Movie Reviews and Previews Jeremy Saulnier returns Any time I write anything remotely negative about Netflix, inevitably, someone will pop up to berate me for slandering their favorite corporation. The argument is always the same—Netflix allows more people to watch more movies, AND they provide a platform for filmmakers who probably wouldn’t get a shot By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 12:41 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy What is going on with the It Ends With Us press tour Today in What’s The Tea news, there appears to be some kind of drama happening on the It Ends With Us press tour. I say “appears” and “some kind” because no one really knows what’s happening, except that director/star Justin Baldoni seems isolated on the press tour, By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 11:30 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Jen and Fin Want to feel old? Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s middle child, Fin, is taking their driving test. Here are photos of Jen and Fin leaving the DMV yesterday. Nothing makes me feel older than the 2000s celebrity babies growing up. There are children in my life, kids I actually By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 10:19 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 8, 2024 Dear Gossips, Variety released their “young Hollywood impact report” this week, naming up-and-comers like Iain Armitage, Hunter Schafer—who has horror-thriller Cuckoo opening this month—Kaia Gerber, Merrily We Roll Along star Maya Boyd, Heartstopper stars Joe Locke and Kit Connor, NewJeans, Dominic Sessa, and Cailee Spaeny of the upcoming By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 09:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Josh Hartnett in Trap Spoilers for this singularly ridiculous film. There’s no way to talk about what’s wrong with Trap, M. Night Shyamalan’s latest cinematic endeavor, without getting into the nitty-gritty of Trap. If you’re looking for a spoiler-free review, here it is. Is Trap good? No. Is Josh Hartnett By Sarah • Aug 06, 2024 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews RPattZ Here is a string of names designed to make cinephiles wet: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya will co-star in a new film from director Kristoffer Borgli, which is being produced by Ari Aster. The film is called The Drama and it’s backed by tastemaker production company A24. Details are scarce, By Sarah • Aug 06, 2024 10:22 am
What Else What Else? Programming note: We will be dark on Monday, August 5, for Canada’s Civic Holiday. Why do the Olympic shooters put their hands in their pockets? Because they look cool! I mean, yeah, balance and alignment and comfort, etc, but also—they look cool! Put Kim Yeji in a John By Sarah • Aug 02, 2024 04:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Millennial teen fontrum in Dìdi Prepare for a bitter pill—we are far enough into the future for late 2000s nostalgia. Not even the EARLY 2000s, the LATE 2000s! The almost 2010s! The beginning of the OBAMA ERA! Sean Wang’s terrific and existentially terrorizing coming-of-age drama, Dìdi, recreates a 2008 summer with the fanatic By Sarah • Aug 02, 2024 01:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews CTates is a Looker Zoë Kravitz’s feature directorial debut, Blink Twice, opens in three weeks. It’s under embargo, so even though I’ve already seen it I can’t talk about it yet, but I will say that I newly appreciate the task the marketing team faces with this film, to split By Sarah • Aug 02, 2024 12:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia Stiles appears There’s a lowkey 10 Things I Hate About You vibe today, which begins with Julia Stiles making one of her infrequent public appearances for the premiere of Coup!, which stars Peter Sarsgaard, who was also at the premiere with his wife, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Julia and Maggie became friends while By Sarah • Aug 02, 2024 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 2, 2024 Dear Gossips, Joan Chen is forever burnt into my mind as the beautiful and doomed Josie Packard of Twin Peaks, but time is relentless and Joan Chen is busy, so she is now coming around with a new spate of films. Leading the pack is Dìdi, Sean Wang’s Millennial By Sarah • Aug 02, 2024 09:19 am
TV Updates Zooks! Hey look, it’s Jason Mantzoukaaaaaaas! Jason Mantzoukas does not get photographed a lot, the fact that a photographer caught him out in LA yesterday means he either called the guy himself (doubtful, not the type), or that photographer was looking for someone else and saw Zooks going about his By Sarah • Aug 01, 2024 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel’s much-needed big weekend Ha! I am right once again! After correctly predicting Twisters would beat its box office expectations, I said Deadpool & Wolverine would beat expectations, too, defying the $160 million opening weekend projection to come in around $200 million. Indeed, Deadpool & Wolverine opened with a monster $205 million (domestically), which By Sarah • Jul 29, 2024 11:20 am
What Else What Else? Kayleigh Donaldson breaks down the “maximalist cringe” of Jojo Siwa, which is really about perpetuating the cycle of child exploitation in the entertainment industry. But with big ass bows! (Pajiba) I cannot imagine the cardboard beds in the Olympic Village are very comfortable, but they ARE fully recyclable. (Popsugar) Athletes’ By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Coon, Olsen, and Lyonne Here’s another film I’m mad is being spat out by the Netflix content firehose: His Three Daughters. Starring Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen, and Natasha Lyonne, it’s about three sisters caring for their father at the end of his life. It looks intense yet touching and is basically By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 01:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine By the time you reach the third film in a franchise, it either works for you, or it doesn’t. Like if seeing Deadpool straight murder a bunch of people with a corpse while dancing to N*SYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” doesn’t sound like your jam, then Deadpool By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 12:28 pm
