Movie Reviews and Previews Two Mannequins in Fifty Shades Darker What little worked in Fifty Shades of Grey worked because director Sam Taylor-Johnson and screenwriter Kelly Marcel played on a psychological thriller angle, and Dakota Johnson was able to use her natural screen presence to inject some slyness into Anastasia Steele that made her more than just a weepy doormat By Sarah • Feb 09, 2017 01:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews ATJ also knows what to say Aaron Taylor-Johnson profile in Vulture posted yesterday – did you read it? He’s quite self-deprecating. And I don’t think it’s dishonest. When ATJ was nominated and then won the Golden Globe, no one was expecting it, certainly not him. Partly because he wasn’t the one who was By Lainey • Feb 09, 2017 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews #VengefulBitches The first trailer for Sofia Coppola’s remake of The Beguiled dropped yesterday and her two muses, Kirsten Dunst (Marie Antoinette, The Virgin Suicides) and Elle Fanning, shared snippets of it on their Instagram pages along with the caption “vengeful bitches.” VENGEFUL BITCHES ‼️ @beguiledmovie A video posted by Elle Fanning By Joanna • Feb 09, 2017 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 2 First and most important: Nothing bad happens to the dog. In fact, the first fifteen minutes of John Wick: Chapter 2 play like something of an apology for the first fifteen minutes of John Wick, as Chapter 2 opens with a rousing car chase and a surprisingly funny recap of By Sarah • Feb 08, 2017 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alicia Vikander, Tomb Raider Check out Alicia Vikander in South Africa on the set of the new Tomb Raider. The movie comes out March 2018. As noted last year when the casting was confirmed, Alicia is following exactly the same path as Angelina Jolie when she took on the role. First an Oscar for By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 04:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Team Moonlight at the Nominees Luncheon Have you seen Moonlight yet? Moonlight is challenging La La Land for Best Picture. It’s an underdog though, especially since La La Land just took the Directors Guild and the Producers Guild award before that. There is, however, some backlash about La La Land. I liked La La Land. By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Stranger Things returns to remind you of stuff During the Super Bowl the first teaser for the second season of Stranger Things premiered and people are super into it. It has Eggos, Ghostbusters—boys once again!—and Eleven, so of course the internet is excited. The opening with the vintage Eggo Waffles commercial and the way it cuts By Sarah • Feb 07, 2017 09:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Guardian’s golden villainess Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 also threw up an “extended” spot online following their in-game ad during the Super Bowl, and of all the movies advertised during the game, this one went over the best. (I thought more people would be into Logan but consensus in the room was By Sarah • Feb 06, 2017 01:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Transformers 5: Metal Gear Nonsense Transformers: The Last Knight aired a TV spot during the Super Bowl and then released an “extended look” online, so just in case thirty seconds inside a trash compactor isn’t enough for you, you can watch the 54-second extended spot for maximum noise and nonsense. Or you can just By Sarah • Feb 06, 2017 11:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews More like F8 of the Male Ego The F8 of the Furious—I refuse to use its proper title—also aired a Super Bowl spot, giving us another look at Vin Diesel and The Rock trying one up each other while Jason Statham stands coolly to the side and delivers the trailer’s best line—Stath always By Sarah • Feb 06, 2017 09:58 am
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
