Movie Reviews and Previews Little Beauty, Less Beast I hope you were not waiting on this. For lots of people, Beauty and The Beast went hand-in-hand with The Little Mermaid as the hallmarks of the renaissance of New Disney—headstrong heroines who love books and adventures and just happen to find romance along the way. Then for others, By Duana • May 24, 2016 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon poses Matt Damon was in LA yesterday doing a photo shoot for GQ dressed in a grey suit and posing on a bridge with a muscle car. Jason Bourne is coming out on July 29th. Presumably these pictures are for promotion for that movie. When was the last time Matt covered By Lainey • May 24, 2016 11:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kevin Bacon in The Darkness There is a really excellent movie starring Kevin Bacon called Cop Car, which is an indie thriller about a corrupt cop and a couple of punk kids. It’s a really tight, tense movie that doesn’t go in the direction you think it will. It’s very atmospheric, very By Sarah • May 20, 2016 02:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The distance between Charlize Theron and Sean Penn… Today at the photo call for The Last Face, directed by Sean, in Cannes. Exactly a year ago in Cannes, this is what Charlize and Sean looked like: I chose this shot specifically because he seems oblivious and she looks like she’s got plans. By Lainey • May 20, 2016 01:31 pm
BFFs Zac becoming Leo Zac Efron has been out there flexing his muscles on the press circuit this week promoting Neighbours 2. He was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, he was on with Seth Meyers, and he was also interviewed by ELLE. As you know, I’m not a believer in Zac By Lainey • May 20, 2016 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes in A Bigger Splash Inspired by classic European cinema (specifically, La Piscine) and borrowing its title from a David Hockney painting, Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash is simultaneously gorgeous and silly. Reuniting with Tilda Swinton, following 2009’s stellar I Am Love, Guadagnino takes on the kind of laissez faire erotic thriller we By Sarah • May 19, 2016 02:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Black Panther So Lit #BlackPantherSoLIT is the hashtag that has been dominating Black Twitter since news broke that Michael B Jordan is reuniting with Creed director Ryan Coogler and joining the cast of Marvel’s upcoming Black Panther. The MBJ news plus the rumours that Lupita-freaking-Nyong’o is also in talks to star in By Kathleen • May 19, 2016 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews NuGhostbusters is the most disliked movie ever A new trailer for Ghostbusters was released yesterday. This one gives us more of the plot—still science dorks in New York bustin’ ghosts—and sets up the purpose of Chris Hemsworth’s character. Not every joke works, like the Leslie Jones stage diving bit, but then that demon joke By Sarah • May 19, 2016 11:33 am
Style Kristen Stewart’s happy Cannes I wrote yesterday that Kristen Stewart seems like she’s having so much fun in Cannes. They seem to love her in France. And she’s loving them back. Look at her today at the photo call for Personal Shopper. She’s playing for the cameras. Not pouting…but playing! By Lainey • May 17, 2016 02:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A Loving Oscar Yesterday in Cannes belonged to Loving, the film written and directed by Jeff Nichols that tells the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving, who broke the law by getting married in 1958. How? Well she’s black and he’s white. And back then, it was illegal in Virginia. By Lainey • May 17, 2016 11:03 am
Quiveration Idris Elba, gunslinger New photos of Idris Elba in South Africa shooting The Dark Tower. People seem to be pretty excited to see him in costume as the gunslinger. I don’t know the story, so this means nothing to me. But Idris means a lot to me, and I think he looks By Lainey • May 16, 2016 05:17 pm
Quiveration Channing Tatum in a bowler hat Channing Tatum is in London shooting the sequel to the Kingsman movie. Check him out in costume, in a beautifully tailored pinstripe suit and in a bowler hat. With glasses. If you’d told me before whether or not I’d be into Chan in this outfit before I actually By Lainey • May 16, 2016 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Magneto shows up in Sydney Michael Fassbender hasn’t been around much for X-Men: Apocalypse promotion. The movie opens this weekend. It, um, doesn’t look very good. Here’s Michael at a screening today in Sydney, his first official public appearance since the Oscars when he was nominated for Best Actor and his girlfriend, By Lainey • May 16, 2016 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck is Autistic Bourne Ben Affleck, as has been noted several times, has just been through one of his downward spirals. He’s had the crash—divorce, high-profile professional embarrassment—and now it’s time for The Climb. The Climb is the part Affleck thrives on, he just loves proving everyone wrong. He thrives By Sarah • May 13, 2016 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Money Monster Money Monster is several different movies rolled into one, all of them mediocre. It stars two of the biggest old school Movie Stars in the world, but only puts them on screen together for about eight minutes. It is directed by a celebrated actress-cum-filmmaker who cannot manage tension but who By Sarah • May 13, 2016 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews First for Julia and Amal It’s not only Amal Clooney’s first time on the Cannes red steps, it’s also the first time for Julia Roberts! All this time she’s never been there. Look at this shot of her though. Even though she’s never experienced it, she’ll still point her By Lainey • May 12, 2016 03:03 pm
