Movie Reviews and Previews Magneto shows up in Sydney Michael Fassbender hasn’t been around much for X-Men: Apocalypse promotion. The movie opens this weekend. It, um, doesn’t look very good. Here’s Michael at a screening today in Sydney, his first official public appearance since the Oscars when he was nominated for Best Actor and his girlfriend, By Lainey • May 16, 2016 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Assassin’s Creed certainly looks like something The first trailer for Michael Fassbender’s Assassin’s Creed came out last night and it is certainly something. Parts of it are gorgeous. Other parts of it are f*cking horrendous. Fassbender does look very cool as a medieval assassin. Marion Cotillard is delivering lines like she just had By Sarah • May 12, 2016 11:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone looks bored in X-Men: Apocalypse The X-Men movies are wildly uneven, ranging from “highly enjoyable” to “utterly godawful”, but the prequel trilogy starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence has generally been good. That’s a great ensemble making fun movies that are good for the most part. But the trailers for the latest By Sarah • Mar 17, 2016 02:07 pm
Oscars 2016 Alicia & Michael’s Oscar kiss “It came true.” Word spoken by another Best Supporting Actress a couple of years ago. But in Annie Hathaway’s case, it took a LOT longer. For Alicia Vikander? Seems like it was just 12 months, when she told W Magazine that she’d have three films in contention at By Lainey • Feb 29, 2016 03:29 pm
Relationship Assumption Alicia & Michael won’t kiss Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender were out together on Saturday night before the BAFTAs. Here they are leaving the party at 2am. They were also seated together during the BAFTAs proper, as they were both nominated. But they did not walk the carpet together. Michael walked with Kate Winslet, his By Lainey • Feb 15, 2016 12:31 pm
Golden Globes 2016 Alicia Vikander & Michael Fassbender: losing smiles at the Globes Seated together at the Globes. Losing together at the Globes. But smiling together at the Globes. There are some people who think that Alicia is leveraging her relationship with Michael for attention. For votes and profile. Which, I get it. I know that move. I love calling out that move. By Lainey • Jan 11, 2016 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Alicia Vikander & Michael Fassbender: Strong together, strong apart Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender each received awards at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday, but while the two walked the red carpet separately and were not photographed together at the event, they are definitely still a couple. The two also staggered their arrivals to not distract from By Joanna • Jan 04, 2016 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender is really going for it in Assassin’s Creed Just under a year from now, Michael Fassbender will attempt to break the video game curse with an adaptation of the video game Assassin’s Creed. The film wrapped principal photography just before Christmas, so we’re starting to see images from the movie, giving us some idea of what By Sarah • Dec 30, 2015 01:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews SAG nominations – Film Leonardo DiCaprio, one step closer. As expected, he secured a Screen Actors Guild Nomination today for Best Actor along with Johnny Depp, Michael Fassbender, and Eddie Redmayne. As for that fifth spot… Bryan Cranston over Matt Damon and Will Smith. SAG loves Bryan Cranston. They’ve awarded him for Walter By Lainey • Dec 09, 2015 02:56 pm
Gorgessity His & Her Awards It was announced today that Alicia Vikander will receive the Rising Star Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival in January. As you know, Alicia’s being positioned for an Oscar nomination for her work in The Danish Girl and she’s shown up on several critics’ lists as one By Lainey • Dec 08, 2015 04:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ridley Scott can’t let Michael Fassbender go Prometheus was the kinda sorta dancing around the face-hugger in the room prequel to Alien, but with the sequel to Prometheus, Ridley Scott is dropping all pretense of this not being a shared universe and is retitling Prometheus 2 as Alien: Covenant. (For a second it was called Alien: Paradise By Sarah • Nov 17, 2015 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Leo gains Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender, is not doing well at the box office. Variety published a piece this week analysing its underwhelming performance and one of the reasons might be that Michael Fassbender, while excellent in the role, doesn’t have the star power to draw the kind of audience By Lainey • Oct 28, 2015 06:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fassbender the frontrunner and Brie Larson for Jennifer Lawrence? Two Oscar frontrunners were on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night — Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs – click here for my review from NYFF) and Brie Larson (Room – click here for my review from TIFF). It’s only October, but already, the two are both top contenders in their respective By Joanna • Oct 09, 2015 01:32 pm
Faux Gossip Alicia was there A couple of weeks ago, US Weekly reported that Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender broke up. I wrote about how I wasn’t sure about how legit that was at the time – click here for a refresher. Alicia showed up at the Steve Jobs premiere on Saturday. She’s not By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 11:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs If Michael Fassbender wins an Oscar for playing Steve Jobs in the film of the same name, he has Ashton Kutcher to thank for it. That’s a joke, of course, but it’s one that Fassbender already made himself at the NYFF Steve Jobs press conference on Saturday. He’ By Joanna • Oct 05, 2015 11:21 am
Break Ups Alicia & Michael are over…but not over US Weekly reported exclusively late yesterday that Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender had broken up. Their sources however had no information about when it happened or why. The two haven’t been photographed together in a few months. This morning though, an exclusive from Gossip Cop with a totally different By Lainey • Sep 17, 2015 10:23 am
