Media Manipulation Chris Pratt gives drunk acting lessons As part of his cover feature in June’s GQ, Chris Pratt filmed a little comedy segment for the internet in which he gives acting lessons, except he got hammered and started the bit by saying he’s too drunk to do the bit. He then proceeds to do the By Sarah • May 22, 2015 09:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Yet more Civil War: Everyone can still get it More photos from the Atlanta set of Captain America: Civil War, including Scarlett Johansson sporting what I think is Black Widow’s best-ever wig, and Paul Rudd reporting to set. Rudd will make his debut as Ant-Man in a couple months, but he’s already moving up the ranks to By Sarah • May 21, 2015 01:25 pm
Dumbass Rebel Wilson’s hella stupid scandal This week the internet was scandalized when an Australian tabloid ran a story asserting that Rebel Wilson has been lying about her age and background since breaking out in Bridesmaids. Wilson’s age of record was 29, and she had at various points claimed to grow up in the “ghetto” By Sarah • May 21, 2015 11:06 am
TV Updates David Letterman signs off Last night marked the official end of The Late Show with David Letterman. After his final interview, his last broadcast was dedicated to best-of segments, tributes, thank yous, and one last Top 10, which lined up some of Letterman’s most frequent and favorite celebrity guests. He’s always been By Sarah • May 21, 2015 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone in Civil War can get it And I mean EVERYONE, up to and including the stunt doubles. Filming for Captain America: Civil War continues and more set photos are coming out of Atlanta—hilariously doubling for Nigeria—and we’ve got more of Chris Evans looking like a life-size action figure in his Cap suit, and By Sarah • May 20, 2015 01:25 pm
TV Updates So long, Dave, and thanks for all the fish Tonight is David Letterman’s last show as a late night host. All week he’s had special guests—including Eddie Vedder who performed a rendition of “Better Man” with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra that made me teary-eyed—and last night Bill Murray sat in as Letterman’s By Sarah • May 20, 2015 11:26 am
The Royals The Royals 1.10: Oh thanks god, it’s over The Royals Season 1, Episode 10 recap Spoilers but let’s be honest, who really gives a sh*t? It’s the final episode of The Royals season one—amazingly, this garbage show got renewed for a second season—and somehow, defying all the odds, Ted is still not fired. By Sarah • May 20, 2015 10:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pratt’s GQ face Leading up to Jurassic World, Chris Pratt covers the June issue of GQ, and once again, they have made him look like Not Chris Pratt. This happened last year with GQ as well. It’s something about the hair, I think? The height on his hair makes his head look By Sarah • May 19, 2015 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Harley Quinn and The Joker in action I’ve been cautiously optimistic about Suicide Squad, mostly based on the direction of David Ayer and the presence of one of my favorite comic book characters, Harley Quinn. A couple weeks ago we got a look at the Squad, dubbed “Task Force X” for the movie, in their costumes, By Sarah • May 19, 2015 09:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Check out Shark Man as Computer Jesus The first trailer for the Steve Jobs biopic written by Aaron Sorkin, creatively titled Steve Jobs, is here and it does not show much beyond Michael Fassbender in a black turtleneck and glasses as Jobs. The movie is still shooting, so it’s no surprise there’s not much footage By Sarah • May 18, 2015 10:14 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones 5.6: “A Girl is not ready” Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 6 Recap Weddings in Westeros give me such a bad feeling. Has anyone’s marriage ended well on this show? Ever? This week it’s Sansa’s turn, and boy, does her wedding night not go well. There is simply no escaping that Sansa By Sarah • May 18, 2015 08:38 am
Media Manipulation Natalie Never is back Back in 2011, when she was campaigning for an Oscar, I dubbed Natalie Portman “Natalie Never” because her combination belly-cuppy pregnancy and aggressive trophy hunting turned me off so hard I couldn’t deal with her at all. A proto-I Can’t, if you will. Since then, though, Portman has By Sarah • May 15, 2015 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sad Captain America Filming for Captain America: Civil War is underway in Atlanta, and a batch of set photos has popped up showing Chris Evans dressed in a Sad Suit, Looking Sad, and carrying a casket. Who died?! Well, since Emily Van Camp, who plays Sharon Carter, is also present and dressed in By Sarah • May 15, 2015 01:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nostalgia factory to grind up The Craft The cocaine fueled Everything Is A Good Idea 1990s era of filmmaking produced some of the most insane garbage in the history of cinema. Every decade has its share of bad movies, except the 1990s. In the 90s, “bad” as a category was replaced with “Jesus Christ, how much blow By Sarah • May 14, 2015 11:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Crimson Peak: I want to go there The first trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s much anticipated Crimson Peak introduced us to the creepy setting and not much else, but now the international trailer has arrived and it lays out a little more of the story. Mia Wasikowska plays a Victorian lady author who is interested in By Sarah • May 13, 2015 04:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Film Review: The D Train SPOILERS The D Train is not going to be for everybody. If you don’t like awkward humor, you won’t like this movie as it is so awkward at times it’s difficult to watch without full-body cringing. Jack Black gives a terrific weirdo performance, echoing his FANTASTIC turn By Sarah • May 13, 2015 01:49 pm
