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 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 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
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 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
