What Else What Else? The Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire press tour has begun. The title is a lot, but the cast is very good-looking, and it’s always good to see Sofia Boutella on a red carpet. (Go Fug Yourself) The only gift guide I am interested in, shopping By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lee Byung-hun in Concrete Utopia Concrete Utopia, a post-apocalyptic disaster thriller from Um Tae-hwa, is a film almost singularly uninterested in subtlety. It hits plenty of familiar beats from Lord of the Flies to Parasite, but between Lee Byung-hun’s outstanding performance, immaculate production design, and a free-wheeling sense of humor, By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 03:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone in Poor Things Poor Things asks two questions: 1) What must women overcome to self-actualize, and 2) what if Emma Stone was gross? Adapted by Tony McNamara from Alasdair Gray’s novel and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things is about Bella Baxter, a baby-brained sexy lady growing into herself and By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 01:46 pm
TV Updates Introducing the new Mr. & Mrs. Smith To review, back in 2021 it was announced that Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge would collaborate on and co-star in a new take on Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the sexy spy rom-com that brought us Brangelina. Then, seven months after that announcement, Phoebe Waller-Bridge departed the By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 12:41 pm
Helen Mirren A lot of women in entertainment As previously mentioned, The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment event brought out a lot of people, as every red carpet has since the end of the actors’ strike. Besides Lily Gladstone and Adele, the event brought out members of Team Barbie including Alexandra Shipp, Dua Lipa wearing a belt By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 11:27 am
BFFs Charles and Julianne on repeat (Coop on the grill) Following the London premiere of May December, Charles Melton and Julianne Moore stuck around for another screening and Q&A at Soho House, finessing the BAFTA voters and whatever Academy members are in London right now. As Lainey mentioned, the Golden Globe nominations will be announced Monday, and it’ By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 09:28 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for December 8, 2023 Dear Gossips, There is too much stuff going on! Awards season is always chock-a-block with events, but it feels especially bad this year, with strike-delayed premieres finally happening, and films that would have done more promotion earlier in the year cramming it all now. It also feels By Sarah • Dec 08, 2023 08:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Steven Yeun Looks (at Kristen Stewart) The lineup for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival was announced yesterday, and we’ll talk more about it in the new year, closer to the actual festival in January. For now, I just want to talk about Love Me, a film starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun, which was named By Sarah • Dec 07, 2023 01:26 pm
BFFs Emma Stone ft. Taylor Swift Poor Things opens tomorrow. Right now, it’s one of the top contenders for Best Picture, and Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo are in the thick of their campaigns for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. The premiere was last night in New York, and it drew some big By Sarah • Dec 07, 2023 11:32 am
Anna Kendrick The Most Dangerous Game as a rom-com Jake Johnson is a lowkey fave, always and forever appreciated for his perfect performance as Nick Miller on New Girl but also appreciated for his great taste in projects outside of the hit sitcom that made him famous. He spent the hiatuses of his New Girl years wisely, often collaborating By Sarah • Dec 06, 2023 02:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Independent Spirit Awards are in the thick of it Coming off their record-breaking trip to the Oscars earlier this year, in which they won all “big six” awards for acting, directing, and Best Picture, A24 clocked another impressive list of nominations for the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards. They earned eleven nominations overall, with five going to Past Lives, By Sarah • Dec 06, 2023 12:12 pm
Dumbass Do literally anything else I ignored it as long as I could but now there are photos and there is no denying it any longer—Sebastian Stan is playing Donald Trump in an upcoming movie, and this is a mistake. The film is called The Apprentice, but despite the millennial title, it’s about By Sarah • Dec 05, 2023 12:16 pm
TV Updates All the HOTD bitches are back Oh yeah, HOTD is back, and I don’t mean hot dudes, I mean it’s time to return to Westeros and the world of hot dragons with House of the Dragon season two. I could not get into season one because this is a show about nothing, but dammit, By Sarah • Dec 04, 2023 03:49 pm
TV Updates Is Fallout the next big thing? Recently I had a conversation with someone who works in film development, and we were talking about Marvel’s bad year, superhero fatigue, and all that jazz. And while no one is willing to count out Marvel just yet, there is a growing sentiment among those whose jobs revolve around By Sarah • Dec 04, 2023 02:01 pm
What Else What Else? Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is ready for her latest Oscar run! (Go Fug Yourself) The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the Royal Variety show last night, and despite being named as one of the “royal racists” in Omid Scobie’s Endgame, Princess Kate got a standing ovation. But as pointed By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 04:06 pm
TV Updates Existential horror with Dr. Death Dr. Death is horrifying in all its forms, from the ProPublica expose to the podcast to the streaming series starring Christian Slater, Alec Baldwin, and Joshua Jackson as Christopher Duntsch, the eponymous “Dr. Death”. Dr. Death streamed on Peacock in 2021 and garnered three Critics Choice Awards nominations—had it By Sarah • Dec 01, 2023 03:44 pm
