Movie Reviews and Previews Zoë Kravitz’s Blink Twice Get Out introduced us to a new sub-genre of horror, the “social thriller” which uses the style and themes of the horror/thriller genre(s) for social critique. Get Out took on racism and how white supremacy is built on the literal exploitation of Black bodies. Nope takes aim By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 12:12 pm
Photo Assumption Only Murders photo assumption Only Murders in the Building returns next week on Hulu, and the premiere was yesterday in Los Angeles. The central trio of Steven Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez were there, joined by Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, as well as new season stars Zach Galifianakis, By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 10:10 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for August 23, 2024 Dear Gossips, I WANTED to waste this opening making dumb jokes about Chick-fil-A’s streaming service—a few name suggestions: Chick-Film-A, Hatchling, Nugget—but then a conversation started amongst film critics that deserves a little attention. One year ago, I wrote about the New York Times’ By Sarah • Aug 23, 2024 09:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Are the publicists okay Today in Has Anyone Checked On The Publicists Lately, Somebody Probably Should news, Lionsgate pulled the latest trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis because they got caught using fabricated quotes attributed to famous film critics in the trailer. Here’s what happened: Yesterday morning, Lionsgate, the US distributor for By Sarah • Aug 22, 2024 01:32 pm
TV Updates Sadly, this is not a Hit Man spin-off Coming off his big summer, in which HE is the star and not Tom Cruise, Glen Powell is already back at work on his next project, a football comedy series for Hulu called Chad Powers. While the show was co-created by Loki’s Michael Waldron and Powell, both of By Sarah • Aug 22, 2024 10:03 am
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 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 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 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 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
