Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone’s quiet work La La Land, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, was recently pushed back to December, making it a possible awards season contender. By the time it comes out then, it’ll have been 18 months since we’ve seen Emma Stone in theatres. It’s been 6 months now that By Lainey • Mar 28, 2016 10:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Superhero Face Punch gets it done It wasn’t pretty and it will be debated forever, but Superhero Face Punch hauled in $424.1 million worldwide this weekend, with an estimated $170.1 million coming domestically, breaking The Hunger Games’ pre-summer record. If the movie paces like The Dark Knight Rises did in 2012, it will By Sarah • Mar 28, 2016 09:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ava DuVernay to direct epic 70s fashion film When Ava DuVernay books a new job, I swell with pride like I know her personally. I don’t. She’s just my imaginary mentor/ bestie. So when news broke this week that Ava would be directing The Battle of Versailles, a film about the real-life epic fashion showdown between By Kathleen • Mar 24, 2016 03:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Meet Wonder Woman’s three moms There is a brief feature on Wonder Woman in Entertainment Weekly this week, since she is one of the best parts of Superhero Face Punch—and the only element that successfully generates excitement for a future movie. So let’s take a look at Wonder Woman along with the three By Sarah • Mar 24, 2016 01:44 pm
Amazingness Chris Pratt being Chris Pratt A reader named Catherine sent us a link to Chris Pratt’s Facebook with the subject line “Pratt being Pratt”. He’s auctioning off a chance to win a trip to the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 set through Omaze—you can find out more here if you’re By Sarah • Mar 24, 2016 11:40 am
Style Don Cheadle & Ewan McGregor Ewan McGregor at the Miles Ahead premiere in New York. This is Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis passion project and directorial debut. Sarah wrote about the trailer a few weeks ago – click here for a refresher. The film opens next week. But is it the film that Don wanted to By Lainey • Mar 24, 2016 10:09 am
Quiveration Jakey’s 90s boyband hair How many actors in Hollywood have Jake Gyllenhaal hair envy right now? Did you see him on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon earlier this week though? They did this (too long) sketch where they spat at each other the whole time and his hair, which has grown quite a By Lainey • Mar 23, 2016 05:21 pm
Media Manipulation Tom Hiddleston and James Bond I’m going to follow up this post with one about Jake Gyllenhaal so please note that a comparison is coming. As we’ve seen, when Tom Hiddleston is promoting a movie, invited on talk shows, he’s the eager beaver… He becomes an exclamation point. Which I don’t By Lainey • Mar 23, 2016 04:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe: Shane Black’s best odd couple? A new trailer for Shane Black’s film The Nice Guys has debuted and this movie looks f*cking fantastic. This is the theater-friendly green band trailer, which will undoubtedly be in front of Superhero Face Punch this weekend, so it’s missing some of the violent sight gags of By Sarah • Mar 23, 2016 03:42 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alpha Idris Second time I’ve used “Alpha” in a title today. This one doesn’t seem so… hilarious, does it? The Jungle Book is due out April 15th. And as Sarah has previously written, it looks amazing. Shere Khan, the imposing tiger boss, is voiced by Idris Elba. He was out By Lainey • Mar 23, 2016 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Huntsman: Winter’s War still exists Defying all the odds, Snow White and the Huntsman prequel-ish thing, The Huntsman: Winter’s War continues to exist. And I continue to not understand anything about this movie. Everything about how Charlize Theron as the evil queen and Chris Hemsworth as the huntsman interact makes it look like a By Sarah • Mar 23, 2016 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alpha Wolf in Japan The post previous to this one was about Lily-Rose Depp, 16 turning 17, and her 24 year old boyfriend. At one point, when I was writing that article, the thought crossed my mind that she’s only a year and a half, two years, tops, from entering Leonardo DiCaprio’s By Lainey • Mar 23, 2016 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bridget Jones is due in September Oh Bridge… And you can see the facial expression there, can’t you? It’s the way her friends look at her – with equal parts pity and delight. This is the magic of Bridget Jones. Specifically the magic of Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones. So many of us fell in By Lainey • Mar 23, 2016 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck & Gal Gadot can’t save Batman v Superman SPOILER FREE Well. Here it is. After nearly three years of marketing, hype, and expectation, the film I have called Superhero Face Punch arrives in theaters this Friday, where it lands with a leaden thump, an overlong, overly serious, grinding f*cking drag of a movie. If you’re not By Sarah • Mar 23, 2016 09:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Christian Bale in Knight of Cups In the 1970s, writer/director Terrence Malick made two legit masterpieces. In a decade dominated by the first wave of American independent cinema and blockbusters—everything sharks and wars amongst the stars and godfathers—Malick delivered two of the most important pieces of American cinema in the post-studio age. His By Sarah • Mar 22, 2016 02:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Daisy Ridley Lara Croft? Daisy Ridley confirmed the other day that she’s considering playing Lara Croft in a reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise. I’m supposed to say here that Angelina Jolie was Lara Croft. Which you know. But I guess this post would be incomplete if I didn’t mention that, By Lainey • Mar 22, 2016 01:28 pm
