Movie Reviews and Previews Colin Firth and Jude Law in Genius The first hurdle to clear with Genius, the feature film debut of English theater director Michael Grandage, is that everyone is played by Brits and Aussies, and by “everyone” I mean some of the most towering figures of American literature. You cast the best actor for the role and a By Sarah • Jun 23, 2016 01:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s “wife” As mentioned in the previous post, Ben Affleck actually sounded pretty lucid during his appearance on Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons before Tom Brady came up in conversation and he felt the need to go full Perry Mason in support of his friend with the potentially shady cell phone. By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gal Gadot’s abs Are the most memorable thing in the first trailer for Keeping Up With the Joneses. It’s an action-comedy that looks like a cross between Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Burbs with a dash of Date Night thrown in, and stars Isla Fisher, Zach Galifianakis—who I BARELY recognized— By Sarah • Jun 22, 2016 02:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dueling Agathas As is the case so often in Hollywood, two studios are developing rival films of the same subject, but since the subject is Agatha Christie, can we all agree that this is totally okay and both movies should absolutely be made? The Hollywood Reporter reports that both Paramount and Sony By Sarah • Jun 22, 2016 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Smith’s career low Will Smith has revealed what he thinks his career low point is. No, it’s not After Earth. It’s not even The Legend of Bagger Vance. According to Will, his worst movie is Wild Wild West. How dare he. While at a Cannes Lions event, THR reports that Will By Kathleen • Jun 22, 2016 11:12 am
Friday Night Lights MBJ at the beach Michael B Jordan received the Rainmaker Award at the Maui Film Festival this weekend. And he’s still in Hawaii enjoying some down time there. Remember those two Friday Night Lights reunions last week? MBJ told E! that he wants to participate in one. Um, yes please. It was Vince By Lainey • Jun 21, 2016 03:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Elle Fanning and Nicolas Winding Refn talk The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn talks about seventeenth century Italian art, and next to him, Elle Fanning listens intently. With his glasses and suit, he looks like a hip professor, with Fanning as his star pupil. They’re in town to promote their new movie, The Neon Demon, a giallo-inspired horror movie By Sarah • Jun 21, 2016 11:48 am
Media Manipulation Tom Hiddleston is letting it all hang out Earlier this year it was noted that Tom Hiddleston’s public persona has shifted from “internet’s boyfriend” to a more closed off, grown up persona. Saint Tom the Huge Dork is dead, and in his place we have…Tom Hiddleston: Sears Catalog Underwear Model. In a new profile in By Sarah • Jun 20, 2016 02:53 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Blake’s Shark Week Shark Week begins on Discovery next Sunday, June 26th. It’s one of the network’s biggest events, if not the biggest event. Blake Lively’s The Shallows opens just in time for Shark Week, on Friday. And she’s out in New York on promotion today, photographed this morning By Lainey • Jun 20, 2016 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tupac biopic – first look Yesterday would have been Tupac Shakur’s 45th birthday. To mark the occasion, the teaser trailer for the upcoming biopic All Eyez on Me was released. When Lainey and I saw Straight Outta Compton for the first time in theatres, we couldn’t get over how much the dude playing By Kathleen • Jun 17, 2016 02:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Emilia Clarke in Me Before You Movies about people falling in love when one of them is dying is a particular sub-genre of romantic drama, and the latest entry into the field is Me Before You, a tearjerker adapted by Jojo Moyes from her novel of the same name, and directed by Thea Sharrock, a stage By Sarah • Jun 17, 2016 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Dory Well here’s a sequel guaranteed to break summer 2016’s case of sequelitis. Thirteen years after Finding Nemo, Finding Dory is a nearly equal companion piece. Though it doesn’t reach the ecstatic highs of Pixar at their best (Inside Out, Wall-E, Toy Story 3, Up), Finding Dory is By Sarah • Jun 17, 2016 11:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Helen Mirren is going to class up Fast & Furious Today in Your Dreams Are Coming True, Helen Mirren Edition, Helen Mirren told Elle magazine that she will, in fact, be appearing in Fast 8, the eighth Fast/Furious movie that is somehow not called F8. Last year she went on the record with her admiration of Vin Diesel, and By Sarah • Jun 16, 2016 03:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in The Nice Guys (Lainey: fell behind last month and didn’t get to posting Sarah’s review of The Nice Guys. Then, the next week, there were no more new photos of Ryan Gosling. He showed up for his friend Nicolas Winding Refn in LA yesterday at The Neon Demon premiere though. So By Sarah • Jun 16, 2016 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise hopes to face-punch the sequel curse It’s a bad year for sequels. The summer box office is down 22% from last year, mostly because sequel after sequel has failed. Naturally, this has everyone clutching their pearls and wondering what’s gone wrong, whether or not Finding Dory and Suicide Squad will be enough to save By Sarah • Jun 16, 2016 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Margot Robbie really the best Tonya Harding? Margot Robbie has had a rapid ascent ever since breaking out in Wolf of Wall Street, and now she’s putting some of her juice into developing projects. She has started a production shingle, LuckyChap Entertainment, and she’s already got some solid projects lined up, including a Harley Quinn By Sarah • Jun 15, 2016 02:27 pm
