Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Reynolds in 6 Underground Netflix, in their quest to conquer cinema, has been flinging money at filmmakers in truly ludicrous fashion. Their no-limit budgeting leads to unfiltered works from big-name filmmakers, like Martin Scorsese’s indulgent-yet-effective The Irishman. But in the case of Michael Bay, director of 6 Underground, that unfettered, Netflix-sponsored spending results By Sarah • Dec 16, 2019 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Maverick is the boss now Maverick: Legend of the Skies (AKA Top Gun: Maverick, a boring title) is probably going to be one of the biggest movies of summer 2020. I say “probably” only because this past summer was so f-cking dicey for everyone not named Disney, I am no longer confident in people showing By Sarah • Dec 16, 2019 01:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews ‘In The Heights’ Trailer Goosebump Count Look, I’m not going to bury the lede – between 1:46 and 2:26 I broke out in goosebumps no fewer than six times. But the dreamy strings at the beginning meant I was primed for it from the very first frame: I don’t know if any recent By Duana • Dec 13, 2019 02:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Shazam! gets another shot For a superhero movie, Shazam! flew under the radar this year. It deserved more attention, it’s one of the best superhero movies in recent memory, and definitely a high water mark for DC Films. But it came out smack dab in the middle of Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame, By Sarah • Dec 13, 2019 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The players return in Jumanji: The Next Level Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was a surprise hit in 2017, a sequel/soft reboot that actually manages to add to the lore of the original movie, such as changing the Jumanji game from a board game to a video game, while also standing on its own. Jumanji: The Next By Sarah • Dec 13, 2019 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Top 10 Movies of 2019 This has been a great year for film, so I fully expect enthusiastic arguments for this or that film not on my list because it’s not possible to pick every film for a list that is meant to be finite. In a year with so many genuinely good movies, By Sarah • Dec 13, 2019 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life Terrence Malick has wrestled with themes of suffering for decades, and in the true story of Franz Jägerstätter, he has found his perfect beatific subject. A conscientious objector in World War II, Franz (August Diehl) is happily married and raising young children in an Alpine village in Austria when the By Sarah • Dec 12, 2019 04:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Carey Mulligan is a Promising (Raging) Young Woman Holy sh-t is what I first said yesterday went I watched this trailer. I’ve watched it several more times since, especially as this site was being cyber attacked, and it’s been almost…cathartic. I don’t think there’s any doubt about what Promising Young Woman is trying By Lainey • Dec 12, 2019 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu Day Yesterday, Warner Brothers announced a movie slate that includes The Matrix 4, now dated for May 21, 2021. (They also slated Ezra Miller’s long-gestating The Flash for July 1, 2022, which…call me when that movie is actually in production.) This is very interesting as John Wick 4 is By Sarah • Dec 12, 2019 12:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story (Lainey: Marriage Story came away with several Golden Globe nominations, including Best Drama, and nominations for Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Laura Dern from the Screen Actors Guild but curiously was not nominated in the ensemble cast category. Still, it’s a major contender for Best Picture at the Oscars. By Sarah • Dec 12, 2019 10:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews SAG’s Triple Bombshell The cast of Bombshell, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie, attended a special screening for the film last night in LA, just before the Screen Actors Guild nominations this morning. Bombshell came up big, with all three women earning nominations – Charlize in the leading category and both Nicole and By Lainey • Dec 11, 2019 01:26 pm
Style Like Three Bosses I wish I was the one to have thought of putting Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne together in a movie. It’s the kind of “of course!” connection that the moment you see them, you’re like… OF COURSE. Obviously. This is exactly what we needed. Tiffany, obviously, is hilarious. By Lainey • Dec 10, 2019 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse stands for Greta The Golden Globe nominations were announced yesterday. As you may have heard, there were some snubs. I know I mentioned this yesterday but When They See Us, Ava DuVernay’s series about the Exonerated Five, nominated for 16 Emmys, watched by 22 million accounts on Netflix, was completely shut out. By Lainey • Dec 10, 2019 11:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dark and gritty Ghostbusters Another big summer 2020 movie dropped a trailer yesterday, as we get our first look at Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Ghostbusters movie that will restore this hallowed franchise about ghost-hunting nerds to the true fans, the toxic bros who wouldn’t let anyone enjoy a version about ghost-hunting nerds who happen By Sarah • Dec 10, 2019 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews How long can Ryan Reynolds do this? One Fox movie that Disney didn’t sh-tcan after taking control of the studio earlier this year is Free Guy, a Ryan Reynolds project in which he plays Guy, a non-player character in a video game who gains sentience. The first trailer for Free Guy is here, and it looks By Sarah • Dec 09, 2019 02:11 pm
TV Updates Golden Globe Nominations: Snubs and the End of An Era We’re doing more than one post today about the Golden Globe nominations but let’s start with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because this is their event. This is a group of 90 or so international journalists known for making odd choices – and not always bad. In the television By Lainey • Dec 09, 2019 10:45 am
