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 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 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 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’ 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 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 By Sarah • May 17, 2019 09:45 am
