Movie Reviews and Previews Fassbender the frontrunner and Brie Larson for Jennifer Lawrence? Two Oscar frontrunners were on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night — Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs – click here for my review from NYFF) and Brie Larson (Room – click here for my review from TIFF). It’s only October, but already, the two are both top contenders in their respective By Joanna • Oct 09, 2015 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews First trailer for Hail, Caesar! George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Josh Brolin, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, directed by Joel and Ethan Cohen. It’s Hail, Caesar! Set during the Golden Age of Hollywood about the hapless movie star, the biggest movie star in the world, played by George Clooney, of By Lainey • Oct 09, 2015 12:49 pm
Media Manipulation Jennifer Aniston: one year after Cake About a year ago right now, Jennifer Aniston had just come off screening Cake at TIFF. No one bought the film at the festival but she figured out a way to get it distributed and then hired an Oscar strategist to help secure a nomination. She ended up at the By Lainey • Oct 09, 2015 11:31 am
Music Emma Stone Mia Wallace? Will Butler just released a new video for his song Anna. And it’s basically Emma Stone dancing her way around a cruise ship. As you can/will see, she’s delightful. And expressive, expressive in a way we haven’t seen much from her, which is saying something because By Lainey • Oct 08, 2015 05:00 pm
Media Manipulation The first in 10 years Disney just announced a slew of new release dates, and on the slate for 2018 is a sequel to Ant-Man titled Ant-Man and the Wasp. Evangeline Lilly plays Hope Van Dyne, who, at the end of Ant-Man, we saw get her own super-suit, setting her up to become the Wasp. By Sarah • Oct 08, 2015 03:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Who are you hugging, Mark Darcy? It’s called Bridget Jones’s Baby. And we know Bridget is pregnant. But who’s the father? The whole point is that they want us to think it might not be Mark Darcy’s. And since Patrick Dempsey has joined the cast, he could be possible baby father. So By Lainey • Oct 08, 2015 03:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Daniel Craig isn’t that grumpy Daniel Craig’s new interview with Time Out London is being excerpted all over the place. He says he’d rather “slash my wrists” than do another Bond movie. And that he doesn’t “give a f-ck” who gets cast to play Bond next. When I first read these quotes, By Lainey • Oct 08, 2015 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Trumbo for Oscar? (Lainey: a new trailer for Trumbo was released yesterday. Some people think Bryan Cranston could be a contender. He’s so well liked in Hollywood. And he would be the answer if voters don’t want to reward Eddie Redmayne two years in a row, can’t stand Johnny Depp, By Joanna • Oct 07, 2015 11:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Winona of a certain time So happy to start the day with two of my favourites. First Carey Mulligan, now one of my all-timers, Winona Ryder who was at the premiere of Experimenter in New York last night. It was hard to find shots of her without those shock eyes. She seems to be opening By Lainey • Oct 07, 2015 11:23 am
Baby and Bump Obsession “Sweatshirts are f-cking important” on Carey Mulligan Kanye West spoke to Vanity Fair a couple of weeks ago about his new collection and one of the best quotes to come out of that conversation was: “Sweatshirts are f-cking important.” I totally agree, not joking. Sweatshirts for style is real. And it’s freedom, OK? It’s freedom! By Lainey • Oct 07, 2015 10:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rooney Mara feels really bad about this whole Tiger Lily thing Casting Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily in Pan is not a move that went over well anywhere, and since she’s doing press to promote the movie, which comes out this weekend, Mara is now answering questions about the casting and whitewashing of what should have been a high-profile role By Sarah • Oct 06, 2015 03:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Andy G & Michael Shannon in 99 Homes Ramin Bahrani’s latest film, 99 Homes, makes for an interesting companion piece to Spotlight and the lesser Sicario, in that all three films deal with disillusionment and the corruption of an idealized system. Spotlight examines the putrid rot at the core of an ancient organization that’s become more By Sarah • Oct 06, 2015 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ellen Page joins the pointless remake crowd Remakes have been a part of cinema from the beginning—The Wizard of Oz is a remake—so I’m not going to waste my time complaining about their existence. Movie remakes happen, they’re part of the cinematic landscape. Fine. But if we’re going to remake movies, especially By Sarah • Oct 06, 2015 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews My Obsession is intense Sam Taylor-Johnson posted this shot to Instagram last night: Night before he starts his new movie ❤️ @aarontaylorjohnson A photo posted by Director (@samtaylorjohnson) onOct 4, 2015 at 7:45pm PDT The film is likely Nocturnal Animals. Tom Ford is directing. Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams are the leads. Not a By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 05:17 pm
Maple Leaf Nina & Austin’s first red carpet Nina Dobrev and boyfriend Austin Stowell walked their first premiere red carpet together at the NYFF premiere of his film, Bridge of Spies, on Sunday. The two were previously snapped together at a New York Fashion Week event last month but this is step-and-repeat. It’s a whole other level. By Joanna • Oct 05, 2015 12:22 pm
Faux Gossip Alicia was there A couple of weeks ago, US Weekly reported that Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender broke up. I wrote about how I wasn’t sure about how legit that was at the time – click here for a refresher. Alicia showed up at the Steve Jobs premiere on Saturday. She’s not By Lainey • Oct 05, 2015 11:48 am
