Movie Reviews and Previews Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal A heavy metal drummer with four years of sobriety under his belt, Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is doing pretty okay. He and his girlfriend, Lou (Olivia Cooke), form a duo called Blackgammon and they live in their vintage Airstream, driving to gigs and rocking out. Until, that is, Ruben’s hearing By Sarah • Dec 03, 2020 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch’s singularly awful accent A trailer dropped yesterday, and I cannot stop thinking about it. The Mauritanian is about Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was accused of being the chief recruiter for 9/11 and held in Guantanamo Bay for years without charges being filed. Ultimately, his case went to court, where many of the By Sarah • Dec 02, 2020 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Armie Hammer and the horse head Today in But Why news, it has been reported that Armie Hammer will star in a limited series called The Offer, about the making of The Godfather. This is not to be confused with Francis and The Godfather, a movie which will star Oscar Isaac and Jake Gyllenhaal and is By Sarah • Dec 02, 2020 10:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer & Leo Don’t Look Up Adam McKay has assembled one of the most high-profile casts for his upcoming dark comedy Don’t Look Up. The film is about two astronauts who are racing to warn the world about the approach of an asteroid. They’re not, like, superstar astronauts though. These are the benchwarmers By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 05:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya: First Emmy…then Oscar? Months ago when we were talking about the Emmys, even after the nominations, most people considered Zendaya to be an underdog, considering the other women in the Lead Actress Drama category – Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, and more. She was the youngest and Euphoria, for which she was nominated, By Lainey • Dec 01, 2020 04:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Small Axe: Lovers Rock seethes with life and passion Mangrove, the first entry into Steve McQueen’s film anthology series Small Axe, is a historical courtroom drama that is vital in a year of social demonstration and change. The second film in Small Axe, Lovers Rock, is in many ways a step back from Mangrove, not in quality but By Sarah • Nov 30, 2020 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews No Thanksgiving for Tom Cruise This probably isn’t a surprise. As IF Tom Cruise would take time away from filming. Tom Cruise, as we know, is happiest on a film set. It’s work and home for him. And he continued working on Mission: Impossible 7 this weekend in Italy with production now moved By Lainey • Nov 30, 2020 11:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Florence, Harry, and Olivia are Back on Set Don’t Worry Darling halted production a few weeks ago because a crew member tested positive for COVID-19. And a lot happened in those few short weeks. There’s been election drama. It was confirmed that Olivia Wilde, who is directing and also has a role in the film, By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 03:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mimi Saves Christmas! As I just wrote in the previous post about Thanksgiving and gatherings, right now, many families around the world are facing the prospect not spending the holidays together. On a personal note, both my parents are immune compromised and in our city, we’re now basically on lockdown, and we’ By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 11:04 am
Equality Issues Intro for November 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week, Sarah wrote that Mangrove, the first film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series, is “vital viewing”. Sarah’s review of each installment will be posted each week. Lovers Rock is the second film and that piece is coming Monday. After that it’ll be By Lainey • Nov 27, 2020 08:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Happiest Season: The Cute Christmas Rom-Com of 2020 I will be accepting no other applications, Happiest Season is THE cute Christmas rom-com of 2020. It has all the classic Christmas movie cliches: someone hanging off a gutter (is it EVEN a Christmas movie if no one is hanging off a gutter?); brawls on Christmas Eve; obligatory trip By Sarah • Nov 24, 2020 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman Takes a Break It’s been a while since we posted about Natalie Portman. She’s been in Australia for a while now working on Thor: Love and Thunder. When she’s not shooting, she’s spent time with her family at the beach and at the park, which is where these shots By Lainey • Nov 24, 2020 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Small Axe: Mangrove is vital viewing in 2020 Steve McQueen’s latest project is a series of five films collected as an anthology detailing experiences from the “Windrush generation” of immigrants from the Caribbean who came to Britain to help fulfill post-war labor shortages in the mid-twentieth century. (These are films labelled as “episodes”, so have By Sarah • Nov 23, 2020 03:01 pm
Award Season Campaigning Regina King’s potential Oscar year Regina King’s engaging, resonant historical biopic, One Night in Miami, is one of the early standouts of the Oscar race this year. It debuted at the Venice Film Festival, then played TIFF, kicking off a traditional Oscar campaign in a very non-traditional year (it will premiere on Christmas By Sarah • Nov 20, 2020 12:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Making Sense of Music This Music trailer landed in my inbox in dispute, which I am here to settle. Lainey isn’t feeling it, but our site manager Emily (who is way nicer than the rest of the team) is feeling it (Emily: Sia and Maddie have done incredible work together for years). I By Maria • Nov 19, 2020 03:14 pm
Business of Hollywood Wonder Woman gives up, will drop on HBO Max The last great question mark for the theatrical release calendar of 2020 was Wonder Woman 1984, and whether or not Warner Brothers would move back its release again. The COVID situation in the US has reached a new critical mass, with 250,000 dead and new cases and hospitalizations rising By Sarah • Nov 19, 2020 09:53 am
