Movie Reviews and Previews It: No thank you It was a surprise monster hit in 2017—it’s the highest-grossing horror film ever—and a sequel was immediately greenlit for 2019. Well, the teaser trailer for that sequel, It: Chapter 2, is here and all I have to say is: No thank you. All full up on horror By Sarah • May 09, 2019 03:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dark Phoenix is doomed Sometimes you look at a trailer and think it can go either way—the movie might be better than this, or might be exactly as bad as this trailer is making it seem. Marvel trailers tend to be like that. Between their habit of cutting around any potentially plotty scenes By Sarah • Feb 28, 2019 11:46 am
Top Reads Michelle Williams and the new Wolf Pack When it comes to celebrities and the term “Wolf Pack”, Leonardo DiCaprio comes to mind. Men come to mind. Women weren’t considered wolves. Are we sure about that? As I mentioned yesterday in my post about Michelle Williams’s marriage revelation in Vanity Fair, there is so much more By Lainey • Jul 27, 2018 01:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain made a lady spy movie happen Jessica Chastain has become one of the most visible advocates for women in the film industry, speaking out for more inclusion and using her position to get her co-stars equal pay. And now she’s not waiting for people to bring her starring vehicles, she’s making her own starring By Sarah • May 11, 2018 10:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain’s inevitable It future As soon as It premiered last year, the internet began fantasy casting Jessica Chastain in the sequel as the adult Beverly. If you’re not aware, It is a story in two parts, the first in the past—the 1950s in the TV miniseries, the 1980s in the movie—and By Sarah • Feb 21, 2018 01:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Octavia Spencer & Jessica Chastain show their work Octavia Spencer told a really great Show Your Work story at Sundance this week. Octavia and Jessica Chastain are good friends. Over a year ago, Jessica reached out to Octavia because she wanted them to do a movie together. During those discussions, they talked about pay equity and how men By Lainey • Jan 25, 2018 10:14 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Jessica & Greta in green and white pleats I don’t know why green always shows up on red carpets in singles. As in, after award shows, there are often fashion headlines like, “the red parade at the Oscars!” or “silver storms the red carpet at the Golden Globes!. But… is it ever green? And if not, why By Lainey • Jan 12, 2018 11:49 am
Style Will there be tiaras? Three more sleeps until the Golden Globes on Sunday. You know what I just remembered? You know what won’t be happening at the Golden Globes on Sunday? This: That same year, in 2015, on the Avengers: Age Of Ultron press tour, Jeremy Renner was dragged for sex shaming Black By Lainey • Jan 04, 2018 12:51 pm
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: Candidates in red Red seemed to be a popular choice this weekend for several best actress contenders. Diane Kruger, Jessica Chastain, and Carey Mulligan all wore red, or shades of it, to the Governors Awards on Saturday. Diane won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in In By Lainey • Nov 13, 2017 01:37 pm
Equality Issues Jessica Chastain’s bold position A few days ago, Jessica Chastain retweeted an article outlining past allegations of sexual assault against director Bryan Singer. She said, “Let us not forget.” (I don’t know about you, but the day the Weinstein Scandal broke, I thought—how long before we get to Bryan Singer?) That’s By Sarah • Nov 09, 2017 10:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Molly’s Game Molly’s Game is Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, but it’s Jessica Chastain’s movie from start to finish. Written by Sorkin, adapted from Molly Bloom’s memoir as the mastermind of the world’s most exclusive poker game, unsurprisingly Molly’s Game is mostly a series of flashy By Sarah • Sep 11, 2017 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain’s Game Jessica Chastain does not have an Oscar. I have to double-check this CONSTANTLY. Because it seems like she should have one, yes? Surely she won for The Help? No? Well then she HAD to have gotten one for Zero Dark Thirty. Also no. She has not yet recorded a W By Sarah • Aug 15, 2017 01:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain covers ELLE Canada No surprise here: Jessica Chastain will premiere (at least) one of her three upcoming projects, Woman Walks Ahead, at TIFF this September. A Jessica Chastain movie is always an all-caps event for me and so is her new ELLE Canada cover, timed perfectly to coincide with the launch of her By Joanna • Jul 26, 2017 11:02 am
BFFs Jessica Chastain’s wedding Jessica Chastain married Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo this weekend at his family’s estate, Villa Tiepolo Passi, in Treviso. According to PEOPLE they made prosecco on the property. And it’s been in the family for centuries. Gian Luca is Italian aristocracy. Jessica is Hollywood aristocracy. It’s never By Lainey • Jun 12, 2017 02:27 pm
Equality Issues Jessica Chastain speaks out The Cannes Film Festival closed down with an award ceremony and press conference, and during the presser the jury took the stage to talk about their festival experience. Jessica Chastain specifically talked about how the representation of women on screen “disturbed” her: Say that, @jes_chastain. pic.twitter.com/H7QHnEE5JA— By Sarah • May 30, 2017 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews First look at Xavier Dolan's John F Donovan is conspicuously timed... but very exciting With the Cannes Film Festival a week away, we finally get our first official photos from the set of Xavier Dolan's highly-anticipated The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. The film is not screening in Cannes because they’re not finished shooting but it does look fantastic By Joanna • May 12, 2017 11:59 am
