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
Style The Thunderbolts last push T-minus 3 days to Thunderbolts*, and it came up on the Squawk chat that this film has not gotten the wall-to-wall coverage Marvel has been afforded in the past. It’s not a reflection on the film, Thunderbolts* is EASILY the best movie Marvel has done since Guardians of the By Sarah • Apr 29, 2025 11:03 am
Sports Blake and Ryan: Friends, Favours, and the Championship Wrexham FC has been the story for a few weeks now ever since they were able to come down the home stretch in control of their own destiny. We’re talking about English football today, though, because the team is owned by Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds and the run By Lainey • Apr 28, 2025 12:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sinners: A stunning second weekend Ryan Coogler’s Sinners just passed its second weekend at the box office. Opening weekend is a big deal because the economics of Hollywood have been gutted to the point that a film lives or dies by that frame, there is no grace given if a film opens “soft”. Sinners, By Sarah • Apr 28, 2025 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t Sleep on Geraldine Early reaction to Thunderbolts* has been positive from what I’ve seen. The movie comes out next Friday, I screened it yesterday but the embargo doesn’t lift until next week and I’m always scared sh-tless about what you are and are not allowed to say so instead of By Lainey • Apr 25, 2025 04:05 pm
TV Updates Intro for April 25, 2025 Dear Gossips, Matthew Belloni’s latest Puck newsletter is all about movie stars, and ranking the ones “who actually matter”. Over the last decade or so, one of the ongoing conversations about celebrity in general is whether or not movie stars are made anymore. And what it takes to remain By Lainey • Apr 25, 2025 09:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews 10 Questions about The Accountant 2 What is The Accountant 2? The Accountant 2 is a sequel to the 2016 film The Accountant, starring Ben Affleck as a neurodivergent assassin/accountant. Like the 2016 film, The Accountant 2 is directed by Gavin O’Connor and written by Bill Dubuque. Ben Affleck returns as Math Man the By Sarah • Apr 24, 2025 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 24, 2025 Dear Gossips, Earlier this month, when the Cannes Film Festival announced their lineup, it was surprising that Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, was not on the list. As I mentioned in my post about it a couple of weeks ago most industry insiders By Lainey • Apr 24, 2025 09:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Almost all the Thunderbolts* As Sarah just pointed out in her post about Sebastian Stan earlier today, even though he’s sort of the unofficial leader of the Thunderbolts* with his Marvel seniority, he was not at the UK premiere last night because he’s working on another project. I feel like they’ll By Lainey • Apr 23, 2025 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan: Leading Man While we’ve been watching Sebastian Stan a long time (shoutout Carter Baizen!), in the last few years, he has really levelled up. He was early on the Marvel train, getting in the door during Phase 1 playing Captain America’s childhood pal turned brainwashed super-assassin, and in between franchise By Sarah • Apr 23, 2025 10:19 am
