Movie Reviews and Previews Angelina Jolie and Jack Black in Kung Fu Panda 3 I’m inclined to go easy on Kung Fu Panda 3 because Norm of the North is so f*cking bad, and indeed, it is better than that garbage movie. But despite some pretty flashy animation, Kung Fu Panda 3 is not especially good. It’s basically Kung Fu Panda, By Sarah • Feb 01, 2016 12:21 pm
Faux Gossip Naomi & Liev at the SAGs There’s been some noise around Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber lately. I think it’s STAR Magazine that’s been calling a breakup? No one’s paying attention, really, because it’s STAR Magazine. Naomi wasn’t with Liev at the Golden Globes. That, presumably, was why STAR decided By Lainey • Feb 01, 2016 11:34 am
TV Updates Idris Elba: “Welcome to diverse TV” Idris Elba won twice at the SAG Awards on Saturday, first for his performance in Beasts Of No Nation and then for his performance in Luther. He was also nominated, alongside his Beasts Of No Nation co-star Abraham Attah, for Best Ensemble. And while they were presenting the film By Lainey • Feb 01, 2016 07:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Boy review: Continue waiting for The Witch I will say this for The Boy: Dolls are inherently creepy, and trees are not, so it’s already better than The Forest. I will also add this: It is not worse than Dirty Grandpa. So far, in the Annual January Movie Sh*tshow, The Boy is batting a thousand, By Sarah • Jan 29, 2016 12:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund in Mojave Part noir, part Western, part black comedy, part inside Hollywood drama, Mojave is a Frankenstein movie, a genre mash-up where not all parts are created equal. Garrett Hedlund stars as Tom, a filmmaker whose life and career seems to have hit rock bottom. Written and directed by William Monahan By Sarah • Jan 29, 2016 11:42 am
Maple Leaf Rachel & Ryan at the Oscars As mentioned earlier, Ryan Gosling was one on the Academy’s first list of presenters released yesterday. The Big Short might be making a late surge in the Oscar race. Ryan’s obviously going to support his film but also to get a head start on promoting The Nice Guys, By Lainey • Jan 29, 2016 10:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain America gets his face kicked in Here are photos of Chris Evans and Chadwick Boseman on set for Captain America: Civil War reshoots in Los Angeles this week. Evans is sporting some serious fake bruises on his face, which means Cap is getting his ass handed to him at some point. Boseman looks fine because Black By Sarah • Jan 29, 2016 10:28 am
Douchebags Leo’s lawyers work fast Yesterday I wrote about Leonardo DiCaprio and Don’s Plum, the film he shot almost 20 years ago with his boys Tobey Maguire and Kevin Connolly that he and Tobey had blocked from North America. Click here for a refresher. As mentioned, the filmmaker decided to make Don’s Plum By Lainey • Jan 28, 2016 10:50 am
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 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 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 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 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
