Movie Reviews and Previews Gorgeous Joe for Prada Joe Alwyn is the new face of Prada’s Ascension campaign. Aptly named, non? A year ago Joe was the rising star lead of Ang Lee’s overhyped and underwhelming Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk which was supposed to be an Oscar contender with new technology and camera work, By Lainey • Nov 07, 2017 09:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer & Margot: one hairstyle, two campaigns Did you see mother!? The movie with the dumbest punctuation of the year? It was meant to be Darren Aronofsky’s big deep artistic mindf-ck. Whatever. I thought it was a film student’s first film. And I found all the conversations around it, about how profound it all By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Blake Lively, the B-movie queen I must apologize to Blake Lively. In my review of Age of Adaline, I said, “[Blake Lively] is almost unwatchable as a leading lady.” Dear Blake Lively: I take it back. You’re not unwatchable. You just need to be in movies as bat sh*t insane as All I By Sarah • Nov 06, 2017 12:10 pm
Style Angelina’s campaign weekend Angelina Jolie made two stops on the Oscar campaign trail this weekend – she and Loung Ung attended the Deadline Contenders event on Saturday and they accepted the Hollywood Foreign Language Film Award at the Hollywood Film Awards last night. As mentioned several times over the last few weeks, First They By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck wants to be “part of the solution” Sarah just posted about the imminent release of Justice League and how it might do at the box office after Thor just became everyone’s favourite Avenger. Justice League, of course, is DC’s version of the Avengers. And Batman is the sort of leader of the Justice League. At By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Here comes the Justice League The big question mark in November’s box office is what is going to happen with Justice League. We’ve already seen the numbers Thor: Ragnarok put up, and now the question is, how much more can one month support? The story of 2017 at the box office—and previous By Sarah • Nov 06, 2017 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor smash First Thor: Ragnarok got hugely positive reviews—including mine— making it one of the highest-rated superhero movies ever. And then it opened to huge box office, raking in an estimated $121 million over the weekend (and don’t be surprised if the actuals are a little higher). Going into By Sarah • Nov 06, 2017 08:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 6, 2017 Dear Gossips, Oscar campaigning is officially underway as there were several events this weekend in Hollywood, featuring many expected award season contenders trying to build as much awareness around their projects and performances before the holiday break. We are now just 5 weeks away from the Hollywood Foreign Press announcing By Lainey • Nov 06, 2017 08:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Put Zendaya in everything I emailed Sarah to remind me why I'm not supposed to be excited for The Greatest Showman because as of this morning, when two songs from the film’s soundtrack were released, I was really excited. It's a musical. I love musicals. It's Zendaya By Kathleen • Nov 03, 2017 03:48 pm
Bad Style Johnny Depp’s no-bow The Murder On The Orient Express premiere was last night in London. The film is directed by Kenneth Branagh. I was into it based on the trailer. Also Michelle Pfeiffer. I’m seeing it for Michelle Pfeiffer. And Leslie Odom Jr. And Daisy Ridley. Johnny Depp is in this movie By Lainey • Nov 03, 2017 03:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alamak! CRA covers EW! I cried a little when I saw this on Instagram yesterday – the cover of the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, featuring Constance Wu and Henry Golding, the stars of Crazy Rich Asians, based on the first book in Kevin Kwan’s bestselling series. You know, the one I’ve been By Lainey • Nov 03, 2017 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor and Loki on set The interminable Avengers shoot continues, and as Thor: Ragnarok opens in theaters, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are on set with RDJ (for what looks like a flashback to the events of The Avengers). Lainey pointed out this will be a fun week at work for Hemsworth, who gets to By Sarah • Nov 03, 2017 10:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika Waititi delivers the Thor you didn’t know you wanted Thor: Ragnarok begins with a visual gag that’s a little bit weird and a little bit macabre and 100% indicative of what a ride Ragnarok will be. Reimagined by Taika Waititi as a Flash Gordon-inspired sci-fi/fantasy caper, and catering to Chris Hemsworth’s latent comedy skills, By Sarah • Nov 02, 2017 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Surprise Star Wars During the World Series (congrats, Astros!), a super-sized TV spot for Star Wars: The Last Jedi dropped and everyone lost their minds because Luke Skywalker is in the Millennium Falcon. I lost my mind because the Porg screamed and it’s simultaneously adorable and terrifying (their teeth are nightmares) By Sarah • Nov 02, 2017 02:54 pm
Music Official: Beyoncé in The Lion King For months it was rumoured that Beyoncé would be in Jon Favreau’s live-action The Lion King. It had been previously confirmed that Donald Glover and James Earl Jones would star as Simba and Mufasa. Chiwetel Ejiofor is playing Scar. (My word processor does not spell-check Chiwetel Ejiofor! By Lainey • Nov 02, 2017 02:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tyrese vs. The Rock Fast Furious frontmen Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson have been involved in a generally entertaining maybe-feud for a while. But recently, there is a new challenger in the midst, competing for The Rock’s attention, and that is Tyrese Gibson. He’s super upset that the Jason Statham/Dwayne By Sarah • Nov 02, 2017 09:54 am
