BFFs Batman and Spider-Man: A Gotham Holiday Romance Gotham, obviously, is not a real place, but it is based on New York City, and it’s the setting for Batman’s adventures. Spider-Man also operates out of New York City. And the current Batman and Spider-Man were both in New York City yesterday with their romantic partners. Robert By Lainey • Dec 09, 2021 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for December 9, 2021 Dear Gossips, It was announced over five years ago in June 2016 that Jennifer Lawrence would star as tech scammer Elizabeth Holmes in a film directed by Adam McKay. Back in April of this year, Adam said that the project was still in development, and it’s an example of By Lainey • Dec 09, 2021 08:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews How Tall is Julia Roberts in Ocean’s 11? Oceans 11 came out 20 years ago this week. Read my post from yesterday on the film and its influence here. And now, it is I, Real Science Person Doing Real Science, back to answer a singular question plaguing our land for far too long: How tall IS Julia Roberts By Sarah • Dec 08, 2021 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt and Lewis Hamilton This is Brad Pitt leaving Judd Apatow’s birthday party last night in LA. Brad and Judd have known each other for a long time – years ago, like 20 years ago, before Brad was in Se7en, along with Ben Stiller, they wanted to make a Rolling Stone movie together. So, By Lainey • Dec 08, 2021 03:20 pm
Award Season Campaigning West Side Story and Rachel Zegler, a contender? There’s been a LOT of hype about Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. It’s currently sitting at 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes so far. The film opens this Friday and if it can do a solid box office, it’s almost guaranteed, not just for a Best Picture By Lainey • Dec 08, 2021 12:22 pm
Gossip Nostalgia Ocean’s 11 at 20 Heist movies never go out of style because people LOVE heists. And in 2001, Ocean’s 11 combined everyone’s natural interest in heists with superstar glamor in a moment shadowed by tragedy—Ocean’s 11 premiered three months after September 11th—but not yet touched by post-recession distaste for By Sarah • Dec 07, 2021 02:03 pm
Award Season Campaigning Nicole Kidman goes for the lead As Sarah and I have been saying, it’s a wide open Oscar race this year across almost all the major categories, including Best Actress. Nicole Kidman has been making a strong push right now with Being the Ricardos. Last week she was in New York, attending multiple screenings and By Lainey • Dec 07, 2021 09:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The best Spiderverse is back Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse is arguably the best superhero movie ever made, and I only say “arguably” because I’m not going to fight with anyone who brings up Batman, Batman Returns, Superman: The Movie, or Spider-Man 2. To me, though, Spiderverse IS the best superhero movie made to date, By Sarah • Dec 06, 2021 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dancing Tom Holland Press for Spider-Man: No Way Home is underway, and at a press event in London, Tom Holland confirmed he will be playing Fred Astaire in a new biopic of the legendary singer-dancer-actor. Promoting #SpiderManNoWayHome in London, Tom Holland says he'll play Fred Astaire in a film and discusses By Sarah • Dec 06, 2021 11:48 am
Style Jennifer Lawrence’s golden return to the red carpet Even before COVID, Jennifer Lawrence was keeping it low-key. Last night’s Don’t Look Up red carpet was her first film premiere, by my records, since Dark Phoenix in June 2019. She is a major movie star, pretty sure I don’t have to list off her credentials, so By Lainey • Dec 06, 2021 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu vu The Matrix Ressurections is just three weeks away. Keanu Reeves will soon be on the promotional trail—the profiles have already started. Over the last decade, as popular opinion of Keanu The Actor and Keanu The Movie Star have been revised upward, Keanu press tours have become highlight reels of By Sarah • Dec 03, 2021 11:33 am
Assy Style Here comes Nicole Being The Ricardos comes out next week, and while reviews are still embargoed, Oscar buzz is building momentum for Nicole Kidman. Awards season remains extremely competitive, but Kidman is looking more and more like a solid pick for a nomination (along with Olivia Colman and Kristen Stewart). Here’s Kidman, By Sarah • Dec 03, 2021 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel Zegler Rising Not sure if you’ve heard but Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is getting really strong reviews. It’s a musical so I’m now so curious to read Sarah’s review of the film which we’ll be posting in the coming days since musicals aren’t her By Lainey • Dec 02, 2021 03:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Awkwafina will fight vampires After crashing and burning spectacularly with the so-called “Dark Universe” cinematic universe of classic movie monsters, Universal is trying again with a filmmaker-driven approach to reimagining their classic monsters in the modern era. The first movie of their second effort to reboot the classic monsters was Leigh Whannell’s very By Sarah • Dec 02, 2021 01:15 pm
Relationship Assumption Bradley & Irina on the red carpet Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley has officially entered the award season chat. He’s an Oscar-winning director. He directed an Oscar Best Picture (The Shape of Water). So insiders were always leaving open room in the awards race for this film. Nightmare Alley screened last night for the first By Lainey • Dec 02, 2021 12:47 pm
Equality Issues Sandra Bullock’s Red Table Talk Look, I know that Will and Jada Pinkett Smith are a LOT. Especially lately with all the revelations coming out from his book, and on top of the whole “entanglement” thing that they told us about last year. At the same time, we can also talk about the influence of By Lainey • Dec 01, 2021 10:42 am
