Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans is going to direct I know right? That was my reaction, too. Having a slash is important these days—being just an actor isn’t enough anymore—and Chris Evans has decided to tack “slash-director” onto his resume with a movie called 1:30 Train. It’s about a couple that meets in New By Sarah • Aug 02, 2013 10:19 am
The Bridge The Bridge 1.4: “I’ll take that with me forever” The Bridge Season 1, Episode 4 recap So last episode Marco and Rich Widow started having an affair out of nowhere and we learned a little about Creepy Steven, enough to make me wonder if he isn’t Serial Killer Doug. Matthew Lillard and Cub Reporter witnessed a murder in By Sarah • Aug 01, 2013 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Stiller enters the Oscar race It’s not even August and the award season slate is already jam-packed with likely looking titles like 12 Years a Slave, Mandela, the Tom Hanks double feature of Captain Phillips and Saving Mr. Banks, The Butler, Gravity, The Fifth Estate, The Wolf of Wall Street, Fruitvale Station, Dallas Buyers By Sarah • Jul 31, 2013 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Snowpiercer is not what you expect When I wrote about the first Snowpiercer trailer (there is now a second one that is only slightly more illuminating), I mentioned that The Weinstein Company bought it, and that if it caught Harvey Weinstein’s eye, it had to be more than just the action movie the trailer was By Sarah • Jul 30, 2013 12:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Samurai Neo Keanu Reeves’ long-awaited samurai epic 47 Ronin finally has a trailer and it’s AWFUL. It’s an awful trailer for an awful looking movie. I wish I had a word beyond “awful” both for how terrible the trailer is and how terrible the movie looks. Let’s tackle the By Sarah • Jul 26, 2013 01:02 pm
Dumbass Teen Wolf Batman In a rumor that amazingly did not come from an Onion article, MTV’s Teen Wolf star Tyler Hoechlin is supposedly up for the role of Batman in the Man of Steel sequel to be titled either Superman vs. Batman or Batman vs. Superman, depending on which tests better with By Sarah • Jul 25, 2013 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews So much for Loki’s victory lap SPOILERS. BIG ASS SPOILERS. … … … I had two things in my head after Tom Hiddleston’s appearance in character as Loki at Comic Con last weekend. Click here for a refresher. A) People REALLY love Loki, and B) I wonder if Marvel will still have the stones to go through with By Sarah • Jul 25, 2013 10:56 am
The Bridge The Bridge 1.3: “I hope we all find what we’re looking for” The Bridge Season 1 Episode 3 recap After just two episodes we have a lot of plot to deal with. There’s Rich Widow and her tunnel to Mexico engaged in a casserole-based pissing match with Lyle Lovett, and by extension, the cartel he represents; there’s Creepy Steven the… By Sarah • Jul 25, 2013 09:54 am
Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlockiana That’s an actual word—it’s the name given to the cottage industry that sprung up around Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes stories, of films and television shows and even other stories written by different people. Anything Sherlock Holmes-adjacent is part of Sherlockiana, which means Comic-Con By Sarah • Jul 22, 2013 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel rocks Comic-Con 2013: Saturday edition On Saturday, Marvel held their annual nerd rock concert in Hall H and totally buried Warner Brothers/DC’s announcement that the Man of Steel sequel will be a Superman/Batman match-up. That got a lot of screams earlier in the day but by the end of the night, all By Sarah • Jul 22, 2013 10:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel rocks Comic-Con 2013: Friday edition Is it any surprise? It’s their second home. Marvel made an impressive showing on Friday in both Hall H for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and in Ballroom 20 for their TV venture, Agents of SHIELD. First up, the Agents of SHIELD panel in Ballroom 20. Agent Coulson himself, Clark By Sarah • Jul 22, 2013 09:58 am
Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch is a Matt Damon fanboy Who isn’t? Everyone loves Matt Damon. Speaking to Vulture about his Emmy nomination (for the HBO/BBC miniseries Parade’s End), Benedict Cumberbatch confessed he’s got a big ole man-crush on fellow nominee Matt Damon. He calls him “Matt”, imagines having a dinner party with him, and teases By Sarah • Jul 19, 2013 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jamie Foxx blue himself In other EW-related news, they also had a teaser for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 featuring Jamie Foxx as the villain, Electro. He looks a million times better than Rhys Ifans did as the Lizard, so the sequel is already one up on the reboot. I especially like the way his By Sarah • Jul 18, 2013 03:54 pm
The Walking Dead They gave a cover to Carl Entertainment Weekly is featuring a season four preview of The Walking Dead this week—no doubt a tie in to the show’s appearance tomorrow at Comic-Con—and they have three special covers. One is Officer Rick, one is resident badass Daryl, and the third is Carl. CARL. Everyone hates By Sarah • Jul 18, 2013 03:47 pm
The Bridge The Bridge 1.2: “It doesn’t work like that down here” Last week I got sucked into FX’s new show, The Bridge, and a bunch of you emailed to tell me that the Danish original is so much better than the US remake. That may well be, but I’m holding off on watching the original. The Bridge ought to By Sarah • Jul 18, 2013 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2013: The Dorkening It’s July, which means it’s time once again for the annual Gathering of the Geeks down in San Diego, otherwise known as Comic-Con. It also means we’re going to be getting a deluge of trailers and production announcements as studios and networks hawk their wares. Thursday Comic-Con By Sarah • Jul 17, 2013 04:10 pm
