Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Sometimes Back when she was campaigning for her Black Swan Oscar, I dubbed Natalie Portman “Natalie Never” because I couldn’t handle her cloying campaign persona. Over the years, though, I’ve mellowed toward Portman, and in the last year I’ve actually kind of liked her. It’s mostly thanks By Sarah • Oct 31, 2018 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gerard Butler in Hunter Killer Before a screening of Gerard Butler’s new submarine thriller, Hunter Killer, I tried to guess which Gerard Butler clichés would make an appearance. I made the following guesses: • Gerard Butler will have an opportunity to kill someone but will not, proving his superior morality • Everyone will love and admire By Sarah • Oct 26, 2018 10:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Vox Lux Builds The Oscar machine for A Star is Born would have you believe that award season is over and they are going to walk away with everything, but it’s just October—award season is a little helpless baby at this point. We’re still solidifying the December release slate! We By Sarah • Oct 25, 2018 03:58 pm
Style Rami Malek’s Oscar odds I have seen Bohemian Rhapsody. I loathe it. I’ll have a full review as soon as I can wrangle my incoherent fuming into something more orderly, but I need a minute to just be in my feelings about how much I hate this movie. There’s a new trailer By Sarah • Oct 25, 2018 01:03 pm
Maple Leaf Big sister Julia Julia Roberts was at the premiere of her Amazon series Homecoming last night holding hands with co-star, and Canadian, Stephan James. As Kathleen posted earlier this month, Stephan James is about to break out. Homecoming premieres on November 2 and then, later in the month, Barry Jenkins’s If Beale By Lainey • Oct 25, 2018 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sandra Bullock’s in A Quiet Place but with eyes What a great day to be trying to go about your normal routine like nothing is happening or anything is wrong! Totally typical Wednesday over here, how about you? Everything is fine, why do you ask! Hey you know what would be great? An anxiety-inducing trailer about a movie where By Sarah • Oct 24, 2018 02:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Time has no meaning, so just reboot Pirates We are currently living in a nightmare vortex where every day feels like a week, a week feels like a year, and it seems like our dystopian present has always been and will always be. Time has lost all meaning, so the news that Disney is considering rebooting Pirates of By Sarah • Oct 24, 2018 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jen and Dolly “politickin’” together? As covered in the previous post, Dolly Parton started her Oscar campaign yesterday for the Dumplin’ soundtrack. Last week, when I wrote about Dumplin’, there had yet to be a release date. We have one now – the movie will start streaming on Netflix December 7th and also have a limited By Lainey • Oct 23, 2018 12:45 pm
Music Lady Gaga’s Oscar song “I’ll Never Love Again” has been insulted on this site by Lainey Lui multiple times now. Yesterday, she dared to call it “sh-t". That was the last straw. I refuse to stand by and let the most impressive song on the A Star Is Born soundtrack be disrespected By Kathleen • Oct 23, 2018 10:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman 2020 Today in “But we might not live that long!” news, Wonder Woman 1984 has been kicked back seven months, from November 1, 2019 to June 5, 2020. The shuffle comes as Warner Brothers dropped Mark Wahlberg’s Six Billion Dollar Man from their slate (that beleaguered film was acquired last By Sarah • Oct 23, 2018 10:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Viggo, Ethan, Willem, and the “due” game Viggo Mortensen was the Middleburg Film Festival promoting Green Book this weekend. Green Book won the People’s Choice at TIFF last month. And Viggo is definitely a contender for Best Actor for his performance in the film, alongside Mahershala Ali. Ethan Hawke, meanwhile, was at the London Film Festival By Lainey • Oct 22, 2018 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper’s loving weekend A Star is Born just had another great weekend. The film is holding well at the box office. The soundtrack is number one again. And everybody is talking about the “butt song”, “Why Did You Do That?” Diane Warren, who wrote it, is now defending it, telling The New York By Lainey • Oct 22, 2018 12:50 pm
Break Ups Brange two years later Last month marked the two year anniversary of when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie announced their separation. Two years later and they’re still not officially divorced because they’re still figuring out their custody situation. It was reported last week that custody evaluations have started. Dr Stan Katz presented By Lainey • Oct 22, 2018 09:37 am
Quiveration Naomi Osaka’s Birthday Bae Naomi Osaka turned 21 on Tuesday. What do you get a 21-year-old who beat the GOAT at the US Open? If you’re Ellen DeGeneres, you get her crush– MY Michael Bae Jordan—to send her a shirtless photo. I stan a generous King. The last time I wrote about By Kathleen • Oct 19, 2018 03:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Looking at all of Bradley Cooper’s looking Before we get to all of Bradley Cooper’s looking, he was seen a few times in New York yesterday. Here he is out for lunch and he was also photographed out for a walk with Irina Shayk and their daughter Lea. About a week ago, Page Six reported that By Lainey • Oct 19, 2018 12:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s not all Gaga A Star is Born is a big movie. It has emerged as the Oscar Best Picture frontrunner – for now. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga will receive multiple nominations. But that doesn’t mean that they’re running away with it. And they shouldn’t run away with it. Anybody running By Lainey • Oct 19, 2018 10:57 am
