Media Manipulation Leo’s campaign is coming Leonardo DiCaprio spoke at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival on Saturday in New York. These are probably the best pictures we’ve seen of him in, well, in years. This is the version of Leo we’ll be seeing for the next several months as he campaigns toward his first By Lainey • Sep 28, 2015 10:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Neither Benedict Cumberbatch nor Jake G are playing Nikola Tesla That’s my takeaway from the news that Benedict Cumberbatch and Jake Gyllenhaal are in talks to star in a movie called The Current War, based on the nineteenth century patents arms race between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse for control of the budding electric industry. At the heart of By Sarah • Sep 28, 2015 09:56 am
Quiveration Happy Birthday to me... with Idris! Idris Elba flew to Vancouver after promoting Beasts Of No Nation to work on the new Star Trek. He left yesterday, just in time to give me new photos for my birthday. What a sexy gift. Thank you. Have a great weekend! By Lainey • Sep 25, 2015 03:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake G in Everest Actually, I should say that it’s Jason Clarke in Everest because Jake Gyllenhaal has a relatively small role and disappears from the film for long stretches, but he’s being treated in the publicity materials like he’s the star, and I don’t know how many of you By Sarah • Sep 25, 2015 01:53 pm
Style The Martian & James McAvoy The cast of The Martian, led by Matt Damon, was in London tonight for the UK premiere. So far the reviews for The Martian have been quite strong. Sarah saw it at TIFF and liked it a lot and Sarah’s hard to please. But when I saw her after By Lainey • Sep 24, 2015 05:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hardy ain’t got time for primadonna directors Tom Hardy gave an interview, via Skype, to Vulture and in it he sh*ts all over the idea of directors and basically says they contribute nothing to film. I laughed for a solid five minutes, because cinema is a culture that worships directors and also because Tom Hardy basically By Sarah • Sep 24, 2015 02:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hero Boy, Girl, Cool Girl, and Littlefinger Once again, I went into the second entry in a YA dystopia franchise totally blind—I have not read the Maze Runner books nor have I seen the first Maze Runner movie. Like Divergent: Insurgent, this is an exercise in “Can Sarah figure out what is going on without any By Sarah • Sep 24, 2015 12:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Perfect Guy There is nothing in The Perfect Guy as mind-blowingly ludicrous as a teenager handing his older lover a first edition copy of The Iliad, but oh, how I wish there was. The Perfect Guy is a “romantic” thriller so devoid of romance—or passion, or any emotion, really—that By Sarah • Sep 24, 2015 11:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews David Beckham, actor and “outlaw” Victoria and David Beckham, along with son Brooklyn, attended a party last night to celebrate the one year anniversary of Victoria’s flagship store. I’m kinda into the fact that Posh didn’t overdress for this. Tank top, skinny pants, a sparkly jacket on the way in, no jacket By Lainey • Sep 23, 2015 04:15 pm
Media Manipulation The smooth, calculated Michael B. Jordan Michael B. Jordan is one of three cover profiles in October’s GQ, alongside Ryan Reynolds and Rob Lowe. The interview itself is a good read, especially as Jordan has maintained a pretty low profile on his way up these past few years. It’s possible to know him as By Sarah • Sep 23, 2015 03:45 pm
Maple Leaf “The actor from Ontario” I interviewed Josh Brolin for Gangster Squad a couple of years ago. Half our interview was about Ryan Gosling’s balls…which wasn’t actually what I was asking. All I did was throw Josh a question about Ryan, what's he like to work with, their chemistry, etc. By Lainey • Sep 23, 2015 12:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Drew Barrymore & Toni Collette in Miss You Already Cancer, the toxic monster that not only attacks the body, but every relationship a person has. In this film it tests the strength of the lifelong friendship between Milly (Toni Collette) and Jess (Drew Barrymore), and these two have already been to hell and back with each other. Miss You By Joanna • Sep 23, 2015 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Speaking of Blank-Man… Zack Snyder, the director of Man Of Steel and the upcoming Batman vs Superman, talked some sh-t recently about his superheroes and the Marvel superheroes. Basically he’s saying that the Marvel guys, Iron Man, Captain America etc will come and go. But that Batman and Superman are forever: By Lainey • Sep 23, 2015 11:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Leo is Oscar ready Leonardo DiCaprio was in New York yesterday in support of the Divest-Invest Coalition. Click here to learn more about the initiative and its goal to promote clean energy economy. As you can see…well…it’s Leo’s face again. After over a year of having to look at By Lainey • Sep 23, 2015 09:45 am
Maple Leaf Nina at home Nina Dobrev was home in Toronto over the weekend to celebrate the TIFF premiere of her horror satire, The Final Girls, at Midnight Madness. The movie (and movie within a movie) is a really fun romp, and after a day of press, she celebrated with her co-stars Malin Akerman By Joanna • Sep 22, 2015 03:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brange opens and closes AFI It was announced a few weeks ago that Angelina Jolie’s By The Sea, also starring Brad Pitt, will open AFI Fest in November. Click here for a refresher. It was announced today that The Big Short, starring Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Ryan Gosling will close the By Lainey • Sep 22, 2015 01:12 pm
