Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Star Wars Celebration is happening right now, and it’s bringing us our first look at Star Wars Episode IX. There’s a new droid! Poe Dameron looks super f-cking hot! Carrie Fisher returns thanks to unused footage! All of the main characters are in love with each other By Sarah • Apr 12, 2019 02:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews John & Emily/Garrett & Emma: Friday Couples John Krasinski and Emily Blunt stepped out for dinner in New York last night. John confirmed earlier this year that he would be directing the sequel to A Quiet Place and it was reported in February that Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe were “in talks to return”. A By Lainey • Apr 12, 2019 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews An amazing day in Wine Country A few weeks ago, we got a preview of Amy Poehler’s Netflix film, Wine Country, when she and Maya Rudolph appeared in Vanity Fair to talk work and friendship. Now, we have a trailer for Wine Country, and it looks as funny and adorable as you’d expect. Poehler By Sarah • Apr 12, 2019 10:18 am
TV Updates Intro for April 12, 2019 Dear Gossips, There is so much to watch this weekend. Of course the big watch is the return of Game of Thrones, beginning its six-episode run to the end. But that’s not until Sunday night (9pm on Crave in Canada). Tonight Kathleen and I are seeing Little, starring By Lainey • Apr 12, 2019 08:48 am
Quiveration Today it’s Chris Hemsworth Here’s Chris Hemsworth in London today promoting Avengers: Endgame, like it needs more promotion. (Why am I working for Marvel/Disney for free?) I’m more into Chris Hemsworth right now than I’ve ever been – and not just because Thor is way cooler now than he was when By Lainey • Apr 11, 2019 12:49 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Chris Evans’s next bearded role Chris Evans showed up at the Avengers: Endgame press conference last weekend looking hot in green velvet pants and brown boots but while some of the others were in the UK yesterday he was at home in Massachusetts working on Defending Jacob, the Apple series based on the book by By Lainey • Apr 11, 2019 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I am The Lion King Grinch The full trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of The Lion King is here and I remain totally unmoved. It’s a shot-for-shot remake. Sure, it looks beautiful, but it’s a shot-for-shot remake. Besides money, WHY? There is no answer, except “money”. Also, I By Sarah • Apr 10, 2019 01:19 pm
TV Updates Timothy Olyphant, Silver Fox Lainey notifies me whenever there are new photos of Timothy Olyphant, because there are so rarely new photos of Timothy Olyphant. That might be why I didn’t realize he has gained so much silver in his hair—Timothy Olyphant has officially reached Silver Fox status. It’s a good By Sarah • Apr 09, 2019 03:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson’s last group date? Scarlett Johansson is currently promoting Avengers: Endgame, a movie which needs no promotion. She was on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night with RDJ, Chris Hemsworth, and Paul Rudd. Next year, she’ll probably be back on the Marvel beat promoting her own movie, Black Widow, which is reportedly going to By Sarah • Apr 09, 2019 10:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily-Rose: no updates I saw these shots of Lily-Rose Depp shopping in LA yesterday and realised…oh yeah, it’s been months since we’ve had an update on her and Timothee Chalamet. Pretty sure the last time they were seen together was back in December when he spent part of the By Lainey • Apr 09, 2019 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Zachary Levi in Shazam! Here’s a surprise, Shazam! is delightful, by far the most fun and upbeat—and optimistic—movie DC Films has produced. So it’s a little bit of a bummer the movie isn’t doing any better. It opened this weekend with $53 million, which isn’t bad, but it’ By Sarah • Apr 08, 2019 02:53 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews (Half) The Avengers assemble Two and a half weeks to go until Avengers: Endgame opens and we find out how they’re going to take out Thanos and reverse the Snap. So the final press push begins. Which is interesting because even though, in theory, we know that most of them will somehow be By Lainey • Apr 08, 2019 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Robert Pattinson’s High Life singing High Life, the first English language film directed by the acclaimed Claire Denis, opens in limited release today and is getting excellent reviews, in particular for lead actor Robert Pattinson who’s been on a tear the last couple of years with a string of impressive performances in Good Time, By Lainey • Apr 05, 2019 03:27 pm
Maple Leaf Charlize Theron: “shockingly available” Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen were in Vegas for CinemaCon yesterday to promote Long Shot and they were presented with the Comedy Stars of the Year Award. Long Shot was well-received at SXSW last month, Charlize and Seth’s chemistry is reportedly really strong, and as we saw last By Lainey • Apr 05, 2019 12:09 pm
Music Mo-cap Cats Here’s a question I’ve been asking on this site for months now: what the f-ck is this Cats movie? The Cats movie comes out just before Christmas. Like, pretty much at the same time as Star Wars: Episode IX. They’re counterprogramming Star Wars with Cats. OK. By Lainey • Apr 05, 2019 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Octavia Spencer’s horror moment It’s an unspoken rule of entertainment that the horror genre can deliver great roles to actresses in a way traditional dramatic often doesn’t. Consider Toni Collette in Hereditary, or Lupita Nyong’o in Us, or Jamie Lee Curtis’s resurgence thanks to Halloween—horror often comes through when By Sarah • Apr 04, 2019 02:04 pm
