Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 8, 2024 Dear Gossips, It’s time again for the semi-annual conversation about whether or not an animated film will be taken seriously as a Best Picture contender. The short answer: no. The longer answer: still no, because of deep-seated genre bias and a tendency to see animated films as “kid stuff” By Sarah • Nov 08, 2024 08:57 am
What Else What Else? What in the jean skirt hell. (Go Fug Yourself) Inevitable. Jack Smith has begun the process of ending the federal cases against Trump. Consequences for thee, none for me. (Celebitchy) Olivia Rodrigo said her red flag question for men is whether or not they want to go into space. People By Sarah • Nov 07, 2024 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Grant in Heretic Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of A Quiet Place, are back with a new vision of horror—missionaries. Together they write and direct Heretic, a horror film about the ghastliness of guests, or the misery of being forced to talk to people, depending on how you look at it. By Sarah • Nov 07, 2024 03:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle stressed on set Crime writer Don Winslow is about to have a moment. Sony is building a franchise around Austin Butler with his series City on Fire, and there is already an adaptation of his novella Crime 101 in production in Los Angeles. Halle Berry was seen filming on Venice Beach yesterday, sporting By Sarah • Nov 07, 2024 02:43 pm
Theatre Nerd Katie and Zoey on Broadway Katie Holmes is currently starring alongside Jim Parsons in a revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town on Broadway. She’s getting pretty good reviews, which makes me happy for her. Katie Holmes’ talent and ability as an actor have never really been the focus of her fame, but starring By Sarah • Nov 07, 2024 01:24 pm
Style Professor Evans is back The Red One press tour is happening now, in advance of the film’s November 15 release date. (I’m seeing it next week. hoo raaaaay) The cast turned up in London for a photocall yesterday, including Lucy Liu in a great red pantsuit—jumpsuit? Either way, she looks great. By Sarah • Nov 07, 2024 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 7, 2024 Dear Gossips, As we learned last month, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will star in a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights from Emerald Fennell. A new report from Variety states the film prompted a bidding war, with Netflix offering $150 million for it, but Robbie, who is producing the film By Sarah • Nov 07, 2024 09:20 am
What Else What Else? The Gladiator II press tour continues apace, and Connie Nielsen wore a SPECTACULAR gown. (Go Fug Yourself) Schools are banning Crocs because they’re a “tripping hazard”. Are they? Or are they just ugly and teachers are tired of looking at them? (Celebitchy) Tom Ford swapped multi-million-dollar residences in Palm By Sarah • Nov 06, 2024 04:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Billy Zane is a cool dude Today in Well That’s Unexpected news, Billy Zane is starring in a biopic of Marlon Brando, and he is NAILING IT. The trailer for Waltzing with Brando dropped yesterday, and Zane done up as Brando is UNCANNY, like it’s almost TOO perfect. The film is set in the By Sarah • Nov 06, 2024 02:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse Ronan in Blitz Steve McQueen is a filmmaker of exacting detail, grand emotional scope, and precise visual acuity, which makes him ideal for making films with historical settings. 12 Years a Slave, Hunger, and Small Axe are all period dramas crafted by McQueen, and now he is turning his eye inevitably toward Britain By Sarah • Nov 06, 2024 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Demi is outside, too All week, Oscar contenders have been outside, promoting their movies, and now it’s Demi Moore’s turn. She’s in France promoting The Substance alongside filmmaker Coralie Fargeat. Though The Substance premiered at Cannes earlier this year, it is only just now opening in Fargeat’s home country. The By Sarah • Nov 06, 2024 01:09 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Gisele the good witch When last we heard from Gisele Bundchen, she had confirmed her pregnancy with hot martial artist Joaquim Valente. I have never had a strong opinion on Gisele, but the way she moved on from Tom Brady was a master class in picking up and peacing out. That man really f-cked By Sarah • Nov 06, 2024 11:08 am
Style Let’s celebrate women Well, this is not coming through with tone I originally intended, but the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards were last night in London, so let’s celebrate women even as we’re being forcibly reminded how many people hate women. This year’s honorees include Victoria Beckham, By Sarah • Nov 06, 2024 10:23 am
Intro for November 6, 2024 Dear Gossips, I was going to write something about Timmy Ping Pong and how his ping pong movie is one of A24’s most expensive films to date, but who cares. It’s 11:30 PM CT as I write this, the US election has NOT been called, but it’ By Sarah • Nov 06, 2024 09:16 am
What Else What Else? In last week’s mailbag I named Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze, Jr. as a celebrity couple I am emotionally invested in. Well, speak of a couple of sweethearts, Freddie popped up on the Oldish podcast and he talked about how he and SMG keep a low profile—they By Sarah • Nov 05, 2024 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Sedgwick family movie A celebrity couple it turns out we all love is Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. They’ve been together forever (legit going on forty years! That is infinity in celebrity time!), they’re lowkey, unproblematic, they have a farm full of cute animals they regularly feature on Instagram. They also By Sarah • Nov 05, 2024 02:49 pm
