Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 10, 2021 Dear Gossips, Sarah posted her review of Minari yesterday, the film I consider to be the best of 2020, well deserving of its multiple SAG nominations last week (including Best Ensemble, the SAG equivalent of Best Picture) and it should be a contender at the Oscars. Minari’s writer-director Lee By Lainey • Feb 10, 2021 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Minari: Portrait of an American Family Lee Isaac Chung’s delicate family drama, Minari, follows a Korean-American family—immigrant parents, American-born children—as they attempt to find their slice of the American dream on a farm in rural Arkansas. Jacob Yi (Steven Yeun) dreams of having a “garden” of his own and moves his family to By Sarah • Feb 09, 2021 03:49 pm
Music Framing Britney Spears… and Ourselves Framing Britney Spears, the new documentary from The New York Times, is airing on Hulu in the United States now but is not available in Canada and I’m not sure of its accessibility in other parts of the world but more and more people, as they find ways to By Lainey • Feb 09, 2021 02:32 pm
Relationship Assumption Olivia and Harry “seem very serious” Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles were one of the big and fun gossip stories to start the year. 2021 had barely started and they were holding hands at a wedding, and at the time, it was a fresh romance, for a few days there it all seemed pretty undramatic. Until, By Lainey • Feb 09, 2021 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews F9: The Return of Han F9 first began advertising in January 2020 for what was supposed to be a May 2020 release date, only to get pushed back multiple times due to the pandemic. Currently, it is slated to come out on May 28, but the Super Bowl TV spot ends with “In theaters soon” By Sarah • Feb 08, 2021 02:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zamunda knows about Wakanda I was expecting WAY more streaming service advertisements during the Super Bowl. We’re all still stuck at home and movies aren’t coming out any time soon, so I thought the streamers would go all-in on advertising their wares for post-game viewing (or mid-game viewing if you gave up By Sarah • Feb 08, 2021 01:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer and Timothee Kissing The two big names, at least for a certain demographic, leading Adam McKay’s cast for Don’t Look Up are Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio. And I feel like, up to this point, if two of the actors from the cast were to be involved in a kissing scene, By Lainey • Feb 08, 2021 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Falcon and the Winter Soldier are in couples’ therapy The first teaser we saw for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the one-time kick-off event for the MCU on Disney+, came one year ago during the 2020 Super Bowl. Then COVID-19 hit, and FWS was unable to complete production before the March shutdown of all things. FWS got pushed By Sarah • Feb 08, 2021 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews John David Washington and Zendaya in Malcom & Marie The night of his film’s premiere, an up-and-coming filmmaker returns home with his girlfriend, and the two proceed to argue and eat mac’n’cheese for two hours. This is the entire plot of Malcolm & Marie, a film that would be unwatchable were it not for its leads, By Sarah • Feb 05, 2021 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake is (fake) grey Here are Jake Gyllenhaal and Eiza Gonzalez on the LA set of Ambulance, directed by Michael Bay. Because this is a Michael Bay movie, I am surprised that Eiza, who may be playing a paramedic, is not dressed in a bikini. But maybe Michael Bay is doing better by women By Lainey • Feb 04, 2021 03:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The SAG Awards are an improvement As is now an almost annual tradition, the Golden Globe nominations yesterday outraged pretty much everyone. Today, on the film side, at least, the SAG Awards offer an improvement over the Globes. The nominees were just announced and though there is still some nuttiness, I do not want to throw By Sarah • Feb 04, 2021 01:43 pm
Quiveration Michael B Jordan is Alexa I lost interest in the NFL a long time ago. The only reasons I care about the Super Bowl are non-football related: The Weeknd’s halftime show and the commercials. Every year, celebrities are booked to star in Super Bowl commercials and it’s become a bucket list item for By Lainey • Feb 03, 2021 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Asgardians of the Galaxy on set Thor: Love and Thunder—still low key mad this movie isn’t called Th4r—started filming in Australia last week. Taika Waititi kicked off the proceedings with a Welcome to Country ceremony with Gamay dancers from the Gadigal and Bidiagal Nation and Maori dancers from Te Aranganui. Waititi also did By Sarah • Feb 01, 2021 11:48 am
Douchebags Armie Hammer: Another Bad Week January 2021 has not been Armie Hammer’s best month. Pretty sure you don’t need a refresher on why but just in case, you can revisit Maria’s posts about it here, here, and here. Basically it’s been alleged through leaked messages he supposedly exchanged with former lovers By Lainey • Jan 29, 2021 01:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Crisis an Armie Hammer biopic? In the wake of his sexts and cannibal DMs, Armie Hammer has been largely silent. The one statement he issued was a rebuke that also covered his withdrawal from an upcoming project with Jennifer Lopez (Josh Duhamel is in talks to replace him). But some movies are already made starring By Sarah • Jan 28, 2021 03:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Riz and Steven: On Metal, Minari, Acting, and Codeswitching We’re less than a week away from the Golden Globe Awards now and I’m slowly making my way through most of the contenders. The one film that’s gaining momentum that I’ve yet to see – and I’m hoping to get a screener soon – is Lee Isaac By Lainey • Jan 28, 2021 01:16 pm
