Movie Reviews and Previews The Woman King campaigns The Woman King came out of TIFF with good reviews. Then it opened at #1 at the box office. In the weeks since it has pretty much recouped its budget, and with strong word of mouth, it should continue to see steady business; I went on Saturday and my theatre By Lainey • Oct 04, 2022 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Not everything is Get Out One of the most surprising things to come out of Netflix’s Tudum event is the first trailer for They Cloned Tyrone, a sci-fi/comedy starring Jamie Foxx, John Boyega, and Teyonah Parris. It’s the feature directorial debut of Juel Taylor, co-writer of Creed II (and Space-Jam: Legacy¸ but By Sarah • Sep 27, 2022 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Woman King A battle epic in the vein of Braveheart and Gladiator, The Woman King is based on the Agojie, the women warriors of the Kingdom of Dahomey in 19th century Western Africa (the territory of Dahomey now lies within Benin). Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by Dana Stevens—with a By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 03:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John Boyega Attack the Block sequel One of the great cult sci-fi flicks of the 2010s is Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block, in which aliens invade a South London council estate and a group of local kids must defend their home. If you have not seen it, fix your life and get right with the By Sarah • May 18, 2021 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Small Axe: Education is a fitting end to the anthology Education is the final installment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology—which collectively won Best Picture from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association—and like Lovers Rock, it is not based on a specific person, but on a specific event that occurred in the Afro-Caribbean community in London in By Sarah • Dec 21, 2020 11:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Small Axe: Red, White and Blue asks a haunting question In Red, White and Blue, the latest installment in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series (Mangrove was the first and Lovers Rock is the second), John Boyega plays Leroy Logan, the son of Caribbean immigrants living in London. His father, Kenneth (Steve Toussaint), is a sort of call-and-response to Mangrove’ By Sarah • Dec 08, 2020 02:54 pm
Equality Issues Intro for November 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, Sarah wrote that Mangrove, the first film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, is “vital viewing”. Sarah’s review of each installment will be posted each week. Lovers Rock is the second film and that piece is coming Monday. After that it’ll be By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 08:52 am
Top Reads John Boyega GQ John Boyega covers the October issue of British GQ this month, talking about his impassioned speech at a London Black Lives Matter rally earlier this summer and his experience with Star Wars, now that he’s free and clear of the franchise and has had some time to reflect. Of By Sarah • Sep 02, 2020 01:37 pm
Equality Issues Intro for June 4, 2020 Dear Gossips, John Boyega joined protestors in London yesterday in support of Black Lives Matter, delivering an impassioned, emotional speech denouncing anti-Black racism, calling for justice for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery and so many more, and praising the contributions of Black women. He also made it By Lainey • Jun 04, 2020 09:04 am
Top Reads John Boyega marches in London John Boyega has not been quiet this past week after the murder of George Floyd. He shut down commenters last week when he tweeted that he hates racists which, I dunno, seems like a pretty uncontroversial statement, non? And people still had to get into his mentions with some all By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars concludes (for now) in The Rise of Skywalker To follow a much-debated middle installment in a trilogy is a big task, and to wrap up a nine-film saga is a big task, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is better at one of those things than the other. As a conclusion to the “Skywalker Saga”, it is By Sarah • Dec 18, 2019 04:26 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: America’s Got Gabrielle If Lainey were writing this, she’d undoubtedly point out that some stories are gifts that keep giving or that gain momentum when you least expect it. It’s been a full week since the story broke that Gabrielle Union spoke up about various issues at America’s Got Talent By Duana • Dec 04, 2019 03:25 pm
BFFs John’s love letter to Oscar As Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets ever closer and closer, we’re seeing some creative marketing at play. Not that the movie needs marketing, really. I mean, they’re going to make a f-ckload of money. The point, I guess, is to make ALL the money. So, yes, By Lainey • Dec 02, 2019 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rey’s new lightsaber Disney biennial fan convention, D23, happened over the weekend, and now the question is when Disney is just going to make this an annual event. This year felt like Comic-Con Part II, with an unending cycle of weekend news, including movies and TV shows that won’t be coming out By Sarah • Aug 26, 2019 11:29 am
Met Gala 2018 Letitia Wright: Met’s little sister That feels unfair. Letitia Wright is 24 years old. She’s older than both Gigi and Bella Hadid and yet, she still feels like a little sister always. I was shipping Letitia Wright and Sebastian Stan for a hot second until Sarah yelled at me, as she does often, for By Kathleen • May 08, 2018 05:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pacific Rim: Uprising is charmingly dumb…sort of It’s like, the DUMBEST. Not that anyone was expecting any different. It’s a movie about robots punching monsters—it was only ever going to be dumb. Not even Guillermo del Toro and his sincerity could stop Pacific Rim from being dumb, so the sequel from a bunch of By Sarah • Mar 23, 2018 11:42 am
