Dumbass You have CROSSED the LINE, Jake! If you have been reading LaineyGossip for a while, you know Jake Gyllenhaal is one of my forever loves, and that after years of ugly revelations about people like Johnny Depp, Jake G and Timothy Olyphant are basically my only forever loves left standing. But now, I fear, Jake Gyllenhaal By Sarah • Aug 03, 2022 09:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews B.J. Novak and Boyd Holbrook in Vengeance Vengeance is one of my favorite films of the year so far, an increasingly dark, genuinely funny film about, well, vengeance, but also stories. The stories we tell each other and more importantly, the stories we tell ourselves. B.J. Novak, who writes and directs the film, stars as Ben, By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oppenheimer will test Christopher Nolan’s appeal We are one month away from the fall festivals throwing us headlong into awards season 2022, but one movie is already planting its flag for 2023: Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s historical drama about the inventor of the atom bomb. The teaser was released online (after playing exclusively in theaters in By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brace yourself for The Blonde Discourse Buckle up, folks, because The Blonde Discourse is going to be messy. As Lainey noted when the teaser came out last month, people are really hung up on the NC-17 rating and what that means for sex scenes, nudity, et cetera. If you’ve read Joyce Carol Oates’ book, then By Sarah • Jul 29, 2022 12:10 pm
Style Intro for July 27, 2022 Dear Gossips, Let’s talk about Keke Palmer’s style. Because the looks she’s been serving on the Nope press tour have been fire – and it’s not over yet. Keke and Daniel Kaluuya are now promoting the film in Europe. Here she is in neon yellow Prada in By Lainey • Jul 27, 2022 09:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in The Gray Man The Gray Man is Netflix’s latest $200 million boondoggle, a plea for your time and your subscriber dollars that only partially justifies its existence. Co-written by Joe Russo, who also directs with his brother Anthony, and Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus (the co-writers of the Captain America movies and By Sarah • Jul 26, 2022 02:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Get out the tissues for Wakanda Forever The big finale of Marvel’s three-year plan presentation was the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever panel and the teaser for the movie. The overwhelming sentiment after the first look landed on the internet was “already crying”, and there’s no doubt everything around and about this movie is going to By Sarah • Jul 25, 2022 04:03 pm
TV Updates Marvel’s terrifying three-year plan In the binary winner/loser parlance that has overtaken the Comic-Con discourse, Marvel “won” Comic-Con, hands down. No one came CLOSE to the level of in-room hype or social media dominance as Marvel did Saturday night. Most of what was announced was just titles and dates, only two actual trailers By Sarah • Jul 25, 2022 12:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu Reeves’ Comic Con surprise On Friday afternoon at Comic-Con, Keanu Reeves stepped into Hall H for a panel about his comic book, BRZRKR, which has a pending live-action adaptation and anime spin-off in the works. Footage from those projects does not exist yet, though, so Reeves surprised the trailer-happy crowd with a teaser for By Sarah • Jul 25, 2022 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 25, 2022 Dear Gossips, As expected, Jordan Peele’s Nope was the #1 movie at the box office this weekend so he’s three for three, as all three of his films have opened at #1 at the domestic box office. But that hasn’t been the dominant conversation about Nope on By Lainey • Jul 25, 2022 09:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t Worry Darling looks like Hitchcock in Palm Springs Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling is tipped to premiere at the Venice Film Festival this fall, which means it will be a busy festival season for Harry Styles, who will also have My Policeman at TIFF. A new trailer dropped for Darling yesterday, and I hope this one By Sarah • Jul 22, 2022 01:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Who is the Gary of Dungeons & Dragons? You guys! They got crusty Hugh Grant to Comic Con! And he actually seemed to have a good time! Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was the only film panel in Hall H yesterday, and Hugh Grant showed up, ready to play. Check him out working the crowd with a By Sarah • Jul 22, 2022 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, Do you need a break from, you know, all of it? Just everything? At the end of your rope, exhausted, all full up on bad news? If you are, Ethan Hawke is providing a perfect escape via his new docu-series, The Last Movie Stars. It’s about legendary By Sarah • Jul 22, 2022 09:34 am
TV Updates Dorkstorm 2022: Return of the King San Diego Comic-Con is back for its first full convention since 2019. This year, it’s less about specific panels and the schedule of events, as it is determining what Comic-Con is in a still-COVID world. Comic-Con rose to pop cultural prominence throughout the 2000s and 2010s, but by 2019, By Sarah • Jul 21, 2022 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya and Tom go for lunch A sighting of the Twitter’s favourite couple – here are Zendaya and Tom Holland who went out for lunch yesterday in New York with her brother. And now everyone’s relating it to her mishap in the kitchen last week when she posted photos of herself getting stitches: Zendaya shares By Lainey • Jul 21, 2022 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt is not Oscar Isaac Like I said yesterday, Brad Pitt is doing the most right now with his wardrobe on the press tour for Bullet Train…which, to be fair, is his job. It is his job to promote a movie, it is his job to make sure people know about the movie and By Lainey • Jul 20, 2022 12:43 pm
