Movie Reviews and Previews Father Figures: Tulip Fever II When it comes to release date shuffling, Tulip Fever is the gold standard. But there is another movie that has quietly been shuffled on and off the release slate, and that is the Owen Wilson/Ed Helms comedy Father Figures (formerly titled Bastards). The movie, which languished at Paramount before By Sarah • Sep 29, 2017 02:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael B Jordan’s quiet year Michael B Jordan, or as Kathleen likes to call him – Michael Bae Jordan – stepped out for dinner last night in LA. Kathleen can’t come to the phone right now. Because she’s producing all FOUR segments on The Social today: Sasheer Zamata, Kelly Clarkson, Jay Pharoah, and W Kamau By Lainey • Sep 29, 2017 02:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matthew McConaughey, post-Dark Tower Here is Matthew McConaughey out and about in New York, where he was in town to speak on behalf of the just keep livin Foundation (that punctuation drives me nuts). He looks good, and not at all like his movie bombed. We’re just a month removed from The Dark By Sarah • Sep 29, 2017 12:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews SJP: No SATC3 The Daily Mail broke the story this week that there will not be a third Sex And The City movie. Last night, Sarah Jessica Parker was asked by Extra for an update on the project and she confirmed that it will not go ahead: “It’s over… we’re not By Lainey • Sep 29, 2017 10:02 am
Style Is James Franco hot again? Maybe you never thought he lost his hot. Maybe he was never hot to you to begin with. I had a thing for James Franco around the time of Spider-Man and Pineapple Express. But then James Franco became James Franco, The Artist. The Artist James Franco was intolerable. The Artist By Lainey • Sep 28, 2017 03:54 pm
Dumbass Leave Hocus Pocus alone Hocus Pocus is one of those movies, objectively not great but beloved by a generation anyway. I was ten when Hocus Pocus came out, and if there had been fan fiction and message boards in 1993, I would have been all over it, my screenname undoubtedly “ThackeryBinx27”, and unspeakably bad By Sarah • Sep 28, 2017 01:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise in American Made There’s a game I like to play with new Tom Cruise movies. It’s called “How Old Does This Movie Think Tom Cruise Is?” It’s simple, all you have to do is watch a recent Tom Cruise movie and try and figure out how old he is supposed By Sarah • Sep 28, 2017 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Judi Dench in Victoria and Abdul Set in the waning days of Queen Victoria’s reign, Victoria and Abdul depicts the end-of-life friendship Queen Victoria struck up with Abdul Karim, a servant sent from India during her golden jubilee. Abdul is a low-level clerk in a prison in India, who is chosen—because he is tall— By Sarah • Sep 27, 2017 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman and sci-fi soap bubbles Yesterday we saw the first image from Natalie Portman’s upcoming film, Annihilation. It’s from Alex Garland, the filmmaker behind Ex Machina, and the first look features an albino alligator. Well we now have a teaser trailer, and it does not include the albino alligator. But it does have By Sarah • Sep 27, 2017 12:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Blade Runner builds momentum Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, who’s recycling his sweaters on this press tour now, were in London recently, continuing to promote Blade Runner 2049. The junket was this past weekend. A couple of my colleagues came back with major, major praise. The word Oscar was thrown around. And that By Lainey • Sep 27, 2017 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taylor Kitsch steps We’ve been a little worried about Taylor Kitsch around the LaineyGossip offices. I wonder what the hell he’s doing in cut-rate action movies, and Kathleen wonders if, like Samson, his hair is the secret to his power. We’re all a little bummed True Detective season 2 didn’ By Sarah • Sep 27, 2017 10:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 27, 2017 Dear Gossips, Tom Cruise has a film coming out on Friday. It’s called American Made. And, at post time, it’s currently sitting at 90% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics aren’t calling it the movie of the year or anything but most seem to agree that it’s By Lainey • Sep 27, 2017 08:59 am
Quiveration Idris for my birthday I’m that asshole who forces her birthday onto people. Today is my birthday. You’re actually lucky though, because this is only the first time I’ve mentioned on the site while all my colleagues have been enduring it for 24 hours. Through the press release I personally delivered By Lainey • Sep 26, 2017 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman and an albino alligator The first image from Annihilation, Alex Garland’s follow-up to Ex Machina, has been released and it shows Natalie Portman rubbing a Q-tip on an albino alligator, so I’m sold. (I can just feel someone being like, “Actually, that’s a crocodile.”) You know what this reminds me of? By Sarah • Sep 26, 2017 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Aniston: 12 years after “Unsinkable” Here are some new shots of Jennifer Aniston taken last Friday on the set of Dumplin’ in Georgia. I’m also including shots I’ve never posted of her in costume, as Dumplin’ mother, a former beauty queen, that were taken when filming first started in July. This is excellent By Lainey • Sep 26, 2017 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake Gyllenhaal promotes Stronger on Rachael Ray Here’s something for your Tuesday: If Jake Gyllenhaal cancels on you, he'll send you flowers. And according to Rachael Ray, he's the only guest she can remember in about 2000 episodes who has ever cancelled on her (12 years ago) and sent her flowers. Jake By Joanna • Sep 26, 2017 11:12 am
