Movie Reviews and Previews Mission: Impossible – Physics Free Following a report that the ending of the movie may or may not be a mess, we finally have the first trailer for Mission Impossible 5, now officially titled Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (a title that necessitated a hastily-done deal with Disney). The trailer is chock full of balls-out action By Sarah • Mar 23, 2015 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Shailene Woodley in Insurgent review This may be the most challenging review I’ve ever written. For one thing, YA dystopia stories are not my bag. For another, I have neither read nor seen Divergent, so I’m walking into this franchise blind, as it were. And finally, Insurgent isn’t a real movie, so By Sarah • Mar 23, 2015 11:10 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 5.15: “People die now” The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 15 recap. SPOILERS It’s the penultimate episode, so sh*t is going down. Rick is done playing by Alexandria rules. Half this episode is filler, and the other half is the “Rick vs. Alexandria” conflict coming to a head. Ever since arriving in By Sarah • Mar 23, 2015 09:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Avengers must be playing baseball That’s my takeaway from the new extended TV spot for Avengers: Age of Ultron—they must be playing baseball. This spot features a lot of new footage, including Thor swinging for the fences using his hammer as the bat and Captain America’s shield as the ball. Easily the By Sarah • Mar 19, 2015 03:34 pm
Gorgessity Oscar Isaac has magnificent hair Oscar Isaac covers the new issue of Details, in advance of his new movie Ex Machina, and oh my god, LOOK AT HIS MAGNIFICENT HAIR. Why have I never noticed this before? Perhaps it’s the length, and/or the fact that it isn’t shellacked to his head. Seems By Sarah • Mar 19, 2015 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pac-Man is here for revenge On paper, I should be all over Pixels. It’s a space invasion movie but the aliens are video game characters, it stars Peter Dinklage with a rocking mullet, and that “Pac-Man is a bad guy?” joke is great. But the first trailer is here and I can’t get By Sarah • Mar 18, 2015 01:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar Isaac has a creepy robot One of the most intriguing movies coming up is Ex Machina, the directorial debut of sci-fi writer Alex Garland, who has written some of the better sci-fi movies of the last fifteen years, including Sunshine and Never Let Me Go. He wrote the screenplay for Ex Machina as well, and By Sarah • Mar 18, 2015 11:49 am
Justified Justified 6.9: “A civil conversation” Justified Season 6, Episode 9 recap. Wynn Duffy is the rat! OF COURSE HE IS. In retrospect, who else could it be? He mentioned being around back when Grady Hale was killed, and sure enough, the unsealed files from Simon Poole’s original investigation reveal that Wynn was his CI. By Sarah • Mar 18, 2015 09:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy Schumer’s SXSW breakout Last month we saw the first trailer for Trainwreck, which is written by and stars comedian Amy Schumer, who also makes the super funny Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central. The trailer is promising and according to the excitement pouring out of SXSW, where Trainwreck premiered, the movie delivers. The By Sarah • Mar 17, 2015 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews David Oyelowo and Kate Mara face off In the battle of the Rooney Sisters, where do we stand? For a while there, it seemed like Rooney Mara was ahead of elder sister Kate, and she did bag that Oscar nomination for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But recently she said that the English-language remake of the By Sarah • Mar 17, 2015 10:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Loving Cinderella Since I’ve been reviewing movies on LaineyGossip, I don’t think you guys have seen me enthusiastically like a movie, so for the first time, here is me enthusiastically liking a movie, no complaints. Cinderella is adorable, a genuinely enjoyable and entertaining family film. The only negative thing I By Sarah • Mar 16, 2015 04:11 pm
TV Updates The Royals 1.1: “The Queen knows everything” The job of a pilot is to introduce the major characters, set up the primary conflict, and then hook the audience into coming back for more. The Royals succeeds at all of these things, and surprisingly it’s not as soapy as I was expecting. Don’t get me wrong, By Sarah • Mar 16, 2015 12:49 pm
Hook Ups Captain America and Snow White are thing, apparently Over the weekend US Weekly reported that Chris Evans and Lily Collins are dating. This random duo met at the Vanity Fair Oscars party last month, and according to the unnamed—of course—source quoted, it’s the “beginning stages” and they’re “having a lot of fun”. If true, By Sarah • Mar 16, 2015 10:45 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 5.14: “You should have listened” The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 14 recap. So Alexandria proves too good to be true because it’s populated almost entirely by ASSHOLES and COWARDS. These people don’t have a f*cking clue what they’re doing. Deanna isn’t stupid, but as I mentioned last week, she’ By Sarah • Mar 16, 2015 08:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Judi Dench in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel review I watched The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel over the holidays with my parents and found it be a charmingly daffy mix of Fawlty Towers, Cocoon, and cheerful racism (India! So quaint!). The sequel, I can report, is more of the same. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a charming By Sarah • Mar 13, 2015 03:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Jackman in Chappie review With his latest movie Chappie, South African director Neill Blomkamp officially enters The Wachowski Zone: His debut feature film was an impressive feat, and everything that has followed it is a flop mess. Chappie isn’t completely terrible—it’s not as off the rails as, say, Jupiter Ascending - By Sarah • Mar 13, 2015 02:11 pm
