Media Manipulation Jake G goes full-Bale for Oscar The first trailer for Jake Gyllenhaal’s boxing movie Southpaw—the one he got insanely ripped for—just premiered on Eminem’s Youtube channel, of all the weird places. Once upon a time, Eminem was attached to the project, but his involvement now is limited to a song on the By Sarah • Mar 27, 2015 12:59 pm
Royals Benedict Cumberbatch reads a poem to a king In 2012 the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a parking lot in Leicester, England. It’s an incredible story and I don’t know how it wasn’t a bigger deal—England, was this a huge deal to you? Richard III died at the Battle of Bosworth By Sarah • Mar 27, 2015 11:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Sandler in The Cobbler I’ve seen some bad movies that have made me rage recently, but though it is a profoundly bad movie—I mean that literally, it is profound in its badness—The Cobbler starring Adam Sandler isn’t upsetting to watch. It’s mostly just boring, and then toward the end By Sarah • Mar 27, 2015 10:25 am
Break Ups Jeremy Renner’s divorce is capital-M Messy From the beginning, it’s been clear that Jeremy Renner’s divorce from Sonni Pacheco is going to be ugly as sh*t. Then, for a while, it seemed like maybe it would end up playing out largely behind closed doors, especially as Renner’s only move has been to By Sarah • Mar 26, 2015 10:02 am
TV Updates Deadline published a disgusting article meant to make us mad Sarah’s (snarky blogger) take Yesterday evening an article by Nellie Andreeva was posted on the industry trade website Deadline—formerly the bastion of hard-edged news harpy Nikki Finke—positing that the current pilot season is shaping up to be the most diverse in recent memory, maybe ever, with more By Sarah • Mar 25, 2015 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Ford returns to filmmaking with George Clooney Tom Ford made his directorial debut in 2009 with A Single Man, for which Colin Firth earned an Oscar nomination, and now, six years later, he’s lined up his sophomore project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ford has signed on to direct Nocturnal Animals, based on Austin Wright’s By Sarah • Mar 25, 2015 10:17 am
Justified Justified 6.10: “Ain’t this the conundrum” Justified Season 6, Episode 10 recap. This is the most stressful season of Justified, bar none. There are just four episodes left and you can feel everyone getting that much more desperate as plans unravel. In this episode, things go sideways for pretty much everyone. Let’s start with Wynn By Sarah • Mar 25, 2015 09:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender’s Western romance Michael Fassbender’s passion project, the Western Slow West, is currently making the festival rounds and is expected in theaters later this year. It’s the feature film debut of Scottish writer/director John Maclean and it’s produced by Fassbender’s shingle, DMC, and it looks very, very cool. By Sarah • Mar 24, 2015 04:57 pm
Game of Thrones Dragons in San Francisco So I’m taking over recapping duties for Games of Thrones this season as Duana is focusing on Mad Men’s final season. I came a little late to the Thrones party but my positions are the following: I don’t have a favorite house because I’m convinced everyone By Sarah • Mar 24, 2015 01:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Liam Neeson’s Run All Night Here’s Liam Neeson promoting Run All Night in Madrid today. Run All Night is the third team-up of director Jaume Collet-Sera and Liam Neeson, following Unknown and Non-Stop, and it is the least satisfying of the Not Taken, But Like Taken trilogy. And like the actual Taken trilogy, the By Sarah • Mar 24, 2015 12:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sean Penn: the Geriaction Gunman I misjudged The Gunman based on its trailer. I thought it was going to be a preachy political thriller, but it’s actually a Taken knock-off with Sean Penn starring as Liam Neeson Revenge Man. Oh, there’s some moralizing—undoubtedly Penn used his power as producer and co-writer to By Sarah • Mar 24, 2015 11:36 am
The Royals The Royals 1.2: “Why all the mayonnaise?” The Royals Season 1, Episode 2 recap This show’s production value cracks me up. Blenheim Palace is standing in for Buckingham Palace—with an assist on some interiors from the Greenwich Observatory—and anything shot in and around Blenheim is beautiful and detailed. But it’s painfully apparent when By Sarah • Mar 23, 2015 02:27 pm
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
