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- 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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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
