Movie Reviews and Previews David Fincher worships at the altar of Mank and Welles David Fincher’s latest film is for Netflix, as is becoming the way for top-tier directors who can’t get the funding they want from traditional studios. Titled Mank, it is a biopic of Herman Mankiewicz, the screenwriter who co-wrote Citizen Kane, among other things (including an uncredited By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 03:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The 355 is NOT a comedy I don’t know why, but for some reason I thought The 355 was an action-comedy. This is the all-lady spy movie Jessica Chastain pitched to Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg, and I don’t know what about that made me think it was going to be a By Sarah • Oct 08, 2020 11:22 am
TV Updates Ted Lasso: The spiritual successor to Schitt’s Creek With the final season of Schitt’s Creek hitting Netflix, the show is really, truly, officially over (until the inevitable reunion episode to support some new streaming platform called something like Zibi Max+). Of course we can always revisit Schitt’s Creek, but with no new episodes coming until Zibi By Sarah • Oct 07, 2020 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Free Guy is sticking it out As most movies vacate 2020, Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy is sticking with it. A new trailer dropped yesterday, doubling down on the movie’s December 11 release date. Interestingly, there is no “Only in theaters” tag, which suggests that whatever happened with Mulan, Disney might not be over the direct- By Sarah • Oct 06, 2020 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Now it’s Dune’s turn When the first trailer for Dune was released last month, I said it wasn’t going to come out in 2020, and sure enough following Bond, it is the latest movie to pull up stakes in 2020 and seek greener pastures in 2021. Specifically, Dune is taking overThe Batman’s By Sarah • Oct 06, 2020 10:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Defying death with Dick Johnson Is Dead Dick Johnson Is Dead is an unusual documentary in which director Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson) imagines her father’s death over and over, and her dad, Dick, participates in staging his many fatalities. This exercise in impermanent mortality is way for Kirsten and Dick, who seem very close, to come to By Sarah • Oct 05, 2020 03:00 pm
Amazingness Tom Cruise Rides the Train… In the most Tom Cruise way possible. He’s jumped out of planes. He’s dangled off skyscrapers. He’s dangled off the side of a mountain. He has, already, done a stunt – or several – on top of a train. And he’s back at it for Mission: Impossible, I By Lainey • Oct 05, 2020 02:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alex Gibney’s October surprise In US elections, there’s a thing called the “October surprise”, which is when a candidate pulls out some information as a last minute battle axe to wield against their opponent. It was clear a couple weeks ago that Trump was aiming to have a miracle vaccine in October as By Sarah • Oct 05, 2020 12:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond quits 2020, too In the wake of Disney clearing most of their slate out of 2020, the latest Bond film, No Time to Die, has also evacuated this cursed year for hopefully greener pastures in April 2021. The means that No Time Die has now moved back a full year, from its original By Sarah • Oct 05, 2020 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Witches - Anne Hathaway's Triumph? It's been an unexpected pleasure of the past few years to have several of our most beloved stars find The Roles They Were Born To Play. Jennifer Aniston's Alex in The Morning Show, Reese Witherspoon in Big Little Lies. Hell, I'm very late to By Duana • Oct 02, 2020 03:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Meet Kamala Khan After WandaVision, the next most interesting of the Marvel Disney+ projects is probably Ms. Marvel, which will introduce fan-favorite character Kamala Khan to the wider world. Yesterday, Deadline reported that Marvel has found their Kamala in newcomer Iman Vellani, putting another Canuck in the MCU. This will be Vellani’ By Sarah • Oct 01, 2020 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Steven Yeun and Minari will break our hearts Since leaving The Walking Dead in 2016, Steven Yeun has been keeping very busy, appearing in TV shows like Twilight Zone and I Think You Should Leave, and doing voiceover work on everything ranging from Voltron to Trollhunters to Tuca & Bertie, in which sweet, sweet Speckle. On the film By Sarah • Sep 30, 2020 02:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Weirdoes unite, The Craft is back In the 1990s, The Craft was to Goth girls what Clueless was to popular girls: an acknowledgment that your fashion choices were totally legit, and that choker DOES look good on you. Also like Clueless, The Craft has maintained an affectionate nostalgia over the years, which is now being revisited By Sarah • Sep 30, 2020 12:27 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Barry Jenkins gets Disney money Yesterday, Disney made the surprise announcement that they are laying off 28,000 people due to the ongoing economic difficulties of the pandemic. Even with the theme parks open, with restrictions, of course, they are eating sh-t and continue to hemorrhage cash. These layoffs are just the latest round By Sarah • Sep 30, 2020 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt, Jodie, No Ben, and Medieval French Hairstyles Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, and Adam Driver were all seen on set in Ireland this week working on The Last Duel. No sign of Ben Affleck who was there filming for a few weeks, with Ana de Armas. Last I heard his assistant was back in Los Angeles so it By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love at 20 Today is the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong premiere of Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love. The film, which debuted in Cannes, made Tony Leung the festival’s Best Actor, the first Hong Kong actor so honored. In the Mood for Love is not exactly Wong’ By Sarah • Sep 29, 2020 02:59 pm
