Movie Reviews and Previews Hijinks and tomfoolery in The Wedding Banquet Ang Lee’s classic romantic dramedy The Wedding Banquet is now 32 years old, and besides being old enough for a mortgage, the film also straddles a significant cultural divide—the legalization of gay marriage. Lee’s 1993 rom-dramedy of manners centers on a queer couple who must hide their By Sarah • Apr 17, 2025 02:38 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ben Affleck makes a point The Accountant 2 premiere happened last night, the movie opens next Friday and Sarah will be posting her review next week. Ben Affleck, of course, was the big draw on the carpet and he’s making headlines today for who joined him there – no photos, not that I can see, By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 02:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Roses at war (again) When a remake of The War of the Roses, Danny DeVito’s pitch black 1989 divorce “comedy”—quotes because the film is emotionally and literally violent—was announced last year, I thought why. I mean, besides the fact that you almost can’t get a script greenlit without it stemming By Sarah • Apr 17, 2025 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hardy: Big Havoc in Wales In her post about Timothy Olyphant preceding this one, Sarah wrote of Timothy Olyphant that “he works in more things than he shows up for at this point in his career” and we have a good example of this right now as he did show up for #1 Happy Family By Lainey • Apr 17, 2025 11:11 am
Amazingness Ben Affleck’s new cover Ben Affleck covers the new issue of Us Weekly and the cover itself, like the photo, is the initial reason why I added this to today’s site coverage because LOL FOREVER, the shot selection here is… well… look at it. This is the kind of shot that’s meant By Lainey • Apr 16, 2025 02:11 pm
Media Manipulation Blake Lively makes TIME TIME released its list of 100 Most Influential People of 2025 today… and there was a surprise on the list, at least to me: Blake Lively. The last 8 or 9 months or so have been the lowest of Blake’s career. Since the It Ends With Us press tour By Lainey • Apr 16, 2025 11:47 am
Style The Wedding Banquet party did not coordinate The Wedding Banquet opens this weekend, which means Lily Gladstone is back in our lives, and this time she’s in a rom-com. I love it when actors known for heavy work get to cut loose—which is why I am currently plotting The Pitt spin-off Dr. Robby’s Relaxing By Sarah • Apr 15, 2025 03:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Flo is a world record holder Thunderbolts* is coming out in two weeks this Friday and Marvel has big hopes for this one, expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year. That means that from now until release date, we’ll be seeing the ensemble everywhere. Thunderbolts* is an ensemble but the truth By Lainey • Apr 15, 2025 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Simple Little Murder Mystery If it was at all possible for me to be more seated for Another Simple Favor, I am. I liked the teaser, but the full trailer is here, and it looks like Paul Feig & Co are taking on the fun little murder mystery in the way the first movie By Sarah • Apr 15, 2025 11:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 15, 2025 Dear Gossips, They’ve been trying to remake The Bodyguard for over a decade. The Hollywood Reporter reported last Friday that Warner Bros has secured a director, Sam Wrench. We’ll come back to that in a minute. Jonathan Abrams, who wrote Juror #2, is writing the screenplay. This makes By Lainey • Apr 15, 2025 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Warfare is hell on film Alex Garland’s previous film, Civil War, culminated in a pulse-pounding ground assault on the White House that instantly became one of the best combat sequences put to film. That film benefitted from the expertise of its military advisor Ray Mendoza, a retired Navy SEAL and veteran of the Iraq By Sarah • Apr 11, 2025 12:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hang with your buds in Sacramento Two old friends, one introverted and nervous, the other dynamic and domineering, go on a trip together, confronting the deteriorating state of their relationship and the state of their respective lives as they creep toward middle age. No, it’s not A Real Pain, it’s Sacramento, Michael Angarano’s By Sarah • Apr 10, 2025 01:59 pm
BFFs Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence: Festivals later, maybe I’ve been talking about the Cannes Film Festival this week and today the almost-complete lineup was announced. As previously noted, this year seemed particularly competitive, with Cannes coming off the success of 2024 (it’s always bragging rights when the Palme d’Or winner goes on to win the By Lainey • Apr 10, 2025 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Director with a Manbun Sorry, about to be a sh-t disturber here but I can’t help myself… Bradley Cooper is currently directing Will Arnett in Is This Thing On? Bradley will also have a role in the film, co-written by Will, about a man, presumably a podcaster, who’s figuring out his life By Lainey • Apr 09, 2025 02:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 9, 2025 Dear Gossips, A major casting rumour made the rounds yesterday, and it didn’t originate on TikTok. The source is legit – Deadline at first and then seconded by The Hollywood Reporter that Robert Pattinson will join the cast of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Messiah as the big bad, Scytale. I By Lainey • Apr 09, 2025 10:08 am
BFFs Kristen and Michael: 17 years later Kristen Stewart and Michael Angarano posed for photos yesterday at the premiere of Sacramento. I posted about this a few weeks ago – Michael wrote and directed the film, in which he stars alongside Kristen, Michael Cera, and his wife, Maya Erskine. As previously noted, one of the points of interest By Lainey • Apr 08, 2025 12:13 pm
