Movie Reviews and Previews Post-Khaleesi Last Christmas I was in New York on Sunday and Monday for the Last Christmas press screening and junket. It was my Christmas 2018 wish come true – last year, I wrote that I really wanted to be assigned to this movie for etalk because, well, everything about this movie checks my boxes: By Lainey • Oct 30, 2019 11:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benioff & Weiss abandoned their Star War David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, showrunners of Game of Thrones, have left their planned Star Wars trilogy because they are just too dang busy. Last night news broke that Benioff and Weiss have split with Lucasfilm, and statements came from both Benioff and Weiss, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. By Sarah • Oct 29, 2019 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 25, 2019 Dear Gossips, Entertainment Weekly published its early predictions for the 2020 Oscar nominations yesterday. It’s actually not early anymore to talk about the Oscar race. This is when the race starts taking shape. What’s really exciting to me is that, right now, EW thinks that Awkwafina will be By Lainey • Oct 25, 2019 08:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse, Florence, Laura, Timmy…and Brad! This week on Show Your Work, Duana and I talked about Greta Gerwig’s Little Women and whether or not it would become the definitive movie version of the book. We’ve been leaving room for Little Women in the Oscar race and last night it screened at SAG-AFTRA to By Lainey • Oct 24, 2019 04:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck: apps and dating Page Six published a story last night about Ben Affleck and his single life. Their source says he’s been on the dating app Raya and that he was seen at the Hotel Bel-Air a couple of weeks ago with a “young brunette”. Apparently they seemed into each other but By Lainey • Oct 24, 2019 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 24, 2019 Dear Gossips, Zoe Kravitz was photographed for the first time since being cast as Catwoman in the new Batman movie – she and husband Karl Glusman were seen in New York yesterday. Karl, by the way, posted this on Instagram when the news first broke about Zoe playing Selena Kyle: View By Lainey • Oct 24, 2019 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Maleficent Disappointment Maleficent: Mistress of Evil opened over the weekend, taking the top box office spot, but still coming in under expectations. It’s the first Disney disappointment since Dumbo earlier this year, though it will not likely lose money like Dumbo did. We’re just so used to seeing Disney trample By Sarah • Oct 23, 2019 03:57 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Justin is “proud” of Jennifer Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux are currently promoting Lady and The Tramp. I can’t with some of these pictures of them on the carpet with their “characters”. It’s too much. Look at these faces! Look at Lady and the Tramp! LOL the Tramp’s body language. Like he By Lainey • Oct 23, 2019 01:05 pm
Quiveration Michael B Jordan: Baking and Campaigning Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Bryan Stevenson cover the new issue of Variety to promote the upcoming film Just Mercy based on Bryan’s work with the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit based in Alabama that “challenges poverty and racial injustice, advocates for equal treatment in the criminal justice By Lainey • Oct 23, 2019 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone is too good for Zombieland: Double Tap Ten years after Zombieland was a sleeper hit, the gang reunites for a sequel to mixed results. In the decade since Zombieland, its stars have gone onto greater and greater success. Jesse Eisenberg became an Oscar nominee, Woody Harrelson added two more Oscar nominations to his collection, and Emma Stone By Sarah • Oct 22, 2019 02:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TROS trailer 2 The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dropped last night, and I have a very serious question: What if the movie doesn’t live up to this trailer? This is a GREAT trailer. It’s hitting all the right notes—thrilling, mysterious, nostalgic (Carrie!), exciting, gorgeous visuals. By Sarah • Oct 22, 2019 09:12 am
Maple Leaf Intro for October 22, 2019 Dear Gossips, We had our general election here in Canada last night. So let’s stay Canadian in this space today with a beloved Canadian who generally keeps a low profile, Rachel McAdams. She was seen yesterday doing some shopping in LA. It’s been a quiet year for Rachel. By Lainey • Oct 22, 2019 08:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The ESSENCE of Jodie Turner-Smith Melina Matsoukas’s debut feature film, Queen & Slim, from a screenplay written by Lena Waithe, doesn’t open until November 27 but, as I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, people are already talking about it as a possible award season contender. They’ve been screening the film for By Lainey • Oct 21, 2019 03:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita Nyong’o in a zom-com Five years after the apogee of zombies in pop culture, Little Monsters arrives from Australia, a zombie comedy (zom-com) with little in the way of either zombies or comedy. Lupita Nyong’o does what she can with her natural luminous presence, but she cannot rescue an entire movie from the By Sarah • Oct 18, 2019 03:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson: Farts and Loneliness in The Lighthouse I saw The Lighthouse at TIFF, and five weeks later, I am still not sure I actually like this film. I admire it, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it, but did I enjoy it? Does enjoyment even matter when a film is so specifically evocative and provoking? “Like” By Sarah • Oct 18, 2019 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Paul Dano > Jonah Hill There was a report circulating for the last month that Jonah Hill was in talks for a villainous role in The Batman, with everyone guessing who he could be playing and how much he would get paid (the Penguin and $10 million were betting favorites). But yesterday, Hill passed on By Sarah • Oct 17, 2019 03:34 pm
