Movie Reviews and Previews Homemade Superheroes M. Night Shyamalan’s best movie is Unbreakable, which is why, after a lukewarm reception following The Sixth Sense in 2000, it has developed a considerable cult following. It came along just before comic book movies took over Hollywood, and it is so much like a comic book—the whole By Sarah • Jul 24, 2018 09:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Big, but for superheroes Here’s an unexpected development, Shazam! the DC movie you probably haven’t heard of, doesn’t look bad. In fact it looks good? It looks better than Aquaman, anyway. The teaser trailer for Shazam! dropped at Comic-Con, and it is quite fun and charming. And remember that rhythm problem By Sarah • Jul 23, 2018 02:32 pm
Quiveration Colourful Chris at Comic-Con The last time my attraction to Chris Pine was tested, it didn't go so well. He was driving a glorified station wagon I hated and so many of you strongly defended (yeah yeah vintage Grand Wagoners are cool, stop @ing me). Now, it's time to get By Kathleen • Jul 23, 2018 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Aquaman: Underwater Space Mutiny We’re used to DC movies being marketed years in advance, but with Aquaman Warner Brothers and DC Films finally showed some restraint, waiting until Comic-Con, five months before the movie is due, to drop the first trailer. That restraint paid off, too, because it gave them a literal stage By Sarah • Jul 23, 2018 10:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Let them fight Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla is a good movie, and if you think otherwise, you are entitled to be wrong. It’s a good movie, and it gave us the instantly iconic line, “Let them fight.” The rebooted monster universe—Kong: Skull Island is part of this franchise—immediately established its penchant By Sarah • Jul 23, 2018 09:29 am
Douchebags Fantastic Beasts with 100% more Johnny Depp Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was a big part of Warner Brothers’ two-hour presentation at Comic-Con on Saturday. The whole cast turned out, except notably absent Johnny Depp, and there was an electrically palpable sigh of relief as everyone reveled in Ezra Miller cosplaying as Toadette and got to By Sarah • Jul 23, 2018 09:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Denzel Washington in The Equalizer 2 Spoilers Denzel Washington returns as Robert McCall, a mysterious former government operative who has retired and is now driving for Lyft. The beginning of The Equalizer 2 is just McCall driving around, eavesdropping on his riders and using his Murder Skills to help people out. He travels to Turkey to By Sarah • Jul 20, 2018 03:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lin-Manuel Miranda has resurrected Movie Musicals “The sound you are hearing is not a technical problem. It is not a musical cue. It is not a joke. It is the sound of one man's mounting anxiety. I... am that man.” Okay, you’d have to be under a rock not to know Lin-Manuel Miranda’ By Duana • Jul 20, 2018 02:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia Roberts’ “special project” and head start Julia Roberts has been on Instagram for about three weeks, so let’s check in. She looked amazing in a behind the scenes picture she posted late Wednesday, from a photoshoot her makeup artist dubbed a “special project”. Oh, and the photographer? That’s Alexi Lubomirski, the man behind Meghan By Joanna • Jul 20, 2018 11:44 am
Quiveration Hot Pennywise at Comic-Con Bill Skarsgard, aka Hot Pennywise, brought his particular brand of creepy-hot to Comic-Con yesterday to promote Assassination Nation. Here he is, tall and handsome, not dressed like a murdering demon clown, with those ludicrous cheekbones everywhere. Are you into Bill Skarsgard? I am 100% on board. He’s my favorite By Sarah • Jul 20, 2018 11:19 am
Music Taylor Swift: Cats I’m trying to remember if I’ve seen Cats. I don’t think I have. If I ever did it was on a school field trip when I was a kid and I used to always fall asleep on field trips because I stayed up too late the night By Lainey • Jul 20, 2018 10:13 am
Maple Leaf Intro for July 20, 2018 Dear Gossips, It’s been exactly three weeks since Drake released Scorpion. So it’s not surprising that Drake has the #1 song on the Hot 100 and the streaming charts. What is surprising is which song it is: "In My Feelings". When singles chart, usually it’s By Lainey • Jul 20, 2018 09:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews JLo’s rom-com I watched this trailer. And the second it was over I sent an email to Duana with the title “Duana. I love her”. The “her” here is Jennifer Lopez. As I mentioned yesterday, this is the first trailer for her upcoming movie Second Act. And they’re calling it a By Lainey • Jul 19, 2018 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the summer fling of 2018 I have not seen Mamma Mia! and I don’t know enough ABBA to make a go of it at karaoke, and I hate musicals, so Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again had a lot of ground to make up with me. I sat through the whole movie, and I By Sarah • Jul 19, 2018 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Boy vs. Boy Joel Edgerton forever separated himself from being confused with Sam Worthington when it turned out he’s a good filmmaker with his debut feature film, The Gift. Now he’s following up that quasi-exploitation horror flick with Boy Erased, which he adapted from Garrard Conley’s memoir about being sent By Sarah • Jul 18, 2018 04:21 pm
TV Updates Dork Storm 2018: The Dorkening After years of pop cultural dominance, we’re adjusting to a new reality: Comic-Con is no longer a major industry event. Oh, the magazines still feature glossy previews and there are parties and “activations” galore, but at this point Comic-Con is a thing because we say it’s a thing, By Sarah • Jul 18, 2018 01:18 pm
