Movie Reviews and Previews Leo vs Max Well, my one prediction was wrong. Young Jacob Tremblay was not nominated for an Oscar. But he is in an Oscar nominated film, Room. There will be 8 films competing for Best Picture this year at the Oscars. So the nominations were just announced. We’ll be splitting up the By Lainey • Jan 14, 2016 09:31 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Leo & the baby dangle It has been so satisfying to watch Leonardo DiCaprio go for this Oscar. Because Leo wasn’t supposed to be the one with so much Try. Leo wasn’t supposed to be the one who was desperate for it. Leo was the one who just worked for the work, you By Lainey • Jan 13, 2016 10:48 am
Maple Leaf Intro for January 13, 2016 Dear Gossips, Jacob Tremblay, from Room. And also from Vancouver. I miss you every day, Vancouver. Anyway, Jacob’s dad was trending during the Golden Globes the other night, did you hear about this? Click here if you missed it. Fine…but what about mom? Jacob was accompanied by both By Lainey • Jan 13, 2016 09:05 am
Douchebags Leo is sensitive to the “persecuted” woman This morning Parade posted their new interview with Leonardo DiCaprio. The Revenant (Struggler) opens in wide release today. Leo talks a lot about his work as an environmental activist and humanitarian and how he feels a moral obligation to do more with his platform, because otherwise greed will win: Parade: By Lainey • Jan 08, 2016 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Double Alicia BAFTA award nominations were announced today as the Academy nominations deadline nears. (Ballots are due at the end of the day.) Just as she was for the Golden Globes, Alicia Vikander has been nominated twice. She’s in the Best Actress category, proper, for her work in The Danish Girl, By Lainey • Jan 08, 2016 10:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews MBJ and a baby It’s Golden Globes weekend. Michael B Jordan has not been nominated and Creed was not included in the film categories, its only nomination was for Sylvester Stallone as Best Supporting Actor – which will be one of the best speeches of the night if he wins, I promise you. MBJ By Lainey • Jan 08, 2016 10:07 am
Media Manipulation Matt Damon is coming for Leo That might be a little wishful thinking from Sarah and me. But… well… you decide. Matt Damon was in New York last night to accept the Best Actor Award from the National Board of Review. Earlier today, I posted about how he credited Sly Stallone for his career – click here By Lainey • Jan 06, 2016 04:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar Dark Horse: Sicario This is such a great Oscar year! We have a REAL race in ALL categories! Periodically Lainey and I will text one another something along the lines of “this is so exciting!” because for once the Oscars are wide open across the board. The only category that feels close to By Sarah • Jan 06, 2016 01:08 pm
Amazingness Still the underdog Please tell me you’ve seen Creed. Creed was my favourite movie of 2015. It was on Sarah’s Top 10 of 2015 – click here if you missed that. And it was a box office success, honouring the Rocky franchise’s legacy and introducing it to a new generation. That’ By Lainey • Jan 06, 2016 12:39 pm
BFFs Brie Larson campaigns with Jacob Tremblay Room co-stars Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay were at the National Board of Review awards last night in New York, both taking home trophies - Best Actress for her and Best Breakthrough Award for him, which he split with Beasts of No Nation's Abraham Attah, who flew in By Joanna • Jan 06, 2016 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews New Year Cary Let’s begin today with our first 2016 sighting of Cary Fukunaga who was in New York last night to receive the National Board of Review’s Freedom of Expression Award for Beasts Of No Nation. Not sure if Cary will be at the Golden Globes this weekend since Beasts By Lainey • Jan 06, 2016 09:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 6, 2016 Dear Gossips, I was just namechecking the Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Conan ride along yesterday! (Click here for a refresher!) And then they did another one! They just posted it last night – see below. Normally if I’m not high it’s not funny to me watching other people get By Lainey • Jan 06, 2016 09:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicholas Hoult pushes for Mad Max: Fury Road Mad Max: Fury Road is the film that keeps showing up on all the “best” lists from critics to guilds to industry associations. And it was a blockbuster, even though there was so much anxiety during production about overblown budgets and production issues. Most experts seem to agree that Mad By Lainey • Jan 05, 2016 04:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The PGA loves Compton Imagine if it was the other PGA I was referring to? No, no, the people who run the golf organisation don’t have anything to do with Compton. But the Producers Guild of America has included Straight Outta Compton among the list of 10 films contending for Outstanding Motion Picture By Lainey • Jan 05, 2016 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart’s nomination week Kristen Stewart collected her Best Supporting Actress award from the New York Film Critics Circle yesterday for her performance in Clouds Of Sils Maria. Her friend and co-star Julianne Moore presented to her. On stage, Kristen kept her remarks short, but cheeky: “I’ve received a lot of MTV By Lainey • Jan 05, 2016 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hateful Eight’s last-minute Oscar push Oscar nominations are due this Friday, so there’s a lot of activity all over the place as everyone makes their last-minute pitch to get their named called on January 14, when the nominations are announced. To that end, Samuel L. Jackson and Walton Goggins were in New York By Sarah • Jan 05, 2016 11:34 am
