Movie Reviews and Previews Michael B. Jordan burns everything down First he was the Human Torch, then he burned the garden of the heart-shaped herb, now he’s burning all the books—Michael B. Jordan seems to like movies where he gets to burn sh*t on screen. Kathleen calls him Michael Bae Jordan but maybe we should call him By Sarah • Feb 26, 2018 03:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita’s new ABP role Every actor in Black Panther (except for maybe living legends Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker) can look at their careers in two parts: BBP and ABP, as in Before Black Panther and After Black Panther. Sure, Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya and my man Michael B. By Kathleen • Feb 23, 2018 01:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jared Leto’s emo Yakuza movie When looking for something to watch, literally no one has ever said the words, “But what I’d really like to see is an emo Jared Leto Yakuza movie.” Literally no one. Has ever. Said that. And yet HERE WE ARE, with an emo Jared Leto Yakuza movie. What have By Sarah • Feb 23, 2018 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Aaron, Charlie, and Opie Charlie Hunnam gave an interview last year while promoting The Lost City Of Z, casually dropping into conversation that he’s close with My Obsession, Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and as a I wrote at the time, my head exploded. Charlie and Sam know each other from Fifty Shades Of By Lainey • Feb 23, 2018 09:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman in Annihilation Alex Garland follows his directorial debut, Ex Machina, with Annihilation, a film so deeply weird and disturbing it’s destined to polarize audiences (once seen, it is crystal clear why Paramount had no f*cking clue what to do with it). It’s similar to Darren Aronofsky’s mother! in By Sarah • Feb 22, 2018 11:38 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Where’s Rachel McAdams? Game Night opens this weekend, a comedy for those who might not want to see Black Panther (for the third or fourth time). I posted about Game Night when the trailer came out in November – it looked good! And, so far, the reviews aren’t bad. It’s currently sitting By Lainey • Feb 22, 2018 08:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain’s inevitable It future As soon as It premiered last year, the internet began fantasy casting Jessica Chastain in the sequel as the adult Beverly. If you’re not aware, It is a story in two parts, the first in the past—the 1950s in the TV miniseries, the 1980s in the movie—and By Sarah • Feb 21, 2018 01:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch: Ac-TOR Benedict Cumberbatch is doing an Omaze campaign for the Avengers: Infinity War premiere. If you’re not familiar with Omaze, it’s a charity platform that partners with celebrities—maybe other people, too? I only see it with celebrities, though—for fan experiences driven by giving campaigns. You donate a By Sarah • Feb 21, 2018 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 21, 2018 Dear Gossips, Like I’ve been saying, every day they update the Black Panther numbers, and every day they keep going up. The Black Panther 4 day long weekend box office is now sitting at $242 million, behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the biggest opening ever. Even By Lainey • Feb 21, 2018 09:01 am
Style Red Sparrow London style Jennifer Lawrence’s Red Sparrow is due out next week, Oscar weekend. She’s been in London the last few days promoting the film. I wondered about Red Sparrow and how it would be received. So far, the reviews have been pretty medium. I don’t think we’re looking By Lainey • Feb 20, 2018 03:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews “Panther time” At a certain point in his interview with Rolling Stone, Chadwick Boseman tells journalist Josh Eells that he’d rather not respond to a particular question because, as he explains: "I'd love to answer that. But I don't want to give him Panther time." By Lainey • Feb 19, 2018 08:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Audacity of Black Panther When I was three, my big brother Sam smacked me on the head with a mini model car. He was five and frustrated that I kept stealing his toys. The incident left a small but permanent scar in the middle of my forehead. Throughout my childhood and into my early By Kathleen • Feb 19, 2018 08:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for February 19, 2018 Dear Gossips, I was obsessed all weekend with checking the box office for Black Panther. As noted last week, the projections kept going up every day. And the numbers kept climbing every few hours this weekend and breaking all kinds of records. By Saturday morning they seemed certain the movie By Lainey • Feb 19, 2018 07:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Panther is everything we’ve waited for Among a host of amazing things, maybe the most amazing thing about Black Panther is that it’s a superhero movie. For all the weight and expectation and political pressure and representative issues that come with being the first black superhero movie released by Marvel Studios—and the first black By Sarah • Feb 15, 2018 03:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Maybe not the Tesla we’re looking for Nikola Tesla is ripe for a biopic. His story has everything: Genius, madness, rags-to-riches-to-rags, world-changing inventions, and a tragic ending. Tesla is one of the smartest people to ever live—if that sounds like exaggeration, x-rays are just some sh*t he discovered on accident and we’re still not By Sarah • Feb 14, 2018 02:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Women of Black Panther, a roundup Sarah saw Black Panther last night. Her first e-mail to me after her screening was, of course, about Okoye. I’ve BEEN telling y’all about Danai Gurira’s Okoye. People are going to lose their sh-t over Okoye. They are going to be demanding a standalone Okoye film. The By Kathleen • Feb 14, 2018 01:22 pm
