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
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
