Girly Throw Downs Kristen Stewart: Pre-Cannes drama? Kristen Stewart left LA for Cannes yesterday. She’s in Woody Allen’s Café Society which will open the festival later this week. As you know, US Weekly reported on Thursday that Kristen’s intense two month relationship with Soko is now over – click here for a refresher. On the By Lainey • May 09, 2016 11:53 am
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck’s power play It was reported last week that Ben Affleck is now executive producing the upcoming Justice League movie. Officially it’s because he wants to “support” Zack Snyder’s vision. But some are speculating that this is a power play. According to Birth.Movies.Death Ben was “incredibly unhappy about the By Lainey • May 09, 2016 11:09 am
Music JT’s strategic blurring Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick were in London last night to present at the BAFTA TV Awards and they were out today to promote Trolls. I’m so confused. According to the movie’s website, Trolls doesn’t open until November. Is that how it is now? Is this how By Lainey • May 09, 2016 09:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Now Nicolas Cage is fighting sharks Man it’s a bad week for sharks at the movies. Following the trailer for Blake Lively Shoot A Shark, we now have the first trailer for USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (totally unnecessary subtitle), starring Nicolas Cage fighting sharks. The story of the USS Indianapolis is one of history’ By Sarah • May 06, 2016 02:24 pm
BFFs Goop Gloat Earlier this year there was a report from Empire magazine that Gwyneth Paltrow would be making an appearance in Captain America: Civil War. Not long after that, though, I heard she would not, in fact, be in the movie, and said as much. Now that the movie is out around By Sarah • May 06, 2016 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans and RDJ in Captain America: Civil War review SPOILER FREE Captain America: Civil War is good. It’s very, very good. Great, even. Easily the best Marvel movie (so far), and, in my book, the best superhero movie to date. Themes of responsibility, causality, guilt, and consequences play out in a story that also contains breathtaking, awesome action. By Sarah • May 06, 2016 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jesse Eisenberg in Louder Than Bombs A dysfunctional family drama with a teenaged son named “Conrad” will inevitably invoke the 1980 film Ordinary People—and the novel upon which it’s based—and like that film, Louder Than Bombs is a family portrait snapped at a moment of profound grief, of a family derailed by loss. By Sarah • May 05, 2016 04:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Key & Peele in Keanu You should recognize the names “Key” and “Peele”, but on the chance you don’t, they are the comedy duo of Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, eponymous creators and stars of the Comedy Central sketch show, Key & Peele, which ran for five seasons. Remember the East/West College Bowl? By Sarah • May 05, 2016 03:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sing Street is impossible to resist Do you like Pitch Perfect? Do you like Irish films (you should—Irish cinema is pretty incredible)? Do you also like 1980s nostalgia? Then boy oh boy is Sing Street the movie for you! And I mean that sincerely - this is a bouncy, fun pop musical set in 1980s By Sarah • May 05, 2016 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hanks in A Hologram for the King For a movie starring one of the last real Movie Stars, A Hologram for the King sure did fly under the radar. Based on the Dave Eggers’ novel of the same name, Hologram reunites Tom Hanks and Cloud Atlas co-director Tom Tykwer in the kind of movie that would have By Sarah • May 05, 2016 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zoe Saldana’s 1st appearance since Nina controversy Zoe Saldana made her first big public appearance at Monday’s MET Gala since the controversy surrounding her role as Nina Simone and the release of the film Nina. When I first saw her gown, I thought “damnnn girl.” It’s STUNNING. I simultaneously want to wear it and have By Kathleen • May 04, 2016 04:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews ScarJo’s comedy squad Remember that dead body comedy Scarlett Johansson signed onto a few months ago? Well, it’s casting up and Scarlett Johansson is being joined by several funny ladies: Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, and Ilana Glazer. McKinnon you know from SNL, and the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot. Glazer is one half of By Sarah • May 04, 2016 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Blake got a gun A full length trailer for Blake Lively’s The Shallows has been released. If you’ve forgotten, this is the movie where Blake fights a shark. A teaser for the film came out a while ago but that was a preview mostly for atmosphere – Blake’s on a rock being By Lainey • May 04, 2016 03:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita Nyong’o Defends Broadway For most of yesterday morning, we were obsessing over Lupita Nyong’o’s hair at the Met Gala. I’m still not over it. Here’s what she just Instagrammed this morning about her inspiration: Hair Inspiration. Check. @vernonfrancois @voguemagazine #metball2016 A video posted by Lupita Nyong'o (@lupitanyongo) By Kathleen • May 04, 2016 11:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Miley skipped the MET Gala When I saw photos of Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth leaving Brisbane this weekend I was excited, hoping they’d be on their way to New York for the MET Gala. Miley was there last year and two years before that. But they ended up landing, hand in hand, in By Lainey • May 04, 2016 09:47 am
Girlcrushes Rose Byrne & Bobby Cannavale: Biggest MET Gala Heartbreak "Your girl Rose Byrne is a mess." That's the text I received from Lainey earlier tonight, during the early stages of the MET Gala red carpet. I was incredulous. How could one of my favourites, whose sartorial choices are almost as flawless as her resume -- By Joanna • May 03, 2016 12:57 am
