Movie Reviews and Previews Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods is an old-man movie the same way The Irishman is Martin Scorsese’s old-man movie, in that this is only a movie Lee could make now, after thirty years of filmmaking, when he has gained the perspective to look back and see cycles repeating By Sarah • Jun 16, 2020 11:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Ana’s family getaway Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas were photographed the other day with his kids boarding a private jet, heading away for a few days. They’ve since returned to LA and as you can see from these photos, his mother was with them, along with a couple of dogs. The By Lainey • Jun 16, 2020 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet blinked Since the coronavirus lockdown began in the spring, the hopes of the film industry “returning to normal” hung on Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, due to be released on July 17. Warner Brothers and the industry at large so believed in Tenet’s power to lure audiences back to enclosed spaces By Sarah • Jun 15, 2020 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Just release the Eurovision movie now We need the laughs! A full trailer for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, the tortuously named Netflix film starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams is here, and it is a bright spot on my otherwise horrific Twitter feed right now. JK Rowling is ruining Harry Potter, people By Sarah • Jun 11, 2020 12:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bill & Ted being excellent It’s HERE! It’s REAL! After DECADES of teasing and “maybes”, Bill & Ted Face the Music is a REAL MOVIE that ACTUALLY EXISTS. Now if only it wasn’t being released in the middle of a GODDAMN PANDEMIC. Today is 6/9, aka Bill & Ted Day (because By Sarah • Jun 09, 2020 11:43 am
Equality Issues Michael B Jordan at the protest Here’s Michael B Jordan in LA at a protest in support of Black Lives Matter. We are now approaching two weeks of sustained demonstration, in major cities across the United States and around the world. Even here in Canada, thousands (thousands!) gathered in St John’s, Newfoundland in solidarity By Lainey • Jun 08, 2020 03:10 pm
Books Ben-Ana at the protest Let’s catch up with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. It’s been a few days. And yesterday they stepped out in Venice to support Black Lives Matter and those protesting the demolition of First Baptist Church. March for #GeorgeFloyd in #Venice today. Blessed to have @BenAffleck express awareness By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 01:22 pm
Equality Issues Tracee & Tyler A few days ago on CNN, Don Lemon called out a list of celebrities who hadn’t spoken out about the murder of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter. Among them was Tracee Ellis Ross. As a non-Black person, I don’t feel like I have a By Lainey • Jun 02, 2020 11:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill will return as Superman…kinda Here we go. Following the announcement that the “Snyder Cut” of Justice League would be released on HBOMax, there is more Zack Snyder-adjacent DC movie news. No, Ben Affleck is not returning as Batman—let the poor man take endless walks with his girlfriend and eat carbs—but Henry Cavill By Sarah • May 28, 2020 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scott Derrickson enters the Labyrinth Months after leaving Marvel and his Doctor Strange sequel, director Scott Derrickson has landed a new project—the sequel to the beloved 1986 David Bowie classic Labyrinth (I suppose this now supplants the previous iteration being written by Nicole Perlman). Perhaps this can be the gothic horror fantasy that Derrickson By Sarah • May 27, 2020 12:11 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for May 27, 2020 Dear Gossips, What is the future of movie theatres? Bilge Ebiri attempted to answer the question at Vulture yesterday as restrictions begin to lift across North America and authorities are making plans to reopen the economy. Some people think that after all these weeks of being at home and watching By Lainey • May 27, 2020 08:48 am
Self Care TV Recommendations Intro for May 26, 2020 Dear Gossips, Bong Joon-ho and Parasite won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival a year ago, kicking off the film’s run to the Oscars, where it would eventually go on to make history and take the Best Picture Oscar. We know that now. But back then, By Lainey • May 26, 2020 08:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani in The Lovebirds Once bound to premiere at SXSW followed by theatrical distribution, The Lovebirds, a romantic comedy starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, instead dropped on Netflix over the weekend (where it trended in the US’s Top 10). Honestly, Netflix feels like the right place for this movie, a slight but By Sarah • May 25, 2020 12:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlize finally admits she’s immortal You MIGHT say that this is just a trailer for Charlize Theron’s next movie, The Old Guard, a comic book movie about a small group of immortal badasses who kick major ass. You might ALSO say that Highlander is just a movie, and not, in fact, an instructional manual By Sarah • May 22, 2020 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tenet reveals itself as its release date becomes questionable A new trailer for Tenet dropped last night, released first inside Fortnite, because when I think “Christopher Nolan”, I totally think “e-sports”. Lainey pointed out that there is probably some overlap between Nolan, Batman fans, and online gaming, and dropping a trailer in Fortnite is a way to engage that By Sarah • May 22, 2020 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Welp, the Snyder Cut is happening after all I admit it: I was wrong. The fabled “Snyder Cut”, Zack Snyder’s director cut of Justice League is actually being released, expected to drop on HBOMax in 2021 after years of toxic fan bitching. I did not think it would happen for many reasons, but following a regime change By Sarah • May 20, 2020 03:29 pm
