Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch with no accent in a Dad Movie Well, no accent other than his own English accent, and whew, what a relief after the trailer for The Mauritanian. The trailer for The Courier dropped yesterday, a spy thriller in which Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Greville Wynne, a British engineer and businessman who was arrested for espionage by the By Sarah • Jan 28, 2021 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch’s singularly awful accent A trailer dropped yesterday, and I cannot stop thinking about it. The Mauritanian is about Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was accused of being the chief recruiter for 9/11 and held in Guantanamo Bay for years without charges being filed. Ultimately, his case went to court, where many of the By Sarah • Dec 02, 2020 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Doctor Strange joins Spider-Man One of the most adorable moments in Avengers: Infinity War is when Spider-Man meets Doctor Strange. It’s less than thirty seconds but it’s a great character beat for Peter Parker and the “who has time for you” look Strange gives him is loaded with potential which neither Infinity By Sarah • Oct 09, 2020 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cumberbatch & Olsen, your newest Marvel duo The weirdest of the Marvel TV shows, by far, is WandaVision. It’s weird mainly because Vision is dead, yet Paul Bettany is returning, and also it’s set post-Endgame. There’s a lot of “huh?” and “how?” surrounding this show. The key is that Scarlet Witch’s powers are By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 02:43 pm
BFFs Charlize at Wimbledon As Sarah posted last week, Charlize Theron is back for Fast 9 and they’re shooting in London. She’s been there for the last few weeks, seen here and there with her kids. Yesterday she was at Wimbledon for the epic men’s final between Roger Federer and Novak By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 01:34 pm
Amazingness Benedict was almost Bill Benedict Cumberbatch almost played Bill Compton on True Blood. Benedict Cumberbatch, the most British person I can think of, the human equivalent of tea and biscuits, almost played a sexy Southern vampire. Vampire Bill and Anna Paquin’s Sookie Stackhouse were always having sex. They were having passionate, intense, only-seen-on-HBO By Kathleen • Nov 21, 2018 03:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Another Jungle Book Jon Favreau made a hybrid live-action/animated Jungle Book that was really quite good, so much so it bagged him the job of directing the new Lion King, and also good enough that it threw Andy Serkis’s competing project into considerable shade. Back then Serkis’s project was called By Sarah • Nov 09, 2018 02:50 pm
Emmy Awards 2018 Benedict got swept Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in Patrick Melrose, which was in turn nominated for three other awards (on the big night, there was also a casting nomination during the technical awards). But Cumberbatch and Patrick By Sarah • Sep 18, 2018 03:15 am
Benedict Cumberbatch Dreadful Doorways: Patrick Melrose is a study in trauma and recovery Patrick Melrose is a character portrait composed in the key of dread. As in the first episode, series director Edward Berger and cinematographer James Friend establish a visual language in which doorways are the thresholds of nightmares and the fig tree on the terrace looms as a specter of humiliation. By Sarah • Jun 13, 2018 02:57 pm
TV Updates Benedict Cumberbatch dominates as Patrick Melrose Benedict Cumberbatch’s five-part limited series, Patrick Melrose, kicked off over the weekend, and the first episode teeters right on the edge of sublime and too much. Cumberbatch stars as the titular Patrick Melrose, an addict attempting to kick heroin—and nothing else—while retrieving his father’s ashes from By Sarah • May 15, 2018 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Avengers: Infinity War is Marvel at its best and worst Avengers: Infinity War is the beginning of the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we’ve known it for a decade. It’s the culmination of ten years of storytelling, bringing together heroes from across the universe, uniting Avengers and Guardians and everyone in between. Pound for pound, for By Sarah • Apr 27, 2018 10:46 am
Style Avengers Family Feud The world premiere of Avengers: Infinity War is happening tonight in Hollywood where most, if not all, the Avengers will assemble on the red carpet ahead of opening weekend. Most of the cast members were in LA this weekend for the press junket and press conference and other planned promotional By Lainey • Apr 23, 2018 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Godfather in Singapore Robert Downey Jr, Karen Gillan, and Benedict Cumberbatch were dispatched to Singapore yesterday to promote Avengers: Infinity War. This is the first time we’ve seen RDJ, the “godfather” of the Avengers, on this press tour as we’re now inside two weeks before the release of the movie. A By Lainey • Apr 17, 2018 10:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Avengers, the Godfather Avengers: Infinity War comes out two weeks tomorrow. Advance ticket sales are outpacing Black Panther’s and Black Panther is currently the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time. So Avengers is looking big. Not that that was ever a question. It was always going to be big. HOW big is By Lainey • Apr 12, 2018 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews To Wakanda and Infinity Avengers: Infinity War comes out at the end of the month, which means we’re in the advertising red zone. If you’re trying to avoid all spoilers, this not for you because we’re talking about TV spots that are starting to show bits of scenes and give us By Sarah • Apr 09, 2018 12:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Grinch Cumberbatch Everyone loves How the Grinch Stole Christmas, both the original Dr. Seuss book, and the 1966 animated Christmas special that re-runs every year on television. Everyone knows the song, and everyone recognizes the Grinch’s sneering green face, which is why Hollywood will insist on trying to recreate that 1966 By Sarah • Mar 09, 2018 10:10 am
