Movie Reviews and Previews Avatar almost solves the water problem (but maybe not the movie problem) Avatar: The Way of Water is the big holiday movie this year. It’s due December 16, in all its three-hour glory, and will undoubtedly dominate cinemas through the end of the year. There is no question in my mind this movie will make a TON of money. Maybe By Sarah • Nov 03, 2022 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 3, 2022 Dear Gossips, The Vancouver Asian Film Festival is the longest-running Asian film festival in Canada and this year runs from today until November 13. Blurring the Color Line, written and directed by Crystal Kwok, will screen tomorrow. The film explores the relationship between the Black and Asian communities through By Lainey • Nov 03, 2022 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews DanRad doesn’t back down Weird: The Al Yankovic Story hits “The Roku Channel” this Friday. It’s one of my favorite movies of the year (so far), but I am devastated to report that my dream of Austin Butler and Daniel Radcliffe doing an “Actors On Actors” episode together is dead because Weird is By Sarah • Nov 02, 2022 02:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita will visit A Quiet Place, too A Quiet Place is one of the few blockbuster hits of the last several years based on an original idea (which came from writers Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, not John Krasinski, no matter how Krasinski spins it). In 2018, it made $340 million. A sequel, released in the pandemic By Sarah • Nov 02, 2022 01:44 pm
Quiveration Ryan Gosling looks really hot That’s basically all I want to say with these pictures of Ryan Gosling on the set of The Fall Guy in Sydney. He looks hot – especially in the shots where he’s wearing the white long-sleeve and the boots. A little roughed up, but that kinda adds to By Lainey • Nov 01, 2022 02:16 pm
BFFs Henry, Millie, and Mariah Last night was the premiere of Enola Holmes 2. It’s one of the more grandiose Netflix premieres, as Enola Holmes is one of their biggest hits. Millie Bobby Brown was on hand, of course, as was Henry Cavill with his little forehead curl. But the event also brought out By Sarah • Oct 28, 2022 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Carey Mulligan: She Said, incoming She Said, the film about Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual predation for The New York Times, opens on November 18. The timing works for award season and it’ll be really interesting to see whether or not Hollywood is, as Clayton By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 10:58 am
TV Updates Intro for October 28, 2022 Dear Gossips, I’ve been listening to Rihanna’s new song, “Lift Me Up”, from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack all morning. Like driving to work, crying. Does it hit this hard only because I’ve seen the movie? Or does it work the same even if you haven’ By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 09:22 am
Style Wakanda Forever, the premiere I saw Black Panther: Wakanda Forever this morning and while official reviews are still embargoed, reactions are allowed. Here’s my reaction: I SOBBED. Hard. And I don’t cry a lot but I cried a lot during this movie. Also laughed a lot. And did that corny thing were By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 03:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Gunn’s surprising new role Werewolf By Night introduced a new thing into the MCU, the “special presentation”, a one-off story that can just be 50-60 minutes of a good time without worrying about the rest of the MCU, and it was good largely because of that unburdened, light-touch storytelling. The next By Sarah • Oct 26, 2022 11:19 am
BFFs Will Smith & Friends Almost seven months to the day and ninety billion takes after The Slap disrupted the Oscars, Will Smith is on the comeback trail, sort of. He has a new film coming out in early December, Emancipation, screening in a limited theatrical run before debuting on Apple TV+ a week later. By Sarah • Oct 25, 2022 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ant-Man has his hands full We’re on the brink of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, but the Marvel machine doesn’t stop for anyone or anything, not even what is essentially a cinematic moment of silence for Chadwick Boseman. The trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania dropped yesterday, it’s Marvel’s next By Sarah • Oct 25, 2022 02:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine chills out Now that Don’t Worry Darling is over (it is over…right?), Chris Pine can move on from spit and all that, which is what he is doing, chilling in Los Angeles after a yoga class. I must confess, I miss the shaggy wolfman look Pine was rocking earlier this By Sarah • Oct 25, 2022 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Annie’s Epic Romance If you’ve been visiting this site regularly over the years, you’re probably aware that I read a lot of horny books, unapologetically. In 2018 or so, I started getting emails from people recommending a book called The Idea of You by Robinne Lee. Those emails picked up again By Lainey • Oct 25, 2022 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina Jolie is Pablo Larraín’s latest haunted woman You don’t have to be perfect. You have to be unforgettable. Like Callas. A writing professor said that to us, once. It’s stuck with me for nearly 20 years. Not only because it’s great advice—striving for perfection in art is a waste of time, it is By Sarah • Oct 24, 2022 01:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam Black Adam is a deeply mediocre superhero movie that is also extremely frustrating. Meant to introduce a universe-altering character to the DCEU’s patchwork of films and characters that hang together in name only, Black Adam comes SO close to having something to say and making actual points through By Sarah • Oct 21, 2022 01:17 pm
