Movie Reviews and Previews The Suicide Squad, take two First of all, yes, James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is better than the 2016 Suicide Squad. That movie is a mess, this one isn’t, it’s not even a contest. Gunn, who writes and directs, also seems to have freer rein than David Ayer did, as Gunn got By Sarah • Aug 06, 2021 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie: White for Harley’s Last Ride (in a while) Margot Robbie has played Harley Quinn in three movies over five years and she said recently that she needs a break from the character telling Entertainment Weekly that: "I was like, 'Oof, I need a break from Harley, because she's exhausting. I don't know By Lainey • Aug 03, 2021 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Idris Elba shows up in The Suicide Squad I neither loved nor hated the first trailer for The Suicide Squad, DC’s mulligan on their villain team-up movie, but the second trailer is definitely winning me over. I wasn’t super sold on Idris Elba in that first trailer, but this new trailer focuses on his character, Bloodsport, By Sarah • Jun 23, 2021 01:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Re-meet The Suicide Squad The first trailer for The Suicide Squad the sort-of sequel, mostly reboot of Suicide Squad, is here in all its red-band glory to try this whole villain team-up thing all over again. Some of the characters featured in David Ayer’s dismal movie are back, such as Margot Robbie as By Sarah • Mar 29, 2021 12:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews THE Suicide Squad lines up for roll call The DC Fandome event gave us plenty of new trailers and teasers to goggle at, from wishful Wonder Woman to samesies Justice League to weirdo Goth Batman, but one of the more promising teasers comes from The Suicide Squad, James Gunn’s soft reboot of the 2016 Suicide Squad. Though By Sarah • Aug 25, 2020 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie’s lateral move Over the 2010s, Margot Robbie became one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. She’s a two-time Oscar nominee with a hot production company, developing interesting, trophy-baiting projects for herself (I, Tonya), and for other people (Promising Young Woman), as well as creating television projects (Dollface). She’s a franchise By Sarah • Jun 29, 2020 10:28 am
Amanda Seyfried Margot Robbie is not my Carole Baskin Have you watched Tiger King yet? I feel like it’s the show of the moment. Does anybody care about Love is Blind anymore? Every three weeks or so, there’s a Netflix series that everyone is talking about, at least online. I’m sure that drives other streaming services By Lainey • Apr 01, 2020 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews THE Suicide Squad suited up James Gunn’s not-a-reboot-but-not-really-a-sequel-either Suicide Squad movie is filming in Panama, which means set photos are emerging that show characters old and new suited up for their do-over. There are blurry shots of Margot Robbie sporting a new look as Harley Quinn, and she is joined by David Dastmalchian as By Sarah • Feb 20, 2020 11:36 am
Assy Style Margot Robbie: Oscars Worst Dressed (Lainey) There’s nothing wrong, really, with Margot Robbie’s Oscar 2020 dress. It’s fine. It’s black. It’s strapless. There’s chiffon wrapped around her forearms leaving a trail down the length of her body. And I suppose that’s a pretty-ish effect, but also not really all By Lainey • Feb 10, 2020 03:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie in Birds of Prey Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is juggling a lot. It’s a sequel/spin-off hybrid of Suicide Squad, a movie it does not drop-kick out an open window but one it does have to push off stage and make the audience forget. It’s By Sarah • Feb 07, 2020 02:20 pm
BFFs Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Jennifer and Margot It’s Oscar week in Hollywood which means parties every night starting tonight for the next few days. Even those who aren’t nominated or invited to present show up in LA for Oscar week – a lot of work happens at the cocktails, the private dinners to celebrate production companies/ By Lainey • Feb 05, 2020 10:16 am
Brad Pitt Brad Pitt wins speeches, even in absentia At the start of this award season, no one would have predicted that it would be Brad Pitt coming through with the best speeches, but here we are now as week after week, on his way to his first acting Oscar, which he will 100% win next Sunday for his By Lainey • Feb 03, 2020 11:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie’s test Margot Robbie is having a busy winter. She’s in the middle of award season as an Oscar nominee, and she has Birds of Prey opening on February 7, which is Oscar weekend. Over the next few weeks she’ll be splitting her time between nominee appearances and Birds of By Sarah • Jan 20, 2020 03:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie is now the good Harley Quinn The first trailer for Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) was very promising. The second trailer has now arrived, and Birds of Prey still looks awesome. This trailer is doing everything right, from the excellent song choice to roller derby Harley to showing Harley blowing By Sarah • Jan 10, 2020 09:45 am
Gorgessity Charlize Theron: Golden Globes Best Dressed (Duana) All right… let’s do this. I even cracked my knuckles in anticipation. Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘best dressed’ as… Yeah, yeah, okay. Tired joke. But, knowing that I was gonna choose this look, and also knowing how many people already hate it, I wanted to actually try to do By Duana • Jan 06, 2020 03:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bombshell doesn’t quite work Bombshell tells the story of Roger Ailes’ ouster at Fox News amid a sexual harassment scandal. In hindsight, it’s a proto-#MeToo story about a predator felled when enough people listened to enough women recount horror stories of harassment and abuse, and it happened at one of the most By Sarah • Dec 20, 2019 12:18 pm