Game of Thrones Game of Thrones 5.5: “The doom consumed it all alike” Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 5 recap This week we get to see the one thing I’ve been wanting to see since Daenerys’s dragons started eating people, which is Daenerys’s dragons eating people. In retaliation for the ambush by the Sons of the Harpy that killed By Sarah • May 11, 2015 09:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Hemsworth’s Vacation dick Remember the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies? You know, the two terrible ones no one talks about, and then the first one that most people like and the Christmas one that everyone likes? Well there’s a new one. Chevy Chase is still around as the patriarch of the perpetually By Sarah • May 08, 2015 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Get hard for Gwendoline Christie in Star Wars If you still need a reason to get on board with New New Star Wars, let it be Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie as the villain, Captain Phasma. As part of their Star Wars edition, Vanity Fair is still rolling out new information on Episode VII—I still can’t By Sarah • May 07, 2015 03:18 pm
BFFs Joss Whedon quits Twitter, world implodes On Monday, Joss Whedon quit Twitter. I assumed it was because with Avengers: Age of Ultron open in all the theaters everywhere, he was finally done promoting it and so he deleted his Twitter page, which was started two years ago to promote a movie. I didn’t think much By Sarah • May 07, 2015 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews PLEASE be Captain Britain Yesterday Marvel announced yet another person to add to the pile of people already appearing in Captain America: Civil War, and it’s Sherlock star Martin Freeman in an undisclosed role. Everyone’s making dog pile jokes and wondering how there could possibly be any time for Captain America with By Sarah • May 06, 2015 10:40 am
Dumbass Please stop talking, Jeremy Renner I’ve always said Jeremy Renner is good for gossip, and he is certainly giving us something to talk about recently. The Avengers: Age of Ultron press tour was famously peppy, and during an interview Renner and Chris Evans stepped in a pile of internet dog sh*t when they By Sarah • May 06, 2015 09:58 am
The Royals The Royals 1.8: Ted continues to be employed The Royals Season 1 Episode 8 Recap At this point, the most insane aspect of The Royals is that Ted continues to be the head security officer at the palace. The king has been stabbed while out walking alone in London and Ted reveals he had an agreement with Simon By Sarah • May 04, 2015 03:25 pm
Next-Gen Star Wars It’s Star Wars Day—yes, that’s a real thing—and to celebrate, Vanity Fair has released some of the photos from Annie Leibovitz’s cover shoot from the set of New New Star Wars. The photos are lovely, showing off the intricate, detailed costumes and sets JJ Abrams By Sarah • May 04, 2015 12:24 pm
Margot Robbie Harley Quinn and Some Randoms On Sunday everyone was complaining about how Avengers: Age of Ultron only made a huge fortune, instead of a mega-huge fortune, at the box office. By that evening, despite Ultron swallowing money like a ravening monster, the thinkpiece machine was in motion, cranking out essays about superhero fatigue (not happening) By Sarah • May 04, 2015 11:44 am
Game of Thrones Game of Thrones 5.4: “Go and sing me a song” Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 4 Recap Slightly boring episode this week since there isn’t a strong theme uniting the different narrative threads. We do get to catch up with the agenda down in Dorne—chiefly that Ellaria Sand and the super awesome kickass Sand Snakes are going By Sarah • May 04, 2015 09:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Russell Crowe directs The Water Diviner Oh boy does Russell Crowe’s directorial debut ever put the “vanity” in “vanity project”. I cannot imagine a vainer self-directed project, and I say this knowing full well that Chris Evans also has a vanity project coming out this year. Crowe marks his directorial debut with The Water Diviner, By Sarah • May 01, 2015 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, and Bobby Cannavale in Adult Beginners If it weren’t for the leading trio of Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, and Bobby Cannavale, Adult Beginners would be a failed pilot at a broadcast network. There’s nothing new or even particularly engaging about it, but those three manage to make it watchable. The story revolves around Jake By Sarah • May 01, 2015 11:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A spoiler-free review of Avengers: Age of Ultron The big question when it comes to Avengers: Age of Ultron is whether or not it’s “better” than The Avengers. Short answer—yes. Long answer—also yes. The Avengers is super fun and the end, especially, is a complete thrill. But three years removed from it, let’s all By Sarah • May 01, 2015 10:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James Franco & Jonah Hill’s True Story Confession: I almost fell asleep in this movie. Which is, I think, the clearest review I can give it. Starring Jonah Hill and James Franco, True Story is based on the true story (GET IT?) of Michael Finkel, a disgraced journalist who discovers that an accused murderer, Christian Longo, was By Sarah • Apr 29, 2015 03:30 pm
Media Manipulation Does Hawkeye’s goofy song make up for anything? The Avengers: Age of Ultron press tour is winding down as the movie hits theaters tomorrow evening, but there are still a few Avengers out making the final push for a movie that really does not need a final push. After last week’s super peppy press tour derailment, this By Sarah • Apr 29, 2015 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel’s Woman Problem There’s a piece up today at The Daily Beast about Black Widow and the “problem” in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that she—a strong, capable character in her own right—keeps being used in service of the male heroes. I don’t disagree that there is a problem in By Sarah • Apr 28, 2015 12:43 pm
