Media Manipulation Natalie Portman’s placeholder press? Natalie Portman wants you to know she’s “back,” and can also hold a tune with Sia and Jimmy Fallon. She’s doing US press for the first time since Thor: The Dark World in Nov. 2013, this time for the beleaguered, woman-centric western Jane Got a Gun that she By Joanna • Jan 28, 2016 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Colin Farrell’s new girlfriend? I haven’t posted about Colin Farrell in a LONG time. Like since August. Despite the fact that he’s actually never looked better. Look at him. He’s SO hot. But he’s also been really, really quiet. Quietly living, quietly working. He’s in Fantastic Beasts And Where By Lainey • Jan 28, 2016 09:42 am
Media Manipulation Nate Parker is ready Yesterday Nate Parker landed a record-breaking deal for his film, The Birth of a Nation, at Sundance, which also turned out to be the biggest sale of a complete film at any film festival, ever. Now, some details of the bidding war are coming out. It came down to Netflix By Sarah • Jan 27, 2016 03:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Would Maverick be like Rocky? Jerry Bruckheimer tweeted a photo of himself with Tom Cruise yesterday. Just got back from a weekend in New Orleans to see my old friend @TomCruise and discuss a little Top Gun 2. pic.twitter.com/vA2xK7S7JS— JERRY BRUCKHEIMER (@BRUCKHEIMERJB) January 26, 2016 As you know, Top Gun 2 has By Lainey • Jan 27, 2016 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Nostalgia Train’s next stop is Little House on the Prairie After stalling out at Sony, it was announced yesterday that the movie version of Little House on the Prairie has relocated to Paramount. The movie will be written by Abi Morgan, co-writer of Shame, and directed by Sean Durkin, who made Martha Marcy May Marlene. That’s a VERY interesting By Sarah • Jan 27, 2016 11:43 am
Media Manipulation The Revenant and Don's Plum Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro G Inarritu were in Mexico yesterday continuing to promote The Revenant. Leo’s Oscar for Best Actor has been secured. But they also want The Revenant to take Best Picture (with an asterisk, because let’s face it, the winners this year will be overshadowed by By Lainey • Jan 27, 2016 10:29 am
Amazingness Nate Parker just banked a record-breaking Sundance deal Here’s your feel-good story of the day. Nate Parker, the actor best known for Beyond the Lights, basically quit acting right when he was getting some traction off that movie in order to make Birth of a Nation, about Nat Turner and his doomed slave revolt in the 1830s. By Sarah • Jan 26, 2016 01:03 pm
TV Updates I think Saint Tom the Huge Dork is gone for good I’ve been missing Saint Tom the Huge Dork, as Tom Hiddleston has deliberately lowered his profile over the last couple years. Saint Tom the Huge Dork was born of the glory days when he was last promoting 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, and doing silly dances all over By Sarah • Jan 25, 2016 03:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Step aside, Ben, it’s Casey’s turn It is my opinion that between the Affleck brothers, Casey is the better all-around actor. He can do character work, he can carry as a lead, he can disappear into roles or look sufficiently Hollywood, depending on how “visible” you want your star to be. Ben Affleck has proven to By Sarah • Jan 25, 2016 03:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Wonder Woman flies on regular airplanes, not invisible ones The new trailer for Superhero Face Punch answers a Very Important Question regarding Wonder Woman: Will she fly an invisible jet? Answer: No, or at least, not yet. The new trailer shows Wonder Woman dutifully stowing her appropriately-sized carry-on bag in the overhead compartment and taking her seat on a By Sarah • Jan 25, 2016 01:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine’s finest hours Every time I turn on the TV there’s a commercial on for The Finest Hours. It’s about Pendleton rescue mission attempt in 1952. Two oil tankers were destroyed in bad weather and the Coast Guard, along with citizens on a surfboat, saved almost all the passengers. The film By Lainey • Jan 25, 2016 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Big Brother Fat, Carina, and Jacky Chow Yun Fat, Carina Lau, and Jacky Cheung were all in Beijing today to promote The Man From Macau III. Click here for my previous post about the movie. This is exciting for those of us who grew up watching Hong Kong soap operas because you’ll recall, Carina and By Lainey • Jan 25, 2016 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I saw Dirty Grandpa and a part of me died It is time for a reckoning. It is time to stare into the darkest depths of the void and ask a question fundamental to humanity’s future. And that question is: How many movies can Zac Efron make before he triggers the apocalypse? We Are Your Friends is a torment, By Sarah • Jan 25, 2016 10:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Only take your kids to Norm of the North if you hate them When I was a kid my orthodontist had arcade games in the waiting room and TVs at every dental station, so you could watch movies while having your braces tightened. There I would be, suffering through intense pain and watching Homeward Bound, learning about friendship and teamwork and the ceaseless By Sarah • Jan 22, 2016 04:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brahman Naman: India’s sex comedy Lainey sent me a trailer for a movie premiering at Sundance this weekend, Brahman Naman, a sex comedy that’s a British/Indian co-production. It’s about Naman, a college quiz show champ who’s trying to lose his virginity while traveling to a national quiz challenge. It looks like By Sarah • Jan 22, 2016 12:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Key & Peele’s first movie is here and it looks hilarious Comedy duo Key & Peele (aka Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele) wrapped up their brilliant sketch show on Comedy Central after five seasons last year. They left at their peak to make the leap to film, with the duo producing a Police Academy soft reboot, and Peele making his directorial By Sarah • Jan 21, 2016 04:51 pm
