Break Ups “Jen’s own story” Jennifer Aniston covers the new issue of Us Weekly and I’d love to see the print version because I’m confused about what this is. According to the captions, this is “Jen’s own story” and she “opens up” about “healing after heartbreak”. Online though, in the article that By Lainey • Nov 29, 2018 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tessa as Bianca the underdog Oh, you thought I was done obsessing over Creed II? I’m not. Today the focus of my obsession is what Tessa Thompson brought to her role as Bianca. The Rocky franchise is all about the underdog story. It’s about triumph in the face of insurmountable circumstances. It’s By Kathleen • Nov 28, 2018 04:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ask Nicole Anything I met up with one of my students last night, Erik. Erik is a cinephile, and he tries to see as many films as possible, as many times as possible. With Erik, as soon as you mention movies, you might get an hour-long monologue. Anyway, I was encouraging him to By Lainey • Nov 28, 2018 02:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews PS. I Still Love TATBILB The sequel to this summer’s breakout teen rom-com hit, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, is officially in the works. This is a surprise to no one. Teens everywhere, and me, made TATBILB one of Netflix’s “most viewed original films ever with strong repeat viewing" By Kathleen • Nov 28, 2018 12:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Green Book’s precarious Oscar position Back in September, Green Book won the audience award at TIFF. This set it up as an Oscar front-runner, and it seemed like an inevitable Best Picture nominee. It’s a middle-of-the-road movie about race made to make white people feel good, a la Driving Miss Daisy, The Blind Side, By Sarah • Nov 28, 2018 10:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Creed II: The soundtrack “Eye of The Tiger” is one of the most iconic movie songs of all time. It’s one of the reasons Rocky III is my favourite Rocky movie. I feel like the heavyweight champion of the world just listening to it. Find me in the gym (lol) listening to this By Kathleen • Nov 27, 2018 05:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx in Robin Hood (Lainey: The headlines about Robin Hood aren’t great. Forbes calls it the “most predictable box office bomb” of the year. The Telegraph says it’s the “biggest box office bomb since Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur”. According to Business Insider, it’s the “biggest box office bomb of the By Sarah • Nov 27, 2018 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Indie king Ethan Hawke’s hustle is showing Ethan Hawke got the wildest applause of the night at the Gotham Awards last night after his Best Actor win for his work in First Reformed. It’s his first win for that performance, and with the National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Circle both announcing their By Joanna • Nov 27, 2018 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael B Jordan is a Movie Star Creed II was a big hit this weekend at the box office with a total Wednesday to Sunday gross of $55 million, making it the best American Thanksgiving opening ever for a live action film. That’s a record. And it’s Michael B Jordan’s second record-breaking movie this By Lainey • Nov 26, 2018 04:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael B Jordan in Creed II It’s going to be impossible for me to put aside my bias to write this review. My dog’s name is Apollo Creed. My big brother and I would watch Rocky marathons all day until our parents forced us to go do our homework or something more productive than By Kathleen • Nov 23, 2018 04:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Colman, Weisz, and Stone in The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos is not interested in teaching a history lesson, so The Favourite is an historical drama heavier on drama than historicity. Telling the story of Queen Anne, Sarah Marlborough, and Abigail Hill, The Favourite takes a series of events and bends and twists them into a tale of power, By Sarah • Nov 23, 2018 03:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Christian, Amy, Bradley: an American Hustle Oscars American Hustle came out five years ago, directed by David O Russell, starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jeremy Renner. The film was nominated for several Oscars. Now three of its stars are in this year’s Oscar race, two of them going up against each By Lainey • Nov 23, 2018 01:27 pm
Media Manipulation “With BEYONCÉ KNOWLES-CARTER” As Sarah wrote in the previous post about the new The Lion King teaser, Beyoncé is credited as: It kinda became a thing on Twitter. Sarah said she has Questions about the double-barrel name. Since B doesn’t answer questions anymore, we have to speculate. As Sarah posited, this may By Lainey • Nov 23, 2018 11:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Lion King is coming for our money Disney already gets most of our money, what with Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and their revolving door of animated classics being turned into live action films. This year alone they’ve taken $4 billion off us with just Marvel and Pixar. But that’s not enough. It will never be By Sarah • Nov 23, 2018 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Viggo slipping? Viggo Mortensen was considered a strong contender for a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in Green Book. Last week, however, at a Q&A following a screening, Viggo said the n-word. He apologized afterwards. Now Variety is asking if it will “doom his Oscar chances”. But Green By Lainey • Nov 22, 2018 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie and Harley Quinn’s “fantabulous” title Superhero and antihero movies are usually Sarah’s beat. But I’ve been trying to leave her alone because it’s American Thanksgiving which is why you’re getting me for this story, a comic book story. Should be fun and enraging. Fun for me, probably enraging for Sarah when By Lainey • Nov 21, 2018 02:42 pm
