Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog That Benedict Cumberbatch is capable of great performances is not a surprise at this point, but still there is something astonishing about his performance in Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. Adapted by Campion from Thomas Savage’s novel of the same name, Cumberbatch plays Phil Burbank, an By Sarah • Sep 13, 2021 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kiki in Venice: Outfit #2 When I posted about Kirsten Dunst in Venice yesterday for the world premiere of The Power of the Dog, and possibly kicking off an award season campaign, I forgot to mention that while her husband, Jesse Plemons, also co-stars in the film, I’m not sure if he’s made By Lainey • Sep 01, 2021 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kirsten Dunst: A Contender? The Venice Film Festival kicks off tomorrow and one of the most highly anticipated titles to world premiere on the Lido this year is Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. As Sarah wrote last week, it looks like Netflix will be putting everything they can behind this film By Lainey • Aug 31, 2021 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch whistles with menace Jane Campion’s first feature film in twelve years is The Power of the Dog, an adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name. Ahead of the film’s premiere at Venice, the teaser has dropped and it features Benedict Cumberbatch whistling menacingly while Kirsten Dunst expresses By Sarah • Aug 27, 2021 10:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt in Jungle Cruise Jungle Cruise is currently the #1 movie in America, which means ??? in the age of COVID when nothing is a hit but also nothing can really fail because business is nowhere near back to normal and hey, at least SOME people are turning up to the movies, even when the By Sarah • Aug 05, 2021 01:50 pm
TIFF 2009 Coverage Kiki and Jesse: Hollywood’s Low-Key Power Couple Sorry to begin on a bummer but we can’t ignore this. Coronavirus deaths hit the 200,000 mark in the United States yesterday. Here in Canada, we’re seeing surges across the country. In Ontario, where I live, 475 new cases were confirmed Tuesday – the highest number since May. By Lainey • Sep 23, 2020 09:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I’m Thinking of Ending Things is Charlie Kaufman’s Twilight Zone Charlie Kaufman’s latest film, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, is an existential pretzel, as all of Kaufman’s films are. The terrible existence of other people preoccupies Kaufman, and in Ending Things he presumes the worst of his protagonist in a most insidious way. Adapted by Kaufman from By Sarah • Sep 03, 2020 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A new Charlie Kaufman head trip Charlie Kaufman does not make what anyone could describe as “linear” films. His films, whether he’s writing them, like Adaptation., Being John Malkovich, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or also directing them, like Synedoche, New York and Anomalisa, can best be described as “imaginative existential head trips” By Sarah • Aug 07, 2020 12:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jungle Cruise: The African Queen for kids? The first trailer for Jungle Cruise left me merely whelmed. It came across as a knock-off of The Mummy (the good one), and I was not sold on the chemistry of Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson, or the lack of jokes in the trailer. This morning, however, we have a By Sarah • Mar 10, 2020 11:39 am
TV Updates Kirsten Dunst gets her star The past 48 hours or so of the Kirsten Durst news cycle has been a pre-long weekend gift. We've been treated to new photos and video of Kiki and her fiancé Jesse Plemons as she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which included the public By Joanna • Aug 30, 2019 12:06 pm
Emmy Awards 2018 Dunst and Landry Emmy Night There are three reasons to write this post. I have struggled with the order of them, but I am very certain there are exactly three. They are all based on the below photo below, and they are as follows: 1. These two as a couple. Yes, ‘still’ Look at them. By Duana • Sep 18, 2018 07:27 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Kirsten Dunst and Landry name their baby! I know. I know it’s not fair not to not name Jesse Plemons in the headline, especially since a lot of outlets are referring to it as “Kirsten Dunst’s baby” and leaving Plemons out of it altogether. But I have to chalk it up to the power of By Duana • May 14, 2018 03:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams in Game Night My biggest issue with the Scarlett Johansson’s dead body comedy, Rough Night, is that it doesn’t commit to its premise and go as far as it needs to in order to actually work. Essentially, it chickens out. Going into Game Night, another high-concept R-rated comedy, I wondered if By Sarah • Feb 28, 2018 02:48 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Dunst is a belly cupper My favourite part of the hysterical Taylor Kitsch GQ profile Lainey wrote about in the intro this morning was "Jesse and Dunst." I also love that the writer is sure Kirsten would never answer to "Dunst." I'm pretty sure of that too which is By Kathleen • Jan 26, 2018 03:05 pm
Gossip Girl Kiki & Landry go to the ball It still f-cks me up that Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, aka Landry Forever, are not only a thing but that they’re engaged. The lead singer of Crucifictorious is marrying Marie Antoinette. Do I need an exclamation point after that? I think I do. The lead singer of Crucifictorious By Lainey • Nov 17, 2017 02:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Coach Taylor’s Game Night The first trailer for the upcoming comedy, Game Night, has just been released. Maybe it’s because all we’ve gotten over the last 5 weeks out of Hollywood has been an onslaught of grossness but… I like it. I think I like it a LOT. But then again, I By Lainey • Nov 10, 2017 11:50 am
