Movie Reviews and Previews David Fincher does Brad Pitt a solid Today in WTF News: David Fincher has signed on to direct World War Z 2. The last time Fincher directed a sequel was Alien 3, his first feature film, all the way back in 1992. The last time Brad Pitt starred in a good World War Z movie is never. By Sarah • Apr 27, 2017 01:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews “F-cky F-ck” and Kitty Pong! All kinds of Crazy Rich Asians casting updates! Awkwafina, who just wrapped on Oceans 8, will play Goh Peik Lin, Rachel’s best friend. Rachel, of course, is Constance Wu. Goh Peik Lin lives in Singapore. She and her family sort of give Rachel all the inside baseball on the By Lainey • Apr 26, 2017 04:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Katherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson in Unforgettable Katherine Heigl stars as Tessa, the uptight Stepford ex of a man so bland his name makes no impression, but he looks like he’s the type to wear North Face and sandals at the same time, and he’s played by Geoff Stults (Zoo, Seventh Heaven). Tessa and North By Sarah • Apr 26, 2017 02:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Life finds a way To give you things you didn’t even know you want, such as Jeff Goldblum returning to the Jurassic franchise as sexy mathematician Dr. Ian Malcolm. Last night it was announced that Goldblum will be in the as yet untitled Jurassic World sequel, joining Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, By Sarah • Apr 26, 2017 12:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kingsman with a side of Channing Tatum After a week of teasers—which is a BIT much—the first trailer for Kingsman: The Golden Circle finally dropped last night. It’s the sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service, once again from director Matthew Vaughn, who made the closest thing to a good X-Men movie, X-Men: First Class. By Sarah • Apr 25, 2017 01:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Blond Ambition, the movie It was announced yesterday that Blond Ambition, a “script that topped the 2016 Black List”, has been acquired by Universal. Blond Ambition, of course, is about Madonna and the early days of her career when she was a struggling artist in New York, just before she recorded her first album. By Lainey • Apr 25, 2017 12:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise (and Henry Cavill’s Molestache) on set Filming for Mission: Impossible 6 – Pew Pew Noises is underway in Paris, shooting around the Grand Palais, which, as every publication feels the need to emphasize, is just a “four minute drive” from the Champs-Élysées, where there was an alleged terrorist attack last Thursday. Is it just me, or is By Sarah • Apr 25, 2017 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oprah’s perfect performance By now, you’ve probably read or at least scrolled passed one of the many reviews of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks that praise Oprah Winfrey’s performance. You’ve probably read the Bim Adewunmi piece for Buzzfeed that Lainey recommended called How Oprah Got Her Acting Groove Back. By Kathleen • Apr 24, 2017 09:21 am
Dumbass Chris Pratt: (Middle) American Hero Chris Pratt is currently promoting Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and as such is on the cover of Men’s Fitness. I have begun to feel like the more we hear from Pratt the less we like him, and I don’t think this interview is going to help By Sarah • Apr 21, 2017 03:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rough Night minus one Zoe Kravitz and Ilana Glazer were photographed at JFK airport in New York yesterday reshooting scenes for Rough Night. Movie reshoots are not unusual. It used to be that movie reshoots meant that the movie was in bad shape. But I feel like there have been enough examples lately of By Lainey • Apr 21, 2017 01:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson and Armie Hammer in Free Fire Joanna reviewed Free Fire at TIFF in September. You can read her thoughts on the movie here. Free Fire also stars SHARLTO COPLEY, that’s very important. The latest from English filmmaker Ben Wheatley (High Rise, A Field in England), Free Fire is in the vein of John Wick and By Sarah • Apr 21, 2017 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper, director Sarah wrote about the first still released from the A Star Is Born remake that Bradley Cooper is directing last week. He and Lady Gaga worked on the film at Coachella earlier this week. And yesterday he was seen on set, with his body double, in LA. Coop was not By Lainey • Apr 21, 2017 11:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith will be the Genie now Earlier this year we learned that Will Smith was planning for his next bad movie to be Tim Burton’s “live action” Dumbo for Disney, but then a month later he decided that was too bad of a decision to make and dropped out of negotiations. But now! Will Smith’ By Sarah • Apr 20, 2017 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hidden Figures and Garden State made a movie baby Going In Style has the oddest pedigree. It’s a remake of the 1979 comedy starring Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, and George Burns, in which three old codgers decide to rob a bank for sh*ts and giggles because why not, they’re going to die soon anyway. In 2008, By Sarah • Apr 20, 2017 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keira Knightley Trapped In Pirate-Land A new Japanese trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Give Us Gold—I legit can’t remember the title and I JUST watched the trailer, not a great sign—was released yesterday and it spoils what I assume was to be a surprise for fans of the franchise (do those By Sarah • Apr 19, 2017 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch’s brown sweater Before we talk about Benedict Cumberbatch, I need to tell you what just happened to me. I was craving chocolate and the craving was too strong to shut down. It was because somehow, through Easter, I managed to not eat a single chocolate egg. It’s like my body was By Lainey • Apr 18, 2017 03:47 pm
