Movie Reviews and Previews Does anyone care about Tomb Raider? Lainey emailed me about the new Tomb Raider trailer and my response was: “I am so unmoved by these trailers.” The first trailer at least had Walton Goggins with his hair halfway standing up, but this trailer shows us even more Goggins, and I am sad to report, his hair By Sarah • Jan 19, 2018 11:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michelle Williams making headlines According to US Weekly, Michelle Williams is engaged to Andrew Youmans, the man she’s been seen with in various places, while working and on holiday, around the world over the last year. There’s not much out there about their relationship. She’s always been low-key about her love By Lainey • Jan 18, 2018 10:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sundance Preview 2018: 10 to Watch The Sundance Film Festival kicks off today, during an uncertain period in the industry. Theatrical exhibition is dying, Fox is disappearing into the Disney fold—indie arm Fox Searchlight is operating “business as usual” this year, but it could very well be their last—and Netflix, driver of big deals By Sarah • Jan 18, 2018 10:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Justice for Paddington 2 Paddington was a nice surprise in 2015, and that movie and its sequel, Paddington 2, have something in common besides the eponymous bear—criminally bad marketing campaigns. Warner Brothers rescued Paddington 2 from The Weinstein Company late last year, but then they just sort of set it adrift, dumping it By Sarah • Jan 17, 2018 03:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taraji P Henson > Liam Neeson There has been some discussion about Taraji P. Henson’s new movie, Proud Mary, and how, despite poor reviews, it actually did okay on opening weekend, and how it deserved more of a push than being unceremoniously dumped in the winter boneyard, as it was. By the way it was By Sarah • Jan 17, 2018 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Counterpoint: He Won’t Get Far The first trailer for Gus Van Sant’s new movie, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot—maybe the longest title since The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford—was released yesterday. It looks very good. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix as cartoonist John By Sarah • Jan 17, 2018 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taraji P Henson’s opening weekend Last week I wrote about Taraji P. Henson’s movie Proud Mary, and how it deserved better promotion. My plans changed this weekend so I wasn’t able to see Proud Mary in theatres but I bought a few tickets anyway to support Taraji and because I was worried about By Kathleen • Jan 15, 2018 11:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Liam Neeson(s) in The Commuter Last summer, director Jaume Collet-Serra scored with the sleeper hit The Shallows, the Blake Lively vs. A Shark movie that is ridiculous, but in that fun, schlocky way that is entirely watchable. That movie was a nice break from the Liam Neeson Revenge Man movies he had been making to By Sarah • Jan 12, 2018 04:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kumail and Emily’s big win “Shut up, listen and amplify.” That’s how Kumail Nanjiani chose to end his acceptance speech at last night’s Critics’ Choice Awards. Coming off the Golden Globes where men barely acknowledged the recent seismic shift in their industry which is entirely a THEM problem, it was nice to hear By Kathleen • Jan 12, 2018 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tony, Cap, Hulk, and …Ant? I’ve never seen Ant-Man, the Paul Rudd version (is there another movie version? I don’t actually want to know), and I barely paid attention to him in Captain America: Civil War so I have no idea what to call him, how to refer to him. Which is why By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 03:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews At last, a Black Widow movie Marvel was always going to make a Black Widow movie, eventually, because at a certain point it just becomes money left on the table. Following Wonder Woman’s success in 2017, now is apparently when the money is on the table, and Marvel wants their cut. (They’ve talked enough By Sarah • Jan 11, 2018 11:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dee Rees gets Sandra Bullock’s vote One of my favourite side stories during award season is watching to see which major movie stars throw their support behind which films and which performers. Julia Roberts comes up a lot in this discussion. She campaigned for Javier Bardem a few years ago and last year she showed up By Lainey • Jan 11, 2018 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Almost time for Black Panther (Lainey: this post was supposed to go up yesterday but I had to be a dick. Black Panther tickets went on sale. The film has already set a record for advance ticket sales which is why, like an asshole, I didn’t want to post about it because I was By Sarah • Jan 10, 2018 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews More Taraji P. Henson, please Proud Mary comes out on Friday. Proud Mary stars Taraji P. Henson as a badass hitwoman entangled in a Boston-area family of mobsters. When I first saw the trailer for Proud Mary, I was so excited. I made plans to see it opening weekend with my girlfriends but until last By Kathleen • Jan 10, 2018 11:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Greta Gerwig leads the way Greta Gerwig accepted the National Board of Review Award for Best Director last night in New York for Lady Bird. Lady Bird won the Best Film Comedy/Musical Golden Globe on Sunday. It was nominated for 3 BAFTAs yesterday (though not in the best film or directing categories) and, as By Lainey • Jan 10, 2018 10:28 am
Douchebags The Michelle Williams/Mark Wahlberg pay gap Today in Burn It All Down News, USA Today is reporting that for the eleventh-hour All the Money in the World reshoots, Mark Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million, while Michelle Williams was paid less than one thousand dollars. Yes, that’s right, Michelle Williams, who received a Golden Globe By Sarah • Jan 10, 2018 09:35 am
