Movie Reviews and Previews Captain America’s no-worries reshoots There are several things that signal problems on a film shoot—budget overages, falling behind schedule, sudden firings and late reshoots being chief among them—and once upon a time, news of any one of those things was enough to get a production labeled as being “in trouble”. But increasingly, By Sarah • Jan 06, 2014 01:02 pm
Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix could spice up Superman Every time I write about Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman, his follow-up to Man of Steel (because it certainly isn’t a sequel at this point), and how increasingly unexcited I am for it, I inevitably get some email that basically says, “Shut up, the movie will be By Sarah • Dec 19, 2013 12:26 pm
Paul Rudd Paul Rudd: Superhero Two months ago a rumor emerged that Paul Rudd was a finalist for Marvel’s Ant Man, and though I liked the idea of Rudd as part of the Marvel universe, I was cautious simply because of all of Marvel’s projects, Ant Man is the least-known (and there By Sarah • Dec 19, 2013 11:15 am
Benedict Cumberbatch How responsible are we, really? Reader Jackie sent an email this morning about Benedict Cumberbatch that basically boiled down to, “Benedict Cumberbatch seems to be skating along the edge of other people’s bad decisions, so when does that become a problem for him?” (Emphasis mine). Her examples: playing a white-washed role in Star By Sarah • Dec 17, 2013 01:45 pm
Channing Tatum Jump Street is back One of the surprises of 2012 was that the 21 Jump Street movie reboot didn’t suck. It very much did not suck. It was, actually, pretty funny. And it’s only gotten funnier on repeat viewings, which is the sign of a classic. It might chap your ass a By Sarah • Dec 17, 2013 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Godzilla Rising I couldn’t get down with Pacific Rim I wanted to, but it was just so lazy and predictable. After getting burned by Pacific Rim, I’ve been extremely cautious about the Godzilla remake, even though a bunch of my nerd friends lost their sh*t over it at Comic- By Sarah • Dec 10, 2013 03:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Khal Drogo vs. Batman vs. Superman One of my favorite new video games this year is Injustice: Gods Among Us, which is a fighting game that pits all of DC Comics’ best superheroes and villains against each other. It’s a solid game, with decent graphics (characters look GREAT but the backgrounds get a little muddy) By Sarah • Dec 10, 2013 11:09 am
TV Updates Sherlock doesn’t approve Of John’s comedy mustache. It’s T-minus forty days until Sherlock series 3 premieres in the US, or, as I like to put it, T-minus twenty-two days until we all pirate it (“The Empty Hearse” is scheduled to air on New Year’s Day in the By Sarah • Dec 09, 2013 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hiddleston’s fairy movie I deleted the knowledge that Tom Hiddleston is voicing Captain Hook in the latest Tinkerbell movie for Disney. It is in no way relevant to me, a grown-ass woman who does not have children to whom I must cater. So when Lainey emailed me about covering a new Tom By Sarah • Dec 05, 2013 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Meet your new Wonder Woman A month after casting speculation emerged regarding a female role in Batman vs. Superman that was assumed to be Wonder Woman, though I was skeptical, we now know two things for sure. 1) The role is, in fact, Wonder Woman, and 2) she will be played by Gal Gadot. A By Sarah • Dec 04, 2013 02:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jeremy Renner’s Movie Star Mulligan Remember how last year Jeremy Renner was everywhere, trying to be a movie star, and that the centerpiece of his campaign was a Bourne movie that didn’t star Jason Bourne? Well, the strategy kinda sorta worked. The movie, The Bourne Legacy (aka the non-Bourne Bourne), did well enough By Sarah • Dec 03, 2013 10:06 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 4.8: “We need this prison” The Walking Dead Season 4, Episode 8 recap The showdown. It happened. But That Thing DIDN’T. Legit disappointed. We’ve been cheated out of our Red Wedding! I Skype-watched this with my buddy RB, who is a fighter pilot in the Navy. I wanted his tactical assessment of By Sarah • Dec 02, 2013 08:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Muppets are back to cute you to death I dare you to watch the trailer for Muppets Most Wanted and not smile. It’s impossible. Like The LEGO Movie, this is un-cynical filmmaking at its best, and you cannot sit through Ty Burrell’s terrible French accent and the “badge off” and not laugh. A sequel to By Sarah • Nov 27, 2013 01:08 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 4.7: “I’m running things now” The Walking Dead Season 4, Episode 7 recap Name correction from last week’s episode. The lady the Governor hooked up with is Lilly, not Melody. Chronic name blindness strikes again. Also, this week’s episode is titled “Dead Weight”. That’s not, like, foreboding at all. (Name that reference. By Sarah • Nov 25, 2013 08:25 am
Sarah Silverman Sarah Silverman’s bad career move Sarah Silverman is a very funny comic who has written a best-selling book, performs sold out stand-up tours, features regularly in film and television, and is a fixture on comedy specials such as Stand Up 2 Cancer, Just For Laughs, and Comedy Central roasts. By any metric, Sarah By Sarah • Nov 20, 2013 01:35 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead 4.6: “Cross my heart” The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 6 recap After the cliffhanger reveal of the Governor in last week’s episode, this week we get to spend the whole hour catching up on what the Governor has been up to since the collapse of Woodbury. Or, as he’s now being By Sarah • Nov 18, 2013 09:37 am
