Movie Reviews and Previews Maggie and Christian’s wrong Frankenstein Maggie Gyllenhaal is currently at work on her upcoming film, The Bride, a take on Mary Shelley’s classic novel adapted for the screen by Gyllenhaal herself. This is her follow-up to The Lost Daughter, which was well received and garnered three Oscar nominations, including one for Gyllenhaal adapting By Sarah • Apr 30, 2024 12:22 pm
Scarlett Johansson Mr. ScarJo told jokes at the nerd prom The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was Saturday night, the annual gala held in Washington, DC which is supposed to be like an annual mini-break from the often contentious relationships between journalists and the politicians they cover. This year, the event’s special remarks were made by Colin Jost, following By Sarah • Apr 29, 2024 11:40 am
What Else What Else? Mexican pop icon Thalia has a new album, “A Mucha Honra”, in which she incorporates contemporary sounds such as corridos tumbados, a trap-style take on more traditional corrido and sierreño sounds. American pop can sound very same-y, but every time I’ve gone to Mexico I’ve been By Sarah • Apr 26, 2024 04:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bill Skarsgård in Boy Kills World An unexpected treat! A surprise delight! Sharlto Copley pops up in Boy Kills World mere weeks after appearing in Monkey Man. We Copley-heads are really dining out! Boy Kills World is a bonkers action/thriller/comedy/satire that stars Bill Skarsgård as the titular “boy”, a nameless assassin who By Sarah • Apr 26, 2024 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily + Bowen rom-com delight Here is something I didn’t know I needed, a rom-com starring Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang. Yes! Lily! Be in something light-hearted for once! Lily and Bowen are set to star in a remake of Ang Lee’s classic 1993 comedy, The Wedding Banquet. The film is By Sarah • Apr 26, 2024 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya and her little white boys in Challengers “Tennis is a relationship,” proclaims Tashi Duncan (Zendaya), a teenage phenom sitting on top of the world. She’s just won the Junior US Open, she has an Adidas campaign already, she is tapped to be the next big thing in professional tennis. Until, that is, an injury at Stanford By Sarah • Apr 26, 2024 11:46 am
Bad Style Gossiping at the Time 100 Gala Today got off to a dark start, so let’s take a break and look at some beautiful people. The Time 100 Gala was last night in New York, and the beautiful people showed up. Like, Dev Patel was there. That’s enough for me. Just let me gaze upon By Sarah • Apr 26, 2024 10:51 am
Douchebags Intro for April 26, 2024 Dear Gossips, I was going to write about Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger being a couple of basic ass bitches after they demolished a notable mid-century modern home by architect Craig Ellwood to make way for a modern farmhouse by basic bitch architect to the stars, Ken Ungar. But By Sarah • Apr 26, 2024 09:34 am
TV Updates Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai in Shōgun James Clavell’s epic Shōgun, the third volume of his “Asian Saga” series of novels depicting the conflicts between eastern and western civilizations over hundreds of years, was a monster hit after it was published in 1975. It spawned a 1980 TV miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, and Yoko By Sarah • Apr 25, 2024 02:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoë Kravitz’s director era Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut has been an object of curiosity since it was announced, in part due to Kravitz’s steady rise up the actor ranks, plus her own mystique, and learning that she was dating now-fiancé Channing Tatum while they were making the movie together. It used By Sarah • Apr 24, 2024 02:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Teflon JLo Jennifer Lopez is maybe not having the banner year she hoped for, with album sales not as high as one might hope and/or expect, and ticket sales also, er, depressed, but as Duana once said, JLo is Teflon. Nothing sticks. Not bad reviews, not bad sales…not bad movies? By Sarah • Apr 24, 2024 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews LFG As William Goldman once said, in the movie business, nobody knows anything when it comes to the movie business. Every movie is a roll of the dice. But as sure as anything CAN be in this industry, especially in these turbulent times which were tough before COVID and now are By Sarah • Apr 22, 2024 11:25 am
What Else What Else? Pulp Fiction turned 30 this week, and the celebration brought out everyone except Bruce Willis, because he isn’t well enough, and Quentin Tarantino for reasons unknown. For all that QT can gab forever about movies, he doesn’t get super bogged down talking about his OWN movies. At least By Sarah • Apr 19, 2024 04:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Josh Hartnettaissance Josh Hartnett had a little bit of a moment last year with Oppenheimer putting him back in front of blockbuster audiences, and now he’s starring in M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, Trap. He also has a thriller coming up co-starring Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran—good things only By Sarah • Apr 19, 2024 01:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare It turns out, despite his tenure as the dourest Superman to date, that Henry Cavill having a grand ole time on screen is a pure joy. The Enola Holmes films figured this out, Witcher did not, but Guy Ritchie has been on the Let Henry Cavill Have Fun train since By Sarah • Apr 19, 2024 12:21 pm
Quiveration Colin at work Here is Colin Farrell on the set of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, the upcoming film from Kogonada, with whom Farrell previously made After Yang. It co-stars Margot Robbie, Jodie Turner-Smith (another After Yang alum), Lily Rabe, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and comes from Late Night with Seth By Sarah • Apr 19, 2024 10:43 am
