Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively in It Ends With Us Films about difficult subjects do not have to be visually drab affairs, as if underscoring the seriousness of the subject by rejecting the inherent glamour of cinema, but by the same token, films about difficult subjects should at least FEEL like they’re about difficult subjects. It Ends With Us, By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 01:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George & Amal & Wolfs George Clooney’s latest film, Wolfs, will premiere in a few weeks during the Venice Film Festival. George is already in Italy with Amal and her mother, Baria Alamuddin (the photos are no longer available to us, but you can see them here). Presumably, he’ll be staying in Italy By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saturday Night Then Just yesterday I said we should get a trailer soon for Saturday Night, Jason Reitman’s film about the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live, and behold, here it is, said trailer. I’m into it. I mean damn, the casting is SPOT ON. Gabriel LaBelle as Lorne Michaels isn’ By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 11:21 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 9, 2024 Dear Gossips, Get ready for another round of doom and gloom headlines, because movie studios are reporting their second-quarter financials and it’s bad news. The worst news is from Warner Bros. Discovery, which reported a $9.1 billion write down mostly stemming from value lost on traditional linear television By Sarah • Aug 09, 2024 09:09 am
What Else What Else? Programming note: Tomorrow on The Squawk we will have a live chat at 3:00 PM ET. Join us! Blake Lively and Isabela Ferrer, who plays the younger version of Blake’s character in It Ends With Us, stepped out for the premiere after party in Barbiecore that is trending By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lainey’s future favorite movie This fall—supposedly October—Jason Reitman’s behind-the-scenes film about the first episode of Saturday Night Live is supposed to be released (using qualifiers because like A Complete Unknown, this film was just shooting earlier this spring, and that is a very tight turnaround). It’s called Saturday Night, it’ By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 03:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Celebrity Social Media for August 8, 2024 Serena Williams is living her best life in Paris despite the recent row over getting a table at the Paris Peninsula rooftop restaurant. Allegedly, she was turned away because she was “unrecognizable”. Restaurant staff maintain the place was booked, and while I am generally in the “don’t accommodate celebrities By Sarah • Aug 08, 2024 02:02 pm
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
