Movie Reviews and Previews Martin Scorsese’s Silence Many are considering Silence to be an Oscar snub after nominations were announced. It took Martin Scorsese nearly thirty years to bring his adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel to the big screen. Clocking in at nearly three hours, Silence is a magnum opus of faith and doubt and a By Sarah • Jan 25, 2017 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hidden Figures surging We are fans of Hidden Figures around here, and while, as Michael Shannon puts it, the work is the work regardless of recognition, there’s still something nice about professional validation. And today Hidden Figures got validated with three Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer, and By Sarah • Jan 24, 2017 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Disney Tom Hardy Look! Tom Hardy in mouse ears! Tom was at Disneyland, Paris today for the launch of Star Wars: Season Of The Force. Which is interesting because there are rumours that he makes a cameo in the next Star Wars, opening in December. Yesterday they revealed that the official title is By Lainey • Jan 24, 2017 10:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews DC wants Tom Cruise because they have no imagination Friday The Wrap published an alleged short list of actors wanted by Warner Brothers/DC to play the Green Lantern, the character that almost wrecked Ryan Reynolds’ career. That list includes Reynolds—who is probably praying they decide to start over from scratch—as well as Jake Gyllenhaal, Bradley Cooper, By Sarah • Jan 23, 2017 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mudbound 2018? At Sundance, back in 2012, Ava DuVernay became the first black woman to win Best Director for her film Middle Of Nowhere. Two years later, she directed Selma, which was the first film directed by a black woman to be nominated for Best Picture, though she was not nominated for By Lainey • Jan 23, 2017 10:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine’s cardigan vest I know people who have it bad for Chris Pine. This has not been my experience. That’s not to say I can’t with Chris Pine. But that I’ve never actually felt one way or another about him. When I see Chris Pine, my reaction, almost always, is By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Monster Trucks is a disaster at every turn Last fall Viacom took a $115 million write-down for an unnamed Paramount movie, but everyone made the leap that Movie X was Monster Trucks, the long-delayed would-be kiddie franchise meant to sell toys. Paramount has the rights to Transformers, but they have to share those profits, including merchandising, with toy By Sarah • Jan 20, 2017 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart, academic Kristen Stewart is at Sundance to promote Come Swim, a short film she wrote and directed. Just ahead of the premiere, it was revealed that she’d also co-authored an academic paper on the artificial intelligence used during production. According to Quartz: Stewart’s starting inspiration point for Come Swim By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 12:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Pre-nomination Andrew Andrew Garfield has been in London this week promoting Silence. It’s his work in Hacksaw Ridge, however, that is receiving the most recognition. A large majority of Oscar prognosticators are expecting to hear Andrew’s name called on Tuesday morning when the Academy announces its nominations. He told Reuters By Lainey • Jan 20, 2017 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James McAvoy is tremendous in Split Following The Visit, M. Night Shyamalan continues his return to form with Split. It’s his second collaboration with Blumhouse Pictures, and where in The Visit there is discernable friction between Shyamalan’s impulse to go big and Blumhouse’s frugal, lo-fi approach to filmmaking, in Split there is no By Sarah • Jan 20, 2017 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cressida Bonas in a movie The Bye Bye Man, alternatively, “I Sat Through The Bye Bye Man So You Don’t Have To”. And I did it mostly because The Bye Bye Man is Cressida Bonas’ feature film debut as an actress. You might remember Bonas as Prince Harry’s ex, and you will never By Sarah • Jan 19, 2017 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wolverine and Little Wolverine A new trailer for Logan has arrived, and while it’s not a perfect little film like the first one, it does confirm what the first trailer only hinted at—the little girl, Laura, is in fact X-23, the Logan clone who is currently serving as the comic book version By Sarah • Jan 19, 2017 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan’s tragic ’stache We just saw Margot Robbie in costume as Tonya Harding the other day, and now it’s Sebastian Stan’s turn to show off his Jeff Gillooly look. Spoiler alert: It’s f*cking tragic. It’s so tragic a friend asked me if it was affecting my crush. (No, By Sarah • Jan 19, 2017 10:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom & Taffy Earlier this week, the Daily Mail published photos of Tom Hiddleston in London after dinner with a “mystery brunette”: Giggling Tom Hiddleston spotted bidding farewell to a mystery brunette on evening stroll https://t.co/xHeM9DEvGe pic.twitter.com/92hi3ZGDRb— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) January 16, 2017 The Daily Mail By Lainey • Jan 18, 2017 04:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sundance 2017: 10 To Watch Last year, two of the biggest films coming out of Sundance were Manchester by the Sea and Birth of a Nation. Both bagged huge distribution deals at the festival, and both were early tips for Oscar hopefuls. Manchester has stayed in it all year, and is sure to be a By Sarah • Jan 18, 2017 09:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot Robbie going for gold When I first wrote about Margot Robbie starring as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, I said this: “…they can use prosthetics and makeup to plain her up—a blatant Oscar ploy, by the way”. And now there are set photos of Robbie in character as Tonya Harding and they have By Sarah • Jan 17, 2017 11:30 am
