Movie Reviews and Previews Ethan Hawke in Tesla The problem with depicting genius in film is that we don’t understand genius. We don’t know where it comes from, why it varies in degree, or why it sometimes, inexplicably, leaves. Genius is a part of the human condition that we understand even less than love. Most films By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 02:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kenneth Branagh is back with his ferret-face The first trailer for Death on the Nile, the sequel to Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Orient Express, dropped this week, so you know what that means…it’s the return of Kenneth Branagh’s ludicrous Hercule Poirot mustache! In Orient Express, Branagh’s first turn as Poirot, I By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 01:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Batfleck’s back, alright! The news that Ben Affleck will, after retiring from the role, return as Batman in an upcoming DC movie is a huge surprise, BUT ALSO, it perfectly scans with the melody of “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”. It’s not the most important detail to discuss about this news, but I By Sarah • Aug 21, 2020 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde got a secret Marvel project Yesterday, news got out that Olivia Wilde has bagged a new directing gig, to develop and make an unnamed Marvel movie for Sony. That means this will be part of the Spider-verse, and speculation is that Wilde will be making a Spider-Woman movie. She seems to be encouraging that thinking: By Sarah • Aug 20, 2020 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sofia Coppola’s Woody Allen movie Unfortunately, it’s not an expose, but Sofia Coppola’s new film, On the Rocks, is emitting steady Woody Allen vibes. On the Rocks finds Rashida Jones playing a self-doubting New Yorker sinking into relationship despair who goes on an odyssey through Manhattan accompanied by a quirky sidekick; in this By Sarah • Aug 20, 2020 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina in a onesie The One and Only Ivan premieres on Disney+ this weekend and… this cast. Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie, Helen Mirren, Danny DeVito, Philippa Soo… Chaka Khan! So I really want to watch it. But I’m also afraid of it. Because it’s about animals and I don’t By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 01:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina in a onesie The One and Only Ivan premieres on Disney+ this weekend and… this cast. Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie, Helen Mirren, Danny DeVito, Philippa Soo… Chaka Khan! So I really want to watch it. But I’m also afraid of it. Because it’s about animals and I don’t By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 01:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad & Harry? Twitter is currently being dominated, as usual, by BTS because their new reality series, In the SOOP, just premiered (I’m watching tonight!) and ARMY is counting down to the release of “Dynamite”, and they cover the new issue of GQ Japan. But you know who else is trending? Brad By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 12:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad & Harry? Twitter is currently being dominated, as usual, by BTS because their new reality series, In the SOOP, just premiered (I’m watching tonight!) and ARMY is counting down to the release of “Dynamite”, and they cover the new issue of GQ Japan. But you know who else is trending? Brad By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 12:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, Deadline reported yesterday that Daniel Dae-Kim and Randall Park will co-star and co-produce a heist film featuring an Asian-American cast and that the project has been acquired by Amazon after a bidding war. Obviously I love everything about this, including how Young Il Kim, who wrote the screenplay, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, Deadline reported yesterday that Daniel Dae-Kim and Randall Park will co-star and co-produce a heist film featuring an Asian-American cast and that the project has been acquired by Amazon after a bidding war. Obviously I love everything about this, including how Young Il Kim, who wrote the screenplay, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, Deadline reported yesterday that Daniel Dae-Kim and Randall Park will co-star and co-produce a heist film featuring an Asian-American cast and that the project has been acquired by Amazon after a bidding war. Obviously I love everything about this, including how Young Il Kim, who wrote the screenplay, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 09:44 am
Gorgessity Countdown to Director Berry Halle Berry was seen in downtown LA yesterday apparently doing a photo shoot for Variety. I assume that the shoot will be for an upcoming feature promoting her directorial debut. She produces and directs herself in Bruised about an MMA fighter trying to make a comeback, not just in the By Lainey • Aug 18, 2020 02:21 pm
Gorgessity Countdown to Director Berry Halle Berry was seen in downtown LA yesterday apparently doing a photo shoot for Variety. I assume that the shoot will be for an upcoming feature promoting her directorial debut. She produces and directs herself in Bruised about an MMA fighter trying to make a comeback, not just in the By Lainey • Aug 18, 2020 02:21 pm
Gorgessity Countdown to Director Berry Halle Berry was seen in downtown LA yesterday apparently doing a photo shoot for Variety. I assume that the shoot will be for an upcoming feature promoting her directorial debut. She produces and directs herself in Bruised about an MMA fighter trying to make a comeback, not just in the By Lainey • Aug 18, 2020 02:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Project Power Since bursting onto the scene ten years ago with Catfish, directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have found a groove directing genre movies of a particular flavor, including a couple Paranormal Activity flicks and enjoyably dumb Nerve. Their latest movie is Project Power, a superhero movie that isn’t derived By Sarah • Aug 17, 2020 01:46 pm
