Movie Reviews and Previews Stan Lee: Michael B. Jordan can be Johnny Storm but not Peter Parker With the Fantastic Four reboot just over a week away, Michael B. Jordan’s casting as Johnny Storm, traditionally white in the comic books and originally played in movies by Chris Evans, remains controversial. I can’t believe the number of people who have expressed some version of “but how By Sarah • Jul 28, 2015 11:54 am
TV Updates Rachel’s coming home TIFF just made its first lineup for this year’s festival. Jean-Marc Vallee’s Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, is the opening night gala. Jake, as you know, could be a contender for his performance in Southpaw. His Southpaw co-star, Rachel McAdams, will be at TIFF too. The By Lainey • Jul 28, 2015 11:33 am
Media Manipulation Tom Cruise’s loving feeling Tom Cruise is currently promoting Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The reviews so far are good, really good – 94% at post time on Rotten Tomatoes. I saw it on Saturday. And, yeah, I agree. First of all, you don’t go into Mission Impossible expecting Birdman. What you want is the By Lainey • Jul 28, 2015 11:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ezra Miller and Michael Angarano in The Stanford Prison Experiment Based on the notorious 1971 study in which a group of Stanford students pretending to be prisoners and prison guards descended into psychological abuse and brutality after barely a day, The Stanford Prison Experiment is an impressive but maybe too literal reconstruction of those events. Dr. Philip Zimbardo randomly divided By Sarah • Jul 27, 2015 02:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Love yourself enough to not see Pixels It would be so easy to lambast Pixels as a cravenly lazy, creatively defunct, possible Ponzi scheme in which audience dollars are siphoned into Adam Sandler’s private jet fund. I would remind you that working on Sandler movies is a soul-destroying experience for Sony staffers, then make a joke By Sarah • Jul 27, 2015 12:23 pm
Sports Olivia & Aaron are still together I was hoping to see Olivia Munn at the ESPYs with Aaron Rodgers a couple of weeks ago. He came alone. And she showed up on the cover of Entertainment Weekly instead – click here for a refresher. Sarah wondered in that post if this would finally be Olivia Munn’s By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt loves a sheer shirt Brad Pitt was photographed at LAX yesterday on his way to London wearing his favourite travel outfit, which includes the black sheer t-shirt. We saw it earlier this month when he, Angelina Jolie, and their children arrived back in America after a month away. Click here for a refresher. It By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry Cavill was joking Henry Cavill said he couldn’t talk about Fifty Shades Of Darker Grey the other day – click here for a refresher. So we assumed that meant that he was negotiating to play the love rival. And Armie Hammer’s hilarious reaction was exactly what everyone thought about that career move. By Lainey • Jul 24, 2015 04:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Evans: Before We Go Maybe because the last non-Marvel Chris Evans movie I saw was Playing It Cool, a movie so infuriatingly bad I wanted to throw my television into a volcano after seeing it, but I found myself not hating Evans’ directorial debut, Before We Go. A small, modest film about a couple By Sarah • Jul 24, 2015 04:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews I’d rather be friends with Wes Bentley A new trailer for Zac Efron’s upcoming We Are Your Friends has just been released. Zac’s a DJ who lives in the Valley and wants to make it in LA. And Wes Bentley is the biggest DJ who decides to mentor him. Wes’s girlfriend is Emily Ratajkowski By Lainey • Jul 24, 2015 03:54 pm
Shoes Cara Delevingne in Paper Towns Paper Towns is so cheesy and over-the-top, you would think it was a 17-year-old or 18-year-old’s opus. That relatability is what teens love about John Green’s writing…. he’s become their John Hughes. Watching the movie, you can immediately suss out moments that will become Tumblr memes, yearbook By Joanna • Jul 24, 2015 11:11 am
Quiveration Um. There is a video. I started yesterday’s blog with Charlie Hunnam on the cover of the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. Um. Now there’s a video. And the sounds coming out of my office just now were obscene. I watched it with Jordy, Key Hair on The Social, and the whole time, By Lainey • Jul 24, 2015 09:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 24, 2015 Dear Gossips, The cover of the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter features the cast of Straight Outta Compton, with Dr Dre and Ice Cube, in advance of the movie release on August 14. Look at this shot of the three young actors (Corey Hawkins, O’Shea Jackson Jr, and By Lainey • Jul 24, 2015 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mockingjay Part 2 Trailer It’s here. The final chapter. I have to give this trailer credit – I feel more excited about the end of Mockingjay than I thought I would, given how empty and flat the story left me feeling years ago. The fights were too endless, the blasts too uniform, and I By Duana • Jul 23, 2015 04:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Revenant is basically Tropic Thunder The Hollywood Reporter has a feature with director Alejandro Inarritu, still working on The Revenant, which is basically just giving the guy a microphone to clear up those pesky rumors that his production is “troubled”, plagued by a hellish location shoot, budget overages, and scheduling woes. At least Inarritu doesn’ By Sarah • Jul 23, 2015 02:28 pm
Quiveration He’s a hustler, baby How’s this for a good morning? Charlie Hunnam covers the new issue of Entertainment Weekly as King Arthur for Guy Ritchie's upcoming Knights Of The Round Table. I'm short of breath, are you? F-ck. F-ck I almost don't want him to be this By Lainey • Jul 23, 2015 09:45 am
