Movie Reviews and Previews Jordan Peele keeps it simple with Us After a stunning debut like Get Out, anything less than equal success is bound to seem like a disappointment. Such is the case for Jordan Peele’s sophomore feature film, Us. Is it bad? Emphatically NO. But it’s not as deep or thematically grounded as Get Out, which is By Sarah • Mar 22, 2019 09:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita’s scary eyes I am probably going to see Jordan Peele’s Us this weekend. Not happy about this. Us is getting strong reviews. Get Out was not a fluke. So it’s not like I’m going to walk out of there all like, what a sh-t movie. I will probably walk By Lainey • Mar 19, 2019 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Us is already building Oscar buzz I really think there needs to be a three-month moratorium on Oscar talk following the Academy Awards, but life is inherently unfair so here we are, just a few weeks after the Oscars, already talking about next year’s Oscars. The subject? Jordan Peele’s Us. Just the trailer has By Sarah • Mar 15, 2019 02:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Us World Premiere at SXSW, and all that hype When Jordan Peele introduced Lupita Nyong’o at the world premiere of Us in Austin at SXSW on Friday night, she leapt from her seat and started punching the air to cheer for her film and hype up the crowd. She was PUMPED because she knew what we were about By Joanna • Mar 11, 2019 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek’s post-Oscar move Now that Rami Malek has an Oscar, what will his career look like? He still has Mr. Robot, but on the movie side, it looks like his first post-Oscar role will be as the villain in Bond 25. In a double-report, Deadline stated that Malek and Lupita Nyong’o were By Sarah • Mar 01, 2019 12:33 pm
SAG Awards 2019 Black Panther coming through! All award season, no one has really expected Black Panther to win. Just being nominated IS the win, when the trophy club is so stacked against superhero movies. But the SAGs broke rank and actually gave Black Panther a trophy, awarding the cast Best Ensemble, the equivalent of Best Picture. By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 01:10 pm
Award Season Campaigning Lupita and MBJ’s flirty squats As Joanna just posted in her article about Emily Blunt previous to this one, there’s been a lot of Oscar campaigning happening in New York this week. Bradley Cooper’s screening A Star is Born for voters during nomination week and last night Lupita Nyong’o and Michael B By Lainey • Jan 11, 2019 12:25 pm
Style Black Panther: Globes Best Dressed (Kathleen) The cast of Black Panther almost cost me a laptop, my friendship with Lainey Lui, and probably my job. I was ready to tear apart her entire basement. I was ready to throw whatever I could at the TV screen. As soon as I saw Danai Gurira, Michael Bae Jordan By Kathleen • Jan 07, 2019 12:39 pm
Award Season Campaigning ScarJo works for Black Panther Black Panther is the first Marvel movie with a real shot at a major Oscar nomination. As such, Disney is backing an actual, proper award campaign for the movie and key craftspeople involved, particularly Ruth Carter, the costume designer. I attended an event with Ruth Carter a couple months ago By Sarah • Dec 10, 2018 02:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Women of Black Panther are Entertainers of the Year I’m looking at a webpage open to Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainers of the Year post, specifically the one on the women of Black Panther. The window that I’m looking at is currently frozen on a Clairol ad, featuring a black woman with curly, seemingly natural hair. Her smile By Kathleen • Nov 29, 2018 03:50 pm
Award Season Campaigning Wakanda Campaigns: Team Black Panther at the Governors Awards The citizens of Wakanda turned out for the Governor Awards, with Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, and Michael B. Jordan on hand. We’ll leave MBJ for Kathleen, because I like my life and don’t want to lose it. As is usual with Wakandans, everyone looks super By Sarah • Nov 19, 2018 02:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Women of Wakanda are back I think about the Black Panther press tour a lot. Mostly, I think about how much I miss it and how much joy it brought into my life. Well, awards season is coming, and the Black Panther press tour is getting a second leg. Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, and Lupita By Kathleen • Oct 11, 2018 11:27 am
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 Jordan Peele’s “Us” Last night at around 8pm Eastern Standard Time, Jordan Peele revealed the poster for his new film. pic.twitter.com/6j43s9YC8e— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) May 9, 2018 The tagline says, “A new nightmare from the mind of Academy Award Winner Jordan Peele.” It took all of my strength to get By Kathleen • May 09, 2018 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 1, 2018 Dear Gossips, I spent a few hours last night trying to decide about my favourite John Woo movie. And I’m still trying. A Better Tomorrow is probably the sentimental choice. It came first. And it forever established Chow Yun Fat as “Mark Gor” in Chinese pop culture. “Gor” means By Lainey • May 01, 2018 09:34 am
Style Lupita shuts it down Lupita Nyong’o is a flirt. Lainey wrote about how “extra-close” she was with Winston Duke on the red-carpet last night. We’ve seen her insta-flirt with Chadwick Boseman and social media flirt AND real-life flirt with my Michael Bae Jordan. How dare she. Just kidding. If anyone can have By Kathleen • Mar 05, 2018 03:58 pm
