Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock vs. A Gorilla Recently retired Sexiest Man Alive, Dwayne Johnson, is keeping himself busy after being succeeded by Blake Shelton. (Fun fact: Retired SMAs are neatly folded and placed into storage until they are needed again.) He has Jumanji coming out in December, and next year he has another video game adaptation on By Sarah • Nov 17, 2017 03:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Michael Shannon Christmas Bigfoot Movie The Michael Shannon Christmas Bigfoot Movie is a real thing that exists. It is a movie starring real people who say real words and you can pay real human money to see it. The official title is Pottersville, but it is destined to be known as the Michael Shannon Christmas By Sarah • Nov 17, 2017 02:50 pm
Dumbass Get Out challenges award season Should we care about award season when Hollywood’s predator infestation is so far from being exterminated? Is award season trivial? Sure, parts of it. But there are some storylines that are playing out this award season that deserve our attention. Consider Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut and By Lainey • Nov 17, 2017 12:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Krasinski-Blunt horror movie The first trailer for A Quiet Place was released yesterday, the horror movie directed and co-written by John Krasinski, and starring Emily Blunt. I believe it’s the first time they’ve worked together—Krasinski-Blunt stans, correct me if I’m wrong. The movie looks GREAT, but also really scary, By Sarah • Nov 17, 2017 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Here lies Justice League, DOA You know that description of Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, when Harry is post-life in the way station between places? “…Raw and rough…it had been left, unwanted, stuffed out of sight, struggling for breath.” Voldemort, defeated, provides the most apt description of Justice League, a messy By Sarah • Nov 16, 2017 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s Justice League weekend Justice League opens tonight. Sarah’s review of the movie is coming up this afternoon. As mentioned earlier this week, Rotten Tomatoes was embargoing reviews until just before the movie comes out, supposedly because they want to test out a new site feature but a lot of people had conspiracy By Lainey • Nov 16, 2017 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Feeling CMBYN I FINALLY saw Call Me By Your Name, and Lainey would like me to get “all up in my feelings” about it, but I don’t have Kathleen’s gift for emotive expression. I do really like it, kind of love it, actually, and you will certainly feel many things By Sarah • Nov 16, 2017 11:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mary J. Blige, an appreciation I won’t pretend that this post is anything other than an expression of admiration and excitement for Mary J. Blige. So, if you don’t want to read me glowing up Mary J for too many words, turn back now. It has been a little over a year since By Kathleen • Nov 16, 2017 09:06 am
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
