Movie Reviews and Previews Fantastic Four is an unmitigated disaster The writing was on the wall, but even amid downgraded expectations, Fantastic Four managed a spectacular belly-flop over the weekend. Dismal reviews and bad word of mouth—the movie got a C- from CinemaScore—led to a dismal $26.1 million opening weekend. With a production budget of $122 million, By Sarah • Aug 10, 2015 10:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews More like Un-Fantastic Four Well, Fantastic Four really sh*t the bed this weekend. All the problems plaguing the movie behind the scenes and dogging its disastrous release will be dealt with in a separate post, so that here we can simply focus on the final product, which is just the worst. It’s By Sarah • Aug 10, 2015 10:02 am
Douchebags You’re reading this about Miles Teller’s Esquire interview Miles Teller has a spectacularly bad cover profile in the September issue of Esquire. He’s nominally promoting Fantastic Four, but mostly he’s providing Good Gossip because the interview is a trainwreck. The writer, Anna Peele, calls him a dick or references his “dickishness” five times. Teller comes across By Sarah • Aug 06, 2015 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fantastic Four may not be a total loss And solely because of Michael B. Jordan. The final trailer for the gritty reboot of Fantastic Four is out and it looks like all your least favorite parts of comic book movies—destruction on a massive scale, blue beams of light pointing at the sky, overly serious dialogue, overreliance on By Sarah • Jul 14, 2015 01:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fantastic Four is all about Michael B. Jordan Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot is flying under the radar, as far as superhero movies go. This one has the least amount of hype and pre-release attention focused on it, and I can’t help but think that’s a good thing: With expectations low, even a mediocre result will By Sarah • Apr 20, 2015 11:06 am
Ebola Victims Superman & Hollywood Ebola? The original title of this post was supposed to be “Superman & Captain America”. Both Henry Cavill and Chris Evans were at the pre-Globes party hosted by W Magazine last night at Chateau Marmont. Cavill also hung out with Amy Adams; Ben Affleck wasn’t there to complete the photo By Lainey • Jan 09, 2015 09:32 am
Gorgessity Kissing Gugu The New York Times released a series of videos yesterday all themed around kissing starring actors who delivered some of the finest performances of the year. There are 9 of them. And my favourite… Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Miles Teller. Because I love her. Because look at her face, don’t By Lainey • Dec 11, 2014 04:38 pm
Miles Teller Intro for September 25, 2014 Dear Gossips, Miles Teller is getting some heat right now for comments he made about Divergent in an interview with W Magazine. Teller is currently promoting Whiplash which comes out next month. It’s a great film; he and JK Simmons are electrifying together. While recounting the story of how By Lainey • Sep 25, 2014 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Miles Teller gets a star IMDB presented Miles Teller with the STARmeter award yesterday in Toronto where he was also premiering his film Whiplash. Whiplash was a big hit at Sundance and both Miles and JK Simmons have been receiving high praise for their performances. They celebrated last night at the Thompson Hotel rooftop. That By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 12:54 pm