Career prospectus Career Prospectus: Orlando Bloom (For previous installments of Sarah’s Career Prospectus Series, please click here.) Ever since we started this series, we’ve received repeated requests for Orlando Bloom. He’s been mentioned several times in other people’s prospectuses, but has somehow escaped having one of his own. But since Bloom just By Sarah • Apr 08, 2014 01:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Leave our time alone Like Ghostbusters III, a potential Goonies sequel has been talked about for a long time. There was actually a sequel video game released in 1987, two years after the movie came out (it was a pretty sweet Nintendo game), even though there was no movie sequel. But also like Ghostbusters By Sarah • Apr 08, 2014 10:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain America crushed his competition Except for the Winter Soldier. That ended in a draw because the Winter Soldier is an extreme badass of the first order and it’s going to take more than a punchy dude with a shield to bring him under control. (Here’s why the Winter Soldier is the villain By Sarah • Apr 07, 2014 02:11 pm
TV Updates Good night, Dave Yesterday during the taping of his show, David Letterman stunned his audience by announcing his retirement. He’s been on late night television for thirty-two years, the last twenty-one of which have been behind the desk at The Late Show with David Letterman. He broke Johnny Carson’s record in By Sarah • Apr 04, 2014 10:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Anthony Mackie is a Very Handsome, Charming Man We’re big fans of Anthony Mackie around here. Lainey has him on her Freebie Five, and he’s on my Drinking Buddy List, as in, I don’t want to Five him, but I’d totally have a drink with him. Although I might have to rethink the Five By Sarah • Apr 03, 2014 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson is the smartest person in the world And also she kicks all of the ass. In a movie, anyway. The first trailer for Luc Besson’s latest, Lucy, was released and it’s pretty much just ScarJo and her mutant eyes destroying everyone around her. The plot reminds me of that dumb Bradley Cooper movie, Limitless, in By Sarah • Apr 03, 2014 10:21 am
Tom Hiddleston Serial Killer Tom is back When we first met Serial Killer Tom, he had just murdered his business associates and was using his Jaguar to dispose of the bodies. When we next saw him, he was explaining to us what makes him a good serial killer—coincidentally, all the same things that make Jaguars good By Sarah • Apr 02, 2014 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Meryl Streep, Rock Star She kind of is already, right? Meryl is Meryl like Madonna is Madonna, like Beyonce is Beyonce, like Adele is Adele, like Lorde is Lorde. Meryl is Hollywood’s rock star (sorry Johnny), so it makes sense that she will now play a rock star. Deadline is reporting that Meryl By Sarah • Apr 02, 2014 12:38 pm
Justified Justified 5.12: “Take shelter” Justified Season 5, Episode 12 recap. Penultimate episode of the penultimate season. We’re into SPOILER territory. We’re almost at the end of the road, which means that a lot is happening and it’s happening fast. The Mexican cartel is gunning for Boyd, the Marshals have declared open By Sarah • Apr 02, 2014 09:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Casting Lupita Nyong’o I think it’s time for a come to Jesus. I think we need to sit down and decide what’s important—I mean really important—and what you want the film industry to look like in the 21st century. Because we’re fourteen years into a new millennium and By Sarah • Apr 01, 2014 01:03 pm
Harry Potter Harry Potter dragons x3 Last year, Warner Brothers announced their intention to make a Harry Potter spin-off film based on a text book mentioned in the series, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander. Now, Warner Brothers CEO Kevin Tsujihara tells the New York Times that the Fantastic Beasts spin-off will By Sarah • Apr 01, 2014 11:37 am
Media Manipulation Chris Evans Take Back Tour of 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier comes out on Friday. This is your daily reminder that it’s really good (it’s tied with Iron Man for the highest-rated Marvel movie yet). Since it’s the last week of publicity, we have a lot of new appearances from Chris Evans as By Sarah • Mar 31, 2014 03:36 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 4.16: “We first, always” The Walking Dead Season 4, Episode 16 recap It’s the season finale, so beware the SPOILERS. This episode started out very promising, and then just did nothing. It encapsulates the best and the worst of The Walking Dead—the best being the gore and the tension and the clash By Sarah • Mar 31, 2014 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Teenage Mutant Ninja NIGHTMARES One of the most anticipated trailers coming out of this week’s CinemaCon, the annual meet-up between Hollywood studios and the National Association of Theater Owners, is the first look at the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A reboot of the cartoon and 1991 movie, TMNT is due in August By Sarah • Mar 27, 2014 01:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Indiana Jones Redux Lainey doesn’t know the can of worms she just opened. You think I’m a geek for comic books, superheroes and Star Wars? Well, Indiana Jones predates all of it. The first comic books I ever read were serials based on Raiders of the Lost Ark. I first watched By Sarah • Mar 26, 2014 03:57 pm
Justified Justified 5.11: “You’re hit” Justified Season 5, Episode 11 recap. Three episodes left. As always, it’s never enough when it comes to Justified. Why weren’t you where you needed to be? That’s the question Mrs. Mullen asks Raylan as he drives her to the hospital. It’s not a simple question By Sarah • Mar 26, 2014 10:28 am
