Movie Reviews and Previews THE Suicide Squad lines up for roll call The DC Fandome event gave us plenty of new trailers and teasers to goggle at, from wishful Wonder Woman to samesies Justice League to weirdo Goth Batman, but one of the more promising teasers comes from The Suicide Squad, James Gunn’s soft reboot of the 2016 Suicide Squad. Though By Sarah • Aug 25, 2020 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome back to the Justice League On Saturday, Warner Brothers hosted an online event called “DC Fandome” which is the 2020 virtual event stand-in for Comic-Con. It was okay! Watching Zoom calls is Not Fun, but it was a well-produced, 24 hour roll out of constant new footage/concept art/headlines for Warner By Sarah • Aug 24, 2020 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Batman gets Goth and weird Matt Reeves’ The Batman was only filming for a couple months at the beginning of this year before it was shut down (and Robert Pattinson devoted his quarantine to nightmare-inducing Italian bakes), but that did not stop Reeves from debuting a trailer during DC’s Fandome event. The first By Sarah • Aug 24, 2020 11:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman’s wishful thinking Here is the DC movie I am most excited to see, Wonder Woman 1984 dropped a new trailer during the DC Fandome event this weekend. It’s such a good time! Diana lassoing lightning? Awesome! Cheetah’s punk style? Cool! Steve Trevor doing a 1980s fashion montage? Fun! Wonder Woman By Sarah • Aug 24, 2020 09:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 24, 2020 Dear Gossips, It’s film festival season soon, most of them happening virtually. Venice begins on September 2 followed by Telluride a couple of days later. Then it’s TIFF on September 10 and the New York Film Festival kicks off September 23. After that the London Film Festival is By Lainey • Aug 24, 2020 08:50 am
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 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 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, 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, By Lainey • Aug 19, 2020 09:44 am
