Movie Reviews and Previews Creed II is the good stuff The first trailer for Creed II just dropped and Kathleen is too busy to watch it. This is her nightmare. No one loves Michael B. Jordan as much as she does, and this trailer is basically two minutes of shirtless, glistening MBJ as he says things like, “We’re a By Sarah • Sep 26, 2018 04:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper’s Hollywood premiere A Star is Born is a classic Hollywood story, the kind of story that Hollywood loves about itself: when one star rises, another must fall. I don’t care if you yell at me about this being a spoiler – because it’s not a spoiler, it’s a story as By Lainey • Sep 25, 2018 12:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bumblebee looking slightly less cute I liked the first trailer for Bumblebee, the first Transformers spin-off (which is meant to lead to more Transformers spin-offs). That trailer was cute and had an E.T. vibe that worked for the story of a kid and her new alien friend. We now have a new trailer for By Sarah • Sep 25, 2018 10:24 am
Style Ryan & Timmy in San Sebastian Ryan Gosling and Timothee Chalamet are both at the San Sebastian Film Festival promoting First Man and Beautiful Boy. Let’s start with Ryan. Because he’s serving us a selection of interesting looks. Ryan wore a red leather jacket when he arrived. Today, with Claire Foy at the photo By Lainey • Sep 24, 2018 04:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Get to know Chloe Zhao Here’s a name you’re going to start hearing: Chloe Zhao. She’s a director and she just booked a Marvel gig, The Eternals. Things to know about Chloe Zhao: She’s Chinese, she’s 36 (joining Ryan Coogler as people who make you feel bad about your accomplishments By Sarah • Sep 24, 2018 02:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise at dinner Tom Cruise hasn’t spent a lot of time in LA the last few years. He’s in London a lot, especially when he’s shooting, or in Florida, close to Scientology HQ. Which is why we don’t really associate him with Los Angeles and Hollywood anymore. Not the By Lainey • Sep 24, 2018 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Party City Joker On Friday director Todd Phillips released a camera test of Joaquin Phoenix in his Joker makeup and it is certainly a look. My first thought was that he looks like Pogo the Clown, aka John Wayne Gacy. My second thought was that he sort of looks like the mask Heath By Sarah • Sep 24, 2018 10:04 am
TIFF 2008 Red Carpet TIFF Review: The Sisters Brothers Opening this weekend is the latest in the budding sub-genre of sensitive, revisionist Westerns (following on the heels of Slow West and Damsel), The Sisters Brothers, a view on the classic gunslinger trope that allows for existential dilemmas and regret. Adapted by Thomas Bidegain and director Jacques Audiard from Patrick By Sarah • Sep 21, 2018 03:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper on tour A Star is Born is two weeks from today. I’m excited for you to see it. I’m excited for you to see Lady Gaga. Or to UN-see Lady Gaga. And I’m excited to talk about all the parts we need to talk about, what worked for you By Lainey • Sep 21, 2018 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in A Simple Favor Do not let the misleading trailers fool you—A Simple Favor is not a cheesy thriller about lady murder. It is, however, a PARODY of those things. Why on earth A Simple Favor wasn’t marketed as the black comedy it is I will never understand (and they are paying By Sarah • Sep 20, 2018 04:58 pm
Dumbass Blake Lively and the “double standard” We have discussed extensively on this site how clothes, style, and fashion are part of the work of Hollywood. Extensively. The Hollywood Reporter now publishes an annual Power Stylists list, featuring celebrities and their stylists, and how they put together looks to promote their projects, highlighting the hard work of By Lainey • Sep 20, 2018 04:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cary Fukunaga lands Bond 25 After Danny Boyle was and then wasn’t making the next Bond movie, the “who will direct” merry-go-round started up again. (The “who will play Bond” merry-go-round never stops, even when someone is already playing Bond.) After a month of searching, the new director for Bond 25 has been announced By Sarah • Sep 20, 2018 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Can Roma break through? (Lainey: the Oscar race is shaping up. Yesterday Variety listed ten possible contenders now that the Telluride, Venice, and Toronto film festivals have happened. Roma is on everyone’s list for the best films of the year. It will begin streaming on Netflix in December and will also have a By Sarah • Sep 19, 2018 05:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain Marvel: a woman who won’t stay down We’re six months out from the release of Captain Marvel, which means that Marvel’s internal marketing alarm has gone off and, like clockwork, they dropped the first trailer yesterday. I LOVE IT. On the heels of a strong first look, this trailer manages to both introduce Carol Danvers By Sarah • Sep 19, 2018 10:43 am
Style Kristen & Laura close TIFF Joanna and I worked this weekend. On Saturday night she produced me on the carpet for etalk at the TIFF closing gala presentation of Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy starring Kristen Stewart as JT LeRoy/Savannah Knoop and Laura Dern as Laura Albert/JT LeRoy. I’m sure most of you are By Lainey • Sep 17, 2018 12:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews There’s something about Green Book A Star is Born did not earn the coveted TIFF Grolsch People’s Choice Award over the weekend, like Lainey and so many predicted it could. Instead, the Oscar bellwether — which has previously been awarded to Best Picture winners like 12 Years a Slave, Slumdog Millionaire, and The King’s By Joanna • Sep 17, 2018 11:51 am
