Movie Reviews and Previews Pirates Of The Caribbean 5: Johnny Depp needs money So many movie trailers during the Super Bowl, including a new one for Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, aka Johnny Depp needs money. It’s not that expectations were never high for Pirates 5 given how much money it cost to make. But now, for Johnny, By Lainey • Feb 06, 2017 09:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina’s latest op-ed The New York Times published a new piece by Angelina Jolie yesterday with her response to Donald Trump’s immigration ban. She does not mention him by name. But it’s clear what she’s addressing as an American, a mother and UNHCR Special Envoy. A few people have written By Lainey • Feb 03, 2017 01:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Keaton in The Founder As a title, The Founder is a bit of wordplay meant to test your knowledge of Americana. You see The Founder is about Ray Kroc, the man who founded a fast-food franchise empire, but who did not found the restaurant he made famous: McDonald’s. Originally a California burger stand, By Sarah • Feb 03, 2017 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlie in London Charlie Hunnam was in London last night. I have nothing new on him, other than to say that a new trailer for The Lost City Of Z was released this week and I’ve attached it below. That’s the movie he was working on when he decided to cut By Lainey • Feb 03, 2017 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sorry Casey, Denzel Washington is here to play Denzel Washington received the Modern Master award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival (SBIFF) last night, to honour his career, and of course, give a further awards push for Fences. By all accounts, he was very generous on the red carpet, and as affable as ever. A coworker who was By Joanna • Feb 03, 2017 11:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matthew McConaughey in Gold If you’re looking for an option at the movies this weekend and you’re wondering about Matthew McConaughey in Gold… Based on a true story but featuring a fake person, McConaughey is Kenny Wells, a prospector down on his luck. The inspiration is the Bre-X scandal of the 1990s, By Sarah • Feb 03, 2017 10:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Courtney Love as Kitty Menendez As audiences have had their fill of OJ and JonBenet, the next logical step in 90s murder nostalgia is the story of Erik and Lyle Menendez, with Lifetime announcing a new project featuring Courtney Love (a Law & Order anthology is happening this fall, and ABC and HLN have aired By Maria • Feb 01, 2017 10:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews John Wick is coming John Wick: Chapter 2 had its premiere last night in Los Angeles and it reunited Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne on the red carpet. Reeves is, of course, John Wick, and Fishburne is playing a new character named “The Bowery King”. The obligatory reference here is “Neo and Morpheus together By Sarah • Jan 31, 2017 03:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Beauty and The Beast…and Celine Dion The final trailer for the upcoming live action Beauty and The Beast was released yesterday. The movie comes out March 16th. And I think we can all agree it will make so much money? Because it’s not just for kids. Grown ass adults who used to be kids will By Lainey • Jan 31, 2017 01:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck sheds some Bat-responsibility Continuing the “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” trend, Ben Affleck released a statement last night that he will not, after all, direct The Batman, the stand-alone Bat-movie he’s been developing. There were already questions about what is actually going on with this movie, and now it By Sarah • Jan 31, 2017 09:31 am
Chinese Squawking Chicken Ben Affleck’s tarnished glow A few days ago Lainey wrote about the luck forecast for Rats this year, and she name-checked Ben Affleck as a Rat who could have a lucky year, if only he can maintain his focus. And he’s going to need to maintain his focus to channel his luck this By Sarah • Jan 27, 2017 01:30 pm
Media Manipulation Vin Diesel’s hype train I said in my xXx: Return of Xander Cage review that Vin Diesel is “extremely good at self-promotion” and here is an example of what I am talking about. While promoting Xander Cage, Diesel did an interview with MTV in which he talks up a potential Groot spin-off with Marvel. By Sarah • Jan 27, 2017 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Vin Diesel in xXx: Return of Xander Cage xXx: Return of Xander Cage opened in second place last weekend but is doing better business overseas. It’s the stupidest f*cking movie in the world but sure, let’s review this sucker like it’s a real movie. (This is not a real movie. This is the Vin By Sarah • Jan 26, 2017 01:23 pm
Maple Leaf Ryan Gosling’s wax figure While I was posting yesterday about Ryan Gosling and whether or not he and Emma Stone will sing at the Oscars, everyone else was talking about his wax figure at Madame Tussaud’s. Here’s what Ryan’s wax figure at Madame Tussaud’s in London looks like: Not bad. By Lainey • Jan 26, 2017 10:00 am
Music Will Emma and Ryan sing at the Oscars? La La Land has two songs nominated in the Best Song category, City Of Stars and Audition. Both Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling sing on City Of Stars and Emma is on her own on Audition. As you know, the nominated songs are typically performed at the Oscars, often by By Lainey • Jan 25, 2017 03:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Adam Driver in Paterson Many were hoping that Paterson would have a chance at the Oscars and that there would be a surprise nomination yesterday, while acknowledging that the chances weren’t great. It certainly wasn’t the biggest snub, but most critics agree that Adam Driver’s performance stands up to any of By Sarah • Jan 25, 2017 01:22 pm
