Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pratt(’s voice) in The Super Mario Bros. Movie Super Mario Bros., the 1993 live-action adaptation of the popular Nintendo video game series of the same name, is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made. Thirty years later, Hollywood and Nintendo are back with another attempt to capture that Mario magic and translate it to By Sarah • Apr 06, 2023 11:59 am
Golden Globes 2023 Anya, Ana, Jessica, Julia, and Margot: The Future Is Now The Golden Globes team must be pretty pleased with the red carpet turnout because real stars showed up and unless there’s a major gaffe or scandal, it looks like the show will continue on as it always has. I’m focusing on four specific women who are all surging By Maria • Jan 11, 2023 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes in The Menu Director Mark Mylod’s last feature film credit is, incredibly, the rather sexist and misogynistic Chris Evans/Anna Faris “rom-com” What’s Your Number in 2011. Since then, though, he has been directing for TV shows like Game of Thrones, Shameless, and Succession, and now he’s roaring back By Sarah • Nov 18, 2022 03:00 pm
Outfit of the Week Outfit of the Week: Taylor Russell in Loewe Taylor Russell at the AFI premiere of Bones and All earlier this week – it was five days ago but there is no other outfit that, to me, hit the day hers did. This is already a special dress on its own. On her it’s a revelation. Which is why By Lainey • Nov 10, 2022 03:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anya Taylor-Joy is in (on?) The Menu With The Bear becoming the breakout hit series of the summer, it’s the perfect time for a darkly comic horror movie about a chef torturing the guests at an elaborate dinner. It’s an ideal pairing, a series using the restaurant world to tell a family drama, and a By Sarah • Aug 11, 2022 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dammit, David O. Russell Dammit, David O. Russell, every time I am ready to quit you—or remember that time you cursed out national treasure Lily Tomlin—you reel me back in, or at least make me forget how convinced I am that you’re a raging asshole. I mean, I am CONVINCED, but By Sarah • Jul 07, 2022 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard in The Northman Robert Eggers’ third film, The Northman, continues his cinematic tradition of creating fanatically detailed, historically grounded worlds so tangible you can practically smell the body odor and see the lice crawling on his characters. The Northman, co-written by Eggers and Icelandic poet and novelist Sjón, is basically a Heilung By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard’s victory lap The Northman, the Icelandic saga-inspired Viking epic starring Alexander Skarsgard, opens this week, and the premiere was last night in Los Angeles. Skarsgard was on hand along with his castmates Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, and writer/director Robert Eggers. Keith Urban joined Kidman on the black By Sarah • Apr 19, 2022 10:24 am
Gorgessity Anya Taylor-Joy: Love and Style Anya Taylor-Joy is currently promoting The Northman. She was at the London premiere the other night with co-star Alexander Skarsgard and boyfriend Malcolm McRae. They recently made their first red carpet appearance together at the Vanity Fair Oscar party and are now following it up at one of By Lainey • Apr 07, 2022 03:21 pm
Oscars 2022 MBJ & Lori and ATJ & Malcolm: Oscar Couple Debuts Oscars gossip this year has obviously been dominated by Will Smith. But there are other much less controversial celebrity gossip storylines that have been overlooked. Like the fact that two couples made their red carpet premieres on Oscar night. Michael B Jordan and Lori Harvey stepped out for the first By Lainey • Mar 29, 2022 11:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard fulfills his destiny in The Northman Robert Eggers, auteur of the itchiest goddamn cinema, is back with a new film starring Alexander Skarsgard, The Northman. Skarsgard fulfills his destiny by playing Thor a Viking prince called Amleth. In medieval Scandi literature, Amleth is the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a boy whose father, the king, is By Sarah • Dec 21, 2021 11:15 am
Style Anya Taylor-Joy: Style Change? The Queen’s Gambit premiered on Netflix pretty much exactly a year ago and while Anya Taylor-Joy was already known in the industry as the “It Girl” of the moment before everyone started watching, it was undeniably her performance as Beth Harmon that really took her career to the By Lainey • Oct 26, 2021 12:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Superstar Super Mario Bros. Given the success of Sonic the Hedgehog, which defied the gods and all decency to become one of the top-ten highest grossing films of 2020, it’s no surprise that more video game movies are coming. Next on the block is Nintendo making another run at Super Mario Bros. By Sarah • Sep 24, 2021 03:09 pm
Emmy Awards 2021 Emmys Best Dressed (Sarah): Anya Taylor-Joy Anya Taylor-Joy has rapidly become a red carpet star, delivering one stunning look after another aided by her stylist, Law Roach, and the Emmys were no different. She showed up in a pale-yellow Dior gown with a bright yellow cloak which was ALL DRAMA. She wore a similar By Sarah • Sep 20, 2021 01:37 pm
Gorgessity A Year of Anya Taylor-Joy Anya Taylor-Joy has been acting, obviously, for longer than a year. But a year ago, Anya Taylor-Joy wasn’t at the top of the magazine cover wish list, not even, necessarily, after the release of Emma.. Hollywood insiders certainly were well aware that she was one of the By Lainey • Sep 08, 2021 11:52 am
TV Updates Anya Taylor-Joy for Dior One of the most memorable looks at the forgettable Golden Globes this year was Anya Taylor-Joy in that green Dior. As I said at the time, she was unreal – and, of course, styled by Law Roach: I don’t think that Anya has officially been named a Dior ambassador By Lainey • Jun 18, 2021 02:04 pm