Movie Reviews and Previews The 100 Club That’s what they’re called now, it is known. They are the three women directing $100 million-plus movies for Disney: Ava DuVernay, Niki Caro, and Anna Boden. DuVernay, of course, is directing A Wrinkle In Time, due in the spring. Niki Caro is tackling the live-action Mulan, and Boden By Sarah • Dec 07, 2017 12:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Winslet can’t save Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel Woody Allen’s latest film, Wonder Wheel, is the sixteenth “wonder” movie of the year, and it has everything you’ve come to expect from a Woody Allen film: New York locations, relationships complicated by suppressed misery, uncomfortable dialogue about an uncomfortable father/daughter relationship, and a legendary actress going By Sarah • Dec 07, 2017 10:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in The Post Set during the pre-Watergate Nixon administration, The Post follows the Washington Post back when it was considered a “local paper”. The New York Times is the paper of record, but the Post is under the control of Kay Graham, whose father left the family publishing empire to her husband, who By Sarah • Dec 06, 2017 04:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Jackman, the Showman The Greatest Showman comes out in a couple weeks. Oscar campaigning is in full swing and Hugh Jackman is on the cover of Variety, a favourite read of Academy voters. Is Hugh Jackman a contender? In October, Sarah wrote about his chances and she decided that he doesn’t have By Kathleen • Dec 06, 2017 03:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews I, Tonya and the real Tonya I, Tonya is opening this weekend, so there was a premiere and people showed up. Tonya Harding showed up! It’s been so long since I’ve seen Tonya Harding, I almost didn’t recognize her. But there she is, in a black dress with some kind of colorful underskirt. By Sarah • Dec 06, 2017 12:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bryan Singer got fired Following his vanishing act from the set of Bohemian Rhapsody, and to the surprise of no one, Fox has fired Bryan Singer as director of the film. A replacement is expected to be named within days, and that person will then finish the film—with about two weeks left on By Sarah • Dec 05, 2017 12:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Quentin Tarantino Star Trek movie Quentin Tarantino has been talking retirement recently, stating his intention to retire (from directing) at ten feature films. He has a project—relocated at Sony after splitting from his long-time producer, Harvey Weinstein, for obvious reasons—currently slated for 2019 that may or may not be about Charles Manson. That By Sarah • Dec 05, 2017 09:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Christmas Rock Ahead of Jumanji, Dwayne Johnson covers Entertainment Weekly, with an accompanying slightly disturbing sexy Santa-themed photoshoot. (Some things should never be sexy and Santa is one of them.) The cover teases Johnson talking about his imaginary presidential run, though those quotes are left out of the online preview, but if By Sarah • Dec 01, 2017 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rihanna’s 2017… and 2018? Rihanna was in Barbados yesterday because they named a street after her: Rihanna Drive. She’s from Barbados, as you know, but as far as I’m concerned, they could name a street after her in every country. I mean, it’s Rihanna. Yesterday I happily spent part of my By Lainey • Dec 01, 2017 10:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans shaves for an Avengers Oscar campaign Matt Lauer started trending immediately at #1 on Twitter worldwide following NBC’s announcement yesterday morning that he’d been fired for sexual misconduct. A couple of hours later, it was the Avengers: Infinity War trailer which Sarah wrote about shortly after. As she noted, Captain America’s shaggy hair By Lainey • Nov 30, 2017 10:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ridley Scott’s eleventh-hour miracle After Kevin Spacey was spat out by the Hollywood Predator Advent Calendar (TM Lainey), Ridley Scott decided to remove him entirely from All the Money in the World and replace him with Christopher Plummer. That was a good decision but also totally bonkers, as the movie was set to come By Sarah • Nov 30, 2017 10:13 am
Douchebags Jennifer Lawrence is an asshole Those are her words, not mine. In a new interview with Adam Sandler for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, Jennifer Lawrence says she is purposefully mean to fans who approach her in public. JLaw: Once I enter a public place, I become incredibly rude. I turn into a huge By Kathleen • Nov 29, 2017 02:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Avengers: Beginning of the End Following that canonization in Vanity Fair, Marvel has released the first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War. Fans have been clamoring for it since basically Comic-Con, but anyone who pays attention should know by now that Marvel runs their advertising on a pretty tight six-month clock, and we are about six By Sarah • Nov 29, 2017 01:18 pm
TV Updates Alexander Skarsgard: What’s next? Earlier this year, Alexander Skarsgard won an Emmy for Big Little Lies. Now, he is graduating from a supporting role to leading, as he has signed on to star in The Little Drummer Girl, the next John le Carré adaptation from the team that made The Night Manager. That miniseries, By Sarah • Nov 29, 2017 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Greta & Saoirse get closer Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, set the record for best reviews at Rotten Tomatoes. Saoirse Ronan is the star of the film. Saoirse won Best Actress at the Gotham Awards which moves her into very strong position for an Oscar nomination By Lainey • Nov 29, 2017 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews 19th Century Hot Air Balloonists Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones co-starred in The Theory of Everything. Jones was nominated for an Oscar, and Redmayne won an Oscar for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking. I know I saw The Theory of Everything, and it’s only been a few years, but I don’t remember anything By Sarah • Nov 28, 2017 02:01 pm
