Movie Reviews and Previews Alexander Skarsgard’s Tarzan movie might be a disaster Did you remember that Alexander Skarsgard is starring in a Tarzan remake? I had honestly forgotten, and I’ve written about it. Of course, that was back in 2013 when the project was put on hold by Warner Brothers, citing budget concerns. It did end up going into production in By Sarah • Oct 15, 2015 12:19 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Jennifer’s script in hand Jennifer Aniston has been in New York the last week or so. She was photographed leaving her hotel today holding on to what looks like a script. As I mentioned the other day – click here for a refresher – Jen’s just confirmed several non-rom-commy roles. It’s serious By Lainey • Oct 14, 2015 04:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Eddie looks for a home Was just talking about Eddie Redmayne in the Brie Larson post earlier. And here he is. Well, here he was a couple of weeks ago (these photos are from September 26 but for some reason just released now) in London with his wife Hannah apparently house hunting. If they find By Lainey • Oct 14, 2015 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brie Larson: the Redmayne of 2015? Check out Brie Larson at the premiere of Room in LA last night. The film opens in limited release this weekend and then everywhere else the first weekend of November. Room has a shot at a Best Picture nomination. It won the People’s Choice Award at TIFF. And right By Lainey • Oct 14, 2015 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben & Cary Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts Of No Nation was screened at the Directors Guild Of America last night in LA as Netflix continues to push for award consideration. Abraham Attah was there to represent the cast but no Idris Elba – he’s probably still working on Star Trek, because otherwise, if By Lainey • Oct 14, 2015 11:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor, Hulk…and Cate? The third Thor movie—officially titled Thor: Ragnarok—is creaking into gear, moving inexorably toward its July 2017 release date. Seems far away, but that means it’s going into production next year, so, you know. Time to fire up the rumor mill. The unofficial word is that New Zealand By Sarah • Oct 14, 2015 11:01 am
TV Updates Quentin Tarantino is bummed he lost an Oscar, is not into TV There is a new interview with Quentin Tarantino in the New York Times magazine, and by far the most annoying thing about it is that the interview is conducted by Bret Easton Ellis. QT actually manages to come off as the reasonable one here, mostly because the majority of the By Sarah • Oct 13, 2015 03:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse shines in Brooklyn Actually everyone shines in Brooklyn. Brooklyn was the first film I screened for TIFF. I sat in the theatre beside my friend Teri Hart and we just smiled at each other the whole way through. This film is sweet and warm and difficult and it’s kind. I don’t By Lainey • Oct 13, 2015 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pan is wrong in every possible way Some movies are bad, and others are disastrous, but a few movies blow straight past your regular levels of terrible and land the realm of the just plain WRONG. This is where Pan lives. This is a movie made for no one, and it totally faceplanted at the box office By Sarah • Oct 12, 2015 11:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pride & Prejudice & Zombies looks…okay? I’ve been writing about Pride & Prejudice & Zombies almost as long as I’ve been writing for LaineyGossip. Once upon a time, it was developed as vanity project for Natalie Portman, but she ended up abdicating the role of Elizabeth Bennet—though she did stay on as a By Sarah • Oct 09, 2015 02:47 pm
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 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
