Jeremy Renner Jeremy Renner’s SNL was ROUGH Possibly even the worst episode of the season so far. It’s not entirely on Renner—SNL is just so bad these days—but he wasn’t helping much. His cue card reading was blatant and only got worse throughout the show, and though he is funnier than his manly-man By Sarah • Nov 19, 2012 10:43 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 3.6: “We’re dying here” The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 6 recap We start with Merle and his search party out looking for Michonne, instead of picking up with Rick and his ringing phone. Michonne left a warning message made out of a dead body for Merle. Michonne is seriously f*cked up. Merle By Sarah • Nov 19, 2012 09:37 am
Girly Throw Downs Tom Hardy wants some video game action, too A few months ago it came out that Michael Fassbender had signed on to produce and star in an adaptation of the video game Assassin’s Creed. I fretted, because video game movies, historically, don’t work and I don’t want to see Fassbender suffer the same fate as By Sarah • Nov 16, 2012 02:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Can James Bond really win an Oscar? With a Best Picture field that can accommodate anything from 5 to 10 nominees, the last few years always featured talk about which of the more populist films could be included in the Oscar race. Last year the conversation revolved around Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 (no By Sarah • Nov 16, 2012 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Warm Bodies: The zombie rom-com you didn’t know you wanted A year ago I wrote about the adaptation of Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies, a YA novel about a zombie who falls in love and rediscovers his humanity along the way. At the time, I noted, “it has the chance to appeal to a broader audience [than Twilight] because the By Sarah • Nov 12, 2012 01:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Seriously, how long can Tom Cruise do this? The first image from Tom Cruise’s upcoming film, All You Need is Kill, was just released and while the image is not enlightening re: plot (it’s just a shot of Cruise in a futuristic mech suit running away from fire), there was a brief plot description included. Based By Sarah • Nov 12, 2012 11:00 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 3.5: “She’s all personality, that one” The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 5 recap Last week I said that Horrible Lori’s combination birth/death scene didn’t really move me, and I got a bunch of messages indicating I am a heartless person because of it. I don’t argue that, but my problem with By Sarah • Nov 12, 2012 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews World War Z, nightmare movie, is a MESS I recently re-read World War Z to see if it was as good as I remembered. I hadn’t read it for a few years and I got to thinking—maybe I’m over-selling it, maybe it’s not as good as I recall. So I re-read the book, and By Sarah • Nov 09, 2012 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A conversation between Michael Bay and Marc Evans This conversation occurred on October 31 between Michael Bay and Marc Evans, president of production at Paramount. Evans replaced Brad Weston just days after this conversation in 2010. Once again, this is 100% accurate*, and the conversation took place on a fan boat in a swimming pool. Michael Bay: Marc! By Sarah • Nov 08, 2012 01:14 pm
Gwen Stefani Your ethnic friend does not exempt you from racism Last Friday No Doubt posted the music video for their new single, “Looking Hot”. In the video Gwen Stefani and the other members of the band dress up like cowboys and Indians and frolic amidst teepees and an Old West jail. Stefani hangs out with a wolf, makes smoke signals, By Sarah • Nov 06, 2012 10:35 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 3.4: “Can’t we have just one good day?” The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 4 recap We spent last week in Woodbury, meeting the Governor and reaffirming that yes, Andrea has the worst taste in men EVER. This week we’re back at the prison, where someone is baiting the zombies inside. A mystery person (wearing slippers like By Sarah • Nov 05, 2012 11:02 am
Louis CK SNLouie The announcement that comedian Louis CK would be hosting SNL was kind of a big deal because not only is CK one of the biggest names in comedy right now, but he’s such a notorious control freak (he writes and directs every episode of his TV show, of which By Sarah • Nov 05, 2012 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jamie Foxx, super villain Back in 2010, Community star and comedian Don Glover was at the front of a grass-roots campaign to star as Spider-Man in the then-casting Amazing Spider-Man, a role that eventually went to Andrew Garfield. It was a good-natured push for a guy who is a self-confessed comics geek, but it By Sarah • Nov 02, 2012 12:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Disney steps in, Star Wars safe at last Long-time victim of serial creator abuse, Star Wars, the plucky and beloved hero of generations of moviegoers, is reported to be in serious but stable condition at Disney Pictures in Burbank, California after Disney boss Bob Iger announced that, after being informed of the extent of abuse occurring at George By Sarah • Oct 31, 2012 12:58 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 3.3 The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 3 recap I got some questions about why Norman Reedus being forty-three was a big deal, and it’s because he doesn’t look a day over thirty-two, tops. I was shocked to find out he’s so much older than I thought. But By Sarah • Oct 29, 2012 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Long Dark Tea Time of Tony Stark’s Soul Lainey is already panicking about Iron Man 3, convinced from the new trailer that Pepper Potts will die and Tony Stark will be SO SAD and that this will be a super depressing superhero movie. This is the reason I’ve been excited for Extremis since it was confirmed at By Sarah • Oct 23, 2012 11:05 am
