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
Movie Reviews and Previews The Master in Chicago The crowd stretched down the block and around the corner, hundreds of people pouring onto Southport on a night when the Cubs weren’t in town for the special Chicago screening of The Master last night. People were palpably excited, checking and re-checking tickets, everyone worried about an oversell. By Sarah • Aug 17, 2012 10:40 am
Media Manipulation Jake Gyllenhaal could take a cue from Chris Evans That is a truly bizarre sentence to write. The last time Jake G had a movie in theaters was nearly eighteen months ago, last spring’s Source Code. Since then, he’s kept a relatively low profile as he recalibrates after his Movie Star dreams died a slow, inexorable death By Sarah • Aug 16, 2012 01:23 pm
B-tch please Posh Benedict I’m a celebrity realist, which means that for me, it’s not so much about pretending away a celebrity’s bad habit, but asking whether or not whatever peccadillo they’ve got is a deal breaker, or something that I’m going to be able to ignore for the By Sarah • Aug 16, 2012 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What’s next for Jeremy Renner and Bourne I’ve been tracking the rise of Jeremy Renner as his bid for legit Movie Stardom culminated with The Bourne Legacy. The late shift in schedule turned out to be a really good idea, puting enough distance between it and The Dark Knight Rises, allowing Legacy to take the #1 By Sarah • Aug 13, 2012 10:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Bourne Legacy’s expectation gap I saw The Bourne Legacy, and I liked it. It’s not a perfect movie and it definitely has some issues (you can read my full review here) but it’s not bad, not by a long shot. And I certainly wasn’t disappointed by it, probably because I didn’ By Sarah • Aug 09, 2012 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Joss Whedon, King of the Superheroes For those of us who’ve been Joss Whedon fans since the Buffy days, those of us who’ve suffered through cancelled TV shows and canned film projects, Whedon’s monster success with The Avengers is sweet. It’s like saying—See, we told you this guy was good, we By Sarah • Aug 08, 2012 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews When bad movies attack: Total Recall edition Look, it’s not like I expected Total Recall to be good. The 1990 original isn’t really good, but at least it’s fun in that way that bad movies can be. So while I didn’t expect the remake of Total Recall to be good, per se, I By Sarah • Aug 06, 2012 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel wants to take over your TV, too In the wake of the success of The Avengers, Marvel is, of course, looking for ways to keep expanding their brand. Over the last few years, they’ve pursued traditional cross-platform partners with comic book tie-ins and an animated series (The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes), but now By Sarah • Aug 01, 2012 10:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Crunch time for Jeremy Renner I don’t know if you noticed—I certainly did—but back in April when The Avengers press tour was going on, Jeremy Renner had the distressing habit of showing up to every major event in an incredibly shiny suit. He had a definite Shiny Suit Problem. It was tragic By Sarah • Jul 31, 2012 10:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hobbit hijacking With the summer superheroes out of the way, the next of the “most anticipated movies of 2012” is queued up and ready to go—Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth, The Hobbit. The film, subtitled An Unexpected Journey, is due in theaters in December. Part two, There and Back By Sarah • Jul 27, 2012 12:10 pm
Jeremy Renner Crazy Actor Jeremy strikes again The first time I saw Jeremy Renner, a decade ago now, when I asked who he was (cute guy, life of the party, of course I spotted him and asked around), my friend said, “Oh that’s Jeremy. He’s a crazy actor.” So he’s been “Crazy Actor Jeremy” By Sarah • Jul 26, 2012 03:44 pm
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Jonathan Rhys Meyers: network vampire If you thought Twilight cut vampires off at the knees, what do you think the censor-y limits of network television will do to them? The TCA’s summer meeting is going on right now, when the networks unveil their fall line-ups, and NBC announced that they have ordered By Sarah • Jul 26, 2012 11:46 am
Jerry Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld: Still seeking nothing God, how much do we miss Seinfeld? There’s not been another show on TV like it since. The problem with television shows, especially comedies where you have a goal to make people laugh—because once you find the key to making people laugh, it’s hard not to keep By Sarah • Jul 23, 2012 12:32 pm
Anthony Mackie Anthony Mackie is super Following up the reveal of Captain America 2’s official title, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, THR announced exclusively that Anthony Mackie is in talks to join the franchise as Falcon, Steve Rogers’ modern-day friend and partner, who will help him face off with The Winter Soldier, his presumed- By Sarah • Jul 17, 2012 11:31 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead may finally be on track Not that it hasn’t been good in the past. It has been very, very good. When The Walking Dead works it works beyond well. It’s like watching a movie on TV—the pilot remains one of the best things I’ve ever seen produced for television. But as By Sarah • Jul 16, 2012 04:10 pm
