Movie Reviews and Previews Bill Skarsgård and a bunch of kids in It It lets you know what kind of movie it is right off the bat, when Pennywise the Clown (Bill Skarsgård) bites the arm off a little kid before yanking him into a sewer. The kid in question is Georgie, with his iconic yellow raincoat, and his disappearance begins a year-long By Sarah • Sep 08, 2017 09:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Aniston: Mother Dumplin’ It was announced back in March that Jennifer Aniston had signed on to the film adaptation of the YA book Dumplin’. “Dumplin’” is Willowdean and Jen is playing Willowdean’s mom, a former beauty queen who’s still very actively involved in beauty pageants. As I wrote at the time, By Lainey • Sep 07, 2017 04:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tulip Fever is insane Filmed in 2014, intended for release in 2015, eventually slated in 2016, inevitably kicked to 2017, and then bumped a few times just to be sure, Tulip Fever hop-scotched its way across release calendars so much it became a joke among film critics. Tulip Fever actually being released in theaters By Sarah • Sep 07, 2017 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury The first look at Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury is in Entertainment Weekly this week, marking the singer’s would-be 71st birthday. It shows Malek in character during the 1985 Live Aid concert, one of Freddie’s most famous moments. #RamiMalek is #FreddieMercury in this exclusive first look at ' By Sarah • Sep 07, 2017 09:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 7, 2017 Dear Gossips, It’s TIFF Day 1! Sarah’s arriving in Toronto today and her TIFF reviews will be posted over the next week or so as she scrambles from screening to screening in between rush-writing. Joanna will also be on the ground at TIFF covering premieres and red carpets By Lainey • Sep 07, 2017 09:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Penelope & Javier in Venice Some people have called Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet the Brange of France. If you are French and you want to dispute this, let me know, I’m not here to debate you. What I’m getting at is whether or not there’s an equivalent in Spain. Are Penelope By Lainey • Sep 06, 2017 12:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Now it’s LucasFilm back in the mess As a reminder that DC Films aren’t the only ones having near constant meltdowns, yesterday LucasFilm announced that Colin Trevorrow—of Jurasssic World fame—is no longer directing Star Wars: Episode IX. This comes less than three months after Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired while making the By Sarah • Sep 06, 2017 11:45 am
Amazingness Mimi’s animated Christmas I went grocery shopping this weekend and there was already Halloween candy on display. Some people, I know, are annoyed by this. Like, f-cking let us enjoy the last moments of summer already! OK … but also? I’m one of those assholes who’s already started Christmas shopping. First week By Lainey • Sep 06, 2017 10:54 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Angelina’s Oscar goals? Angelina Jolie was in Telluride this weekend with all six of her children for the North American premiere of First They Killed My Father. There was a standing ovation after the screening. Many critics are calling the film her strongest directorial effort, so strong that they’re talking about Oscar By Lainey • Sep 05, 2017 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Leonardo DiCaprio will never be the Joker The Joker madness continues. The latest development came on Friday just before everyone in the US took off for a long weekend, which is less about burying the lede and more about there being so much crazy DC Films news that it just sprays everywhere like a loose water hose. By Sarah • Sep 05, 2017 11:58 am
Bad Style mother! Finally! Let’s start with how the title of this film is being styled. Some are styling it “Mother!” Others are going with “MOTHER!” The film’s world premiere is happening at the Venice Film Festival tonight before coming to TIFF in a week. TIFF is styling it as “mother!” All By Lainey • Sep 05, 2017 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews A worthwhile Trip to Spain Reuniting for the third time, filmmaker Michael Winterbottom and actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continue their “Trip” series of a largely improvised travel show which then gets edited into a feature film. (Say what you want about franchise culture, but it has resulted in a Trip trilogy.) It’s By Sarah • Aug 31, 2017 03:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Guillermo, Sally, and Octavia in Venice Ethan Hawke, subject of an earlier post today, starred in a film that was released earlier this year called Maudie. We posted an exclusive first look at Maudie a few months ago. You can also read Joanna’s review here. When Jacek first saw the preview, based on just a By Lainey • Aug 31, 2017 12:38 pm
Dumbass Mean Girls is getting an unwanted remake Today in Did You Even Read That Book news, filmmaking duo Scott McGehee and David Siegel, the directors behind What Maisie Knew and The Deep End, have closed a deal to write and direct an adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies but with a TWIST!, and the By Sarah • Aug 31, 2017 11:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ethan Hawke & Amanda Seyfried start festival season Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried are at the Venice Film Festival supporting Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. The film will also be coming to Toronto for TIFF next week. First Reformed is about a priest, a “whisky priest” played by Ethan, tormented by past mistakes and struggling with his faith. By Lainey • Aug 31, 2017 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Winona & Keanu at a (movie) wedding Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves, despite rumours, have never actually dated. But I feel like we all really, really, really wanted them to date. Timing though. When they worked together on Bram Stoker’s Dracula she was in love with and engaged to Johnny Depp. I’m sure you remember By Lainey • Aug 30, 2017 03:31 pm
