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
Movie Reviews and Previews Luc Besson returns to weird with Cara Delevingne The Fifth Element is such a great movie. It’s a mess, don’t get me wrong, but it’s so fun in its messiness—I’ll always take a little mess in exchange for ambitious, original ideas. But it was also a huge financial disaster, and director Luc Besson By Sarah • May 12, 2015 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cannes Preview 2015 It’s that time of year again, time for the Cannes Film Festival. It’s a Brange-free Cannes this year, which is a bummer because Cannes Brange is Best Brange, but there are a LOT of good looking movies on the festival slate. It’s not the same as Brange By Sarah • May 12, 2015 10:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon in Hot Pursuit Have you ever wondered what it would look like if a monkey threw sh*t on a piece of paper and then people tried to make a movie based on that sh*tty paper? Well wonder no more, for that movie has been made! Hot Pursuit is a movie so By Sarah • May 11, 2015 03:18 pm
The Royals The Royals 1.9: Ophelia is completely useless The Royals Season 1, Episode 9 recap Status Check: Ted is still not fired. How?! How is Ted not fired?! At one point Cyrus, now the “acting King of England” (THAT IS STILL NOT A REAL THING!), actually says, “I can’t wait to fire you,” to Ted, and I By Sarah • May 11, 2015 12:10 pm
