Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 18, 2021 Dear Gossips, Will Smith, Saniyya Sidney, and Demi Singleton, who play Venus and Serena Williams respectively, were in London last night for the UK premiere of King Richard, which opens tomorrow in theatres and will also stream on HBO Max. They also did a photo call at Wimbledon. The film By Lainey • Nov 18, 2021 09:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence explains Don’t Look Up Upon seeing a teaser for Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up, I called it “a movie we won’t remember in six months”. That is mostly to do with Netflix’s method of releasing so much stuff at once that it is like a veritable fire hose of content By Sarah • Nov 17, 2021 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Vanessa Hudgens: tick, tick… in black and white Vanessa Hudgens is currently promoting tick, tick…BOOM! which starts streaming on Netflix this Friday. Over the past few days, her press wardrobe theme has been black and white. Last night she was at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in an adorable black and white sequined check pattern halter By Lainey • Nov 17, 2021 12:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lady Gaga: How Lady Gaga became Lady Gucci Lady Gaga brought House of Gucci home last night at the New York premiere. As expected, she served full Gaga on the carpet in a black sheer halter Armani Privé dress wide a side-bow and severe hair and makeup, appropriate to the person she’s playing in the film: Patrizia By Lainey • Nov 17, 2021 11:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man looks exhausting Remember when, for five whole seconds, Peter Parker was a kid with kid problems, who had to fit his superheroing around school and family obligations? Remember how fun and refreshing that was? That the stakes of a Marvel movie weren’t the fate of the whole world, but just this By Sarah • Nov 17, 2021 09:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews So much for Lethal Weapon 5 Today in Cancel Culture Doesn’t Exist news, Mel Gibson has been tapped to direct Lethal Weapon 5, the next—and hopefully, last—“no one asked for this” installment of the Lethal Weapon franchise. Richard Donner has directed all official, existing Lethal Weapon movies (Mac & Dennis directed the unauthorized By Sarah • Nov 16, 2021 03:14 pm
Award Season Campaigning Lady Gaga: Home for Gucci Tonight is the New York City premiere of House of Gucci and we’ve already seen Lady Gaga light it up on the UK red carpet and in Milan, but NYC is home for her. And, well, she’s been going all out to promote this film and her performance By Lainey • Nov 16, 2021 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews What is Oscar Isaac doing with his voice One major reason Disney+ Day felt like nothing—besides the fact that it is hollow marketing, and thus, actual nothing—is that they didn’t have full trailers for anything they were showing off. It was all title treatments and single images, like the ten-second teaser for Secret Invasion that By Sarah • Nov 15, 2021 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot in Red Notice I have already seen one Ryan Reynolds action-comedy this year that is total screaming nonsense, so when I tell you that Red Notice is more or less fine, realize that I am grading on a curves. My nerves are still deadened from The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, so Red By Sarah • Nov 12, 2021 02:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Letitia Wright Vaccination Controversy Complications are being reported from Disney's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever set, as new rules in America require all non-citizen travelers coming into the country to be fully vaccinated. Letitia Wright, who plays Shuri in the film, has reportedly been recovering in London after an on-set injury back in By Anastasia • Nov 12, 2021 01:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga in Passing In 1920s New York, two childhood friends reconnect by chance. Irene (Tessa Thompson) is now married to a doctor and living in Harlem, the epicenter of the Black American renaissance. Clare (Ruth Negga) has moved to Chicago, where she is married to a white man and passing for white herself. By Sarah • Nov 12, 2021 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Absolutely NOT, Jake! In the entirety of American cinema history, there is one perfect film: Road House (1989). It is a masterpiece, untouchable and pristine, and no one should ever remake it. So of course, someone is trying to remake it. We’ve been threatened with remakes before, including one starring Ronda Rousey, By Sarah • Nov 12, 2021 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Aaron Sorkin’s bad Ricardos takes A full trailer for Being the Ricardos has arrived, and it is…still not convincing. Seeing more of Nicole Kidman in motion as Lucille Ball isn’t making me feel better about the casting, it’s just doubling down on the initial impression that she’s the wrong type of By Sarah • Nov 12, 2021 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan and Will swap Ryan Reynolds is promoting Red Notice, out today on Netflix (my review is posting later today), and Will Ferrell is promoting The Shrink Next Door, dropping on Apple TV+ today, too. They did a jokey thing where they “swapped” late night appearances, with Will Ferrell appearing in place of Reynolds By Sarah • Nov 12, 2021 09:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 12, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Power of the Dog screened last night at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles. The whole cast and Jane Campion turned up, including Kirsten Dunst, Best Supporting Actress contender, and Benedict Cumberbatch, Best Actor contender. So far, Kiki’s campaign has consisted of turning up places looking By Sarah • Nov 12, 2021 08:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Joaquin Phoenix plays just, like, a guy The “make up Oscar” is a real phenomenon, when an actor gives a great performance but doesn’t win a trophy, only to come back within the next few years and win for an obviously less interesting/challenging role, making up for the previous loss. The most obvious modern example By Sarah • Nov 10, 2021 01:55 pm
