO Movie, 21/22 Jump Street, and The Last Man on Earth, are the latest filmmakers to join New New Star Wars, as the directors of an “anthology” film about a young Han Solo. Josh Trank was originally supposed By Sarah • Jul 08, 2015 12:02 pm
Media Manipulation Jake Gyllenhaal is a MAN So says everyone around Jake Gyllenhaal. In the August issue of Details Jake G has a new interview to promote Southpaw, and as such, there’s a lot of talk about his training and body transformation and how tough he is, learning to take and throw punches. There are also By Sarah • Jul 08, 2015 10:44 am
TV Updates Dork Storm 2015: Revenge of the Comic-Con A curious thing has happened to Comic-Con over the last few years. Despite being a huge engine that drives pop culture, it has become crystal clear that there is no value in Comic-Con. It’s one of the weirdest things I have ever seen happen in the film industry—no By Sarah • Jul 07, 2015 03:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Magic Mike for women I was not expecting to like Magic Mike XXL, let alone love it, but I do kind of love it. What I like about Magic Mike is that it looks like a smutty movie but really it’s about the frustration of the American Dream, although based on the number By Sarah • Jul 07, 2015 12:50 pm
Maple Leaf Rachel McAdams for Strange Marvel’s Doctor Strange is slated to begin production late this year, but so far the movie is operating on a relatively low key. This is Kevin Feige’s pet project, with extra scrutiny on its security as they go about casting, so take this with a grain of salt, By Sarah • Jul 07, 2015 10:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ava DuVernay is NOT directing Black Panther, Marvel is 37% less cool Today in “We Could Have Had It All” news, Ava DuVernay told Essence magazine in an interview that she ended up passing on the Black Panther directing gig, citing “different ideas” with Marvel over the direction the movie should take. This is a total bummer, because DuVernay seemed like a By Sarah • Jul 06, 2015 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to The First Day of Camp Wet Hot American Summer is a modern comedy classic, and by the rules of contemporary cinema, since it’s fourteen years old, it’s old enough for nostalgia. And you know what nostalgia means—it’s time for a sequel/remake/reboot! Or rather, it’s time for a prequel By Sarah • Jul 03, 2015 10:21 am
Kate Winslet Computer Jesus has a dodgy accent The teaser trailer for Steve Jobs didn’t give us much beyond Michael Fassbender in a turtleneck and some of Aaron Sorkin’s dialogue. But now the first full trailer is out and we have a much better look at the biopic directed by Danny Boyle, and yeah. I’m By Sarah • Jul 02, 2015 10:56 am
Media Manipulation The Amy Schumer debate Amy Schumer is promoting her movie, Trainwreck, due in a couple weeks, which means she’s giving a lot of interviews and is very visible right now, which means we have a lot to talk about. Specifically, we have to have the sacred cow conversation again, because Schumer is being By Sarah • Jun 30, 2015 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Paul Rudd’s ageless face premieres Ant-Man The (first) premiere (of many) for Ant-Man was last night in Los Angeles, and Paul Rudd and his time-defying face were there to christen his new superhero movie. This is being billed as Rudd’s “first” leading-man role, because he’s known best to general audiences for being an ensemble By Sarah • Jun 30, 2015 11:33 am
Amazingness Oh, the insane things Jeremy Renner says As I have said forever, Jeremy Renner is good for gossip, giving us a steady diet of Things To Talk About. This summer he’s knocking his press tours out of the park, kicking off Summer 2015 with the Avengers Outrage Tour, and now, ramping up promotions for Mission:Impossible By Sarah • Jun 29, 2015 04:26 pm
