Movie Reviews and Previews Todd Phillips won’t call his musical murder clown movie a musical We’re two weeks out from Joker: Folie à Deux premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Given the billion-dollar, Oscar-winning success of the first film, the expectations are high for Folie à Deux. There’s really no reason to expect the sequel won’t deliver, I think Folie à Deux By Sarah • Aug 21, 2024 11:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan outside Behold, it is Sebastian Stan, outside in Los Angeles. The last time we saw him was at Kevin Feige’s Walk of Fame ceremony, which precipitated Marvel’s triumphant return to Hall H at Comic-Con. There, the trailer for Thunderbolts*, which represents his next outing as Bucky Barnes, was very By Sarah • Aug 20, 2024 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoë and CTates in the closet Blink Twice opens at the end of this week, which means Zoë Kravitz and the cast are fully outside, on their press tour. Over the weekend, Zoë was in London along with Channing Tatum, Naomie Ackie, and Blink Twice producers Garret Levitz and Tiffany Persons, who produced the film alongside By Sarah • Aug 19, 2024 01:33 pm
Bridgerton Sophie Beckett, and thoughts on Regé-Jean Page When confirmation came that Benedict Bridgerton will be the focus of Bridgerton season four, I said it wouldn’t be long before we learned who has been cast as his love interest, Sophie Beckett. Now, less than a month later, we know: Australian-Korean actress Yerin Ha has been cast as By Sarah • Aug 19, 2024 10:13 am
What Else What Else? Yes, the Olympics are over. But the Paralympics are just beginning, and in the US, finally, NBC/Peacock is offering rather robust coverage. This year, 160 countries are expected to air the Paralympics, as the popularity of Paralympics is rising. That’s a win for everyone, from the athletes who By Sarah • Aug 16, 2024 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hayden Panettiere’s return In the pantheon of young 2000s actresses who were a very big deal and then sort of went nowhere, Hayden Panettiere stands out, not because we ask why she didn’t become a bigger deal (like Leighton Meester), but because we know exactly what happened. There was a bout of By Sarah • Aug 16, 2024 03:22 pm
TV Updates The devil and Taylor Swift’s boyfriend I felt a stir in the air, like the displacement of a raven’s wings in the sticky humid heat of the approaching autumn equinox, and I knew—Ryan Murphy has a new TV show. His latest is Grotesquerie, and the teaser dropped yesterday. It’s Southern Gothic by way By Sarah • Aug 16, 2024 01:08 pm
TV Updates Sophie Turner, back at work Last year, Sophie Turner made headlines when her very public divorce from Joe Jonas defied the usual misogynistic playbook and attempts to cast Sophie as a “wayward” mother—because she’s a working parent—blew up in Joe’s face big time. It’s a rare example of misogyny and By Sarah • Aug 16, 2024 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 16, 2024 Dear Gossips, Dan Stevens is having a great year. First, he got to do whatever the hell he wanted in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, then he got to do whatever the hell he wanted in vampire ballerina movie Abigail (is it good? No. Is Dan Stevens’ performance wildly By Sarah • Aug 16, 2024 09:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The other R-rated Marvel movie In the endless shuffling that resulted from production and release delays last year, Sony’s latest Spider-Man movie that doesn’t feature Spider-Man, Kraven the Hunter, got booted around several times before finally landing on a December 2024 release date. They are apparently locked into that date, because they are By Sarah • Aug 15, 2024 11:52 am
Only Murders In The Building How many people must die at The Arconia? Only Murders in the Building has become a cozy watch for many of us, and season four is set to premiere on Hulu on August 27. With new episodes dropping weekly, it will run through October, so the cool coat and cozy vibes are strong, as always. Everyone involved with By Sarah • Aug 14, 2024 02:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Osgood Perkins’ next thing Filmmaker Osgood Perkins is riding high on the success of Longlegs, which received critical acclaim AND audience acclaim; to date, it has racked up over $90 million against a sub-$10 million budget. This is what I’ve been saying about budgets all summer. People WILL go see movies other By Sarah • Aug 13, 2024 10:30 am
TV Updates D23 trailer haul Hey everyone, welcome to my haul video! Just kidding, this is text. But it IS a haul OF videos from D23, the in-house Disney fan convention. We’re just off Comic-Con but this happened, too, because we live in a culture of constant capitalist overconsumption and commercials are commodities unto By Sarah • Aug 12, 2024 12:38 pm
Douchebags Hold Joaquin Phoenix accountable On Friday, news broke that Joaquin Phoenix left the set of Todd Haynes’ upcoming, untitled film. The film, which was five days away from starting production, was the brainchild of Phoenix, who brought his original idea to Todd Haynes and his producers. Haynes then co-wrote the script with writer Jonathan By Sarah • Aug 12, 2024 09:46 am
What Else What Else? I am fascinated by the logistics of the Olympics. Like how it all comes together, how they make it all work behind the scenes, etc. It’s why I like the movie Olympic Dreams. It’s not the best movie ever, but it was shot on location during the 2018 By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media for August 9, 2024 Lupita Nyong’o celebrating her cat’s 3rd birthday is so wholesome. And Yoyo’s face is priceless, he is totally not into his own party. Cats: they never like any of the super cute things we do for them. Tracee Ellis Ross hating life while on a ski lift By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 02:23 pm
