Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Hemsworth Hulks out Today in I Mean, Okay news, Chris Hemsworth is going to star as Hulk Hogan in a biopic to be directed by Todd Phillips. This project reunites Phillips with The Joker screenwriter Scott Silver, and Hemsworth is also on board as a producer. This is a strange mix of people By Sarah • Feb 21, 2019 01:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Armie Hammer is not Batman…yet Since it’s now finally, officially, confirmed that Ben Affleck is no longer Batman, and Warner Bros and DC are moving ahead with a younger version of Bruce Wayne, everyone’s all eager to find out who that might be. Nerds hotlines were blowing up yesterday because of this rumour: By Lainey • Feb 19, 2019 03:53 pm
Music Can Rocketman do better than Bohemian Rhapsody? We’ve already gotten a look at Taron Egerton playing Sir Elton John in Rocketman, but here comes a new featurette meant to convince us he is not just doing Elton karaoke but is FULLY INHABITING THE SPIRIT OF SIR ELTON. This featurette is dedicated to showing off his singing— By Sarah • Feb 19, 2019 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rogen + Theron = unlikely rom-com Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron made a movie with the unlikely working title “Flarsky”. The movie was known to be a comedy, but the title was so WTF everyone sort of wondered if Rogen and his creative partner, Evan Goldberg, had maybe pushed things too far. Turns out: No. Retitled By Sarah • Feb 18, 2019 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s gentle return Ben Affleck was on Kimmel last night to premiere a new trailer for Triple Frontier. The film premieres on Netflix March 13, also starring Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac, and Garrett Hedlund. It looks like a hard movie, like they’re going through some SH-T. What I’m trying to say By Lainey • Feb 15, 2019 02:34 pm
Music The Unsinkable Jennifer Lopez That was a famous magazine title about another Jennifer – Jennifer Aniston. It was the Vanity Fair article, the one after she and Brad Pitt divorced. I feel like that word, “unsinkable”, applies also to Jennifer Lopez. Last year, we featured JLo on Show Your Work and what’s amazing about By Lainey • Feb 14, 2019 04:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Isn’t it Romantic is a feel-good rom-com parody Isn’t It Romantic has a slightly tortured concept, with a meta romantic comedy tucked inside a regular, straightforward romantic comedy. It’s part of the recently resurgent “brain damage leads to fantasy scenario” sub-genre of romantic movies (see also: Yesterday), and stars Rebel Wilson as the recipient of said By Sarah • Feb 14, 2019 04:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s Jesse Pinkman, Bitch When the news about a Breaking Bad movie came out, we decided to hold off until there was information on the cast, because what is Breaking Bad without Walt and Jesse? We now have more info, with reports that the series will move forward as a film with Aaron Paul By Maria • Feb 14, 2019 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson is getting it done Brie Larson’s press tour for Captain Marvel has been solid. It’s the most interesting she’s been, and she has spoken astutely about what these kinds of big franchise roles mean when it comes to representation, as well as the cross-section of promotion and representation. She’s aiming By Sarah • Feb 13, 2019 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson Star in The Hustle Yesterday, MGM released a trailer for The Hustle starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson. It’s a remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and the trailer looks smart and entertaining. Rebel is coming hot off Isn’t It Romantic, opening today. While the movie itself has received lukewarm critical reviews, many By Prem • Feb 13, 2019 01:19 pm
Royals Prince Harry and Spike Lee When I wrote the other day about Prince William and Catherine at the BAFTAs, I wondered what Spike Lee said to William during the meet and greet. As mentioned in that post, Spike got pretty animated when Will approached him. And now he’s revealed what they talked about: Prince By Lainey • Feb 13, 2019 12:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 13, 2019 Dear Gossips, Here’s a debate that will rage on forever: Beatles or Stones? I’m Team Beatles. Always. You can tell me I’m basic, go ahead, I said what I said. For those of us who are Team Beatles, this movie trailer, OMGGGGGGG. Yesterday was written by Richard By Lainey • Feb 13, 2019 09:03 am
Style Miley’s red dress stands in for Liam As Maria mentioned yesterday in Celebrity Social Media, Rebel Wilson revealed during press for Isn’t it Romantic that Liam Hemsworth had been hospitalised. He wasn’t with Miley Cyrus at the Grammys the other night. And he wasn’t well enough to attend the premiere last night. So Miley By Lainey • Feb 12, 2019 12:49 pm
BFFs Emily and John support The Rock Emily Blunt and John Krasinski showed up to a screening of Fighting With My Family last night in New York. The film is written and directed by Stephen Merchant and produced by Dwayne The Rock Johnson who also plays a small role. As The Rock keeps saying, he doesn’t By Lainey • Feb 12, 2019 11:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The LEGO Movie 2: worn a little thin The LEGO Movie was a surprise hit—no one expected an obvious and crass commercial ploy like this would ever work—which, naturally, started a franchise. 2017 saw two LEGO spin-offs, The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Ninjago movie, which was an up-and-down experience. Batman did fine, but Ninjago By Sarah • Feb 12, 2019 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taron Egerton gets back together with his girlfriend Taron Egerton was at a BAFTA event last night joined by Emily Thomas, his girlfriend. They broke up some time last year but, obviously, are back together. As the older generation would say, this is quite a handsome couple. Some of these shots are like prom portraits, which feels about By Lainey • Feb 07, 2019 03:11 pm
