Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 24, 2019 Dear Gossips, I know it’s only July but with festival season approaching and the lineups at each of these festivals coming into focus, we’re getting a sense of which films will be contending during award season. We also have a new early frontrunner in the Best Actress race: By Lainey • Jul 24, 2019 09:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The New Elvis talks Austin Butler has a part in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood and was at the premiere last night. It’s been just over a week since Austin was announced as the new Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic about Elvis’s relationship with Colonel Tom By Lainey • Jul 23, 2019 03:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Are we REALLY prepared for Taika Waititi? I feel like we’re not. Or rather, I feel like the world is not. I love Taika Waititi, he’s one of my favorite filmmakers working today. I take any and every opportunity to recommend his films, but I think a lot of the time, the recommendations go ignored. By Sarah • Jul 23, 2019 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Passing Through Interview Watching big stars avoid traditional press is becoming its own form of entertainment. Beyoncé comes to mind, obviously, but Angelina Jolie doesn’t much do the talk show circuit either. And she too has written her own essays for fashion magazines. Angelina junketed for First They Killed My Father though By Lainey • Jul 23, 2019 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s a beautiful day to cry Tom Hanks, America’s Dad, is starring as Mr. Rogers, America’s Best Person, in a biopic directed by Marielle Heller, so just start polishing those Oscars right now. It’s called A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and it’s framed around a journalist, played by Matthew Rhys, interviewing By Sarah • Jul 23, 2019 10:16 am
BFFs Matt & Ben together again I just posted about Matt Damon last week and how he’s been enjoying a quieter summer before what should be a busy fall season with the release of Ford vs Ferrari, his upcoming film co-starring Christian Bale. People are already expecting it to be an Oscar contender and the By Lainey • Jul 23, 2019 09:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 23, 2019 Dear Gossips, A couple of weeks ago, when Disney released the cast photo for The Lion King – you know, the one featuring all the other actors and Beyoncé in the centre, where she should be? – a handful of people in my inbox and my mentions tried it; they tried arguing By Lainey • Jul 23, 2019 08:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mahershala Ali wanted it to be so Marvel spent most of the Comic-Con panel confirming stuff we already knew, with a couple nice surprises along the way, but right at the end they pulled out a real showstopper. Just as the panel was winding down, Kevin Feige introduced “two-time Academy Award winner, Mahershala Ali,” who then came By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 03:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cumberbatch & Olsen, your newest Marvel duo The weirdest of the Marvel TV shows, by far, is WandaVision. It’s weird mainly because Vision is dead, yet Paul Bettany is returning, and also it’s set post-Endgame. There’s a lot of “huh?” and “how?” surrounding this show. The key is that Scarlet Witch’s powers are By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 02:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Widow Officially Exists This year’s Comic-Con was strangely quiet, especially on the film side, so quiet that Marvel didn’t even have to pull out all the stops to “win” the weekend with their Saturday evening panel. All they had to do was literally show up, which is what they did. Marvel By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 12:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina and (The) Eternals: it’s official Though it’s been rumoured for months, it wasn’t official until this weekend at Comic-Con: Angelina Jolie will play Thena in The Eternals. Or Eternals? Sorry. This is the kind of thing I fixate on. According to the poster, there is no “the”. But then in the caption of By Lainey • Jul 22, 2019 12:17 pm
TV Updates Loki Revisited Tom Hiddleston has really stepped back his public persona. Since The Swiftening, he is not as active on social media, and he is photographed much less often out and about. There has been a real change in how he approaches his celebrity. But he is still part of the Marvel By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 10:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Shang-Chi Fat Choy! As mentioned in today’s open, Marvel confirmed this weekend at Comic-Con that Simu Liu has been cast in the lead role in the upcoming Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The film will be directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. So we have a director and we have By Lainey • Jul 22, 2019 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman is Lady Thor Last week we learned that Taika Waititi is returning to write and direct Thor 4. Taika was then on hand at Comic-Con, along with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, to officially announce the movie, which is titled Thor: Love and Thunder. That title is AMAZING. The key art is even By Sarah • Jul 22, 2019 09:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 22, 2019 Dear Gossips, What was the biggest story coming out of Comic-Con this weekend? Marvel. All the Marvel. Marvel popped off all the nerd boners in Hall H and beyond with announcement after announcement after announcement that dominated the convention and social media, pretty much confirming that even though there’s By Lainey • Jul 22, 2019 08:57 am
Music Beyoncé’s: The Multiverse It has been a bounty the last two weeks, hasn’t it? Beyoncé’s Lion King takeover has resulted in a bountiful yield full of announcements, red carpet appearances, and music and video drops. Last night, after Cats and Top Gun had their moment on social media, it was Beyoncé By Lainey • Jul 19, 2019 02:11 pm
