Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson will Move That Body After not having much of an opinion on her, Scarlett Johansson has risen to the top of my “favorite actresses” list over the last few years. It’s due to a combination of behind the scenes strategizing I appreciate—she’s engineered a career resurgence every young actress should study— By Sarah • Dec 16, 2015 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Join us at the High Rise I missed Tom Hiddleston’s other film at TIFF, High Rise, but I remember hearing reactions from people who saw it and they were wildly divided. People either LOVED it, or HATED it, with very little in between, which is par for the course with director Ben Wheatley. Wheatley doesn’ By Sarah • Dec 15, 2015 03:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Independence Day 2: Xenu’s Revenge Independence Day is one of the great dumb-fun movies of the 1990s, and in 2016, twenty years after Will Smith punched an alien in the face, the sequel—officially titled Independence Day: Resurgence—will hit theaters, though without Smith. (This website will tell you why if you don’t consider By Sarah • Dec 15, 2015 02:17 pm
Sit DOWN Shame, Ridiculous 6. Shame, shame. After an incident on set in which several Native American actors—and the cultural advisor—walked off Adam Sandler’s The Ridiculous 6, Netflix released a (sh*tty) non-apology basically saying we were harshing their mellow by overreacting because the movie is “broad satire” and the diverse cast is “in By Sarah • Dec 14, 2015 03:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence in JOY When the SAG Award and Golden Globe nominations dropped last week, JOY, a presumed awards season frontrunner, only picked up two honours. Underwhelmed? Surprised? You shouldn't be. Despite the hype of being the third Jennifer Lawrence-David O.Russell collaboration, the buzz is tepid for a reason. Yes, the By Joanna • Dec 14, 2015 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Hemsworth in In The Heart of the Sea In the Heart of the Sea is an adaptation of a book by the same name, which recounts the sinking of the whaleship Essex in 1820, the story that loosely inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick. The book is really excellent, but the movie is dead boring, and it By Sarah • Dec 14, 2015 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews X-Men: Apocalypse fails to register The trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse is here, and it’s awful. It’s even worse than the Superhero Face Punch trailer, but where that one shot itself in the foot by revealing the entire plot of the movie, X-Men is done in by a curious emptiness. I LIKE the X-Men By Sarah • Dec 11, 2015 02:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews No Depps at the Globes? The Hollywood Foreign Press Association went with Will Smith over Johnny Depp for Best Actor Drama at the Golden Globes. Normally those starf-ckers are all up in Johnny’s ass. Maybe they’re over his scarves. I’m curious though to know how much international press, like proper interviews, he By Lainey • Dec 11, 2015 01:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Director dick measuring The Hollywood Reporter has released their directors roundtable, which includes Tom Hooper, Danny Boyle, David O. Russell, Ridley Scott, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Quentin Tarantino. That’s quite a mix of people, several of whom have reputations for being, let’s call it “exacting” in their process. Hooper and Boyle By Sarah • Dec 11, 2015 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cate Blanchett is joining Thor: Ragnarok A couple months ago I wrote about some developments with Thor: Ragnarok, including that the big-screen Marvel villainess will debut in that movie. This is what I said back then: …empowered by their recent A-list success in casting Doctor Strange, Marvel will pursue a big name actress for Mystery Villainess— By Sarah • Dec 11, 2015 11:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cube isn’t bothered One of the biggest snubs coming out of the Golden Globe nominations yesterday was the exclusion of Straight Outta Compton from the Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical category. Here are the five films that made the cut: The Big Short Joy The Martian Spy Trainwreck None of them are By Lainey • Dec 11, 2015 10:56 am
Baby and Bump Obsession JT pushes the stroller Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were photographed at The Grove yesterday. Apparently they took their son, Silas, to meet Santa for the first time. As we wind down the year, it was supposed to be a quiet one for Justin as he took time to enjoy being a dad. But By Lainey • Dec 10, 2015 04:53 pm
Maple Leaf Leonardo DiCaprio: Who Has Seen The Wind Every kid in Canada growing up in my era had to read that book by W.O. Mitchell. Is it still the same? Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for a Best Actor Drama Golden Globe today for his gruelling, freezing, This Is Sparta! performance in The Revenant. And I know you By Lainey • Dec 10, 2015 04:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Batman’s back tat Am thinking this is for the role? Am HOPING this is for the role? This is Ben Affleck on the set of Live By Night the other day showing off his back. Tattoos are a thing for a lot of people. There’s an entire New Adult romance section of By Lainey • Dec 10, 2015 01:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 2 Fast 2 Gorilla Yesterday we saw the first images from the Alexander Skarsgard Tarzan movie, officially titled The Legend of Tarzan, and today we have a trailer. It’s not disastrously bad, but man, I don’t understand anything about this movie. This trailer makes it look weirdly dark and grim—the Batmanning By Sarah • Dec 10, 2015 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rocky at the Globes This is what I mean when I say I’m torn. Because I love Idris. But this won’t be Idris’s only opportunity, only award season. For Sylvester Stallone as Rocky, well, it’s not going to happen again. And so far it’s my favourite story of award By Lainey • Dec 10, 2015 12:35 pm
