Movie Reviews and Previews A Blake called Nancy Blake Lively is doing reshoots for The Shallows in LA. I didn’t have much to say about this until I found out in the photo captions that her character’s name is Nancy. Is this a contemporary film? Like does it take place in the now? Because if it By Lainey • Apr 12, 2016 03:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tessa Thompson is Thor’s new maybe-lady It was announced yesterday that Tessa Thompson, of Creed and Dear White People fame, is joining Thor: Ragnarok in an unspecified role, though Deadline says she’s “kind of a superhero” and is expected to appear in other Marvel movies, and she’s also playing Thor’s love interest. Apparently, By Sarah • Apr 12, 2016 01:36 pm
BFFs Julia, George, and Jodie on the Croisette The Cannes Film Festival kicks off in a month with Woody Allen’s Café Society starring Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg. It is expected that, one night later, it’ll be Kristen’s friend Jodie Foster on the red carpet with her stars Julia Roberts and George Clooney representing Money By Lainey • Apr 12, 2016 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews #TeamCap vs. #TeamIronMan Lainey is #TeamIronMan. I am #TeamCap. We’ve been sniping at each other over text off and on about how she’s wrong. And with the Captain America: Civil War press tour kicking off over the weekend, it’s only going to get worse, because everything is divided by Iron By Sarah • Apr 12, 2016 12:05 pm
Media Manipulation A new Amy Adams? Megan Fox’s pregnancy buzz will steal all the headlines today, but Amy Adams was at CinemaCon too. The two even posed together, and Amy’s just as worthy of the gossip spotlight. She’s a five-time Oscar nominee, sure, but she’s also giving her career a much-needed reboot By Joanna • Apr 12, 2016 10:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa McCarthy in The Boss I saw The Boss this weekend and we need to have a come to Jesus about Melissa McCarthy. This is the second movie McCarthy made with her husband, Ben Falcone, the first being Tammy. They wrote and produced both movies, and Falcone directed both. Tammy is bad, The Boss is By Sarah • Apr 12, 2016 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Suicide Squad is all-in on the fun The last time we saw a Suicide Squad trailer, it left me a bit bemused. I wasn’t sure what to make of it, because it was, tonally, quite different from the first trailer. Well, the third trailer, premiered at the MTV Movie Awards, doubles-down on the relatively lighter tone By Sarah • Apr 11, 2016 02:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Daisy Ridley a giant? Star Wars: The Force Awakens won Best Movie of 2015 + Deadpool at the MTV Movie Awards last night, which is unsurprising. It’s a popularity contest and that was the biggest movie last year. JJ Abrams and Daisy Ridley, taking a break from shooting Episode VIII, were on hand to By Sarah • Apr 11, 2016 01:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews MTV Meatballs Dwayne The Rock Johnson’s body isn’t what attracts me to him. That kind of brawn has never been my thing. What I like about The Rock is his sense of humour. He knows what you think of him. He doesn’t pretend to be anything else. Also, he By Lainey • Apr 11, 2016 12:35 pm
Quiveration Ryan Reynolds is MTV Hot Dad Ryan Reynolds showed up at the MTV Movie Awards to collect an award for Best Comedic Performance and Best Fight (with Ed Skrein) for Deadpool, which apparently now counts as a 2015 movie. He got a very hype entrance with a bunch of dancing Deadpools and Salt-N-Pepa performing “Shoop”, so By Sarah • Apr 11, 2016 11:51 am
Harry Potter I want to go to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Eddie Redmayne, the human equivalent of the puppy who most wants to be adopted, also turned up at the MTV Movie Awards, to debut the first trailer from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Holy sh*t, you guys. It looks GREAT. It’s not like we had any By Sarah • Apr 11, 2016 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Chrises give advice The Captain America: Civil War junket happened this weekend which means it was screened for press. Early reviews have been very, very strong. The comparisons to Batman v Superman have been inevitable. The Avengers are fighting each other, just like Batman and Superman fought each other. So it’s worthwhile By Lainey • Apr 11, 2016 09:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! If I could ask Richard Linklater one question, it would be: Why two exclamation points? Not one, not three—two. That’s weirdly specific, and Linklater is a filmmaker of deliberate choices, so I’d like to know why two exclamation points? The curiously punctuated Everybody Wants Some!! is Linklater’ By Sarah • Apr 08, 2016 01:50 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Melissa McCarthy will return to Gilmore Girls Or Stars Hollow… is that what it’s called? I can hear Duana making sounds from wherever she is, getting ready to puff up and school me. Because, no, I haven’t started watching it yet, OK? I’m sorry. I was supposed to over the Christmas holidays but Making By Lainey • Apr 08, 2016 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rogue One …and Rey’s mom? The first trailer for Rogue One, the first “Star Wars Story” spin-off of the rebooted universe, is here and it’s pretty f*cking metal. From the piano breakdown of the Star Wars’ theme to the shots of the Death Star, Stormtroopers, AT-ATs, and those familiar orange flight suits, there’ By Sarah • Apr 07, 2016 11:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Shannon in Midnight Special Midnight Special has something in common with 10 Cloverfield Lane—you don’t want to know too much about this movie going in. The whole narrative is structured for discovery, and it unfolds with a real sense of wonder we don’t get to feel much at the movies anymore. By Sarah • Apr 07, 2016 10:01 am
