Dumbass So much for that Freddie Mercury movie A Freddie Mercury biopic has been percolating for literally a decade, when rumors that Sacha Baron Cohen would play Freddie Mercury on the big screen began emerging. Then, in 2010, came confirmation that Baron Cohen would indeed play Mercury, only for that deal to fall apart a few years later By Sarah • Jul 20, 2017 12:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Suki & Diego in New York After Rogue One, Diego Luna became our boyfriend. Is he still your boyfriend? He’s definitely Suki Waterhouse’s boyfriend. They were last seen together at the beginning of the year, in January. Here they are in New York yesterday clearly still on. As previously mentioned, Suki and Diego worked By Lainey • Jul 20, 2017 10:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Barfing and fainting on Broadway Page Six reported today that Jennifer Lawrence went to see 1984 on Broadway (starring Olivia Wilde and Tom Sturridge) on Monday and was sick during the performance. Apparently this show is so intense that audience members have been fainting midway through. Jennifer didn’t faint. But she vomited: But on By Lainey • Jul 19, 2017 05:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2017: The Dork Knight Returns Last year in my Comic-Con preview I wrote, “Comic-Con’s dominance as an industry event is definitely waning.” That is blatantly apparent this year, as four studios—Paramount, Universal, Lionsgate, and Sony—are sitting out the festivities in Hall H, and an increasing number of studios and networks are cutting By Sarah • Jul 19, 2017 09:38 am
Style Rihanna in pink I went to the movies last weekend and there was a preview for Valerian before it started. It was mostly Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan talking, not very compellingly to be honest, about why people should go see it. And then something about how Valerian is Star Wars before Star By Lainey • Jul 18, 2017 03:43 pm
Amazingness Enter The Room I’ll never forget the first time I saw The Room, arguably the worst movie ever made. (It’s up against Manos: The Hands of Fate, a spectacularly bad movie.) I was in college and a friend was talking about this terrible movie playing at a theater in Fairfax, going By Sarah • Jul 18, 2017 11:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Blade Runner at war A new trailer for Blade Runner 2049 has just been released, and in case you’re wondering, yes this movie continues to look f*cking awesome. (Blade Runner is at Comic-Con on Saturday, so we might be getting even more to look at soon.) This trailer shows more of Jared By Sarah • Jul 17, 2017 12:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Wars Family This past weekend was Disney biennial fan convention, D23, and among the many things they showed off—they see Universal’s Harry Potter Land and will raise you Avatar Land, Star Wars Land, and Marvel Land—was Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Star Wars is not expected to be among By Sarah • Jul 17, 2017 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 17, 2017 Dear Gossips, I went to the movies this weekend and saw the new Jumanji trailer which reminded me of all my “nevers”. I never saw Jumanji. As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve also never seen Hocus Pocus. And I’ve never seen Blade Runner. Blade Runner 2049, with Harrison By Lainey • Jul 17, 2017 09:08 am
Hook Ups Are Zendaya and Tom Holland dating? At around 5pm eastern standard time yesterday, PEOPLE reported that Spider-Man: Homecoming co-stars Zendaya and Tom Holland are dating. At around 6pm eastern standard time yesterday, Lainey sent me a link to this news and when I read it, I dropped my phone out of my hands (it didn’t By Kathleen • Jul 14, 2017 12:28 pm
Royals When Harry met Harry The premiere of Dunkirk tonight in London. Prince Harry hosted a reception for veterans ahead of the event and then went to the screening. Where he met Harry Styles, one of the stars of the film. Harry and Harry, together …again? They’ve met before. But for some reason, this By Lainey • Jul 13, 2017 05:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews I wish I never saw Wish Upon The first thing you need to know about Wish Upon, is that there is a Very Good Dog called Max and SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS. The second thing you need to know is that Wish Upon isn’t remotely good enough to justify it. The third thing you need to know By Sarah • Jul 13, 2017 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Gimme Black Panther NOW Continuing the pre-Comic-Con warm-up is Black Panther, which covers Entertainment Weekly’s special issue. We’ve seen the trailer, and now we have a trove of photos to scan in detail, including T’Challa’s family—his mother, Ramonda, is played by ANGELA BASSET. There’s also Lupita N’yongo By Sarah • Jul 12, 2017 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle In Time We’re about to get hit with a deluge of new movie stuff, with Disney’s biennial fan convention, D23, taking place this weekend, and then Comic-Con the weekend after. As a warm up, Entertainment Weekly has some first-look features in their Comic-Con issue, including Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle By Sarah • Jul 12, 2017 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Disney’s Aladdin Dilemma Disney’s live-action conversion machine rolls on, with the next project up for conversion being Aladdin. The beloved musical is being directed by Guy Ritchie, which sounds like a nightmare. And it’s already proving challenging as a massive worldwide casting search for Aladdin has yielded no results, and production By Sarah • Jul 11, 2017 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Liam’s “little angel” Last week, to commemorate International Kissing Day (there are too many goddamn “days” – like “international pretzel day”, which I just made up but I’m totally convinced exists), Miley Cyrus posted a throwback photo from The Last Song, which is the movie she was working on when she met Liam By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 03:09 pm
