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
Media Manipulation Chris Evans is retir—wait what was that? About money? Chris Evans has a fancy Variety profile in advance of Captain America: The Winter Soldier opening in the US next week (have I mentioned today that it’s really good?). The headline is that he’s going to leave acting and pursue directing, full-time, once his Marvel contract is done By Sarah • Mar 25, 2014 02:04 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 4.15: “Claimed” The Walking Dead Season 4, Episode 15 recap. It’s the penultimate episode. Potential SPOILERS. Well obviously my new favorite person is Doctor Mullet who talks about zombie dinosaurs and videogames and looks like someone said “post-apocalyptic Kenny Powers” as a character description. He appears to be mildly autistic and By Sarah • Mar 24, 2014 09:18 am
Bradley Cooper BCoop’s cosmic punchline Once, Louis CK went on The Stephen Merchant Show and sh*t all over the idea of a student at the Actors’ Studio asking Sean Penn a question from the audience. “There’s no way you ask Sean Penn a question and then you’re going to be huge,” he By Sarah • Mar 20, 2014 01:12 pm
Justified Justified 5.10: “I’m a Crowe” Justified Season 5, Episode 10 recap It’s another super-sized episode! We’re getting so spoiled. This season might not have a villainous mastermind to take down, like Mags Bennett, or a central mystery to be solved, like the Drew Thompson case, but finally getting into the morass dredged up By Sarah • Mar 19, 2014 12:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita Skywalker Only for Lupita (who has achieved the One Name Singularity) will I once again leave the safety of my Zone of Willful Ignorance and venture into the realm of Star Wars rumors. Because there’s a rumor, one that is supported by The Hollywood Reporter, that Lupita is being considered By Sarah • Mar 18, 2014 10:13 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 4.14: “Just look at the flowers” The Walking Dead Season 4, Episode 14 recap This was a Very Special Episode of The Walking Dead, in which we learned about strength and morals in a post-apocalyptic world. Also we learned about child murder. We’re approaching the end of the season, which means that sh*t is By Sarah • Mar 17, 2014 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tiger Lily White The last we heard of Joe Wright’s reimagining of Peter Pan, titled simply Pan, Garrett Hedlund had just signed on to play Captain Hook, which was very interesting. Since then, Hugh Jackman has been confirmed as the bad guy, Blackbeard—has Jackman ever played a villain before? I’m By Sarah • Mar 13, 2014 11:35 am
Justified Justified 5.9: “Reason, not the need” Justiified Season 5, Episode 9 recap. Dewey Crowe is going to snap. Hot Rod Dunham is dead. Daryl Crowe is burying his family alive. Kendall Crowe wants to get the hell out of Dodge. Wynn Duffy is running out of patience. Snakebite Jimmy is super loyal. Ava begins her career By Sarah • Mar 12, 2014 10:28 am
Career prospectus Career Prospectus: Christina Ricci (For previous installments of Sarah’s Career Prospectus series, please click here.) Sarah, At first glance at Ricci’s filmography, it seemed as though she escaped the child actor curse, but she doesn't appear to be working often or getting any good projects—she seems to be turning By Sarah • Mar 11, 2014 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A heart to heart moment with Chris Evans That’s what his interviews feel like these days. Like he’s letting his guard down and we’re seeing inside the shell. The admissions of therapy, the reluctance to take on another superhero franchise, his open acknowledgment of his nervousness-bordering-on-social-anxiety. None of that is bad stuff. But there’s By Sarah • Mar 10, 2014 12:45 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 4.13: “I don’t think the good ones survive” The Walking Dead Season 4, Episode 13 recap I’ve been re-watching Game of Thrones season 3, getting ready for the new season, as well as True Detective, which is just flat-out one of the best things I’ve ever seen on TV. As I’ve been watching these other By Sarah • Mar 10, 2014 09:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain Ameri—What do you mean, NO FEMALE HEROES? We’re a little under a month until Captain America: The Winter Soldier comes out and Marvel has released the first clip from the film. There’s slick action, a touch of humor, classic villain Batroc the Leaper—did you know that MTV Movie Award nominations came out yesterday? I’ By Sarah • Mar 07, 2014 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews We gawhta Transfowmah We’re about three and a half months out from Michael Bay’s latest seizure-inducing CGI nightmare, Transformers: Age of Extinction, a movie which continues to defy odds by not being called simply Trans4mers, which means it’s time to start rolling out trailers. So after a teaser during the By Sarah • Mar 05, 2014 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Avengers’ baby situation I don’t want to call it a problem. A healthy young woman in control of her life and choices being pregnant is never a problem. But when you’re an actress in a high-profile franchise that is just days away from starting principal photography and your character is expected By Sarah • Mar 05, 2014 11:34 am