Movie Reviews and Previews Deadpool Thanksgiving Did you see Deadpool? A lot of you must have. That was a major box office – in February, which made it all the more remarkable. Deadpool regenerated Ryan Reynolds’ career. And while, in my opinion, the movie doesn’t necessarily hold up on second viewing, what’s undeniable is that By Lainey • Nov 15, 2017 03:13 pm
TV Updates Tiffany Haddish breaks through Tiffany Haddish has had a YEAR. Just to recap: she was the breakout star of Girls Trip, she was Jimmy Kimmel’s best guest, her very first standup special aired on Showtime, and she just hosted Saturday Night Live and your soul is unsalvageable if you weren’t charmed by By Lainey • Nov 15, 2017 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What Taraji Wants Good news everyone: Mel Gibson has been replaced. With Taraji P. Henson! Yesterday it was announced that Taraji will be the star and executive producer (alongside Will Packer and James Lopez) of What Men Want, a remake of the 2000 “I guess I’ll watch this on a Saturday when By Maria • Nov 15, 2017 10:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Murder on the Orient Express is for parents Agatha Christie’s most well-known murder mystery, Murder on the Orient Express, is the subject of several adaptations, including Sidney Lumet’s 1974 film in which Albert Finney played famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, surrounded by a cast that includes Vanessa Redgrave, Anthony Perkins, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Jacqueline Bisset, By Sarah • Nov 14, 2017 04:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 14, 2017 Dear Gossips, The big movie release everyone is talking about this week is Justice League, opening Friday. Sarah’s screening it tonight and we’ll have a review up for you in the next couple of days. The film that opens next week, however, is the one I’ve been By Lainey • Nov 14, 2017 09:02 am
Douchebags JT’s Oscar suck-up The best thing about the Oscars last year was that Justin Timberlake did not win one. He tried though. He was nominated for Best Song for the Worst Song of 2016, Can’t Stop The Feeling, from the movie Trolls. What JT really wants though, as we know, is to By Lainey • Nov 13, 2017 12:38 pm
BFFs Emma, Jen, and Andrew As mentioned earlier, the Governors Awards happened on Saturday. These are not the Oscars but it’s an Academy event, and Oscar voters are present, so it’s a critical campaign stop. Almost everyone shows up. Almost. We’ll get to that later but first… Oscar-winning friends, Emma Stone and By Lainey • Nov 13, 2017 11:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Heavyweight Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is one of the most successful, popular movies of the year. It has turned Gal Gadot into a star, and made Patty Jenkins a power player behind the camera. We’ve already seen Jenkins use her new juice to secure a sweet deal to return to direct Wonder By Sarah • Nov 13, 2017 09:38 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Tom Hiddleston’s great timing As I mentioned earlier in my post about Taylor Swift’s reputation, the song Getaway Car seems to be about both Calvin Harris and Tom Hiddleston. But, mostly, Tom Hiddleston. Basically Calvin Harris sucked and Tom was her getaway car rebound after breaking up with him. Once the getaway car By Lainey • Nov 10, 2017 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying Richard Linklater is on a “spiritual sequel” streak. His previous film, Everybody Wants Some!!, is a spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused, and his new film, Last Flag Flying, is a spiritual sequel to Hal Ashby’s 1973 film The Last Detail. Like The Last Detail, Flag is adapted from By Sarah • Nov 10, 2017 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Coach Taylor’s Game Night The first trailer for the upcoming comedy, Game Night, has just been released. Maybe it’s because all we’ve gotten over the last 5 weeks out of Hollywood has been an onslaught of grossness but… I like it. I think I like it a LOT. But then again, I By Lainey • Nov 10, 2017 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Delivering The Post Not unlike P.T. Anderson’s Phantom Thread, when it comes to Oscar odds, everyone left room for Steven Spielberg’s latest, The Post. It features a heavyweight ensemble led by Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, and it’s about the Washington Post going up against Nixon’s administration over By Sarah • Nov 10, 2017 10:07 am
Quiveration Sexy Bae Jordan I would like to take a minute to apologize to Michael Bae Jordan on behalf of Elaine Lui. She did not include MBaeJ in her Sexiest Man Alive predictions yesterday and I can only assume this was a mistake because LOOK AT HIM. He is the sexiest man alive every By Kathleen • Nov 09, 2017 04:09 pm
Douchebags Up next: Louis C.K. Louis C.K.’s new movie, I Love You, Daddy, opens next week. The premiere was supposed to be tonight. I say “supposed to be”, because it was abruptly cancelled today, apparently because the New York Times is about to run an expose on C.K., about all those rumors, By Sarah • Nov 09, 2017 03:53 pm
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck’s PR angles Justice League is a week away. So the North American press push for the movie should be underway. Here’s Ben Affleck arriving in New York, all smiles with Lindsay Shookus. Back in September, before the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal broke, I had been anticipating that Ben and Lindsay By Lainey • Nov 09, 2017 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Deleting Kevin Spacey As the allegations against Kevin Spacey have mounted, companies affiliated with him have started cutting ties. Netflix is moving forward without him in what is now House of Cards' final season, and they dumped a biopic of Gore Vidal in which he was set to star. And now, in By Sarah • Nov 09, 2017 11:30 am
