Movie Reviews and Previews Gina Rodriguez: Action Hero She’s been trying with stuff like Deepwater Horizon and Annihilation, and Gina Rodriguez now has a leading action role in Miss Bala, an English-language update of the 2011 Mexican thriller of the same name. We can debate forever the value of adapting foreign-language films into English—yell about reading By Sarah • Oct 16, 2018 03:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Boring Bond The James Bond casting carousel continues to revolve, even though Daniel Craig is locked into one more appearance as 007 and we don’t need a new Bond for at least 3-4 years, AT LEAST. Still, speculation runs rampant, and the latest rumor is that Bond producer Barbara Broccoli is By Sarah • Oct 16, 2018 02:22 pm
Style Timothee Chala-mania Here’s Timothee Chalamet at the London premiere of Beautiful Boy inspired by Harry Styles. Timmy was in great spirits – perhaps he knew that the movie was doing very well stateside at the box office. Beautiful Boy posted one of the highest per-screen averages of the year, with around $55, By Joanna • Oct 15, 2018 11:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Issa Rae gets a rom-com Well, I assume it’s a rom-com. Issa Rae will be starring in a movie called American Princess about an American woman who moves to London and falls in love “in a very unexpected way”. I assume that means she falls in love with a royal. And I assume it’ By Sarah • Oct 12, 2018 03:22 pm
Maple Leaf Get to know Stephan James If you don’t already know Stephan James, you will soon. He’s at the point in his career I like to call the Oprah Burn. You know the Oprah quote. The one she says Quincy Jones said first but no one remembers that. “Your future is so bright it By Kathleen • Oct 12, 2018 03:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Coogler returns to Wakanda Marvel is recovering nicely following the clusterf-ck firing of James Gunn, hiring new directors including a pair of women, Cate Shortland and Chloe Zhao, and now they have locked down Ryan Coogler for Black Panther 2. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and Coogler made Marvel’s By Sarah • Oct 12, 2018 02:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews ScarJo makes bank Once upon a time, Marvel was called cheap, largely because they didn’t pay their actors massive contracts (and also famously serving Subway sandwiches at their press junkets). Then, The Avengers happened and RDJ pulled in $50 million. So the story became that Marvel was cheap, except for RDJ, who By Sarah • Oct 12, 2018 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sometimes dead is better Following the success of It, Castle Rock, and to a lesser extent Gerald’s Game—and totally ignoring The Dark Tower—the Stephen King resurgence continues with a new adaptation of Pet Sematary, aka That Movie That Made You Afraid of Cats. Pet Sematary is not my favorite Stephen King By Sarah • Oct 11, 2018 03:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Women of Wakanda are back I think about the Black Panther press tour a lot. Mostly, I think about how much I miss it and how much joy it brought into my life. Well, awards season is coming, and the Black Panther press tour is getting a second leg. Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira, and Lupita By Kathleen • Oct 11, 2018 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James Gunn recovers There was no doubt he would, and in a move pretty much everyone—including me—predicted, he is going to work for Marvel’s arch-rival, DC. James Gunn has been tapped to write a new script for Suicide Squad 2, and maybe he will direct it, too. The directing gig By Sarah • Oct 10, 2018 03:17 pm
Style Don’t forget about Amandla Amandla Stenberg presented an award to Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards. I’m happy she was there for a couple of reasons. One, I LOVE her outfit. She’s wearing a Ralph Lauren blazer and karla x Levi’s jeans that I need in my life. The high By Kathleen • Oct 10, 2018 12:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Timmy in a red suit Goddamn Timothee Chalamet is pretty. Look at that bone structure. It’s just… such a pretty face. Also I love him in this red suit. Louis Vuitton, styled similarly to how it was sent down the runway, with just a plain red t-shirt underneath but with crisp, sharp white sneakers By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 04:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad and Leo: Ken and Goodfella But first, let’s talk about this New York Times interview with Dr Neri Oxman. Great read. She is fascinating. Much too fascinating, probably, for Brad Pitt. And yet. Somehow earlier this year there were suggestions that they were spending time together, originated by Page Six. Page Six is not By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michaela Coel: Been So Long It has been a while since Michaela Coel first wowed us with Chewing Gum, one of the most unique and refreshing comedies of recent TV history. It’s been a while since Michaela Coel was at the forefront of pop culture consciousness as a new face and voice to watch By Kathleen • Oct 05, 2018 03:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Just have fun with Aquaman New York Comic Con is happening right now, and while San Diego is still THE Comic Con, NYCC has been creeping closer in importance for years, with big movie and TV presentations and new trailers released every year. This year, Aquaman brought a five-minute extended trailer that gives a more By Sarah • Oct 05, 2018 02:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans wraps Cap Yesterday afternoon I checked Twitter and saw that “Avengers” was trending. And I think maybe Chris Evans. I thought maybe it was a trailer for Avengers 4 and that we’d finally get some hint about what happened to everyone after they broke into little pieces of black nothing like By Lainey • Oct 05, 2018 12:57 pm
