Movie Reviews and Previews Jen time in New York Jennifer Garner is in New York today. Not sure why she’s there but probably work related? Let’s come back to this in a minute. As far as I can see, the kids aren’t with her. So it’s a few days in New York to herself. Which, By Lainey • Oct 18, 2017 01:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Josh Brolin and Miles Teller in Only The Brave Movies about gritty men with gritty jobs only get made when something terrible happens (see also: Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon), so you know going in that Only The Brave, a film about a group of wildfire-fighting “hotshots”, is going to have something terrible in it. The Granite Mountain Hotshots became By Sarah • Oct 18, 2017 01:18 pm
TV Updates The Green Lantern Mystery I’m already on the record doubting that any version of the Green Lantern shows up in Justice League. But, last night The Big Bang Theory introduced the “Geekstakes” in which a fan can win a trip to the Justice League premiere. The game involves clicking on a wheel which By Sarah • Oct 17, 2017 11:56 am
Style Taika at the harbour Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Mark Ruffalo have been in Sydney the last couple of days promoting Thor: Ragnarok. We need this palate cleanser right now. You know what’s great about this combination? There’s someone here for everyone. Chris Hemsworth is for your pinup dreams. And, of course, By Lainey • Oct 17, 2017 10:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 17, 2017 Dear Gossips, Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel, an Amazon production, is scheduled for release December 1. This is award season. So there was some speculation, before the film screened at the NY Film Festival this weekend, that it could be part of the conversation. Now that people have seen it, By Lainey • Oct 17, 2017 09:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to Wakanda The second trailer for Black Panther has arrived, to be attached to Thor: Ragnarok, and it gives us a better look at the world of Wakanda, which looks AMAZING. The combo of traditional African art and fashion with the high-tech comic book wizardry of Wakanda is super f*cking cool, By Sarah • Oct 16, 2017 04:27 pm
Bad Style Blake’s yellow-themed Monday Blake Lively is promoting All I See Is You, out in limited release on October 27, costarring Jason Clarke, in which she plays a blind woman who starts to get her sight back but suspects that her relationship might not be what she thought it was now that she can By Lainey • Oct 16, 2017 03:17 pm
Douchebags It’s not just his wife Oh look. It’s Justin Timberlake on a red carpet. Oh look. It’s Justin Timberlake on a red carpet with Kate Winslet, at the premiere of Wonder Wheel, jumping in front of Kate Winslet like a jackass because….he needs to make sure you see him. CAN YOU SEE By Lainey • Oct 16, 2017 11:18 am
Style Emma Stone’s black jumpsuit Emma Stone was at the London Film Festival last night for the premiere of Killing Of A Sacred Deer. The connection here? She was already in town for Battle Of The Sexes. And also? Killing Of A Sacred Deer is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. And she’s in his next By Lainey • Oct 13, 2017 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Diana’s kinky origins in Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Several movies in October are running up against bad timing, including Geostorm’s “the weather is trying to kill us” plot becoming redundant because the actual weather is actually trying to kill us, and Marshall’s depiction of a sexual assault case being made even more uncomfortable given the ongoing By Sarah • Oct 13, 2017 01:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The New Mutants’ hospital from hell The X-Men movies are not great. They are either outright bad, or they don’t hold up. Logan is the closest they’ve come to a genuinely good movie, and even it falls apart in the third act. But, the success of Logan and Deadpool has shown Fox a way By Sarah • Oct 13, 2017 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chadwick Boseman in Marshall Set in 1941, Marshall depicts the early days of Thurgood Marshall’s law career, before he tried and won Brown v. The Board of Education—which desegregated schools in the US—and before he became the first black Supreme Court Justice. The case in question is Connecticut v. Joseph Spell, By Sarah • Oct 13, 2017 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Liquefy your brain matter with My Little Pony The television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is adorable and charming, combining unrelenting cheer with positive messages about acceptance, teamwork, and friendship. The cutesy voices of the ponies are fitting for the brightly colored cartoon, and the plots are easily resolvable within 22 minutes and usually take no By Sarah • Oct 12, 2017 04:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rotten Tomatoes isn’t the problem This week in non-Harvey news, Martin Scorsese penned an op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter about how Rotten Tomatoes is ruining movies and everyone should stop obsessing over box office and Cinemascore and also he liked mother!. Blaming Rotten Tomatoes for a movie’s failure became a favorite pastime this summer— By Sarah • Oct 12, 2017 10:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 12, 2017 Dear Gossips, What I missed the other day is that Sylvester Stallone announced on Instagram that he’ll be directing and producing Creed 2. Looking forward to directing and Producing The incredibly talented Michael B Jordan in CREED 2 next year ... One more Round ! #creed2 #mgm #fighting #workout #exercise #boxing By Lainey • Oct 12, 2017 09:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina in Namibia Angelina Jolie covers the 150th anniversary issue of Harper’s Bazaar. The shoot happened in Namibia, where Shiloh was born, and where Angelina has been working on raising awareness for wildlife conservation efforts. She’s also promoting an animated film that she produced called The Breadwinner about an Afghan girl By Lainey • Oct 11, 2017 01:19 pm
