Movie Reviews and Previews American Animals is the reverse Ocean’s 8 There are two heist movies in theaters this month, Ocean’s 8 and American Animals. One is big and splashy, the other is a decidedly more low-key affair, and unlike Ocean’s 8, American Animals is based on a true story. It’s the stranger-than-fiction tale of how four college By Sarah • Jun 07, 2018 03:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A new girl with a dragon tattoo After David Fincher’s English-language adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo didn’t set the world on fire—it might not be a “major Fincher” but it’s a damn good movie—it became clear that Sony was going to do something new with the potential franchise. The By Sarah • Jun 07, 2018 02:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Shailene Woodley on a boat Adrift is the perfect vehicle for Shailene Woodley. She is not an actress with a particularly warm screen presence, but she has a toughness that is appealing, though that can be hard to slot into the right projects. (The Descendants and Big Little Lies: Right; Divergent: Wrong.) But Adrift lands By Sarah • Jun 06, 2018 03:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Well, now I get it Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born was initially scheduled for the end of September this year. Then they moved it up to May. When that happened, I wondered if they maybe weren’t as confident in it as they’d hoped to be. But then they moved it again… By Lainey • Jun 06, 2018 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The McConaissance is back The timeline is thus: Matthew McConaughey broke out in A Time to Kill. Then he became a rom-com king, starred in the legendarily awful Tiptoes, turned into a self-parody, and then it was the McConaissance, in which he achieved his final form as the surprisingly versatile actor with the distinctive By Sarah • Jun 06, 2018 01:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sandy & Bryan’s first premiere? Is it? Have Sandra Bullock and Bryan Randall been to a premiere together before? I can’t remember. Usually I have a good memory with these things – a great memory, actually. That said, I don’t think we are supposed to remember because she’s kept this relationship super low-key. By Lainey • Jun 06, 2018 01:11 pm
Music Awkwafina summer and Annie’s new stylist Of the eight members of Ocean’s 8, Awkwafina aka Nora Lum, is the one who, you could say, is new to this. As she told The Guardian last year, “There are definitely people who are confused that I was cast – I was confused. They are a group of idols. By Lainey • Jun 06, 2018 12:02 pm
Gorgessity Rihanna and Sarah come through You know what the cast of Ocean’s 8, minus Rihanna, got asked about over and over again during the junket? Rihanna, of course. Even among stars she is THE star. Sarah Paulson joked about peeing herself when she met her. As I mentioned yesterday, all Rihanna has to do By Lainey • Jun 06, 2018 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews HBC: Ocean’s to Bond? Here’s Helena Bonham Carter arriving in New York today. Because tonight is the world premiere of Ocean’s 8, the movie I will be seeing this weekend. In fact, I just bought my tickets. In a theatre with full reclining seats! And in-seat service! And you? It’s a By Lainey • Jun 05, 2018 03:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Extremely Loud Holiday Movies Star Wars has dominated the last three holiday box office tournaments. In the wake of Solo’s summer slip, don’t forget that from 2015-2017, Star Wars cranked out billion-dollar business each December. But there is no Star Wars this Christmas, which means everyone else is trying it in their By Sarah • Jun 05, 2018 02:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Suspiria: I guess we’re doing this Luca Guadagnino has established himself as one of the most luxuriously visual directors working today. So it shouldn’t be surprising he would tackle the remake of Suspiria, Dario Argento’s classic giallo film about a dancer who discovers mysterious goings-on at her dance academy, and yet, I am surprised. By Sarah • Jun 05, 2018 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Widows Slay Steve McQueen hasn’t made a feature film since 12 Years a Slave, but he returns this fall with Widows, a film that could not look more different from 12 Years if it was shot on the moon. The first trailer has been released, and I immediately watched it three By Sarah • Jun 04, 2018 12:31 pm
TV Updates Jen solo in LA You see where I’m going here, don’t you? Why not? WHY NOT?! Sorry, that was a little screechy. But I started writing this post just as it was announced that Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open due to injury so that match that we’ve all By Lainey • Jun 04, 2018 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Garner: “She’s back” Jennifer Garner’s movie, Peppermint, opens on September 7. That’s right after Labour Day weekend, when most parents have sent their kids back to school for the first week, probably after what feels like an interminable summer. I wonder if that will set the mood for this movie. Because By Lainey • May 31, 2018 03:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Do you feel the need, the need for speed? Top Gun is one of those movies, if it’s on, I’ll watch it. It’s irresistible. Peak Tom Cruise, 1980’s homoeroticism, Cold War tough-guy action—this movie has everything, as Stefon would say. A sequel has been teased for years, and today it’s finally happening. Tom By Sarah • May 31, 2018 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina gets the likes Angelina Jolie is not on social media. But, no doubt, she must have some understanding about how it works, or at least what its influence is, especially since she has teenagers at home. Angelina has now started work on Maleficent 2 in England with Elle Fanning. And here’s what By Lainey • May 29, 2018 04:06 pm
