Gorgessity Halle Bailey is living the dream as Ariel Because Disney decided not QUITE enough was happening in the world this past weekend, they held their fan convention, D23. Friday night during the opening address, the teaser trailer for the long-anticipated live-action The Little Mermaid was released. I have, generally, not been a fan of these live- By Sarah • Sep 12, 2022 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Adam tries for some MCU shine So much is happening right now, everyone can take a day off. Seriously, roll it up, go home, and give us all a break from, you know, the EVERYTHING of it all. But no, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson must always do The Most, so he dropped a new trailer for By Sarah • Sep 09, 2022 02:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Swimmers Sally El Hosaini’s The Swimmers, which opened the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, is based on the true story of Yusra Mardini, who, along with her sister Sarah, fled Syria in 2015 and became a refugee. During the Aegean Sea crossing from Turkey to Lesbos, their dinghy, meant to By Sarah • Sep 09, 2022 01:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benoit Blanc is BACK Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (aka Knives Out 2) premieres at TIFF Saturday evening. I know there are World Events happening right now, but the Glass Onion teaser was my day in between TIFF screenings. We already knew the latest Benoit Blanc mystery takes place on a Greek island, By Sarah • Sep 09, 2022 01:05 pm
Gorgessity The Wades Bring Big Love Energy to TIFF If you want to talk about pride and basking in a celebratory moment at TIFF, look no further than Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade, who brought a magnetic, and contagious, confident energy to the world premiere of The Inspection at the Royal Alexandra Theatre last night. Dwyane and Gabrielle - who By Joanna • Sep 09, 2022 12:34 pm
Style Ana de Armas is a Contender Andrew Dominik’s Blonde, featuring Ana de Armas playing Marilyn Monroe, premiered in Venice last night and received a 14-minute long standing ovation and while some have questioned this year whether or not the ovations in Venice have been a little too generous, most people I’ve talked to By Lainey • Sep 09, 2022 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pinocchio is probably cursed I’ll say this for Pinocchio, the latest in the Disney live-action remakes, it’s not Cats. That’s sort of like saying I only got hit by a car, not completely run over. Both seem pretty bad. And while yes, Pinocchio is bad, it’s not inventively bad By Sarah • Sep 08, 2022 01:16 pm
Music Harry addresses the Phantom Spit Harry Styles is back in New York and last night resumed his residency at Madison Square Garden. It’s his first performance since the out of control Don’t Worry Darling premiere in Venice that featured the film’s lead skipping the press conference, not engaging with her director or By Lainey • Sep 08, 2022 10:19 am
Style George, Julia, and Amal I was surprised that Ticket to Paradise, the new rom-com starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, was not on the Venice Film Festival list. Because George had hoped earlier this year, when they were wrapping up production, that they could take it to Venice ahead of its premiere. And By Lainey • Sep 07, 2022 03:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t Worry, the Phantom Spit The big gossip story coming out of the weekend at the Venice Film Festival was always going to be Don’t Worry Darling. And indeed it was… But no one expected it to get this out of control. No one could have expected that social media would explode over video By Lainey • Sep 07, 2022 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 7, 2022 Dear Gossips, Sarah wrote yesterday about The Banshees of Inisherin and the overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to Martin McDonagh’s film at the Venice Film Festival, possibly propelling Colin Farrell into the Best Actor Oscar race. As she mentioned in her post, Sarah’s on her way to Toronto for TIFF, By Lainey • Sep 07, 2022 09:50 am
Quiveration Colin Farrell has entered the chat Up till now, the only real contenders for Best Actor have been Austin Butler and Brendan Fraser (largely based on working with Darren Aronofsky in a physically transformative role), and while Fraser declared himself a legit contender this weekend in Venice, Colin Farrell has also entered the chat. He’s By Sarah • Sep 06, 2022 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brendan Fraser’s Oscar Season The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser, had its world premiere in Venice over the weekend. It’s on my TIFF schedule and I can’t wait to see it, but in the meantime, I am contenting myself with premium-branded Wholesome Brendan Fraser Content, of which there is PLENTY. EVERYONE is By Sarah • Sep 06, 2022 10:46 am
Maple Leaf Bones and Fashion Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All was a slam dunk at the Venice Film Festival on Friday night. This is Luca’s home festival and he received a rapturous welcome back with an over eight-minute standing ovation. Bones and All is about disenfranchisement and identity featuring two young cannibals By Lainey • Sep 06, 2022 09:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t Worry Darling (Chris Pine’s Version) Don’t Worry Darling premiered at the Venice Film Festival yesterday, and it was a MESS. Sunday, it was announced Florence Pugh, erstwhile lead of this movie, would skip the press conference and only walk the red carpet in support of the film. Some outlets tried to play that off By Sarah • Sep 06, 2022 08:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown in Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Adult Twins Adamma and Adanne Ebo satirize Black megachurch Evangelical culture in their new film, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Adamma makes her feature debut as writer and director, while Adanne produces, and the result is a film which is both less outright funny and more interestingly humanist than By Sarah • Sep 02, 2022 01:52 pm
