Movie Reviews and Previews Remember a Real President and Weep Good morning, I’m crying. Why? Because of the trailer for The Way I See It, a documentary about former White House photographer Pete Souza and his time working for two (very different) presidents: Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Based on Souza’s bestselling book of the same name, The By Sarah • Aug 04, 2020 12:14 pm
Style Katie Holmes’s Secret Summer Sweater Katie Holmes has a movie out right now – I only found this out today. The Secret: Dare to Dream is on Premium VOD and is based on the book from like 15 years ago made wildly popular by Oprah Winfrey about, I think, manifesting your dreams and desires. Right? I By Lainey • Aug 04, 2020 11:29 am
Music The value in Black is King By now you know Beyoncé dropped her stunning visual album BLACK IS KING overnight to the delight of Beyoncé fans around the world. It’s a stunning piece of film, in a way that surpasses her previous two visual albums, but I think Beyoncé knows the real value in this By Cody • Jul 31, 2020 02:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Singing teen Lady Macbeth Between Hamilton and Six, the musical that imagines Henry VIII’s wives as a girl group, historical revisionism with songs is having a moment. Now, that moment is stretching into previously existing historical revisionism, in this case, Macbeth (already revisionist thanks to Shakespeare). Channing Tatum and Scooter Braun are partnering By Sarah • Jul 31, 2020 01:26 pm
Music BLACK IS KING: A Beyoncé Solar System The MTV VMA nominations were announced yesterday. A few hours later, Beyoncé released the visual album, BLACK IS KING, on Disney+, and ….well. Not that we needed one but it was yet another reminder that there is one game, and then there is another universe that belongs to Beyoncé, so By Lainey • Jul 31, 2020 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jordan Peele’s and Issa Rae’s scary sinkhole Jordan Peele and Issa Rae are partnering on a…I guess we’ll call it a supernatural thriller, called Sinkhole. They will co-produce the project, and Rae might star in it. Based on Leyna Krow’s short story of the same name, it’s about a couple who move into By Sarah • Jul 30, 2020 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, Tonight’s the night, you ready? Beyoncé’s BLACK IS KING premieres on Disney+ tonight at 3am ET/12am PT and a new trailer dropped yesterday to get people primed for her latest masterpiece: #BLACKISKING — A Film by Beyoncé. July 31st at 12AM PST // 3AM EST on @disneyplus. By Lainey • Jul 30, 2020 09:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet is back on I feel like we’re playing street hockey and cars keep passing through and we’re yelling “game off” and “game on” more than we’re actually playing the game, but we might finally be at the end of the road with Tenet. A week after pulling it from the By Sarah • Jul 28, 2020 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu is Keanu, even remotely We know Keanu Reeves has earned his place as one of Hollywood’s most enduring, capital-letter, neon-lights Movie Stars. He’s done it through decades of work, starring in some of the most popular and beloved films of all time, and also by being an unfailing, utterly dependable public persona. By Sarah • Jul 27, 2020 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, In April 2019, before Beyoncé’s Homecoming premiered on Netflix, there were a lot of us trying to find out exactly what time it was happening because we were making our all-nighter plans. April 17 was a Wednesday and Homecoming was one of those events where, for some By Lainey • Jul 27, 2020 09:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The New Mutants still exist Comic-Con was cancelled this year, and in its place is “Comic-Con @ Home”, a series of pre-taped and Zoomed “panels” that, while decently robust given the last-minute nature of planning, is like a super-skinny version of the constant chaos that usually defines Comic-Con. One of the first big film “panels” to By Sarah • Jul 24, 2020 12:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bill & Ted will be SEEN! Bill & Ted Face the Music has already shuffled its release date because of the ongoing theater closures in North America, but when the teaser came out earlier this summer, I mentioned this movie could shift to a digital release, since it is relatively low-budget. Well, guess what? Bill & By Sarah • Jul 23, 2020 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alicia and Michael’s quiet three years Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender were married almost three years ago this coming October in Ibiza. They were photographed in Ibiza this week on holiday with friends – noteworthy because they keep a pretty low profile and apparently moved to Portugal a couple of years ago. Michael also stepped back from By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 03:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert and Suki go for a walk You know, I used to say during the first year of their relationship that Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse were really good about updating us on their status – unintentionally, of course. And for the most part, they’ve kept up with this consideration. Today in particular I am extra appreciative By Lainey • Jul 21, 2020 03:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Colin Farrell: tank top, masks, and books We don’t talk about Colin Farrell now as much as we used to. There was a time, like 15 years ago, when he was a lot more of a headliner, and that seemed to match his professional focus: back then there was a push to make him an action By Lainey • Jul 21, 2020 02:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet is dateless Yesterday, the inevitable happened and after a month of hop-scotching release dates, Tenet was pulled from Warner Brothers’ release calendar entirely. They’re still committed to a 2020 release date, with studio chief Toby Emmerich issuing a statement that they will “share a new 2020 release date imminently”, but c’ By Sarah • Jul 21, 2020 09:32 am
