Movie Reviews and Previews Taylor Kitsch’s What The Hell movie A red band trailer for American Assassin, the hopeful launching pad for a new action franchise in the vein of Tom Clancy (the movie is based on the “Mitch Rapp” novels by Vince Flynn so it is a straight-up Clancy knock-off), has been released and I have not previously paid By Sarah • Jun 20, 2017 12:57 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews All Eyez On Me review In April, I said a prayer to Blue Ivy, our dear sweet lamb of Beyoncé, that All Eyez on Me would be good. Every piece I've written leading up to the release of the biopic about Tupac Shakur's life and legacy has essentially been a fingers-crossed, By Kathleen • Jun 19, 2017 03:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mandy Moore in 47 Meters Down SPOILERS 47 Meters Down, aka, Don’t Go In The F*cking Ocean, You Dipsh*ts, opened in 5th place this weekend, exceeding expectations with over $11 million at the box office, and ahead of Rough Night, which should tell you how much of a bomb Rough Night is. But By Sarah • Jun 19, 2017 02:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews My Cousin Rachel: Rachel Weisz makes it worth it Between My Cousin Rachel and Get Out, white tea cups with blue details are having a moment in two very different but similarly satisfying thrillers. In My Cousin Rachel, Rachel Weisz uses her tea set to (possibly?) poison the young cousin and doppelganger of her deceased husband (Sam Claflin), while By Joanna • Jun 19, 2017 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson in Rough Night Rough Night bombed this weekend, and with a C+ CinemaScore it’s going to be hard pressed to last long enough in theaters just to break even on a comparatively low budget of $20 million. There’s a lot of “what happened” going on, and I think the issue with By Sarah • Jun 19, 2017 10:19 am
Girlcrushes Zendaya covers Vogue Not all Vogue cover stars are created equal. We've written multiple times on this site that to be on the cover of Vogue, if you are black, you have to be a billionaire or the First Lady or an Academy Award Winner or Beyoncé. You have to be By Kathleen • Jun 15, 2017 04:25 pm
Gorgessity Zoe Kravitz’s time Is it her time? I hope it’s her time. Because I’m obsessed with Zoe Kravitz. Zoe is currently promoting Rough Night, opening tomorrow. She’s on the cover of The Edit. My. God. Look at her. She’s the daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz. So, of By Lainey • Jun 15, 2017 04:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-man: the third tour begins It was just 15 years ago that Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man was released. It was just 5 years ago that Andrew Garfield made his debut as Peter Parker. Spider-Man: Homecoming, now with Tom Holland, opens on July 7th. The press tour for Spider-Man’s third tour is underway, with Tom By Lainey • Jun 14, 2017 03:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia’s legs… pre-50! Julia Roberts turns 50 in October. And this has become one of Duana’s favourite things to do this year – put on her Oprah voice and shout out, “Julia at 50!” Here’s Julia, pre-50, at a photo shoot in Malibu yesterday in just a blazer over stockinged legs. Those By Lainey • Jun 14, 2017 12:33 pm
Maple Leaf What happened, Ellen Page Ellen Page earned an Oscar nomination at 20 for Juno. She starred in cult favorite Hard Candy and the underrated Whip It. She’s been in the X-Men and has worked with Christopher Nolan. It’s not like Ellen Page hasn’t Done Things. She totally has. And everyone likes By Sarah • Jun 13, 2017 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews All-female, back-to-back Scarlett Johansson and the cast of Rough Night were at the premiere last night in New York. And over in LA, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, and Emma Howard joined director Sofia Coppola for the premiere of The Beguiled. Rough Night opens this coming Friday. The Beguiled opens next By Lainey • Jun 13, 2017 11:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Panther: the first trailer It has been approximately 72 hours since the Black Panther teaser trailer was released and I have yet to find anything resembling chill when it comes to this 1 minute and 54 second preview. I screamed out loud three times during my first watch. The second time, I teared up By Kathleen • Jun 12, 2017 02:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarjo at the Tonys Scarlett Johansson was the first presenter last night at the Tony Awards, introduced as a Tony winner. She won in 2010 for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in A View From The Bridge. She is part of the Broadway community then. But she is also promoting By Lainey • Jun 12, 2017 01:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt in a grey suit The last time Brad Pitt was in New York promoting a film on Netflix, he wore baggy pants and everyone was all like, why are his pants so baggy grandpa?!? Last night, Brad walked the red carpet in support of Bong Joon-ho’s Okja and the pants were not baggy. By Lainey • Jun 09, 2017 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Mara beyond Zoe Barnes Kate Mara’s made some really interesting choices since leaving House of Cards. And her latest project, Megan Leavey, about the real-life U.S. Marine corporate veteran and K-9 handler, gives her an opportunity to show off her teeth-clenching tenacity and sly smugness in a way that would make Zoe By Joanna • Jun 09, 2017 12:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jenny Slate is a movie star If you’ve ever seen Jenny Slate in anything, you know she can steal a scene. If you’ve seen Obvious Child, you know she can carry a movie. That she is a talented actor and comedian is not a secret. But watching the Landline trailer is the first time By Sarah • Jun 09, 2017 11:34 am
