Maple Leaf Blade Runner method-off They’re working on a Blade Runner sequel. As Sarah reported a few months ago, it was originally supposed to be released January 2018. Variety is now saying the movie is due October 2017 and that Jared Leto is joining Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling on the call sheet in By Lainey • Aug 19, 2016 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya might be Spider-Man’s Mary Jane When Zendaya was first cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming, her character was identified as “Michelle” and it wasn’t clear how big her role would really be. But as the movie has been shooting over the summer, word got around that she is playing the female lead, though at Comic- By Sarah • Aug 19, 2016 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Miranda, A Mermaid, A Memo, Mitigation Look, there’s a lot of news. Not everyone can know everything. It’s a proven fact, it’s not a crime. Can’t I be forgiven for reading this headline, scanning the article, and going ‘What? Lin-Manuel Miranda is going to play a crab now?’ So, no. He’ By Duana • Aug 18, 2016 02:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t Think Twice Comedian Mike Birbiglia’s feature film debut as a writer/director, Sleepwalk With Me, is a fantastic film, and his sophomore effort, Don’t Think Twice, is even better. Birbiglia makes comedies about comedy about life, and the natural comparison would be to Woody Allen, a fellow New York comedian By Sarah • Aug 18, 2016 01:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rock That Body next June The cast of Rock That Body – Scarlett Johansson, Ilana Glazer, Zoe Kravitz, Jillian Bell, and Kate McKinnon – have started shooting in New York. As Sarah previously posted, the movie is about five women on a bachelorette weekend and sh-t goes sideways when a male stripper ends up dead. So By Lainey • Aug 18, 2016 12:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pratt being Chris Pratt, Vol. 2 The Magnificent Seven remake starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt opens next month, so the publicity machine is clicking into high gear. As such, Pratt is covering InStyle as September’s “Man of Style”, which is sort of odd as I don’t think anyone thinks “Chris Pratt” and “stylish” By Sarah • Aug 17, 2016 01:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper official For months there’s been speculation that Lady Gaga will replace Beyoncé in Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born, his directorial debut. Yesterday they made it official with Deadline reporting exclusively that Warner Bros has signed off on the project and studio boss Greg Silverman releasing a statement: “For By Lainey • Aug 17, 2016 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman is here for female directors Last night, Natalie told Charlie Rose that before she started directing A Tale of Love and Darkness, “[she] wasn’t used to expressing [her] opinion in a clear way” or “expressing what [she] wanted.” She credits Transparent’s Jill Soloway with capturing what makes it so challenging for female directors By Joanna • Aug 16, 2016 02:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy Adams is the man in Arrival Denis Villeneuve is on a streak. From Incendies to Prisoners, Enemy, and Sicario, he’s made some of the more memorable movies of the last few years. (Prisoners, especially, has lingered in my mind.) His next film is a sci-fi alien invasion movie called Arrival and the first trailer By Sarah • Aug 16, 2016 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews #BlackGirlMath If you've been watching the Olympics, you know how much the past 10 days have been an epic display of #BlackGirlMagic. Fittingly, the trailer for Hidden Figures was released last night during Sunday's Olympic coverage. It's the story of three brilliant African American women, By Kathleen • Aug 15, 2016 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Portman pre-festival Natalie Portman is out hustling for her directorial debut, A Tale of Love and Darkness, once again. After spending nearly 16 months hitting Cannes, TIFF, and other festivals to promote the film — which she also stars in — this morning, she popped by Good Morning America for a new one-on- By Joanna • Aug 15, 2016 02:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard are inhumanly beautiful I don’t want to stir sh*t up, but the teaser for Allied, the World War II movie starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, is out and Pitt & Cotillard look unbelievably gorgeous in it. It’s shades of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, when you couldn’t believe two By Sarah • Aug 15, 2016 12:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Problem with Nate Parker There are a few of them, actually. Some really unsettling, uncomfortable problems. Nate Parker is the writer, star and director of The Birth of a Nation, a film that is already garnering deafening Oscar buzz. We’ve written about our excitement and the importance of The Birth of a Nation By Kathleen • Aug 15, 2016 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Warner Brothers Open Letter Late last week Pajiba published an open letter, penned by an alleged former Warner Brothers staffer using the pseudonym “Gracie Law” (a character name from Big Trouble in Little China). Presumably this was done to protect someone still working in the industry, or with hopes of returning to the industry, By Sarah • Aug 15, 2016 09:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What does Charlize think? Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey have an animated movie coming out in a week or so called Kubo And The Two Strings. They cover the new issue of Parade and tell the magazine about mentoring youth through their respective foundations. It’s a good read about their work outside of By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 12:20 pm
Photo Assumption An award season film with Kristen Stewart …and Vin Diesel? Here’s Kristen Stewart yesterday in LA with Alicia Cargile. Pap photos are not necessarily reliable indicators of celebrity happiness but it’s hard to ignore the fact that Kristen has looked really, really happy this whole year through the pap lens. Kristen’s last film in theatres was Woody By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 11:26 am
