Movie Reviews and Previews The new Top Gun: All I care about is Glen Powell In my Comic-Con preview, I mentioned that Top Gun was expected to have a “presence” at the convention but was not slated for Hall H. I thought Tom Cruise would do something stunty and Navy-related in San Diego, capitalizing on the nearby Naval base. But no, Tom Cruise just strutted By Sarah • Jul 19, 2019 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Top Gun: the nostalgia We are doing two posts on Top Gun today, one from Sarah and one from me. Because it was the other trailer release, along with Cats, that people were freaking out about yesterday on social media. I watched the Top Gun trailer within minutes of it dropping and before I By Lainey • Jul 19, 2019 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What the F-CK is Cats? Earlier this week, we saw a behind-the-scenes teaser of the upcoming Cats movie, and I had but one question: What is Cats? Then, yesterday, the first full trailer was released, and now I have a LOT of questions based on this trailer. My scientific inquiry into “What is Cats?” is By Sarah • Jul 19, 2019 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 19, 2019 Dear Gossips, Cats was trending on Twitter yesterday for hours as everybody reacted to the trailer. Sarah’s posting about it later this morning. It’s one thing to trend because everybody’s excited and can’t wait for Christmas for when the movie comes out. It’s another to By Lainey • Jul 19, 2019 08:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Lion King, but no charisma Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King, using photo-realistic computer animation techniques, is stunning. It is stunning to look at. The Serengeti looks real, as detailed and gorgeous as the best nature documentary. The animals are stunning, as tangible as any creature in a National Geographic photograph. And it By Sarah • Jul 18, 2019 01:20 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Bradley & Irina to co-parent in New York It’s been just over a month since news broke that Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk ended their relationship. According to TMZ, the two have agreed to live and co-parent their daughter in New York instead of LA: Sources connected to the former couple tell us, they have agreed to By Lainey • Jul 18, 2019 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2019: The Undorkening Last year in my Comic-Con preview, amidst a diminishing film presence in Hall H, I wrote: “…the movie side has totally ceded Sunday to TV. Hell, they’re halfway to ceding Saturday. And Thursday. And at this rate, within five years, probably Friday, too.” Well, it’s been one year, By Sarah • Jul 17, 2019 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews What is Cats? Here is what I know about the musical Cats: It is about cats. The actors wear leotards and face paint. There is a song called “Memory”. “Memory” is a pretty good song. One cat is called “Rum Tum Tugger”. Everyone says “Rum Tum Tugger” with a completely straight face. There By Sarah • Jul 17, 2019 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to Paradise Hills A few years ago, a Spanish filmmaker called Alice Waddington made a splash on the festival circuit with a short titled Disco Inferno. It seemed to be the calling card of a bright new talent, and anticipation grew to see what Waddington—already a stand-out in the advertising world—would By Sarah • Jul 17, 2019 11:36 am
Music Beyoncé and Blue Ivy’s Circle of Life Guess what was trending worldwide on Twitter last night? What else would it be? WHO else would it be? Beyoncé released the video for “Spirit” and as I said yesterday, ahead of The Lion King opening on Friday, it’s a Beyoncé takeover. She’s coming for everything: Emmys, Oscars, By Lainey • Jul 17, 2019 10:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews More Taika Thor After Taika Waititi breathed new life into the Thor franchise and Thor: Ragnarok was not only a huge hit but also one of the best-received Marvel movies, the big question was: Will Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth return for another Thor movie? The answer: yes. Breaking ahead of Comic-Con is By Sarah • Jul 17, 2019 09:45 am
Music Beyoncé: the takeover Did you feel it this morning? The expression is a “disturbance” in the Force, but nothing about what I felt is “disturbing”. I thought about calling it a “movement” in the Force but that’s how I sometimes refer to my sh-ts, and it would be blasphemy to connect my By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie’s Barbie, by Greta Gerwig “Life in plastic” finally looks fantastic, now that Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach will team up to co-write the long-gestating Barbie movie. Margot Robbie is still set to star in the title role, which has bounced around from Amy Schumer to Anne Hathaway, and changed hands between even more creative By Joanna • Jul 16, 2019 11:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Austin Butler: this is Elvis A couple of weeks ago, it was revealed that Baz Luhrmann had narrowed it down to five actors to play Elvis Presley in his upcoming biopic: Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Harry Styles, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Austin Butler. As I wrote in my post about the casting process, I was leaning By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 10:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 16, 2019 Dear Gossips, Yesterday in this space I posted about The Farewell and how, in limited release, it opened with the highest per theatre average of the year, higher than even Avengers: Endgame. Of The Farewell’s impressive performance, a media analyst told Variety that the film “is the blockbuster of By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 09:34 am
BFFs Beyoncé’s royal leg It was the moment we were waiting for: when House Sussex met the Queen, the only Queen I answer to: Her Majesty Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter. Beyoncé issued a decree back in February when she and Jay-Z posted about Meghan on Instagram to accept their BRIT Award: Meghan Markle is By Lainey • Jul 15, 2019 11:06 am
