TV Updates Taraji P. Henson talks auditions with Ryan Reynolds Most headlines I’ve read today about the Taraji P. Henson and Ryan Reynolds chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors series focus on a story Ryan tells about his audition for the Cohen brothers. It was terrible. Whatever. I care more about Taraji’s reveal that she was almost By Kathleen • Nov 29, 2016 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Jennifer Lawrence Chris Pratt rom-com Passengers, or as I like to call it, The Movie Star Survival Test, is coming out at Christmas. Now that Thanksgiving is over, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are on the hard sell, and they’ll be pushing the movie as charmingly and charismatically as they can until just before By Lainey • Nov 29, 2016 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman’s alien answers Last night Natalie Portman showed up at the Gotham Awards, wearing a homeschooler’s home ec project, where she was a Best Actress nominee for Jackie. In something of an upset, she lost to Isabelle Huppert (Elle), because film voters have a hard time resisting Icons. The Gothams are not By Sarah • Nov 29, 2016 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews “When the time is right” or …not right now? Last December, Star Wars began a new era of storytelling with The Force Awakens and this year it expands that story with a new cohort of rebels and heroes in Rogue One. What these movies have in common, besides the galaxy far far away, are two things: 1) Inclusive casts, By Sarah • Nov 29, 2016 09:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Andrew & Emma's award schedules It's looking like Emma Stone will for sure be at every stop during award season, as a nominee. It would be a major shock if La La Land isn't a contender across all the major categories. Last week, a trailer for one of the final contenders By Lainey • Nov 28, 2016 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rogue One goes on sale Here’s Felicity Jones at Good Morning America today. Thanksgiving is over. So it’s now a two week push for everyone, pretty much in every industry, to blast out as much work as possible before things start slowing down for the Christmas holiday. At the movies, that means we’ By Lainey • Nov 28, 2016 11:47 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Michael Fassbender is not the father Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard were in Sydney today promoting Assassin’s Creed. The movie comes out December 14th. Also he did not get her pregnant. Thought I’d put that out there since there were some people trying to suspect that her last co-star was the father of her By Lainey • Nov 28, 2016 09:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thanksgiving Idris Idris Elba has been in Toronto shooting Molly’s Game, based on Molly Bloom’s book, and adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin, who is also directing. Ready? Say it with me. F-cking Sorkin! Jessica Chastain stars. Not sure what role Idris is playing. But the point is he’ By Lainey • Nov 24, 2016 01:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Warren Beatty in Rules Don’t Apply It’s been fifteen years since Warren Beatty has appeared in a movie, and nearly twenty since he last directed a film, but Beatty returns to film—in front of and behind the camera—with Rules Don’t Apply, his long-gestating Howard Hughes movie. On the one hand, it’s By Sarah • Nov 24, 2016 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hard Boiled Tom Hiddleston I saw a headline the other day about Warner Bros developing Hard Boiled with Tom Hiddleston to star and my first reaction was… WHAAAAAAAAAT??? Followed by outrage, like the kind that explodes on Twitter every 5 seconds. Hard Boiled?!? THE Hard Boiled? Turns out there’s a comic book called By Lainey • Nov 24, 2016 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Silence trailer is not silent Whenever Martin Scorsese directs a movie, it’s a foregone conclusion that it will be considered an Oscar contender. And so here we have the first trailer for his latest film, Silence, starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, and Liam Neeson, opening next month. Already the campaign narrative for Silence has By Lainey • Nov 23, 2016 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Moana is just delightful I saw Moana Monday night and have not stopped listening to the songs since. All the songs are credited to Mark Mancina, who also composed the score; Opetaia Foa’i, of the Oceanic band Te Vaka; and Broadway star and alleged heartthrob Lin-Manuel Miranda, and as much as I hate By Sarah • Nov 23, 2016 10:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk Ang Lee’s $40 million camera test, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, ate it hardcore at the box office this past weekend, which is maybe unfair because the movie isn’t THAT bad. Based on a novel by Ben Fountain—adapted by Jean-Christophe Castelli—Billy Lynn is a time-jumping By Sarah • Nov 22, 2016 04:10 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Ben & Jen for Live By Night Live By Night has started screening for industry. The film will open in limited release in December to qualify for Oscar consideration before going wide in January. And while Warner Bros is trying to seem like they’re playing it low key for a campaign, the scheduling makes it obvious By Lainey • Nov 21, 2016 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Justin Timberlake is a terrible voice actor Here’s Justin Timberlake promoting Trolls in Australia this weekend. Here’s my review of Trolls. Reviving the soul-sucking demon-toys, Trolls is set inside an acid flashback at a rave you went to in 1997. It’s bright, it’s BRIGHT, it’s so bright your retinas will sting and By Sarah • Nov 21, 2016 01:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews DDL Dumbledore? This post contains spoilers for Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. Please be warned if you’ve not yet seen the movie. As you know, it’s been confirmed that Johnny Depp will play Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts sequel. He was revealed near the end of the By Lainey • Nov 21, 2016 12:00 pm
