Movie Reviews and Previews Detective Pikachu ?????????? Monday’s pop culture moment was supposed to belong to Toy Story 4. Disney dropped that trailer early, undoubtedly expecting to dominate the full news cycle. But then, at noon, our lives were permanently derailed as a trailer for Detective Pikachu(?) was released and it actually looks…good(??). And then By Sarah • Nov 13, 2018 09:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Toy Story 4 expands the nightmare Toy Story is one of the most beloved film franchises of all time, spanning generations and ever-improving visual effects to tell a story of toys and friendship and sentience and love and the nightmarish confines of utilitarian purpose and the magic of childhood. I love these movies—DON’T LIE, By Sarah • Nov 13, 2018 08:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Another Jungle Book Jon Favreau made a hybrid live-action/animated Jungle Book that was really quite good, so much so it bagged him the job of directing the new Lion King, and also good enough that it threw Andy Serkis’s competing project into considerable shade. Back then Serkis’s project was called By Sarah • Nov 09, 2018 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine in Outlaw King Outlaw King, aka the movie with the Pine nuts, is a spiritual sequel to Braveheart, overlapping with the end of that movie to tell the story of Robert the Bruce, the man who finished the job and defeated the English, creating a sovereign kingdom of Scotland. Chris Pine reunites with By Sarah • Nov 09, 2018 02:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 9, 2018 Dear Gossips, Mary Poppins Returns, starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Meryl Streep, opens December 19 and is expected to be a holiday season blockbuster with awards potential. I’ve never seen the original. I mean, I know about Mary Poppins because I live in the world and am familiar By Lainey • Nov 09, 2018 08:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Creed Time Creed II comes out in two weeks, which seems impossible. The trailer just came out the other day! Except, no, the trailer came out in June. FIVE MONTHS AGO. Even on a good day, I don’t have a great sense of chronography, and I always feel like things just By Sarah • Nov 08, 2018 03:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Vanessa Hudgens’ Christmas rom-com I’m going to be an asshole and tweet-quote myself. I’m sorry but this tweet sums up how I feel about the trailer for Vanessa Hudgens’ new Netflix romantic comedy, The Princess Switch. Me: It’s too early to talk about Christmas YOU MONSTERS. Me when Christmas rom-coms show By Kathleen • Nov 08, 2018 11:54 am
TV Updates Alexander’s turtleneck Alexander Skarsgard is currently promoting The Little Drummer Girl. The series premiered on the BBC a couple of weeks ago and will begin airing later this month on AMC. It’s based on John le Carré’s novel and is acclaimed director Park Chan-wook’s television debut which is why By Lainey • Nov 07, 2018 04:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aquaman is the gift that keeps on giving Aquaman is gearing up for its imminent holiday release with new character posters featured in Entertainment Weekly. Look, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—it doesn’t matter if this movie is good because it’s a goddamn gift. Exhibit A: This movie has Dolph By Sarah • Nov 07, 2018 04:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Justin on Rodeo Drive A year ago Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux were still together. They actually spent the holidays together. Does it feel like it’s been longer? Does it feel like it’s been longer because he is so f-cking exhausting? One of the major reasons behind the breakup, reportedly, was location. By Lainey • Nov 07, 2018 12:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria Dario Argento’s Suspiria is a Giallo classic, famous for its lurid colors and expression of feminine repression and power. Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria—less a remake and more a reimagining—is going to be famous for its marathon length and multiple good performances from Tilda Swinton. Wisely, Guadagnino doesn’ By Sarah • Nov 06, 2018 03:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews MBJ is not the SMA If you have been a regular visitor of this site for the last 15 years, you know that at this time of year, this week exactly actually, I handicap a list of possible contenders for PEOPLE’s annual Sexiest Man Alive and make a prediction. Click here to see last By Lainey • Nov 06, 2018 10:08 am
BFFs Annie honours Hugh Hugh Jackman received the Hollywood Actor Award at the Hollywood Film Awards last night for his performance in Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner which doesn’t come out until November 21. Like I said, this is a bizarre event on the awards circuit but it’s meant to position By Lainey • Nov 05, 2018 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody Rami Malek is very good in Bohemian Rhapsody. As Freddie Mercury, legendary frontman of Queen, one of the greatest arena bands of all time, he struts and stalks his way through a hell of an impression that is prevented from becoming a true characterization only by the limits of the By Sarah • Nov 02, 2018 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kiera Knightley is BONKERS in The Nutcracker The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is Disney’s live-action, non-ballet scramble of The Nutcracker. It’s the story you may know and might love, remixed for an alternate reality where children are entertained by elaborate Victorian fantasies, and I can’t wait for the sequel, The Velveteen Rabbit and By Sarah • Nov 01, 2018 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Isn’t It Romantic? The romantic comedy is back. As you know from the numerous posts we’ve devoted to every movie of the current rom-com resurgence, we think it’s about damn time. There was a point in time when you could look at the box office options on any given weekend and By Kathleen • Nov 01, 2018 12:09 pm
