Amazingness Mimi Regina George Whatever you do today, find a minute and a half to watch what I’m about to post. Please. I promise it’ll make the sh-t you’re dealing with go away, just for a while. Here are the facts, before we begin: 1.Mimi owns Christmas. 2.Mimi loves By Lainey • Nov 24, 2015 04:40 pm
Xenu How Will presents Will Have you read The Hollywood Reporter Actors Roundtable transcript that I mentioned this morning yet? Beyond the humour courtesy of Sam Jackson, there’s a lot of insight here, specifically from Will Smith, about Will Smith. It’s in his answer to being asked why he decided not to be By Lainey • Nov 24, 2015 03:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hardy is BANANAS in Legend Unfortunately, the movie does not live up to the totally insane bar that Tom Hardy is setting. In Legend Hardy stars as Ronnie and Reggie Kray, a pair of Cockney gangster twins in the London of the swinging 1960s. Reggie Kray is relatively straight-laced, the twin with the business sense By Sarah • Nov 24, 2015 03:19 pm
Bad Style Not the visual I had in mind Like many of you, I thought I’d want to see a photo of Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling side by side. At one time, I thought that might be photo I could add to my spank bank. Right now, my spank bank consists mostly of Charlie Hunnam. Sometimes a By Lainey • Nov 24, 2015 11:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Understated Alicia Vikander Alicia Vikander will be considered among the best actresses for contention at the Golden Globes even though the studio has been campaigning for her to be in the supporting actress category. While it's still not known whether or not the Academy will just go with whatever the studios By Lainey • Nov 23, 2015 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Amber Heard's Oscar hopes Wait before you laugh. I'm not saying she's going to be nominated. But Johnny Depp is one of the favourites for a nomination this season for his performance in Black Mass. Which he claims he doesn't want to win. But the nomination? He' By Lainey • Nov 23, 2015 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Events with Irina Bradley Cooper’s Burnt was not well received by critics or at the box office. If he’s going to show up during award season then, it’ll be for David O Russell’s Joy. And he’s been nominated the two previous times that David O’Russell’s directed By Lainey • Nov 20, 2015 02:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scrooged…but with drugs Every year someone tries to make an insta-classic holiday comedy, and almost every year, they fail. We’ve already had one such failure this year, but the other attempt at making a long-lasting holiday comedy, The Night Before is actually the rare exception—a holiday comedy that not only works, By Sarah • Nov 20, 2015 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Eddie’s quiet campaign Eddie Redmayne is back on the Oscar circuit this year for playing transgender artist Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. His performance - which is really a textured portrayal of two different characters (Einar and Lili) who share the same internal pain - is a professional gamechanger for him. Yes, By Joanna • Nov 20, 2015 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Creed era Creed opens on Wednesday just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday box office in the United States. The early reviews are solid. Actually, more than solid. Some are saying this is the best installment in the Rocky franchise since the original. Um. EXCUSE ME. Better than Rocky IV? When Rocky By Lainey • Nov 20, 2015 11:48 am
Faux Gossip Jennifer Lawrence’s big weekend There have been several big movies this year. But the movie to open “in 87 foreign territories and 33,000 screens for the largest global launch” of 2015 is Mockingjay Part 2, starring Jennifer Lawrence. Right now Mockingjay 2 is projected to bring in $125 million from North American audiences By Lainey • Nov 20, 2015 11:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Yes, Idris is sexy Idris Elba is in New York. Check him out, fine as f-ck, walking around in a red beanie yesterday. Earlier this week, Idris, Abraham Attah, and Cary Fukunaga were promoting Beasts Of No Nation at TimesTalks. Netflix is doing whatever they can to make these nominations happen. What didn’t By Lainey • Nov 19, 2015 02:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Check out Noted Satirist Jesse Eisenberg in Now You See Me 2 Yesterday Lainey wrote about Jesse Eisenberg’s, um, satirical take on film critics in The New Yorker. I recognize the type of critic he’s lampooning, so I find it halfway funny, but I also think this is how he sees all film critics, not just that particular type, and By Sarah • Nov 19, 2015 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard from the arctic to the beach Have you watched the Funny Or Die videos of Alexander Skarsgard and Jack McBrayer? It was part of Greenpeace’s Save The Arctic campaign and it’s pretty cute – and informational! Also, it’s the most I’ve been attracted to Alexander in a long, long time. The feeling is By Lainey • Nov 19, 2015 12:50 pm
Amazingness Mimi’s office space Occasionally there will be someone who emails me all huffy about my posts on Mimi, accusing me of exaggerating the Mimi. There is no exaggeration. This is a woman who travels exclusively by Rolls Royce, wheelchair, cherry picker, or the arms of her bodyguard. This is a woman who will By Lainey • Nov 18, 2015 05:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kung Fu Keanu Keanu Reeves was shooting John Wick 2 in New York last night. Have you seen John Wick? It’s SO good. It’s funny, and not in the way that Jesse Eisenberg tries to be funny in Clevertown, where the password is an inside joke and inclusivity is an infectious By Lainey • Nov 18, 2015 04:51 pm
