Movie Reviews and Previews The Birth of a Nation trailer If you haven’t already watched the trailer for The Birth of a Nation, you’re going to need a moment. I’ve seen it a few times and I still can’t get through it without crying. After seeing the trailer, which is a work of art, I understand By Kathleen • Apr 18, 2016 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JT lets Jessica hold the mic Here are Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea last night in New York. She stars in the film and also produced it. He was the music supervisor. So she was asked about their working dynamic since, technically, By Lainey • Apr 15, 2016 01:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Don Cheadle in Miles Ahead Don Cheadle worked for years to get his Miles Davis biopic, Miles Ahead, made. Part of the uphill battle was that he not only wanted to star as Davis, he wanted to write and direct as well. Well his long slog to the finish line paid off, as Cheadle makes By Sarah • Apr 15, 2016 01:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sam Rockwell + Anna Kendrick in Mr. Right I know it’s annoying when an actor is paired with an actress twenty years his junior for a romantic movie, but when it’s Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick, can we just look the other way on their seventeen year age difference? Can we all just agree that casting By Sarah • Apr 15, 2016 12:37 pm
Photo Assumption This isn’t awkward A few months ago, it was reported that Diane Kruger and Norman Reedus were all over each other at a dive bar in New York. Click here for a refresher. At the time, Joshua Jackson was on a round the world trip. Reps for Diane and Norman denied that they By Lainey • Apr 15, 2016 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Jungle Book is true magic Disney has already had one family hit this year, with Zootopia, and they’ve got another one on their hands with Jon Favreau’s update of The Jungle Book. It’s not only an eye-popping piece of mostly-digital filmmaking, but it also manages to fix pretty much everything creepy and By Sarah • Apr 15, 2016 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ghost in the Shell: Exodus Part II “My hope for The Ghost in the Shell is that some of the principal roles do end up going to Asian actors and this doesn’t turn into Exodus Part II,” I said last year, when Scarlett Johansson was announced as the lead of the live-action remake of Japanese manga By Sarah • Apr 14, 2016 02:59 pm
Amazingness Anna vs Allison Williams’s husband? There’s a part in the trailer for The First Monday In May when Anna Wintour’s looking at the guest list and she has a bug up her ass about one person in particular. At first she’s like, I thought he wasn’t coming. When someone tells her By Lainey • Apr 14, 2016 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews That Jump Street/Men in Black mash-up is really happening This week in clean and rad and powerful news, it was announced at CinemaCon—the annual film industry circle jerk between studios and theaters—that the proposed mash-up sequel between the Jump Street and Men in Black franchises is going to happen for real. The movie, titled MIB 23, will By Sarah • Apr 14, 2016 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 14, 2016 Dear Gossips, The First Monday In May, the documentary about last year’s MET Gala, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this week. The star of the film, obviously, is Anna Wintour. She apparently oversees every detail and puts a lot of energy into not just who sits where and By Lainey • Apr 14, 2016 09:31 am
Maple Leaf Rachel undercover We got a glimpse of Rachel McAdams in Sarah’s Doctor Strange post just before this one. It was big news when she was cast in the movie, with all kinds of speculation about her character, etc. Totally another Hollywood Sliding Doors situation too. Because there were rumours years ago By Lainey • Apr 13, 2016 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Doctor Strange looks like a trip Last night the first trailer for Doctor Strange debuted, and oh god, Benedict Cumberbatch is even more perfect as the Sorcerer Supreme than previously imagined. For some reason, it never occurred to me he’d have an American accent. I don’t know why I assumed Cumberbatch would use his By Sarah • Apr 13, 2016 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper’s hair improvement Last time we talked about Bradley Cooper he and Irina Shayk were on Instagram with their heads cut off, like their relationship is still private if you can’t see their faces. Click here for a refresher. Holiday is over because Coop was in Vegas for CinemaCon with his Hangover By Lainey • Apr 13, 2016 11:13 am
Media Manipulation The unpopular Team Iron Man Last month I posted an article about how much I appreciate the Captain America: Civil War marketing strategy. They want you to take sides. We are all inclined to take sides. As I mentioned then (click here for a refresher), it’s either Jolie or Aniston. In this case it’ By Lainey • Apr 13, 2016 10:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Team Cap looking sharp Last night was the world premiere of Captain America: Civil War, and Chris Evans & Co. showed up looking spiffy. Evans flies under the fashion radar but he’s got solid dude dressing game. He did a mix-and-match patterns thing with a dark teal suit that not many dudes would By Sarah • Apr 13, 2016 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for April 13, 2016 Dear Gossips, Jennifer Lawrence + Chris Pratt. Hollywood’s current equivalent of Prom Queen and King. And they were in Vegas for CinemaCon last night to preview Passengers for theatre owners – as if they needed any convincing. I mean, really, all you have to say is Jennifer Lawrence + Chris Pratt. Sure. By Lainey • Apr 13, 2016 08:59 am
