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
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
