Movie Reviews and Previews He’s a friend from work The first trailer for Thor: Ragnarok—Taika Waititi’s new and improved Thor—is here, and if you still need any convincing that Waititi is the right person to save Thor, let it be the moment that Thor sees the Hulk in a gladiator’s arena, pure delight spreading across By Sarah • Apr 10, 2017 11:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Christian Bale to Method Dick Cheney Few actors are as committed to Method by way of body transformation as Christian Bale, who will, as his next trick, transform himself into a peeled egg in order to play Dick Cheney. Adam McKay and his Big Short producers at Plan B—including Brad Pitt—are putting together a By Sarah • Apr 07, 2017 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tupac’s platform Later today, Tupac Shakur will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 20 years after his death. Snoop Dogg will give his induction speech. TMZ reported that there’s a California Love tribute in the works featuring Snoop and Dr. Dre but Rolling Stone says that’s By Kathleen • Apr 07, 2017 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad & Charlie Back in January, Brad Pitt and Charlie Hunnam were both at the same event but didn’t pose together and I mentioned at that time that I wanted to see it, not only because Brad Pitt produced The Lost City Of Z but also because the two have known each By Lainey • Apr 06, 2017 03:40 pm
Douchebags Mel & Marky Mark For some reason they’re making a sequel to Daddy’s Home. Sarah reviewed the first movie. She didn’t care for it. In fact, she wrote at the time that actually preferred the Point Break remake. I’m with Sarah but apparently we are a minority because people wanted By Lainey • Apr 06, 2017 11:47 am
BFFs Jenny & Mae The premiere of Gifted last night. And of course all the intrigue here is that Jenny Slate and Chris Evans were on the red carpet together and they’re not together anymore, more often than not a good starting place to find good gossip. Doesn’t always work out that By Lainey • Apr 05, 2017 05:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kiernan Shipka and Emma Roberts in The Blackcoat’s Daughter Here’s a little gem for you: The Blackcoat’s Daughter, a thoroughly creepy horror movie that has slid by largely unnoticed this spring. It originally played festivals in 2015 under the less evocative title February, and then sat on the shelf while the director wrote and completed a second By Sarah • Apr 05, 2017 04:02 pm
Style Crazy Rich Asians: Astrid and Fashion Porn Crazy Rich Asians, they’re coming! Last week it was announced that Henry Golding has been cast as Nick, the lead male character in the film adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians, joining Constance Wu who’s playing Rachel, and Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Young. As I mentioned last week, after By Lainey • Apr 04, 2017 03:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell The live-action Ghost in the Shell, starring celebrated Asian actress Scarlett Johansson, totally bit it over the weekend. It did not meet even the softest expectations of a $20 million opening, and since the foreign markets failed to bail it out, it’s destined to go down as yet another By Sarah • Apr 04, 2017 01:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans’ “contract” speak Chris Evans is currently out there promoting Gifted and, therefore, promoting his “Gifted” persona. Most of the TV interviews I’ve seen of him lately are done with what I call a lot of “teeth smiling”. You know how cheesy former athletes-turned-sports-anchors pose in their headshots? So corny you almost By Lainey • Apr 04, 2017 01:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alec Baldwin in The Boss Baby I have seen Nine Lives, so no movie will ever really seem THAT bad to me again. In the eternal sh*t vs. diarrhea debate, Nine Lives is always the diarrhea, which means that The Boss Baby is just sh*t. Starring the vocal talent of one-time Capital One pitchman By Sarah • Mar 31, 2017 03:46 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession A Star Is Born… in the desert Bradley Cooper is directing and starring in a remake of A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga. This weekend they’re holding auditions for extras. And in a couple of weeks they’ll be shooting some footage for the film during the days between the two Coachella weekends, where Gaga By Lainey • Mar 31, 2017 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Joss Whedon switches teams Duana noted earlier this week that it doesn’t seem like Buffy the Vampire Slayer got any real love from the entertainment press until Joss Whedon became The Man Who Launched The Avengers, which is maybe true—although I remember a lot of love for Buffy back in the day, By Sarah • Mar 31, 2017 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews “Use your lady mouth” Yesterday at CinemaCon, the cast of Girls Trip made an appearance to talk about the film and introduce new footage. If you don’t know about Girls Trip, it’s the female-led raunchy comedy starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish. In the post-Bridesmaids era, “female-led By Kathleen • Mar 30, 2017 04:01 pm
Bad Style Batman and Superman at CinemaCon As mentioned earlier, yesterday was Warner Bros’ turn to present at CinemaCon. And so they brought out the Justice League, without the superhero we care most about at this point: Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot gave birth recently so she’s not available which is why, I dunno, the whole vibe By Lainey • Mar 30, 2017 03:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain in The Zookeeper’s Wife Just in case you aren’t convinced Nazis are The Worst, here is a movie in which they slaughter helpless zoo animals, including an adorable baby camel and majestic great horned owl. If you can’t stand to see animals harmed in movies, then boy is The Zookeeper’s Wife By Sarah • Mar 30, 2017 03:06 pm
