Movie Reviews and Previews Oprah in HBO’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Can we stop pretending Oprah is going to run for president? I’ve been catching up on the Internet since being away on vacation for ten days with sporadic-at-best wifi and most Oprah-related headlines I’ve seen have been about her hypothetical political career. Gayle shot down the rumours. Oprah By Kathleen • Mar 16, 2017 02:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Watson in Beauty and the Beast You know the story: Belle’s a bookworm who doesn’t fit in, there’s a beast, a cursed castle, and lots of musical numbers. The live action remake of Beauty and the Beast changes little of the main plot, but it does take pains to address some questions that By Sarah • Mar 16, 2017 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans is “surrendering” That’s what he was reading when he spoke to Esquire for their new issue to promote the upcoming Gifted – The Surrender Experiment. Have you read it? It was a book people were talking about a couple of years ago, in short about letting life lead you. I got through By Lainey • Mar 15, 2017 03:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews This is a BAD IDEA Today in This Is A Terrible F*cking Idea, Seriously, Whose Idea Was This news, Warner Brothers is exploring the possibility of rebooting The Matrix. Everything is sequels and reboots these days, so it’s not outside the realm of expectation that someone would have this idea—apparently producer Joel By Sarah • Mar 15, 2017 11:36 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Do you miss Daniel Craig? It’s been a while, right? Daniel Craig stepped out today in London for the Into Film Awards to honour emerging talent. Whenever we talk about Daniel, we have to talk about Bond. And there’s been some Bond news, sort of. The Daily Mail is reporting that Robert Wade By Lainey • Mar 14, 2017 04:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A New Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Yesterday it was announced that Sony will finally make the sequel to their 2011 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo remake. Sony is skipping the other books in Stieg Larsson’s trilogy, though, and going right to the new book, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, written by David Lagercrantz. By Sarah • Mar 14, 2017 01:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews “God Only Knows”… I smiled. I smiled at the end when Andrew Lincoln smiles. It’s the song. I can’t help the feelings I get when I hear that song. Have you see the Love Actually teaser? โฮวววว teaser Love Actually ของ Red Nose Day มาแว้ว pic.twitter.com/6iv7N3Rs1H— Sasio By Lainey • Mar 14, 2017 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kong: Skull Island – great monsters, unintentional comedy Kong: Skull Island opened this weekend with $61 million, which is a respectable spring opener, but well short of Godzilla’s $93 million haul in 2014. Kong is a prequel to Godzilla, and the second entry into Warner Brothers’ budding monster-centric cinematic universe, so slightly deflated numbers aren’t the By Sarah • Mar 13, 2017 01:32 pm
TV Updates Tatiana Maslany goes 3 for 3 And barefoot, as she makes history at the Canadian Screen Awards, winning three different CSAs, one for Best Actress – Film for The Other Half, acting in Orphan Black (her fourth statue in a row for the role), and another for producing the show. Orphan Black was named Best TV Drama. By Joanna • Mar 13, 2017 11:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Atomic Blonde at SXSW The first trailer for Charlize Theron’s Atomic Blonde was released last week ahead of it the film’s premiere at SXSW this weekend. And, so far, the response has been generally positive, especially about Charlize’s performance. According to Consequence of Sound, she “is going down as this decade’ By Lainey • Mar 13, 2017 10:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Meet Baby Driver After Edgar Wright dropped out of Ant-Man, he went to work on an original script he’d written called Baby Driver, which is not a helpful title. Is it about a baby who drives? A driver of babies? A person named “Baby Driver”? Turns out that last one was pretty By Sarah • Mar 13, 2017 10:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman don’t fail us now I’m trying so hard to keep my expectations tempered because the DC movies are really good at trailers and really bad at everything else, but goddamn these Wonder Woman trailers are SO good. The latest is the “Origins” trailer, introducing us to Diana’s childhood and training on Themyscira. By Sarah • Mar 13, 2017 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Anna Kendrick in Table 19 The first thing you need to know is that despite the way its trailer makes it look, Table 19 is not a romantic comedy. The second thing you need to know is that it has an 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and I AM HERE TO DEFEND IT. Table 19 By Sarah • Mar 10, 2017 04:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa Leo is a hated woman I think Netflix has a slight problem. I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and debuted just a few weeks later on Netflix with no fanfare. Yesterday they released the trailer for The Most Hated Woman in America starring Melissa By Sarah • Mar 10, 2017 03:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bargain Bin Little Mermaid There are several live-action Little Mermaid projects in the works, including one that has Lin-Manuel Miranda attached, but the first to theaters is The Little Mermaid brought to you by your worst nightmares because oh my god this movie looks ATROCIOUS. The totally bitching Atomic Blonde trailer dropped today but By Sarah • Mar 10, 2017 02:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlize is ATOMIC The poster for Charlize Theron’s upcoming Atomic Blonde came out a few days before the Oscars. When I wrote about it at the time, I said that I really liked the title change, especially because Atomic Blonde will open in the summer. A summer blockbuster with a bombass female By Lainey • Mar 10, 2017 01:08 pm
