Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise in Digger There is simply no way to discuss “Digger” without spoilers. Buckle the f-ck up. No one will ever accuse filmmaker Alejandro Iñárritu of humility. No one will ever accuse Movie Star Tom Cruise of subtlety. No one will ever accuse their first collaboration, Digger, of cowardice. Digger is a By Sarah • Oct 02, 2026 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kerry Washington showing up the boys You know what they say, no rest for the wicked, which means Netflix just keeps grinding. With East of Eden now streaming, it’s time to launch Animals, Ben Affleck’s latest as an actor-director. The premiere was last night in Los Angeles, ahead of the film’s October By Sarah • Oct 02, 2026 10:16 am
Top Reads Tom Cruise: Daytime and Dancing Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger, starring Tom Cruise, opens tomorrow and while box office projections back in the spring were predicted to be around the $30 million mark, the updated figures are showing that the film may not crack $15 million because audiences don’t seem to be interested in By Lainey • Oct 01, 2026 01:41 pm
Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway: Knicks, Oscar, Verity In that order? Probably. But first, I really loved the Prabal Gurung dress that Anne Hathaway wore to the Verity premiere on Tuesday night in New York City. The shape is gorgeous, the train is so pretty, and that was the perfect hairstyle for the look. With a hair clip! By Lainey • Oct 01, 2026 11:20 am
Tom Cruise Tom Cruise: Countdown to the Spirit Tunnel The Digger review embargo has been lifted, and as expected, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest is polarising by the very definition of the word: at the time of this post, it’s at 51% at Rotten Tomatoes and 48% at Metacritic. Digger opens on Friday alongside Verity, the latest Colleen By Lainey • Sep 29, 2026 02:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 28, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was announced on Friday afternoon that Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have joined the cast of the Astaire biopic starring Tom Holland as Fred with Paul King directing. Margaret will play Fred’s older sister, Adele, while Sabrina will play Ginger Rogers. Word is they started pre- By Lainey • Sep 28, 2026 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson in Primetime Documentarian Lance Oppenheim makes the leap to narrative feature film with Primetime, a psychological thriller/horror movie about Chris Hansen and the 2000s TV show, To Catch a Predator (Primetime is adapted by Ajon Singh from Luke Dittrich’s book, Tonight on ‘Dateline’ This Man Will Die). Primetime is a By Sarah • Sep 25, 2026 10:36 am
What Else Verity, but no Annie The Verity premiere happened tonight in London but without Anne Hathaway who was photographed around the same time in New York. Annie would never skip out on promotion if she could help it… and there’s an obvious explanation. Air travel is typically not recommended in the final weeks of By Lainey • Sep 24, 2026 04:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Can You Can See Everything break the Oscar doc curse? As we approach October and the trophy machine clicks into high gear, I don’t think there is a film I am more excited for than You Can See Everything, the Elizabeth Holmes documentary made by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. We saw the first trailer last month, and now By Sarah • Sep 24, 2026 09:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 24, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that a new Gremlins movie, Gremlins 3, has been pushed back to October 2028, almost a year later than the original release date which was supposed to be November 2027. But Warner Bros did drop a teaser. It’s short, but instantly recognisable for By Lainey • Sep 24, 2026 09:30 am
Top Reads Tom Cruise: A Royal Exception Alejandro González Iñárritu, Tom Cruise, and the cast of Digger were in London last night for the film’s world premiere. The full review embargo hasn’t yet been lifted but critics are now able to share their first reactions and that’s been one of the stories about the By Lainey • Sep 23, 2026 12:37 pm
Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Lawrence: Sunrise is coming It’s been a couple of weeks since Jennifer Lawrence decided on a random Tuesday during back-to-school week to join Instagram after saying for years that she would never – at least not publicly. It was the most JLaw way to launch JLaw on IG: sarcastic but not mean- By Lainey • Sep 22, 2026 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 22, 2026 Dear Gossips, Oscar speculation about The Odyssey began the moment it opened in theatres, if not before. But the film’s box office, which has now exceeded $1.7 billion, an astonishing number for an R-rated movie, has made it Universal’s highest grossing film ever, and is definitely By Lainey • Sep 22, 2026 09:22 am
Brad Pitt Brad and Quentin double down If you’ve been reading this site over the years, from at least before the pandemic, you might remember our reaction to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood when it came out. Sarah’s review is here and it’s only gotten better over time. This paragraph By Lainey • Sep 21, 2026 11:29 am
TIFF 2026 coverage TIFF Review: Our Lady Peace honors fans with Gail Band documentaries can be as insipid as band biopics, glossy and polished and cutting away all the rough spots in favor of presenting a favorable, often self-aggrandizing view of the musicians. Not so in Gail, a documentary that is, ostensibly, about the 30th anniversary tour of Canadian rock band By Sarah • Sep 18, 2026 02:54 pm
TIFF 2026 coverage TIFF Review: Anna Biller’s The Face of Horror Anna Biller’s 2016 film The Love Witch has ascended to cult status over the last decade, and now she is back with a new, extremely aesthetic film, this time set in medieval England and done in the style of Technicolor schlock horror (think of all those Edgar Allen Poe By Sarah • Sep 18, 2026 11:30 am
