Marcus and Friends (dogs) John Boyega + puppies This morning I got an email about John from a reader called Laura suggesting to me and Duana that we should talk about him on Show Your Work. I’m super into John Boyega. Ever since Attack The Block which, if you’ve never seen it, you should. I watched By Lainey • Mar 22, 2018 11:51 am
Douchebags Photo Assumption with Scott Eastwood and John Boyega Scott Eastwood and John Boyega are starring in Pacific Rim Uprising together and I thought the press tour would go one of two ways. One, Scott Eastwood’s perma-doucheness would infiltrate John Boyega’s general perfect ray-of-sunshine-ness or two, by some miracle, John Boyega would make Scott Eastwood somewhat likeable By Kathleen • Mar 16, 2018 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the Star Wars for a generation After an original trilogy, a prequel trilogy, a spin-off, and the first installment in a sequel trilogy, it didn’t seem that Star Wars could still surprise. They could create new creatures and amaze with effects, be they practical or elaborate CGI, and they could give us new versions of By Sarah • Dec 12, 2017 03:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Merely whelmed by The Last Jedi It’s a day for final trailers. Star Wars: The Last Jedi also released their final trailer, and it’s very red. Red, and all about Kylo Ren being the biggest bag of dicks in this or any other galaxy. My interest in The Last Jedi has waned with previous By Sarah • Oct 10, 2017 11:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews We’re un-cancelling the apocalypse New York Comic Con is going on right now—not quite San Diego Comic Con, but getting close—which means there are some new trailers dropping, including the first trailer for Pacific Rim Uprising, the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s “robots fight kaiju” movie, Pacific Rim. You remember Pacific By Sarah • Oct 06, 2017 02:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit Set during the 1967 Detroit riots, Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s latest docu-drama focuses on the Algiers Motel murders in which three young black men were killed during a police brutality incident. Bigelow and Boal have had success exploring real-world events like the Iraq war (The Hurt Locker, for By Sarah • Aug 03, 2017 04:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars Family This past weekend was Disney biennial fan convention, D23, and among the many things they showed off—they see Universal’s Harry Potter Land and will raise you Avatar Land, Star Wars Land, and Marvel Land—was Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Star Wars is not expected to be among By Sarah • Jul 17, 2017 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Watson and Tom Hanks in The Circle The Circle is the second time Tom Hanks has tried a Dave Eggers adaptation, following last year’s A Hologram for the King. Like that movie, The Circle doesn’t work, although Hanks’s performance is better here—albeit, much smaller. In The Circle he plays a secondary character and By Sarah • May 03, 2017 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Last Jedi is v. important Star Wars Celebration—a nerd convention devoted solely to the nearly religious experience of Star Wars fandom—went down over the weekend, and included the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi (the key art has dropped “Episode VIII”), on Good Friday nonetheless. (The teaser for The Force Awakens By Sarah • Apr 17, 2017 09:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s time we knew Set during the 1967 riots, Kathryn Bigelow’s next film, Detroit, assembled a tremendous ensemble including Anthony Mackie, John Boyega, John Krasinski, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Jack Reynor, and Will Poulter, but the trailer is focused on Boyega, playing a young security guard in Detroit. His dilemma is compelling—he’ By Sarah • Apr 12, 2017 11:24 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, August 24, 2016 Sofia Vergara gave an interview to PeopleStyle and said she puts mascara and blush on around the house, even if she’s just going to shower. Do you think her towels always have post-makeup smear on them? Just walking around the woods❤️❤️❤️❤️ A photo posted by Sofia Vergara (@sofiavergara) onAug By Maria • Aug 24, 2016 03:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars Celebration and hope for Rogue One Star Wars Celebration, a sort of mini-Comic Con dedicated solely to all things Star Wars, was held in London over the weekend. (There won’t be a Hall H Star Wars presentation this year, and one wonders how long before Disney starts doing this for Marvel, too.) There wasn’t By Sarah • Jul 18, 2016 02:16 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, July 8, 2016 If you are seeing Ghostbusters this next week, Patton Oswalt has some advice for you. Just saw an early screening of GHOSTBUSTERS. It's fun. It's scary. It's terrific. Stay 'til after the credits.— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) July 7, 2016 Paris Hilton is still By Maria • Jul 08, 2016 01:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John Boyega takes over for Charlie Hunnam Do you remember Pacific Rim? It’s Guillermo Del Toro’s kaiju vs. robots movie that stars Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba as the guy who cancelled the apocalypse. It is not a great movie, and did only mediocre at the box office, but Universal has decided to take a By Sarah • Jun 07, 2016 04:06 pm
Royals Harry & Daisy…!? I opened with Princes William and Harry visiting the Star Wars Episode VIII set today at Pinewood Studios outside of London. Here are some more shots of them with the cast, including John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. I don’t see any shots of Harry and Daisy side by side. By Lainey • Apr 19, 2016 01:55 pm
Quiveration Oscar reads Let me tell off the top that I don’t have video for this and I’M SORRY, I can’t find it. I am as disappointed as you are. Because I’d probably rub one out to Oscar Isaac reading too. We do have pictures though? Does that work? By Lainey • Mar 14, 2016 11:41 am
