Business of Hollywood Intro for August 28, 2023 Dear Gossips, The Venice Film Festival will kick off this Wednesday – you’ll recall, they’d originally announced that the opening night film would be Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, starring Zendaya. Due to the Hollywood strike, Challengers was pulled from the festival and pushed back for release; it will now By Lainey • Aug 28, 2023 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Indiana Jones is gonna die Star Wars Celebration occurred over the weekend, and because there’s not actually THAT much Star Wars stuff coming, it included a presentation for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. (They should probably change “Star Wars Celebration” to “Lucasfilm Legends” or similar. Anyway.) This is the best trailer we’ By Sarah • Apr 10, 2023 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JK Rowling has poisoned the Fantastic Beasts well Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore opened this past weekend in North America, and in a classic case of diminishing returns, it is the lowest-grossing opening weekend for the Wizarding World spin-off yet. It took in $43 million, with $150 million to date worldwide, for a total gross of $193 By Sarah • Apr 18, 2022 12:11 pm
Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts isn’t done wasting its potential Because franchise death is slow and grinding, we still have to get through Fantastic Beasts 3, officially titled Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. The first trailer dropped yesterday—one day after JK Rowling wrote some new transphobic sh-t in The Times that I won’t link to because it’ By Sarah • Dec 14, 2021 03:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Grindelwald upgrade Days after Johnny Depp stepped down from playing Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts 3, Mads Mikkelsen is in talks to take over the role. I say this as a one-time hardcore Depp fan: Mads Mikkelsen is a better actor and this is an upgrade. Casting him as a villain is a By Sarah • Nov 12, 2020 11:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Another Round (Druk) Another Round reunites the Danish dream-team behind The Hunt: writer/director Thomas Vinterberg, screenwriter Tobias Lindholm, and actors Thomas Bo Larsen and Mads Mikkelsen for a middle-aged drinking buddies tale. It follows Martin (Mikkelsen), Tommy (Larsen), Peter (Lars Ranthe), and Nikolaj (Magnus Millang), four friends embarking on an alcohol-fueled journey By Sarah • Sep 18, 2020 03:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Doctor Strange is Marvel’s only treat Warner Brothers had a good morning in Hall H on Saturday, but then it was Marvel’s turn, and Marvel came ready to play. And play they did, basically conducting their panel like a rock concert, and even though they only released one trailer to the wider public, just the By Sarah • Jul 25, 2016 10:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Doctor Strange looks like a trip Last night the first trailer for Doctor Strange debuted, and oh god, Benedict Cumberbatch is even more perfect as the Sorcerer Supreme than previously imagined. For some reason, it never occurred to me he’d have an American accent. I don’t know why I assumed Cumberbatch would use his By Sarah • Apr 13, 2016 11:54 am
