Movie Reviews and Previews Ghostbusters and Girl Power So did you see this image yesterday? I am very, very tired, so don’t quote me, but I count 59 women in this picture, not counting the bewildered 4 year old who will someday go ‘oh my god, I was IN that picture’. 3 cheers to @theellenshow from all By Duana • Aug 26, 2015 10:46 am
Girly Throw Downs Bruce Willis got “scheduled” by Woody Allen Euphemisms are part of the gossip game. They are the colorful sprinkles tossed over the delicious sundae of smut, and by now we should all know a few key words, like “exhaustion”. We all know what “exhaustion” means. And now it looks like we need to add “scheduling” to our By Sarah • Aug 26, 2015 09:58 am
Amazingness Tarantino on Tarantino movies, beautiful people, and Cate Blanchett Would you hang out with Quentin Tarantino? Over a 4 hour dinner? I would. I would LOVE TO. Because, really, he has no filter. Sometimes he’s right. Sometimes he’s very, very wrong. (Like the entire Aaron Sorkin section.) Sometimes he’s sucking himself off. But he’s always By Lainey • Aug 24, 2015 03:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Superman: Fury Road is a movie I’m willing to watch Late last week John Schnepp, the director of the documentary The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?, which examines the breakdown of Tim Burton and Nicolas Cage’s collaboration on a Superman movie in the 1990s, appeared on a podcast for PopCornTalk and dropped the interesting tidbit that Mad Max By Sarah • Aug 24, 2015 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart & Jesse Eisenberg in American Ultra Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart are a FANTASTIC screen couple, but people flat refuse to watch their movies. American Ultra reunites the Adventureland co-stars, and even though no one expected it to open at #1, as Straight Outta Compton continues to dominate, Ultra still disappointed with a $5.5 By Sarah • Aug 24, 2015 10:08 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Tom & Cass It always makes the internet happy when there are new photos of Tom Hardy with a dog. The internet is telling me that the world might need some happiness today because of the cash money crisis that’s happening over in China. Also, it’s been a while since we’ By Lainey • Aug 24, 2015 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Glengarry Glen GREY When last we heard from the Fifty Shades movie-verse, EL James’s husband, Niall Leonard, had signed on to write the script for the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker. Now we have an update—the search for a director is down to the negotiations stage, By Sarah • Aug 21, 2015 10:53 am
Cheating Loins Andie & Ben Affleck No new pictures of Chrissy O today…but it’s only 930am ET as of this writing. Still, Ben Affleck can’t get a break. Because this is how People.com decided to namecheck him this morning: Emily Ratajkowski is currently promoting We Are Your Friends with Zac Efron. You By Lainey • Aug 21, 2015 10:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bel Powley in The Diary of a Teenage Girl The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a film about discovery, and a big part of the joy in watching it is discovering things alongside the protagonist and narrator, Minnie (British actress Bel Powley, making a case for international stardom), a wildly charming lead who balances naiveté and precocity without By Sarah • Aug 20, 2015 02:45 pm
Maple Leaf Emma & Ryan on a date Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are working on Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. I think these are the first shots we’ve gotten of them in the same frame, so I’m attaching for you to look at, even though there’s nothing new to say. It’s a By Lainey • Aug 20, 2015 02:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Salma Hayek presents Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet Salma Hayek has worked hard as a producer to get Lebanese philosopher Khalil Gibran’s seminal collection of poem-essays, The Prophet, to the big screen, and she’s finally succeeded, in the form of an animated film. The book, one of the most popular in the world, is a By Sarah • Aug 20, 2015 12:49 pm
Media Manipulation Zac Efron working hard Last Friday I showed up at the theatre for the Straight Outta Compton matinee. There were 13 year old girls lined up, in folding chairs, waiting. For what? Eazy-E? Turns out Zac Efron was showing up for the Toronto premiere later that night. So I’m curious about his By Lainey • Aug 19, 2015 01:33 pm
BFFs Matt Damon is alone in The Martian A new trailer for The Martian has just been released. Normally I’m not big on space movies, like Gravity. Because all that open …space-ness? Scares the sh-t out of me. But then again, I can’t “science the sh-t” out of anything so being helpless and By Lainey • Aug 19, 2015 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James McAvoy and DanRad are my new favorite onscreen couple James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe have a new movie together, Victor Frankenstein, that comes out this November, for which the first trailer has just arrived. I was expecting something dark and dour, but Victor Frankenstein is written by Max Landis, who generally writes genre movies with strong humor impulses (like By Sarah • Aug 18, 2015 01:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Hudson to play Aretha Franklin? Following its way-higher-than-expected $60.2-million opening bow, Straight Outta Compton will hit even more theatre screens this coming weekend. But the film’s pop culture ripple effect isn’t limited to box office success or think pieces — it may also help Jennifer Hudson land one of By Joanna • Aug 18, 2015 10:39 am
BFFs Jennifer Lawrence looks up for Joy The official poster for David O Russell’s upcoming Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence, was released today. Look up for Joy? Is that the idea here? Wasn’t my train of thought. My train of thought was that I wanted to write about Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone today and then By Lainey • Aug 17, 2015 03:51 pm
