Media Manipulation Leo gets violated by a fake bear So this is what we’re talking about today. Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant. And according to The Drudge Report, he’s violated during his bear attack. Multiple times. The explicit moment from Oscar winning director Alejandro Inarritu has caused maximum controversy in early screenings. Some in the audience escaped By Lainey • Dec 01, 2015 03:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel wins with Spotlight Have you seen Spotlight yet? The film won Best Feature and Best Screenplay last night at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, strengthening its position as a frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars. There is no doubt – Spotlight will be nominated in the category. Right now it’s about what By Lainey • Dec 01, 2015 12:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Ridiculous 6 premieres because there is no god Adam Sandler’s “movie”, The Ridiculous 6, premiered last night in advance of its 12/11 release on Netflix. I will be reviewing this eyeball garbage because I’m a masochist, but also because I feel you can’t really sh*t on a thing until you’ve seen it, By Sarah • Dec 01, 2015 11:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sarah Silverman’s birthday One of our favourites is celebrating a birthday today. Sarah Silverman is 45. Yesterday she was out shopping with Michael Sheen. I just posted about Gwen and Blake and how their Try is getting so tired so quickly. Sarah and Michael? The opposite. I don’t have to catch up By Lainey • Dec 01, 2015 10:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael B. Jordan in Creed Without Rocky, there is no Creed, but you don’t need to know Rocky to get Creed. In the most impressive feat of franchise filmmaking in recent memory—maybe ever—Creed, the seventh entry into the Rocky franchise is entirely its own film, and yet it is an organic part By Sarah • Nov 30, 2015 12:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence is going back David O Russell’s Joy screened in LA and NYC this weekend as Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper joined their director to promote the film and raise its award season profile. Joy’s been on the contender list for months now, because the combination of David O Russell, Jennifer Lawrence, By Lainey • Nov 30, 2015 09:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben & Sienna kissing Well, we've been waiting for it, haven't we? I have. Ever since Ben Affleck put Sienna Miller in his movie, I've been calling for it. And here it is. Check out Ben and Sienna on the set of Live By Night, kissing in character. By Lainey • Nov 27, 2015 01:08 pm
Media Manipulation Thanksgiving Bourne Matt Damon is in Berlin this week continuing to work on the new Bourne and, seemingly, staying away from awards campaigning. Which certainly makes him look a lot less hungry for it than, say, Leonardo DiCaprio. But considering that there might be a 6th man out in the Best Actor By Lainey • Nov 27, 2015 12:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The awakening of John and Daisy Sarah is American and I feel bad asking her to write a Star Wars post on her Thanksgiving break so you’re stuck with me for this Star Wars article. Another TV spot was released yesterday. At first I was like, Jesus, does Star Wars really need to build all By Lainey • Nov 27, 2015 10:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Antonio Banderas in The 33 In 2010, the world was captivated by the real life drama of thirty-three Chilean miners trapped underground in a collapsed gold and copper mine. Sixty-nine days later a miracle was achieved when all thirty-three men were rescued, starved but alive. Interviews, television appearances, and books followed, and a film adaptation By Sarah • Nov 26, 2015 02:39 pm
Xenu Will Smith for President? Will Smith is promoting Concussion. He’s been featured in multiple interviews this week and, unfortunately, most of them don’t feature Samuel L Jackson. Concussion is the true story of neuropathologist Dr Bennet Omalu’s work exposing what playing American style football can do a player’s brain based By Lainey • Nov 26, 2015 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Why not Olivia Wilde? Olivia Wilde is not just underrated, her talents are undervalued. That's my takeaway from watching her latest indie, Meadowland, about a mother struggling with a cloud of grief and guilt one year after her son's abduction. Think Rabbit Hole, but less bougie and with a smaller By Joanna • Nov 26, 2015 10:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia Roberts in Secret in Their Eyes In 2010 Argentinian thriller El Secreto de Sus Ojos won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, beating out A Prophet and The White Ribbon. It also did very good business for a subtitled import, topping $6 million at the box office, which means it found a considerable audience in By Sarah • Nov 25, 2015 01:14 pm
Faux Gossip Tom Cruise vs. The Mummy We have a little bit of a trade war going on over Tom Cruise. Yesterday, Variety reported that Cruise was in talks to star in a reboot of the Brendan Fraser classic, The Mummy. Universal plans to use The Mummy reboot to launch a Marvel-style cinematic universe around their classic By Sarah • Nov 25, 2015 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain America: Civil War – Whose side are you on? In a surprise move, Marvel dropped the first trailer for Captain America: Civil War last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live (thanks to some Grade-A studio f*ckery, expect to see a new trailer from DC soon, too). Trying to keep up with their bosses’ brinksmanship may drive everyone at Marvel By Sarah • Nov 25, 2015 10:28 am
Media Manipulation No one else is in the ring The Revenant has been screening in LA for Academy members the last few days and the response has been very, very positive. As you know, The Revenant is Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s follow-up to Birdman, the reigning Best Picture. As you know, the shoot was difficult, it was delayed, it By Lainey • Nov 25, 2015 09:54 am
