Movie Reviews and Previews Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage in THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER Elijah Wood used his Lord of the Rings juice to push through passion projects like the criminally underseen TV show Wilfred, and genre movies like the Maniac remake and Cooties. But apparently he’s grown tired of being a purveyor of fine niche entertainment and has entered the ironic portion By Sarah • Mar 08, 2016 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Zendaya is the first of Spider-Man 3.0’s new friends I have never seen anything Zendaya has been in—she’s a Disney kid?—but I have seen her on red carpets and in interviews, and she strikes me as an above-average articulate young woman who does not suffer fools. Every time I have been made aware of her, I By Sarah • Mar 07, 2016 03:04 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ben needs Jen Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck stepped out this weekend with their kids in LA. No tension, not at all. After that amazing Vanity Fair interview, Jen’s been really generous with Ben. She told Extra last week that for their son’s birthday party: “We all dressed up, I dressed By Lainey • Mar 07, 2016 01:14 pm
BFFs Leo’s one week with Oscar Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris. They seemed happy. But not happier than Leonardo DiCaprio who celebrated his one week with his one true love, Oscar, in LA, out for lunch with friends. Since Sunday, it’s been party, party, party for the Wolf By Lainey • Mar 07, 2016 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gerard Butler in London Has Fallen London Has Fallen is a movie in which the leaders of several sovereign nations are explicitly and violently assassinated on camera. Then half the city of London is blown up—particularly, all the “known landmarks”, as opposed to all those unknown ones—and then we spend two hours watching as By Sarah • Mar 04, 2016 01:27 pm
Media Manipulation Katie is not engaged There’s a rumour going around that Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes are engaged because he was spotted wearing a ring. I don’t even need Gossip Cop to debunk it for me because that’s the dumbest make-a-story ever. He won’t even take her out in public. You By Lainey • Mar 04, 2016 11:55 am
Hook Ups Amanda Seyfried’s new boyfriend What’s the meaning of “new”? Is it new the moment something is confirmed? Or is it only new when it begins? Sorry. That was a tangent… It was confirmed by both US Weekly and PEOPLE yesterday that Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski are dating. You may remember Thomas from By Lainey • Mar 04, 2016 10:28 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Brangeless Oscars Some people were wondering whether or not Brad Pitt would be at the Oscars since he’s a producer on The Big Short. It was a Brangeless Oscars. And many of you have written to say that this year’s Oscars were short on big glamour, big excitement. Did that By Lainey • Mar 03, 2016 03:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Who you gonna call? NuGhostbusters! After what feels like a long wait—but really, they’re right on schedule, it’s just that we’re paying SO MUCH attention to this movie—the first trailer for the all-lady Ghostbusters is here, and it’s pretty great. Just watched the trailer for Bridesmaidsbusters. For the sake By Sarah • Mar 03, 2016 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hugh Jackman in Eddie the Eagle The second of three Olympic-themed movies coming down the pipe—sandwiched in between Race and The Bronze—Eddie the Eagle is a charming crowd-pleaser about a perpetual loser who games the system to become an Olympian. It’s too loosey-goosey with the facts to count as a real biopic—the By Sarah • Mar 03, 2016 10:40 am
Media Manipulation Michael Keaton goes for 3 in a row Spotlight won Best Picture on Sunday at the Oscars. It was one of my top films coming out of TIFF. Yes for Spotlight. Last year Birdman was Best Picture. So that's two in a row for Michael Keaton. Will it be three? Michael's next major role By Lainey • Mar 02, 2016 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Exclusive - Gwyneth Paltrow NOT in Captain America: Civil War Last week Empire magazine ran their Captain America: Civil War issue and it included the news that Gwyneth Paltrow had filmed a “small but key role” as Pepper Potts during the additional photography in January and would be included in the movie. However, I have since heard that she is By Sarah • Mar 02, 2016 11:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gerard Butler in the ridiculous Gods of Egypt Director Alex Proyas recently posted a screed on Facebook in which he rails against film critics and film criticism, saying things like, “…contrary to what a critic should probably be they have no personal taste or opinion, because they are basing their views on the status quo.” Proyas is unhappy By Sarah • Mar 02, 2016 10:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey win The Dark Tower lottery Stephen King’s Gunslinger series—which spans books, short stories, and comic books—is finally coming to the big screen after a long and convoluted development process that saw it pass through JJ Abrams and Ron Howard, who wanted to do a film franchise/TV series combo to tell the By Sarah • Mar 01, 2016 03:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Katie Holmes serves ice cream Katie Holmes was photographed backstage at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday serving Breyer’s ice cream in a blue wrap dress for reasons unknown. Seriously. Take a look at these photos and explain to me how they make any sense. This is a night that celebrates the best in By Joanna • Mar 01, 2016 11:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Casey Affleck and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Gritty Cop Drama Boasting an impressive cast that includes Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aaron Paul, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, and Kate Winslet, Gritty Cop Drama is exactly the kind of gritty cop drama you get sucked into watching on cable on a Saturday afternoon. It’s got just enough going on under the By Sarah • Feb 26, 2016 02:00 pm
