Movie Reviews and Previews Aging entertainment Yesterday I wrote about the issues arising on Star Wars Episode VII because Harrison Ford was injured on set and snarking on the surprise that he was badly hurt. The fact is, he IS 71, and he’s making an action movie playing a character we met almost 40 years By Sarah • Jun 26, 2014 10:43 am
Media Manipulation Elderly person breaks leg, internet melts A couple weeks ago, Harrison Ford, who is seventy-one, broke his ankle when a door on the Millennium Falcon set fell on him. At first it was made to sound like no big deal, but over the last couple weeks, rumors have swirled as to the true extent of By Sarah • Jun 25, 2014 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Women are not invited to the franchise table On Friday news broke that writer/director Rian Johnson, who previously made the most excellent Looper and Brick, would be writing and directing Star Wars Episode VIII and writing the treatment for Episode IX. He won’t actually direct IX — he probably won’t even write the final script—but By Sarah • Jun 24, 2014 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman’s panties It’s the one of the biggest issues surrounding Wonder Woman—her costume. In the annals of comic book exploitation of women (boobsploitation), Wonder Woman’s panties-and-corset get-up is among the worst offenders. Her costume is utterly nonsensical for what she is—a fighter—and even as By Sarah • Jun 23, 2014 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews American Citizen saves the day If there’s one story people can’t get enough of, it’s white people saving stuff. Man, people really love that story. Show us a problem and a white person to solve it, and you’re on your way to box office—and maybe even Oscar—gold. And since By Sarah • Jun 20, 2014 11:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson emotes After Twilight wrapped up in 2012, Robert Pattinson took a year off, releasing no movies in 2013. This year, he’s back in front of the public with two new movies, The Rover and Maps to the Stars, from well-respected directors in which he plays a supporting role (he By Sarah • Jun 19, 2014 11:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Guardians of the Galaxy: The best idea Back when Marvel first announced their intention to adapt obscure-even-by-nerd-standards Guardians of the Galaxy and everyone went “What? WHO?” there was some not-so-quiet snickering throughout the industry. The prevailing attitude among rival studios and development teams was, Finally. They’re overreaching, and they will By Sarah • Jun 17, 2014 12:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aqua Drogo Back when Ben Affleck was named as the new Batman, there was a rumor—that sounded more like wishing, really—that Matt Damon could be on board to play the most laughable of all superheroes, Aquaman. It was the latest in a succession of Aquaman rumors, and if you’re By Sarah • Jun 16, 2014 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hiddleston, country singer I love old timey country music. I get it from my dad—he loves Woody Guthrie and Willie Nelson and Carl Perkins. He gave me all his Johnny Cash records when I was a kid, and even though he prefers to drive in silence, on road trips he would play By Sarah • Jun 13, 2014 10:01 am
Maple Leaf Still Dumb and Dumber I don’t think I’ve ever laughed harder in a movie than I did when I first saw Dumb and Dumber. It was a perfect convergence of comedy: I was twelve, Jim Carrey was at the top of his game, and the Farrelly Brothers’ gross-out aesthetic was brand By Sarah • Jun 11, 2014 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Casting Roulette: Indiana Jones Edition There’s a rumor going around—a dirty, dirty rumor—that Robert Pattinson, he of the tea-pouring hands and mothering hips, has somehow risen to the top of Disney’s wish list for their inevitable Indiana Jones reboot. Look, Pattinson is not a terrible actor. He’s really not. By Sarah • Jun 09, 2014 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel re-marries Over the weekend Marvel wrapped up their (desperate) search for a new Ant-Man director after Edgar Wright suddenly dumped their ass a couple weeks ago. After working through a series of comedy directors, they landed on Peyton Reed. Who? Well, nerds are freaking out because he’s “best known” By Sarah • Jun 09, 2014 10:29 am
Media Manipulation Mila, Channing and the February woodshed Late yesterday Warner Brothers announced that the Wachowski siblings’ new movie starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, Jupiter Ascending (aka Jackie and Potatohead Do Space), has been kicked from its sweet July 18 opening to February 6, 2015. It’s not surprising. When the tracking data was released for July By Sarah • Jun 04, 2014 11:34 am
Media Manipulation Marvel’s dating drama Ever since Edgar Wright abruptly left Ant-Man a little over a week ago, Marvel has been listening to “I Will Survive” on repeat, drinking wine coolers, and promising that it’s “like soooooo fine.” To that end, Marvel is already dating around, looking for a new director. Evidently conducting By Sarah • Jun 03, 2014 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ladies of Star Wars Back in March there was a rumor that Lupita Nyong’o was up for a role in Star Wars Episode VII, and now, today, there is confirmation. Lupita, along with Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) has been cast in Star Wars. Lupita is a movie star! Of course details are By Sarah • Jun 02, 2014 02:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Josh Brolin is Marvel’s Big Bad It’s been reported that Josh Brolin has been cast as the supervillain Thanos, first teased at the end of The Avengers, and who will likely be the main antagonist of The Avengers 3: Thanos, Finally. I can confirm that first hand—I heard this a few weeks ago, when By Sarah • Jun 02, 2014 10:58 am
