Lucy Liu Passing Elementary Last night was the premiere of the CBS version of Sherlock, titled Elementary since the Sherlock producers declined to sell Americans the rights to their show. Starring Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson, it’s been the brunt of a lot of “why bother, By Sarah • Sep 28, 2012 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews John Krasinski, Writer: yay or nay? I mean, obviously, who doesn’t love Jim on The Office? John Krasinski is cute—so tall!—and he’s adorable with Emily Blunt and he makes us laugh, so yes, of course, I know we all like him, in general. But The Office is ending. Entering its final season, By Sarah • Sep 25, 2012 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hobbit now has less singing, more action The first trailer for Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth was a little underwhelming. It looked pretty much exactly like Fellowship of the Ring and it had some dude (do not ask me to differentiate the people playing dwarves—can’t do it) singing a depressing dirge. But the By Sarah • Sep 20, 2012 10:51 am
Aisha Tyler Aisha Tyler: Proto Funny/Girl When I wrote about Funny/Girls a couple weeks ago, Duana asked me about Aisha Tyler. Why, as Tyler is talented, funny and beautiful, she never quite took in the mainstream. My answer was that Aisha Tyler is six feet tall. She smokes cigars and drinks Scotch (and brews her By Sarah • Sep 19, 2012 12:41 pm
Oscar shake up, campaign shake down The shape of Oscar campaigning just got a whole lot different. The Academy released the schedule for the 85th Academy Awards, and it has some significant changes which will, in some ways, make the process less political and more about actually seeing the films, but in other ways could completely By Sarah • Sep 19, 2012 11:00 am
Media Manipulation Michael Fassbender, comedy guy? After a huge 2011 and a hot start to 2012, Michael Fassbender is on a down beat, with nothing coming out for months and nothing to do but work and I don’t know…throw rocks at fish, or whatever he does for fun. (And please don’t email me By Sarah • Sep 17, 2012 01:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lincoln looks amazing, and hollow Abraham Lincoln is fascinating. Read his speeches, articles or the letters he left behind and he sounds amazingly modern. It is really incredible—pick a year in his life and study anything written by anyone else and then compare it to Lincoln and it’s like he’s speaking another By Sarah • Sep 14, 2012 12:43 pm
Media Manipulation Deep Thoughts on Chris Evans I have always liked Chris Evans. In my early days writing for LaineyGossip, I took a lot of sh*t from Lainey for liking him, but I think maybe she’s starting to come around. He’s a low-key guy, good looking but not obnoxious about it, and thanks By Sarah • Sep 13, 2012 03:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor gets Strange One of the biggest ongoing questions surrounding the Avengers franchise is the potential involvement of Dr. Strange, a dude who messes around with space-magic sh*t, and he sometimes helps the Avengers out. A lot of folks, myself included, have thought Benedict Cumberbatch might be down to play Strange, By Sarah • Sep 11, 2012 01:05 pm
Lizzy Caplan Funny/Girl Coming off the success of Bridesmaids last year, Hollywood is experiencing a Funny Girl revival. Bridesmaids brought empirical proof that women being funny in a female-oriented movie can appeal to men as well (which, duh, because funny is funny is funny, regardless of your gender, but Hollywood tends not By Sarah • Sep 06, 2012 02:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar kick off: TIFF 2012 It’s time once again for the Toronto International Film Festival, the official kick-off of award season. TIFF feels really huge this year. It’s one of the world’s premiere film festivals in general, but this year it seems like the line-up is extra special loaded, like By Sarah • Sep 06, 2012 09:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hansel. So hot right now. Hansel. I love bad action movies. Road House is one of my all-time favorite films. I can quote Point Break, chapter and verse. I will happily sit through Bad Boys II. I have a high threshold of pain when it comes to bad action movies. I like fairy tales too— By Sarah • Sep 05, 2012 12:17 pm
Maple Leaf Jim Carrey’s rebound I was a big fan of Jim Carrey when I was a kid. In Living Color was one of my touchstones, one of my earliest influences and it (and Kids in the Hall--hands down, Canada’s most important cultural export besides Strange Brew) was one of the first things By Sarah • Aug 30, 2012 12:27 pm
Media Manipulation Thor is a free agent Literally, he is free of an agent. Deadline reports that Chris Hemsworth, after the success of The Avengers and coming off his biggest payday ever, Snow White and the Huntsman, has broken up with his agent of four years, IFA’s Ilene Feldman. They cite differences stemming from negotiations for By Sarah • Aug 27, 2012 03:40 pm
Media Manipulation A Study in the Second Act: Kevin Costner He was one of the biggest stars on the planet in the 1990s, not only bankable as an actor but as a director, too, courtesy the success of Dances with Wolves. Through 1994, Kevin Costner was king. But then came Waterworld—at the time, the most expensive movie ever made— By Sarah • Aug 23, 2012 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans’ leading lady is… Captain America 2 is casting its female lead, with the final choice said to be down to Anna Kendrick, Imogen Poots and Felicity Jones. That’s an intriguing list, not only for what it says about which character they might be playing, but what we can expect Cap 2 to By Sarah • Aug 21, 2012 12:00 pm
