Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina: Godmother on her way I mentioned Angelina Jolie yesterday in the final post of the day when I linked to the news that she’ll be heading to Cannes to present the 25th Trophée Chopard. On Friday night she’ll present the award to rising stars Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett. Over the years, By Lainey • May 13, 2025 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews He-Man is actually happening I had completely forgotten they’re making a new live-action He-Man movie until these photos of Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Mendes on set surfaced over the weekend. The film is currently shooting in London, and you can see Galitzine sporting himbo hair and Mendes in costume as Teela, He-Man’s By Sarah • May 12, 2025 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ana de Armas: Chopper Access As just mentioned in the previous post about Tom Cruise, he was busy promoting his movie all last week in Japan and Korea and also this weekend in London. Ana de Armas, however, evidently still has helicopter privileges when he’s not with her because the chopper took her to By Lainey • May 12, 2025 12:32 pm
Amazingness Cruise: Mission: ARMY Tom Cruise is currently in London. He did press junkets for Mission: Impossible all weekend and he’s receiving the BFI Fellowship from the British Film Institute today which is where he was “in conversation” last night. He also screened the movie there – and repeated the thing he keeps saying By Lainey • May 12, 2025 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t argue with Tom Cruise (about stunts) Now that the Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning press tour is underway, we’re starting to get some stories out of Tom Cruise and one of them, amazingly, isn’t just about how he’s here to ENTERTAIN, which is the thing he keeps saying over and over again. Here’ By Lainey • May 09, 2025 12:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Finally, The Old Guard 2 Back in 2020, The Old Guard broke out as one of Netflix’s actually good movies—they do sometimes make good ones—and in short order, a sequel was greenlit and was in production in 2022. And then…nothing. Years passed, time marched on, we moved inexorably closer to death, By Sarah • May 09, 2025 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Love Triangle of the Summer If this is a trend, I like it: a pop culture love triangle every summer. At the movies. Last year it was Tashi, Art, and Patrick in Challengers, played by Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor. This year it’s Lucy, Harry, and John played by Dakota Johnson, Pedro By Lainey • May 09, 2025 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza get their flirt on The Coen brothers continue on their solo artist paths, and while Joel is taking his sweet time with a follow-up to his first solo effort, 2021’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, Ethan is now onto his second solo project, a neo-noir called Honey Don’t. It follows Drive Away Dolls By Sarah • May 08, 2025 12:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise takes off He likes being airborne so that’s a flight reference for Tom Cruise who kicked off Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in Tokyo yesterday with a press conference and a splashy premiere that featured all kinds of pyro. Of course there was pyro – Tom Cruise never does anything small. You By Lainey • May 07, 2025 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel rejects in Thunderbolts* It’s no secret that Marvel has been in a skid for a couple of years now, churning out subpar films that increasingly disinterest audiences, but even before that, when Marvel was at the height of their cultural power, it was a common acknowledgment that Marvel movies are rarely about By Sarah • May 02, 2025 01:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Another Simple Favor is the C-ntiest Movie Have you ever watched a movie and thought “what this needs is 500% more c-nt”? Well, Paul Feig, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Jessica Sharzer sure have, because they’re all back for Another Simple Favor, a sequel to the 2018 dark comedy A Simple Favor. Feig once again directs; By Sarah • May 01, 2025 01:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TomAna: The Action Power Couple?! Tom Cruise is a Movie Star People Pleaser. This has always been his mission statement, what he says fuels him, keeps him running and jumping and riding on bridges and off airplanes and cliffs – Tom is here to entertain you, goddamn it. He is here to give you what you By Lainey • May 01, 2025 11:30 am
TV Updates Intro for May 1, 2025 Dear Gossips, We’re big fans of Brian Tyree Henry here and it’s great to see him taking the lead in Apple TV’s Dope Thief. He’s also an executive producer on the show and, now that the final episode has aired, he’s currently campaigning for Emmy By Lainey • May 01, 2025 09:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews John Krasinski’s Fountain of Youth Emily Blunt was at the Another Simple Favor premiere in New York the other night because she is close with Blake Lively. In fact, she and John Krasinski are tight with Blake and Ryan Reynolds. John wasn’t with her, however, and instead she attended with her brother-in-law, Stanley Tucci. By Lainey • Apr 30, 2025 03:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s trailer time Summer movie season officially kicks off this weekend—even though school is still in session for at least another month—and we’re two weeks out from Cannes, which means it’s trailer time, baby! Today I have two trailers for you, because I refuse to acknowledge Now You See By Sarah • Apr 30, 2025 11:05 am
TV Updates Jennifer Aniston and Pedro Pascal: LA and London I got a text from a family member last night. She doesn’t work in entertainment, she isn’t super online. And she asked me, “Jennifer Aniston and Pedro Pascal???” I don’t know if she was just a few weeks behind or wishful thinking or both. But there are By Lainey • Apr 29, 2025 12:53 pm
