Movie Reviews and Previews Terminator is back, for real this time Terminator is an unkillable franchise. No matter how bad the movies get—and they have gotten VERY bad—every few years a new one is announced. And not reboots! They keep trying to build off the same lore and continue the original story, but much like Star Wars, it turns By Sarah • May 24, 2019 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Booksmart: the sleeper comedy hit of 2019? Booksmart, a film about type-A++ overachiever BFFs seeking an all-out, wild last hurrah to cram in all of the raucous partying they missed out on during four years of heavy duty high school studying and debate practice, still has a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, after 98 counted reviews. And By Joanna • May 23, 2019 04:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad & Leo side by side Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Quentin Tarantino cover the new Esquire promoting Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. This was my first takeaway from the interview – and it relates to Brad and Leo talking about Luke Perry. Here’s the quote: LD: And for that matter, you know, Luke Perry! By Lainey • May 23, 2019 03:58 pm
Gorgessity Game over: Marion Cotillard’s outrageous outfit has won Cannes Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, and Brad Pitt may have brought the throwback glamour to Cannes, but it’s Marion Cotillard who completely stole the show and the festival in my eyes. The photos and background reactions of her in a midriff-baring Balmain look at the premiere of Xavier Dolan’s By Joanna • May 23, 2019 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ali, Randall, and Keanu! Keanu Reeves is currently king of the box office as John Wick 3 took down Avengers: Endgame last weekend with a $57 million opening take supported by strong reviews – Sarah loved it and called it the best of the franchise so far. Which is an achievement. How often is the By Lainey • May 23, 2019 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Biennial Vanity Fair Star Wars Ad In what is now a biennial tradition, Vanity Fair has a bunch of beautiful new Star Wars portraits and photos from Annie Leibovitz covering their new issue—let’s be honest, this is a very fancy, very splashy ad. This year there are two covers: Rey and Kylo Ren. They By Sarah • May 23, 2019 09:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 23, 2019 Dear Gossips, Cannes 2019 isn’t over yet but the festival’s biggest story is and will likely continue to be Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time …in Hollywood. So the Cannes love affair with QT continues. They adore him there and, apparently, since the reviews have been outstanding By Lainey • May 23, 2019 08:48 am
Music Taron Egerton’s strong (and golden?) Rocketman launch Taron Egerton brought his mom and his very much on-again girlfriend Emily Thomas to the London premiere of Rocketman last night, days after they proudly stood by his side at the film’s world premiere in Cannes. One thing I really like about Taron? In spite of all of his By Joanna • May 21, 2019 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Rock is rebooting Saw This is the second weirdest headline of the week. It turns out that Chris Rock—yes, comedian and filmmaker Chris Rock—is a fan of the Saw horror franchise, you know, the torture porn movies with the serial killer who sets elaborate Rube Goldberg traps for his victims. Rock is By Sarah • May 17, 2019 04:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Budget John Wick Keanu Reeves is hailed for launching an original action franchise, and rightly so, because in the age of Big IP, that is nearly impossible. But he is not the only actor to front an original action franchise—Gerard Butler has his own original action franchise in the “Fallen” series. You By Sarah • May 17, 2019 03:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson: Millennial Batman As Sarah just wrote in the previous post, Robert Pattinson as Batman was big breaking news last night on social media. It’s probably the first time he’s trended like this since Twilight – and this is something to be mindful of, because after the pop culture craze that was By Lainey • May 17, 2019 10:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson is our new Batman We knew that Ben Affleck was done, and Batfleck was no more. Now, we know that the next actor in line for Batman is none other than Robert Pattinson. It was a real record-scratch moment when the news broke, but frankly, it’s no stranger than when Heath Ledger was By Sarah • May 17, 2019 09:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 17, 2019 Dear Gossips, John Wick: Chapter 3 opens this weekend. The reviews have been really good – read Sarah’s review here – and it’s projected to bring in around $50 million to win the box office ahead of Avengers: Endgame. It’s no secret that we love John Wick here. But By Lainey • May 17, 2019 09:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 16, 2019 Dear Gossips, I saw a film last weekend that I can’t stop thinking or talking about, even though it made me uncomfortable, especially since it made me uncomfortable – and on so many levels. The Grizzlies, based on a true story, is about the determination and resilience of a group By Lainey • May 16, 2019 08:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews This is not a romantic movie Lainey emailed me yesterday after she clicked on something that said, “Florence Pugh breakup movie”, only it turned out to be the new trailer for Midsommar, Ari Aster’s follow-up to Hereditary. Lainey does not handle horror well, so I think she might be scarred for life now. The first By Sarah • May 15, 2019 01:22 pm
Style Intro for May 15, 2019 Dear Gossips, It was great to see Selena Gomez on the Cannes red carpet last night, on opening night, as a member of the cast of The Dead Don’t Die, by Jim Jarmusch. Selena, as we know, has pulled back from the public eye over the last year to By Lainey • May 15, 2019 09:41 am
