Movie Reviews and Previews Zoolander covers VOGUE Zoolander 2, no, sorry, Zoolander No. 2, opens on February 12. That’s not typically a good month for movies. But it’s also NY Fashion Week. And it’s during award season. Please, please, please, can Derek and Hansel present at the Oscars? Well, first, they have to promote By Lainey • Jan 15, 2016 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The first draft of Leonardo DiCaprio’s acceptance speech We’re preparing ourselves for the inevitability of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar win, right? There’s always a chance that Bryan Cranston’s Trumbo hustle could pay off, or that Michael Fassbender will get off his ass and decide to participate and upset Leo, but I think we’re all By Sarah • Jan 14, 2016 04:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amber Heard is joining Aquaman Remember when the idea of an Aquaman movie was a running joke on Entourage? And now we live in a world where Warner Brothers is seriously going to make an Aquaman movie. Which means we’re living in the Entourage universe. Truly, this is the darkest timeline. Aquaman: No, Seriously By Sarah • Jan 14, 2016 12:42 pm
Harry Potter Make him a presenter Everybody’s talking about the Oscar nominations. And some people are talking about how Tom Hardy has a nomination and is in two Oscar nominated Best Pictures. OK but Domhnall Gleeson doesn’t have a nomination but he’s in The Revenant, Brooklyn, Star Wars, and Ex Machina, all films By Lainey • Jan 14, 2016 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel in, Kristen out Rachel McAdams was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar this morning. TwiHards were hoping that Kristen Stewart would get in there, given that several critics associations singled her out and it was great to see her out there, hustling for it. But she was always going to be a By Lainey • Jan 14, 2016 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse Ronan, Irish Oscar Nominee So Saoirse Ronan grabs an Oscar nomination, which is not really a surprise, given that the buzz about Brooklyn has been huge, and that she’s a great actress. Remember, it’s not even her first nomination – that was for Atonement, back in 2008. What was a surprise was getting By Duana • Jan 14, 2016 10:51 am
Maple Leaf The all-white Oscars …again Idris Elba was Netflix’s best chance at an Oscar nomination for Beasts Of No Nation. But the Academy isn’t ready yet for Netflix to come and f-ck up the order of the film industry. He was left off the list of Best Supporting Actors. When Straight Outta Compton By Lainey • Jan 14, 2016 10:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Leo vs Max Well, my one prediction was wrong. Young Jacob Tremblay was not nominated for an Oscar. But he is in an Oscar nominated film, Room. There will be 8 films competing for Best Picture this year at the Oscars. So the nominations were just announced. We’ll be splitting up the By Lainey • Jan 14, 2016 09:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Natalie Dormer in The Forest This is the first review of 2016, so welcome to the Annual January Movie Sh*tshow! We’re kicking off the month with a really bad horror film starring Natalie Dormer called The Forest. What is it about? If you guessed a forest, you’re right! More specifically, it’s By Sarah • Jan 13, 2016 03:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Money Monster producer porn Duana and I established a friendship before we met in person. When I think about it, it’s quite a love story. She was producing me for my first etalk hits on Mondays. We’d talk every Sunday and we could have gotten it done in 15 minutes but those By Lainey • Jan 13, 2016 01:00 pm
BFFs Coogler & MBJ take London There’s a really great double profile on Ryan Coogler and Michael B Jordan in the new issue of New York Magazine this week. The interview took place just before Christmas. Shanice’s I Love Your Smile is mentioned early on in the piece. So, obviously, I loved every word. By Lainey • Jan 13, 2016 11:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matthew McConaughey stars in Confederate Point Break When Lainey asked me to cover the trailer for Matthew McConaughey’s new movie, Free State of Jones, I was like, “What? Why?” But then I watched it and it made sense because the movie looks ridiculous and amazing. Like I’m not sure which joke to make first—Die By Sarah • Jan 12, 2016 02:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Coogler officially directing Black Panther So after the back and forth that involved Ava DuVernay coming and going and Ryan Coogler’s name being in contention and then being not in contention and then being back in contention, it is now official and Ryan Coogler, who is two-for-two as a director with Fruitvale Station and By Sarah • Jan 12, 2016 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hiddleston dancing Following a really cool teaser, there is now a full trailer for Tom Hiddleston’s movie High Rise, a future dystopia mind-f*ck from director Ben Wheatley. It’s more comprehensive look at the film, with the privileged world of the high rise and the weird sh*t happening inside, By Sarah • Jan 08, 2016 01:11 pm
Douchebags Leo is sensitive to the “persecuted” woman This morning Parade posted their new interview with Leonardo DiCaprio. The Revenant (Struggler) opens in wide release today. Leo talks a lot about his work as an environmental activist and humanitarian and how he feels a moral obligation to do more with his platform, because otherwise greed will win: Parade: By Lainey • Jan 08, 2016 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Double Alicia BAFTA award nominations were announced today as the Academy nominations deadline nears. (Ballots are due at the end of the day.) Just as she was for the Golden Globes, Alicia Vikander has been nominated twice. She’s in the Best Actress category, proper, for her work in The Danish Girl, By Lainey • Jan 08, 2016 10:43 am
