Movie Reviews and Previews The Beyoncé Way RENAISSANCE: A Film by Beyoncé opens this Friday. The concert film’s premiere was held over the weekend in Beverly Hills, drawing a lot of important Black artists and creative industry talent despite the long holiday weekend in the US. Such is the power Beyoncé—she becomes the holiday. This By Sarah • Nov 27, 2023 09:40 am
Business of Hollywood Intro for November 27, 2023 Dear Gossips, In the ongoing “state of cinema” conversation, which has mostly been reduced to Marvel nerds yelling at Martin Scorsese for not liking cape sh-t, Christopher Nolan has entered the chat with a very measured response and sensible perspective. What! Someone being sensible about a topic we love yelling By Sarah • Nov 27, 2023 09:01 am
What Else What Else? It’s Native American Heritage Day in the US. A day makes it all better! Anyway, here’s First Nations activist Michelle Chubb, aka @IndigenousBaddie, on growing up Indigenous, activism, and the damage of centering whiteness in history. (Popsugar) The window for New York’s Adult Survivors Act ended on By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 04:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lies and delusions in May December Inspired by the story of Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau, May December is Todd Haynes’ latest exploration of the outer bounds of the world of women. Longtime Haynes collaborator Julianne Moore stars as Gracie, a fifty-something woman married to Joe (Charles Melton), a noticeably younger man. The film opens By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 03:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Barry Keoghan in Saltburn Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut, Promising Young Woman, is a scorched-earth cinematic lambasting of rape culture. Her sophomore effort, Saltburn, is considerably less furious, a little less focused, and a lot more perverted. Barry Keoghan stars as Oliver Quick, a “scholarship case” at Oxford who doesn’t fit in with By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 12:30 pm
Music Beyoncé Day Parade The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is annual tradition of crass commercialism and letting Jimmy Fallon pretend he’s a rockstar, but this year, Beyoncé graced the parade with her presence, instantly elevating the parade for forty seconds. Beyoncé debuts new trailer for RENAISSANCE: A Film by Beyoncé on NBC’ By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom back at work One of the most cursed productions recently is Mission: Impossible 7 and 8. The films were supposed to be shot back-to-back, but COVID happened and shut M:I 7 down for months in 2020, then it was finally released this past summer as Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One after By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 09:43 am
Intro for November 24, 2023 Dear Gossips, Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the US. It’s a complicated holiday for many, either because of family drama or because of its roots in a colonial celebration of conquest (don’t come at me with any “but they were friends” nonsense, the Wampanoag saved their dumbass starving English By Sarah • Nov 24, 2023 08:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in Maestro Bradley Cooper is a multi-hyphenate filmmaker with talent to back up his ambition, which makes him a good candidate to bring the life of legendary American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein—a biography chased by Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Jake Gyllenhaal—to the big screen. But Bradley Cooper, while By Sarah • Nov 23, 2023 12:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicholas Hoult is the new new new Lex Luthor With the strikes over, casting for James Gunn’s DC universe reboot Superman: Legacy has resumed. Earlier this year, David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan were tapped to play Superman and Lois, with a rumor going around that Nicholas Hoult was going to play Lex Luthor. Now, Deadline is reporting Hoult By Sarah • Nov 22, 2023 02:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby in Napoleon Two popular images of Napoleon Bonaparte survive 200 years after his death: 1) Napoleon the bold military strategist who nonetheless ran into the insurmountable wall of a Russian winter, and 2) Napoleon the weird little guy who was led around by his dick by his older, promiscuous wife. Smash these By Sarah • Nov 22, 2023 01:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Twilight, 15 years later Fifteen years ago, Twilight hit theaters, marking one of the 2000s’ seminal pop cultural phenomena. We’ve been talking—celebrating?—Twilight’s anniversary over on The Squawk all month (shameless plug to subscribe if you haven’t), but one main question lingers, and that is…how is the movie? Twilight By Sarah • Nov 21, 2023 02:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aquaman is serious business We are now one month away from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the sequel to the surprise 2018 superhero hit, Aquaman. The first trailer was okay, the second trailer is also okay. I do think they’re doing a really good job laying out the basic premise and stakes: Black By Sarah • Nov 21, 2023 12:37 pm
TV Updates Never change, Owen Wilson Two years ago, Lainey decided that Duana is right and yes, Owen Wilson can get it. (Duana is usually right about things). I am wondering if that decision still holds up, with Owen Wilson wandering Los Angeles in a sweatsuit and cowboy hat combo. I feel like the only other By Sarah • Nov 20, 2023 02:23 pm
TV Updates Clowning on Anyone But You Well, this is probably not how anyone involved with Anyone But You wants things to go, but as the film is ramping up press, Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone took a shot at the new trailer to promote their own project, The Curse. Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone present The By Sarah • Nov 20, 2023 10:36 am
What Else What Else for November 17, 2023 I 100% forgot there’s a new season of Fargo, this time starring Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, Dave Foley, Joe Keery, and Lamorne Morris. This one looks really good—Temple plays a housewife who is suspiciously good at escaping kidnapping. Into it. The premiere, however, is a bit rough, fashion-wise. By Sarah • Nov 17, 2023 04:09 pm
