Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t blame the Third Best Joker As Sarah just wrote, Suicide Squad opened big this weekend despite sh-tty reviews but they’re already forecasting a possible 60% drop-off next weekend. Whoever you want to blame for that though, do not point the finger at Jared Leto, the Third Best Joker. Because he’s not in it By Lainey • Aug 08, 2016 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Suicide Squad and the Hollywood double standard Suicide Squad shattered the August box office records, raking in $135 million for the biggest August opening weekend, breaking Guardians of the Galaxy’s previous record of $94.1 million. (And oh, is everyone at Warner Brothers ecstatic to take down a Marvel record.) Box office numbers can mean anything By Sarah • Aug 08, 2016 09:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Patsy and Edina in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie If you’re a fan of the British TV series Absolutely Fabulous, about the trials and misadventures of boozy London publicist Edina and her enabling editor friend, Patsy, then sweetie darling do I have the movie for you. Almost twenty-four years after debuting on the BBC, Ab Fab comes to By Sarah • Aug 05, 2016 02:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma before festival season The Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its grants banquet in Beverly Hills last night and there were some big names who showed up in the name of charity but with the side benefit (or maybe main benefit) of Golden Globes. Come on, now. Please don’t try to tell me By Lainey • Aug 05, 2016 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Not Pictured: Harry Styles Christopher Nolan’s next film is a World War II drama called Dunkirk, and while it features the usual suspects when it comes to Nolan—Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy—it also marks the feature film debut of Harry Styles. I do not like One Direction, and I resent having the By Sarah • Aug 05, 2016 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Roberts and Dave Franco in Nerve Here’s a surprise—I really like Nerve! The trailer made this movie look dumb as sh*t, and it IS dumb, but it’s also really fun and actually pretty thrilling. Based on a novel by Jeanne Ryan (adapted by Jessica Sharzer, Speak), and directed by Henry Joost and By Sarah • Aug 04, 2016 01:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Batfleck pulls up his pants for Suicide Squad Big star turnout at the London premiere of Suicide Squad tonight with members of the Justice League (Batman Ben Affleck, Superman Henry Cavill, Aquaman Jason Momoa, and The Flash Ezra Miller) also showing up to support WB and DC. As you can see, Jared Leto, the Third Best Joker (I By Lainey • Aug 03, 2016 05:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rogue One: We need different directors A few months ago there was a report that Rogue One, the Star Wars spin-off, was undergoing weeks of additional photography, and that the brass at Disney were in a “panic” over an initial cut of the movie not testing well. That whole report seemed fishy to me, not because By Sarah • Aug 03, 2016 02:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joel Kinnaman’s hair Have had a few requests that last couple of days for Joel Kinnaman pictures. Here he is today in London ahead of the UK premiere of Suicide Squad tonight. Am also including some other shots of him over the last week with his wife, Cleo Wattenstrom. I haven’t cared By Lainey • Aug 03, 2016 01:29 pm
Harry Potter More Fantastic, More Magic Judging from the reviews of Suicide Squad – Sarah’s review was posted earlier today – Warner Bros still can’t figure out how to get the DC Universe right. It has however done a great job building the world of Harry Potter. Harry Potter And The Cursed Child has been very By Lainey • Aug 03, 2016 11:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jared Leto is the third best movie Joker Where to start, where to start. Well, I guess we can start with the good stuff. The Good Stuff Suicide Squad is not as flat-out awful as Superhero Face Punch That movie is a dour, grinding slog, and Suicide Squad has approximately twenty fun minutes in its two hour run By Sarah • Aug 03, 2016 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 3, 2016 Dear Gossips, Suicide Squad is opening this weekend. The reviews started coming out yesterday. And the reviews aren’t great. Vanity Fair actually says it’s worse than Fantastic Four, the box office abomination of August 2015 that opened the same weekend. This might be an exaggeration. But the headlines By Lainey • Aug 03, 2016 09:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon in Jason Bourne Some SPOILERS Matt Damon and Jason Bourne are inextricably linked, like RDJ and Iron Man or Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones. As long as Matt Damon is still kicking, it’s not conceivable that someone else could play Jason Bourne, and an attempted knock-off, The Bourne Legacy, starring Jeremy Renner By Sarah • Aug 02, 2016 12:26 pm
Amazingness Channing Tatum is a mer-MAN A while back there was an announcement that there would be a remake of Splash, the 1984 mermaid-themed rom-com that convinced a generation that if we just spent enough time in the tub we, too, would turn into a mermaid like Madison. The announcement of a Splash remake felt as By Sarah • Aug 02, 2016 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mel Gibson’s return Are you ready for Mel Gibson to come back? No? Me either. But he is. His first film as a director since Apocalypto ten years ago is coming out this fall, with a splashy Venice Film Festival debut and an Oscar-friendly November release date. That means the film, Hacksaw Ridge, By Sarah • Jul 29, 2016 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Chris Evans Wheel of Fortune It’s time once again to play everyone’s favorite game—Chris Evans Wheel of Fortune! With a spin of the wheel we’ll determine if Chris Evans’ next movie will be another Snowpiercer, or will it be a chance to make another godawful movie like Playing It Cool? Will By Sarah • Jul 29, 2016 11:28 am
