Movie Reviews and Previews Lena Dunham’s other movie Lena Dunham is on a hot streak, releasing two feature films this year, after not directing one since 2010’s Tiny Furniture. First, it was Sharp Stick, which had a muted rollout a couple weeks ago and has not made a dent anywhere except the corner of Tumblr devoted to By Sarah • Aug 12, 2022 12:07 pm
BFFs Margot Robbie: A Big Year Ahead It’s yacht season, celebrities are on holiday, and many of them have been seen in Italy and or the South of France. This is not where we find Cara Delevingne, her sister Poppy, Sienna Miller, and Margot Robbie. They’re still on the water but they’ve chosen Formentera, By Lainey • Aug 12, 2022 11:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ezra Miller emerges as The Flash’s future is questioned One of the major pop culture narratives of summer 2022 is “where in the world is Ezra Miller”, as headlines out of Hawaii in the spring painted an image of an increasingly troubled star going through…something…in the public eye. But then Miller disappeared, while stories about their behavior By Sarah • Aug 12, 2022 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Anya Taylor-Joy is in (on?) The Menu With The Bear becoming the breakout hit series of the summer, it’s the perfect time for a darkly comic horror movie about a chef torturing the guests at an elaborate dinner. It’s an ideal pairing, a series using the restaurant world to tell a family drama, and a By Sarah • Aug 11, 2022 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amber Midthunder in Prey When The Predator was released in 2018, I said that Predator (1987) was a “one-off idea that should never have been franchised”. Well, I take it back because Prey is a perfect movie. It’s a simple premise executed SPECTACULARLY well—and it’s not burdened with setting up a By Sarah • Aug 09, 2022 01:54 pm
Amazingness Tom Cruise, the Musical Remember back in the spring of 2020, when we were all shellshocked from lockdown? I don’t want to remember it either but this is about context, and at the time, with movies being pulled from theatres and everyone in Hollywood trying to figure out what the f-ck to do By Lainey • Aug 09, 2022 12:56 pm
Sports Lewis Hamilton: F1’s Top Gun This will likely be the headline – or maybe it’s already a headline as more and more people read the piece; Lewis Hamilton covers the new issue of Vanity Fair and reveals that he was almost in Top Gun: Maverick, the number one movie of 2022. Lewis tells writer Chris By Lainey • Aug 08, 2022 10:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone loves Austin Butler Austin Butler is having a busy year. Elvis, of course, one of the big hits of the summer—the only blockbuster not based on pre-existing IP, unless you count “Elvis Presley” as IP—and now filming Dune Part Deunx—I will MAKE this joke work, just you watch—opposite Timothee By Sarah • Aug 05, 2022 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt in Bullet Train Bullet Train is a frustrating film. Intermittently funny, intermittently entertaining, intermittently painfully loud, intermittently offensive, it never settles into one groove but skips all over the place like a hyperactive kid telling a story. This one time, a guy gets on a train and he’s a bad man and By Sarah • Aug 05, 2022 01:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu said yes to the devil When first we heard of the possibility of Keanu Reeves starring in the forever-delayed adaptation of The Devil in the White City, I said that “a lot of people talk to him, not every deal closes, so I’m not holding my breath”. Well guess what? Keanu said yes! He By Sarah • Aug 05, 2022 10:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Selena Gomez, Working Girl? Selena Gomez turned 30 a couple of weeks ago and is currently celebrating on holiday in Italy where every celebrity, it seems, has been spending the summer, or at least part of it. Here are some shots of her in Capri a few days ago and today new photos have By Lainey • Aug 04, 2022 03:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Warner Brothers shelves Batgirl, WTH is going on? Today in Holy Sh-tcan Batman News, Warner Brothers has decided to shelve Batgirl, a feature film centered on Barbara Gordon, which was supposed to be released this year on HBO Max. The film stars Leslie Grace as Barbara, alongside J.K. Simmons reprising his role as Commissioner Gordon, Brendan Fraser By Sarah • Aug 03, 2022 12:54 pm
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
