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
Award Season Campaigning Robert Pattinson and Campaign Endorsements Robert Pattinson has been papped a few times recently playing tennis. I wonder if he plays with Rami Malek who also seems to do tennis often when he’s in LA. Robert’s in LA because his girlfriend Suki Waterhouse is working on Daisy Jones & the Six. Also The By Lainey • Nov 10, 2021 12:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper and Campaign Endorsements One of the most interesting parts of award season, at least to us here on this site, is seeing who steps up to endorse whom on the Oscar campaign trail. Because endorsements tell us about celebrity friendships. Julia Roberts has campaigned for Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt. Anne Hathaway has By Lainey • Nov 10, 2021 11:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart in Spencer: A Fox in a Trap A spiritual sequel to Jackie, his 2016 biopic of Jacqueline Kennedy, Pablo Larraín’s Spencer is a portrait of a lady in distress, a biopic less interested in historicity than it is hysteria. Set over three days during the Christmas holiday at Sandringham, Spencer finds Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) hanging By Sarah • Nov 10, 2021 11:08 am
Amazingness Lady Gaga delivers in London It was expected. For this film in particular, for this character, Lady Gaga would bring drama and spectacle, a symphony of extra, to the red carpet. And she did last night in London for the UK premiere of House of Gucci. Should we care about the reviews? Well, you can, By Lainey • Nov 10, 2021 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cult Leader Leo Every true crime aficionado has a handful of stories they know back to front. “Favorite” is a weird word to use in this context, so I call them the highlight reel, the stories we go back to no matter how many times we’ve heard them retold, the ones that By Sarah • Nov 09, 2021 02:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Who is the ACTOR and ARTIST in a blue hat? Big night tonight. The UK premiere of House of Gucci is happening in just about an hour from the time of this writing which means that Lady Gaga will be on a red carpet serving Patrizia Reggiani energy; it’ll be the pop culture black hole of the day, if By Lainey • Nov 09, 2021 11:49 am
Award Season Campaigning The Power of the Dog parties The Power of the Dog crew showed up in force at the LACMA Art + Film Gala. Benedict Cumberbatch—who introduced himself to Lil Nas X—along with Sophie Hunter, was there, as were power couple Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, and scene-stealer Kodi Smit-McPhee. The film is a heavy favorite By Sarah • Nov 08, 2021 03:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Are audiences finally tiring of Marvel? Eternals opened over the weekend and the result is as divisive as the reviews have been. It banked $71 million domestically and over $90 million internationally, for a cumulative $161 million weekend. That is either a death knell for the MCU, or perfectly respectable, or even great, given the pandemic, By Sarah • Nov 08, 2021 12:23 pm
Boy Sh-t Vin Diesel and “little” Dwayne Johnson BACK AT IT As you know, boy sh-t is the best sh-t, and over the weekend Vin Diesel delivered some premium, grade-A boy sh-t when he uncorked his feud with The Rock in an Instagram appeal to get Dwayne Johnson to return to the Fast/Furious franchise for Fast 10. Did you think By Sarah • Nov 08, 2021 10:18 am
Outfit of the Week Outfit of the Week: Kristen Stewart’s Blazer and Lace Spencer opens today, currently sitting at 84% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes so it’s a matter of whether or not audiences will show up as an alternative to Marvel’s Eternals to boost Kristen Stewart’s already robust chances at an Oscar nomination. And as we have seen, she’s By Lainey • Nov 05, 2021 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma after Diana As we are poised to receive Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diana this weekend as Spencer opens theatrically today, let’s check in on the previous pop culture Princess Diana, Emma Corrin. They're in Venice shooting a new adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, looking very 1920s glam. Jack By Sarah • Nov 05, 2021 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika tackles Jodorowsky In the annals of cult cinema, few filmmakers stand taller than Alejandro Jodorowsky, the Chilean-French filmmaker behind films like Topo and The Holy Mountain. He’s also known for his failed Dune adaptation, which was documented in Jodorowsky’s Dune. Jodorowsky is an artist of unquenchable curiosity, and while he’ By Sarah • Nov 05, 2021 10:48 am
