Movie Reviews and Previews A new Charlie Kaufman head trip Charlie Kaufman does not make what anyone could describe as “linear” films. His films, whether he’s writing them, like Adaptation., Being John Malkovich, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or also directing them, like Synedoche, New York and Anomalisa, can best be described as “imaginative existential head trips” By Sarah • Aug 07, 2020 12:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Give Daniel Kaluuya an Oscar right now We have a long way to go to the Oscars, especially since eligibility has been extended through February 2021, but look. Just give Daniel Kaluuya the Best Actor Oscar right now. The teaser for Judas and the Black Messiah, in which Kaluuya plays Black Panther Party Chairman and Rainbow Coalition By Sarah • Aug 07, 2020 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nia DaCosta’s Captain Marvel Here’s some good news, reports state that Nia DaCosta, director of the upcoming Candyman, will be directing Captain Marvel 2. This is a GREAT GET for Marvel. DaCosta fits into Marvel’s trend of hiring directors with a knack for characters, like Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who directed By Sarah • Aug 06, 2020 02:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 2020, the year women ruled film 2020 was set up to be a major year for women in film, with everything from high-profile blockbusters to award bait indies directed by women set to dominate the conversation all year. The original 2020 slate for blockbusters began in February, with Cathy Yan’s Birds of Prey. Other By Sarah • Aug 06, 2020 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mulan shocker In an absolutely shocking move, Disney has announced it will make Mulan, one of the oft-delayed movies affected by COVID-19, available on September 4 via its streaming platform, Disney+. I literally did not think this was possible—no one did! Mulan cost a rumored $300 million to make By Sarah • Aug 05, 2020 09:24 am
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 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 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 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 By Sarah • Jul 24, 2020 12:37 pm
