The Walking Dead The Walking Dead episode 12: It’s almost over right? The Walking Dead season 2 Episode 12 recap I don’t think The Walking Dead season 2 is a total loss. On the whole, it has more to recommend it than most shows. But the missed opportunities and squandering of one of the most interesting stories on television is frustrating, By Sarah • Mar 12, 2012 10:59 am
Exclusives Redefining Tonto & Depp with Paradis Yesterday the first image from Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger was released, featuring Armie Hammer as the Ranger and Johnny Depp as Tonto. I texted Lainey that I was into it and she responded that she was over Depp and his overly elaborate costumes and makeup, and that she By Sarah • Mar 09, 2012 10:33 am
Justified Justified 3.8: “I told him the next one would be coming faster” Justified Season 3 Episode 8 recap We’re entering the home stretch on season 3. The situation in Harlan is heating up, beginning with Quarles’ gambit to make the FBI think Raylan is dirty. I’ll roll with this plot point but I must point out that in season 1, By Sarah • Mar 07, 2012 10:47 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead Episode 11: Let’s stand around and talk some more The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 11 recap Daryl is in charge of torturing Randall. Poor Randall. He probably wishes Rick left him to the zombies at this point. Randall says there are 30 men in the group he came from, heavily armed. He alludes to the group assaulting a By Sarah • Mar 05, 2012 11:22 am
Justified Justified 3.7: “If I was going to kill you, you never would’ve turned around” Justified Season 3 Episode 7 recap Arlo is once again ranting about women. He is also calling out Limehouse in the middle of the night. He appears to have lost his mind. The dude who escaped the Oxy clinic/trailer in the previous episode is hiding out in Limehouse’s By Sarah • Feb 29, 2012 10:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch at work on Star Trek I texted Lainey late last week about set photos from Star Trek 2: Star Trekkier that showed Benedict Cumberbatch and Zachary Quinto filming a fight scene. Then she texted me last night and said that I could choose which photos to go with the post. And I was all, “It’ By Sarah • Feb 28, 2012 03:13 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead episode 10: Knives and other pointy objects The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 10 recap The cure for Oscar hangover? A new episode of The Walking Dead. Oh look, zombies! I feel like we haven’t seen zombies in forever. Stupid AMC brass and their whole “hey, let’s do a zombie show with fewer zombies, to By Sarah • Feb 28, 2012 11:57 am
Girly Throw Downs Sacha Baron Cohen wins in the end This week there was a kerfuffle over Sacha Baron Cohen, invited along with Best Picture nominee Hugo, not being allowed to attend the Oscars on Sunday because he wanted to do his red carpet interviews as his character in his upcoming film, The Dictator. Click here for a refresher. This By Sarah • Feb 24, 2012 03:42 pm
Oscars 2012 All the proof you need that the Academy is run by old white men Did you see the statistics about the makeup of the Academy? The Academy is 94% white, 77% male, and the median age is 62. That’s quantitative data. Want some qualitative proof? Back in 2007 Sacha Baron Cohen was invited to present at the Oscars. He wanted to do so By Sarah • Feb 23, 2012 10:50 am
Justified 3.6: “You’re in trouble when the drums stop” Justified Season 3 Episode 6 recap A couple of floozies hit up an Oxycontin clinic to start the episode. They’re buying from the doctor Boyd threatened in the previous episode. And now there are dudes with guns shooting up the place. Well this is certainly an exciting start to By Sarah • Feb 22, 2012 11:38 am
Justin Timberlake What is the value of the celebrity host? Lainey messaged me on Saturday about why it seemed like SNL is always better when the host is a returning cast member as opposed to a celebrity. Knee-jerk reaction: because they’re proper comedians and they get it. But it does go a little deeper than that, because there By Sarah • Feb 20, 2012 12:01 pm
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead episode 9: Stupid Shane gets scary The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 9 We start with Horrible Lori in the overturned car, now beset by zombies, of course. The women of TWD are good for two things: 1) being bitches and 2) getting into trouble from which men must rescue them. At this point, this is By Sarah • Feb 20, 2012 09:52 am
Business of Hollywood Chris Pine’s legal throwdown It’s one of my core tenets when it comes to this business: Hollywood is not a team sport. Loyalty is all well and good in its place, but at the end of the day, your business is YOU. “Sentiment is a chemical defect found in the losing side” (name By Sarah • Feb 16, 2012 10:50 am
Justified Justified 3.5: “He said things might get weird” Justified Season 3 Episode 5 recap After Rick Grimes threw down in the bar on Sunday’s episode of The Walking Dead, a friend and I discussed who would win in a fight: Officer Rick or Raylan Givens. Conclusion: In a straight-up brawl, Raylan, but if he feels cornered, By Sarah • Feb 15, 2012 10:20 am
The Walking Dead The Walking Dead episode 8: Once more into the breach The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 8 recap Things we know going into part 2 of The Walking Dead season 2: Officer Rick: Putting the “reluctant” in “reluctant hero” Horrible Lori: Pregnant and still horrible Stupid Shane: Completely batsh*t crazy Carl: Miraculously recovered from serious gunshot wound Sophia: Got By Sarah • Feb 13, 2012 03:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Now this is how you handle casting drama Remember when it was reported that Jessica Chastain would be playing Princess Diana in that movie, Caught in Flight, the one about the last couple years of Diana’s life? Click here for more. Well, yesterday it was announced that Caught in Flight will star not Chastain, but Naomi Watts. By Sarah • Feb 10, 2012 12:03 pm
