Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu in The Eternals? It’s a Keanu Reeves takeover – nonstop Keanu news the last few weeks. Nobody is complaining, right? Who the f-ck would complain about this? Sarah’s been covering The Eternals casting over the last couple of months as Marvel readies its next big franchise after wrapping phase 1 (or whatever) By Lainey • Jun 03, 2019 09:10 am
Amazingness Intro for June 3, 2019 Dear Gossips, Last week, I wrote about how it came to be that Keanu Reeves is in Always Be My Maybe: because he’s a big fan of Ali Wong. She and Randall Park had the idea to cast Keanu as Marcus’s (Randall’s character) “worst nightmare” romantic adversary. By Lainey • Jun 03, 2019 08:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews We do not need Rambo now When the Death Wish remake starring Bruce Willis came out last year, I said there was “no good time for a movie like Death Wish”, a movie about a white man using vigilante violence against minority communities. You know what is a movie like Death Wish? Rambo. Specifically, Rambos 2-4. By Sarah • May 31, 2019 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Kitchen doesn’t belong in August A year ago, we learned that Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy, and Elisabeth Moss were co-starring in a movie, The Kitchen, about mob wives who take over when their husbands go to jail. I’ve been super into this movie ever since, and the first trailer has done nothing to dissuade By Sarah • May 31, 2019 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews RBatz IS a lock after all Update: Batman waffling is over, Robert Pattinson got the job. Yesterday we heard that Robert Pattinson, despite earlier reports, had not actually locked down the role of Batman in Matt Reeves’ upcoming Bat-movie, and that he would be screen testing against Nicholas Hoult for the role. Now, though, Deadline is By Sarah • May 31, 2019 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mindy Kaling dreams it, does it In 2011, Mindy Kaling wrote an essay that was published in The New Yorker that, all these years later, has kind of defined her work and career. I remember at the time, we all sent it around to each other – read this! so true! love it! she nails it! She By Lainey • May 31, 2019 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews RBatz is not a lock A couple weeks ago we learned that Robert Pattinson is up to be the new Batman, taking over the role from Ben Affleck. Lainey dubbed him the “Millennial Batman”, I think we should call him “RBatz” if he gets the gig. And it is an IF, as a report yesterday By Sarah • May 31, 2019 09:55 am
Music Jukebox movies have arrived A while back, jukebox musicals were all the Broadway rage, thanks to shows like Mamma Mia! and Rock of Ages. Now, the jukebox movie has come to take over Hollywood. It was inevitable, really, in the age of Big IP, that as soon as one person made money off framing By Sarah • May 30, 2019 11:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Octavia Spencer in Ma When discussing the trailer for Ma, the horror movie starring Octavia Spencer, I said, “Even if this turns out more camp than high art—a real possibility with a Blumhouse production—I’m cool with it.” Well, guess what. Ma is not camp. It’s certainly not high art. It By Sarah • May 29, 2019 04:27 pm
Girlcrushes Everybody loves Ali Wong There’s a headline that’s been going around today about Ali Wong and how she joked on Ellen DeGeneres’s show about writing a movie specifically so she could experience the joy of kissing Daniel Dae Kim and Keanu Reeves. Keanu is the biggest star in Always Be My By Lainey • May 29, 2019 03:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt… for Oscar? Brad Pitt was seen in Venice today. He was apparently there for the Biennale with his friend Thomas Houseago, the artist. Yesterday, by the way, was Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s 13th birthday. She probably spent it with her ma, siblings, and friends. Are we going to get some kind of bullsh-t By Lainey • May 28, 2019 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mena Massoud is pure diamond in Aladdin Aladdin had a shame-faced ad campaign that made it seem like Disney was embarrassed of the movie, and the most interesting thing about Aladdin was #HotJafar. So I am quite shocked to report that Aladdin is not terrible. And it won the box office this weekend with a $105 million By Sarah • May 27, 2019 10:21 am
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
