Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Bailey is the real Ariel On the heels of the so-so news about Melissa McCarthy playing Ursula in the live-action Little Mermaid comes the GLORIOUS news that Halle Bailey, of Chloe x Halle fame, will play Ariel. There was some initial confusion that Halle Berry is playing Ariel, which Halley-mark-Berry set straight on Twitter: In By Sarah • Jul 04, 2019 10:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 4, 2019 Dear Gossips, As Sarah mentioned the other day, even though she’s not into musicals, or live action remakes, she lives for The Little Mermaid and is completely invested in the movie. So she has firmly planted her flag here at this site on everything Little Mermaid. When news broke By Lainey • Jul 04, 2019 10:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man: Far From Home Spider-Man: Homecoming works about as well as a “standalone” movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe can (none of these movies truly stand alone, but some pass better than others). Its sequel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, however, does not stand alone at all. It is well and truly a coda to By Sarah • Jul 03, 2019 01:15 pm
Xenu Tom Cruise on his birthday Today is Tom Cruise’s birthday, he’s 57 years old. He’s spending it where he’s most comfortable, the only place he calls home: on set. Here he is in LA continuing work on Top Gun: Maverick. It’s been a while since we’ve seen Tom – and By Lainey • Jul 03, 2019 12:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The search for Elvis Baz Luhrmann is making a film about Elvis Presley. The story is reportedly about his early years and the relationship between Elvis and his manager Colonel Tom Parker who will be played by Tom Hanks. Baz co-wrote the script with Craig Pearce and I wonder about the source material. If By Lainey • Jul 03, 2019 12:07 pm
Maple Leaf Keanu and Alex: the Wyld Stallyns are back Amid all the f-cksh-t the world has to offer, there have been two Canadians who’ve been consistently reliable, bringing moments of joy as a reprieve from cruel reality: Celine Dion and Keanu Reeves. Celine Paris Fashion Week is happening right now and Keanu has been there for us all By Lainey • Jul 03, 2019 10:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews All the stars in Knives Out Pre-Star Wars, Rian Johnson made his name as a director on twisty-turny genre pieces Brick, The Brothers Bloom (vastly underappreciated), and Looper. Then he went off and made a Star War and a very vocal fragment of the fandom pooped their Pampers over The Last Jedi, an argument which continues By Sarah • Jul 03, 2019 10:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Midsommar is the best breakup movie in the whole ass world Writer/director Ari Aster really f-cked us up last year with his feature film debut, Hereditary. He’s back this year with his sophomore effort, Midsommar, a daytime nightmare about toxic relationships and the horror of white male mediocrity. Here’s the deal—Midsommar is not as traumatically frightening as By Sarah • Jul 02, 2019 03:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa McCarthy wants our poor, unfortunate souls Late Friday, Variety reported that Melissa McCarthy is in talks to play Ursula in the inevitable Disney live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. This is the only Disney live-action remake I actually care about because I LOVE The Little Mermaid. I loved mermaids so much as a kid I used By Sarah • Jul 02, 2019 02:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Beyoncé…and Meghan Markle? The Lion King opens on July 19. The final promotion stage is here, which means premieres and red carpets. And you know the biggest name involved. It’s Beyoncé, obviously, whose presence has been minimal so far – no junkets, no magazines, not much other than posting the trailer on her By Lainey • Jul 02, 2019 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ready Player Jumanji Back during the 2017 holidays, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was a surprise, near-billion-dollar hit. So, naturally, a sequel (three-quel, technically) was immediately rushed into development. That movie, Jumanji: The Next Level, is scheduled for the 2019 holiday season, obviously hoping to repeat the fortunes of its predecessor. The first By Sarah • Jul 02, 2019 10:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Himesh Patel in Yesterday Yesterday has one hell of a hook: Jack (Himesh Patel), a struggling singer-songwriter, hits his head and wakes up in a world where no one else remembers The Beatles, which is his ticket to long-awaited fame and glory. Nested within this story is a romantic dramedy about Jack and his By Sarah • Jun 28, 2019 01:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill, Secondary Sherlock Post-Superman, Henry Cavill is staying busy. He has that Witcher show coming to Netflix later this year (probably), and now he has bagged a movie role, one which could allow him to regrow The Mustache. Cavill will play Sherlock Holmes…in a movie that is not about Sherlock Holmes. He’ By Sarah • Jun 28, 2019 11:23 am
BFFs Spider-Man, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Sean Paul The Spider-Man: Far From Home premiere was last night. Previously on Behind the Scenes of Spider-Man, we were focused on whether or not Zendaya and Tom Holland are more than just friends. This time around, for this press tour, even though people keep trying to create some kind of Zendaya-Tom By Lainey • Jun 27, 2019 04:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Good morning, Angels Well this is a fun way to start the day. The first trailer for Elizabeth Banks’s reboot of Charlie’s Angels is here, and it is pretty fun. A little bit cool? Not at all bad. It doesn’t look like they’re breaking new ground here, but then By Sarah • Jun 27, 2019 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Directors take aim at Netflix After the Academy waffled earlier this year - led by Steven Spielberg - over whether or not to tighten eligibility rules to target streaming services, the Directors Guild of America actually did the thing, and tightened their eligibility rules. Under their new guidelines, day-and-date releases, in which a film premieres By Sarah • Jun 27, 2019 11:09 am
