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
Style Brie Larson: Globes Best Dressed (Duana) Again, this surprises even me. This dress is not my style. I don’t mind risks and cut-outs in theory, but in practice they often seem too extreme or pointed or something. That, combined with the knitted feeling of the dress (it wasn’t actually, they were sequins applied in By Duana • Jan 11, 2016 03:16 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
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Brie’s New Year green Brie Larson is definitely going to be nominated for an Oscar. So it’s maybe time for an elite style team? The dress is fine. Fine and forgettable. The makeup, however, is all kinds of 15 years ago. As Jordy just put it, “It’s very Friends”. Exactly. And Brie By Lainey • Jan 04, 2016 08:58 am
Kate Winslet Just start calling these “Jennifer Lawrence Roundtables” After dominating the conversation during the Hollywood Reporter studio execs roundtable, Jennifer Lawrence is herself sitting in on the actresses roundtable where her wage gap essay is once again a topic of conversation. The Hollywood Reporter released their actresses roundtable yesterday and Lawrence is joined by Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, By Sarah • Nov 19, 2015 11:00 am
Cate Blanchett The Best Actresses at the Governors Awards Cate Blanchett, Carey Mulligan, Saoirse Ronan, they’re all previous Oscar winners and/or nominees. Brie Larson is hoping for her first nomination for her performance in Room. And it’s Brie who, right now, is considered a lock to make the list, along with Cate in Carol, followed by By Lainey • Nov 16, 2015 10:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson: the Redmayne of 2015? Check out Brie Larson at the premiere of Room in LA last night. The film opens in limited release this weekend and then everywhere else the first weekend of November. Room has a shot at a Best Picture nomination. It won the People’s Choice Award at TIFF. And right By Lainey • Oct 14, 2015 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fassbender the frontrunner and Brie Larson for Jennifer Lawrence? Two Oscar frontrunners were on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night — Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs – click here for my review from NYFF) and Brie Larson (Room – click here for my review from TIFF). It’s only October, but already, the two are both top contenders in their respective By Joanna • Oct 09, 2015 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Room (Queen Brie) Aside from Cate Blanchett's work in Blue Jasmine, to me the best female performance of 2013 came from Brie Larson in Short Term 12. The film was criminally underseen by both critics and audiences, but she'll finally get her shot at golden glory with Room, in By Joanna • Sep 16, 2015 09:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Room the movie Have you read Emma Donoghue’s Room? I reviewed the book a few years ago – click here to read that post. I met Emma Donoghue. Heard her speak at an event at my alma mater, Western University. She was asked to talk for 7 minutes about creativity. She ended up By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 12:06 pm