Movie Reviews and Previews What does Captain Marvel mean for the Avengers? This is mostly for Lainey, who thought Carol Danvers could time travel even though I told her point-blank she cannot time travel. Lainey texted me a bunch of questions about how Carol Danvers is going to fit into the Avengers, especially as Captain Marvel doesn’t really explain Carol’s By Sarah • Mar 12, 2019 03:24 pm
Maple Leaf Tatiana Maslany and Tom Cullen's (movie) love story Tatiana Maslany and her partner of eight years, Tom Cullen, have been in Austin for the past few days for the debut of their latest collaboration, the romantic drama Pink Wall. It's a searing, non-linear portrayal of a relationship between Jenna (Tatiana) and Leon (Jay Duplass) over six By Joanna • Mar 12, 2019 03:00 pm
Maple Leaf Good Boys act out Seth Rogen is a busy dude. This month, he has The Long Shot, which Joanna just saw at SXSW and loved. But he’s also in The Lion King, an episode of Jordan Peele’s reimagined Twilight Zone, and is going to play Walter Cronkite in a movie (there’s By Sarah • Mar 12, 2019 12:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Olivia Wilde's Booksmart is an outrageous ode to friendship The redband trailer for the bawdy, brassy and very sassy Booksmart dropped yesterday about 12 hours after the film's world premiere at SXSW, where it debuted to raucous laughter and a standing ovation. Standing ovations at SXSW aren't necessarily a thing, unless you're Boyz By Joanna • Mar 12, 2019 12:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aladdin is a joke, right? We are two months out from the release of Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake, and we are only just now getting a full trailer. Usually, two months out from release, we’d be getting the final of two or three trailers, but Aladdin apparently works in reverse. Now that we By Sarah • Mar 12, 2019 11:37 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina Jolie + 4 at the Dumbo premiere Dumbo is in theatres March 29th. I am afraid of this movie. Not because Tim Burton directed it. Not because it’s going to suck. There is no way it’s going to suck. The visuals look amazing. Early reaction – at least that I’ve seen – has been positive. But By Lainey • Mar 12, 2019 10:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for March 12, 2019 Dear Gossips, Last week, did you hear about this?, some dude decided he’d figured out the formula for how many tampons a woman needs during her period. Amazing, right? After thousands of years of humanity, he comes along with his menstrual math and it turns out, the solution was By Lainey • Mar 12, 2019 09:24 am
Amazingness Charlize Theron’s amazing dancing and that Boyz II Men SXSW surprise If you weren’t talking about Us at SXSW, chances are you were talking about the surprise Boyz II Men sing-a-long and dance party with Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen following the world premiere of Long Shot on Saturday. Boyz II Men! ABC! BBD! And the entire Paramount Theatre (about By Joanna • Mar 11, 2019 01:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Us World Premiere at SXSW, and all that hype When Jordan Peele introduced Lupita Nyong’o at the world premiere of Us in Austin at SXSW on Friday night, she leapt from her seat and started punching the air to cheer for her film and hype up the crowd. She was PUMPED because she knew what we were about By Joanna • Mar 11, 2019 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain Marvel lit up the box office Despite diaper babies crying all over the internet and doing their best to convince themselves that everyone else hates Captain Marvel as much as they do, Captain Marvel had a big debut weekend, racking up an estimated $153 million in its North American debut. It turns out, the only people By Sarah • Mar 11, 2019 10:22 am
Style Intro for March 11, 2019 Dear Gossips, Captain Marvel exceeded expectations this weekend with a big take at the box office. Sarah will have the analysis coming up later. I saw it again on Sunday and I liked it even more on second viewing. And, as usually happens with me on repeats with these movies, By Lainey • Mar 11, 2019 08:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Netflix’s rom-com revival continues Last year, Netflix ushered in the rom-com revival with their “summer of love”. This year, they’re keeping the love train running with a new romantic comedy, Someone Great. It stars Gina Rodriguez and LaKeith Stanfield as a twenty-something couple splitting up on the eve of their thirties. But as By Sarah • Mar 08, 2019 02:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s almost time for Once Upon a Time Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter speculated about which films could be screened in Cannes. We are now just two months away from the festival and, since Cannes has always welcomed Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a strong possibility. The film opens wide at the end By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 01:57 pm
BFFs Captain Marvel’s International Women’s Weekend Today is International Women’s Day intentionally chosen to be the American opening day of Captain Marvel. Obviously they’re hoping for a big box office this weekend. Projections range anywhere from $80 million to $120 million. She was off to a good start last night with Deadline estimating a By Lainey • Mar 08, 2019 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain Marvel punches the patriarchy Captain Marvel is an oddity by way of being the first solo-led superheroine movie produced by Marvel Studios. Eleven years and twenty movies on from Iron Man, they finally entrust a story entirely to a woman, and the result is, much like Black Panther, special by virtue of being different. By Sarah • Mar 08, 2019 09:32 am
BFFs Work romance in Late Night Mindy Kaling’s late night talk show comedy, Late Night, premiered at Sundance and now we have a trailer to assess the fuss and decide if it’s worth it. Going by this trailer, I think the Sundance audience maybe undersold it, because I Am Charmed. Late Night stars Emma By Sarah • Mar 07, 2019 11:55 am
