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
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina Jolie’s weekend screening Last weekend Angelina Jolie attended a Q&A after screening First They Killed My Father for Academy members. It was then confirmed that Cambodia had submitted FTKMF for Oscar consideration. As previously mentioned, that’s just the first step in a selection process that’s divided into several phases. By Lainey • Sep 25, 2017 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley’s Star moves up Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, A Star Is Born, was originally scheduled for September 28, 2018. Fall film releases are typically considered to be more “serious”. And some thought that it could make the rounds during festival season, perhaps in position for an awards run. It was announced a couple By Lainey • Sep 25, 2017 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Channing Tatum is barely in Kingsman: The Golden Circle This is relevant information you need going into Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The sequel to the surprise 2015 hit Kingsman: The Secret Service, Golden Circle is heavily advertising Channing Tatum as a new cast addition, but beware—it’s a glorified cameo and he’s only there to service one By Sarah • Sep 22, 2017 02:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Where was this at the Emmys? Reese Witherspoon’s Home Again was not well-received by critics or at the box office. Reese’s advantage, however, was the Emmys. No one was talking about how much her movie sucked because we were all talking about whether or not Big Little Lies would prevail at the Emmys. And By Lainey • Sep 22, 2017 11:58 am
