Movie Reviews and Previews Happiest Season has a SPECTACULAR house One thing we still have to look forward to this year is the holiday rom-com Happiest Season, starring Mackenzie Davis and Superior Hollywood (K)ris, Kristen Stewart. I was already looking forward to this film as an escapist delight this holiday season, and now that I am (mostly) unclenched, I By Sarah • Nov 10, 2020 12:06 pm
Top Reads Johnny Depp leaves Fantastic Beasts The election dominated the news last week—as it should—but one thing did manage to crack the all-encompassing vote watch on Friday, and no, it was not chartthrob Steve Kornacki and his big board. It was a statement issued by Johnny Depp, that he has been asked to step By Sarah • Nov 09, 2020 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet goes home In the US, Tenet was released on September 3. Yesterday, Warner Brothers announced it will be available for home video and on demand on December 15. That is 15 weeks of theatrically exclusive play. All the niceties have been observed, Warner Brothers flushed one of their most valuable 2020 titles By Sarah • Nov 06, 2020 11:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars Holiday Special Redux The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is one of the most notoriously bad things to ever exist. It’s so terrible George Lucas attempted to wipe it off the face of the earth, but copies remained in the wild, circulating through garage sales (which is where I first found it) By Sarah • Nov 06, 2020 10:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily James: Dinner With Dominic and Some Good News Dominic Cooper. Lily James and Dominic Cooper have been friends for a while. And he’s the Dominic she had dinner with a few nights ago in London three weeks after being photographed in Rome with Dominic West. Dominic West has since kept a low profile while Lily had to By Lainey • Nov 05, 2020 09:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise: Mission Business as Usual Last week, the Sun reported that there was a COVID-19 outbreak on the Venice set of Mission: Impossible 7 and extras were told not to report to work. None of the Hollywood trades, however, followed up with a story (at least not that I’ve seen) and they’d be By Lainey • Nov 04, 2020 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia, Chris, Nick, and Harry: Don’t Worry While Worrying Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, Nick Kroll, and Harry Styles were seen yesterday on the set of Don’t Worry Darling. I’ve seen the title of the film presented two ways – with a comma between “Worry” and “Darling” and without. This Deadline article from September has both versions. And, of By Lainey • Nov 03, 2020 09:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mission: COVID Delay? Here’s a masked Tom Cruise looking thoughtful the other day in Venice with director Christopher McQuarrie. Also Hayley Atwell going for a run. They’ve been working on Mission: Impossible 7 but two days ago The Sun reported that 150 extras were told not to report to set because By Lainey • Oct 30, 2020 10:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that Sandra Oh and Awkwafina will star together in a new comedy for Netflix…which… YES! Sandra Oh will play a loner and Awkwafina her mess of a sister who decides to fix their broken relationship by helping her get on her favourite game By Lainey • Oct 30, 2020 08:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bong Joon-ho’s masterpiece, Memories of Murder, returns in gorgeous, ghastly 4K (Lainey: A Halloween recommendation that isn’t Hocus Pocus or Practical Magic…) Bong Joon-ho’s sophomore film, Memories of Murder, is a masterpiece of the crime drama genre, and is arguably still Bong’s finest film to date. Loosely based on the Hwaseong serial murders—South Korea’s first recorded By Sarah • Oct 28, 2020 12:57 pm
Maple Leaf Celine Dion: The Movie Star of All Feelings As I wrote yesterday in my post about Keanu Reeves, we have to take the delight where we can get it – and you know who’s all about giving? Our Queen of All Feelings, Celine Dion. And she’s making headlines in an unexpected space: movies! It was announced yesterday By Lainey • Oct 28, 2020 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rashida Jones and Bill Murray in On the Rocks On the Rocks, the latest from Sofia Coppola, is a dapper, dreamy dramedy dressed up like a mystery. Laura (Rashida Jones) is an author, struggling with her latest book as she tries to balance her artistic life and her home life with two young daughters and a husband who is By Sarah • Oct 27, 2020 03:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney’s big Oscar beard Netflix is basically the only studio that has managed to get movies out with any consistency this year, and their train keeps rolling with the first trailer for George Clooney’s new sci-fi film, The Midnight Sky. It’s an end-of-the-world/space movie, with Clooney playing a scientist on Earth By Sarah • Oct 27, 2020 12:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu gets a haircut How long has it been since we’ve seen Keanu Reeves without longer, shaggy hair? A while, right? Keanu is still in Berlin working on The Matrix 4 and was photographed on Sunday with a buzzed head getting dropped off at work by girlfriend Alexandra Grant. I’m guessing this By Lainey • Oct 27, 2020 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom and Zendaya Together Again (Soon) It’s a click-baity title, I know, so I just want to be clear that Tom Holland and Zendaya aren’t, like, together in photos right now but they are, presumably, together because both have arrived in Atlanta to begin production on Spider-Man 3. Here are new shots of Zendaya By Lainey • Oct 27, 2020 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney: Home for the Election George Clooney has kept a very low profile in 2020. He has both the resources and the inclination to not be in our faces when he doesn’t want to or when he knows he’s not wanted. And he and Amal have a large property in England where they By Lainey • Oct 26, 2020 11:53 am