Movie Reviews and Previews Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain A Real Pain is a significant leap forward for Jesse Eisenberg: Filmmaker. His first feature film, When You Finish Saving the World, is the kind of navel-gazing drama you might expect from an actor known for playing uptight, even neurotic characters. A Real Pain, in contrast, has an intimacy and By Sarah • Nov 15, 2024 01:48 pm
TV Updates Cameron Diaz is back (in action) It was almost two years ago that we saw Cameron Diaz on the set of her first film since 2014’s Annie. That film, made for Netflix and titled Back In Action, now has a teaser, showing off Diaz’s return to acting following a decade-long break in which she By Sarah • Nov 15, 2024 12:25 pm
Style WICKET Last night site manager Emily emailed me a photo list and she called Wicked “Wicket” and that is all I am thinking about. WICKET. I am seeing WICKET on Sunday, an unusual day for a press screening, but there are so many screenings right now as critics groups get ready By Sarah • Nov 15, 2024 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews 10 Questions About Red One What is Red One? Red One is a Christmas themed action “comedy” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka, and JK Simmons as super jacked Santa. It is directed by Jake Kasdan, who also directed Walk Hard and has been coasting ever since (Jake Kasdan Exert By Sarah • Nov 14, 2024 02:32 pm
TV Updates Gladiator Strangers I am cornily proud of that title because when I came up with it, it only applied to one story but now I realise that it actually works for two! Let me explain… In London last night, the Gladiator II premiere, with director Ridley Scott and cast members Denzel Washington, By Lainey • Nov 14, 2024 12:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita’s next big thing In purely coincidental timing, yesterday The Hollywood Reporter, er, reported that Lupita Nyong’o is the latest A-lister to sign up for Christopher Nolan’s mysterious new film. Coincidental because Lupita is, of course, linked to John Krasinksi through the Quiet Place franchise, though he did not write or direct By Sarah • Nov 13, 2024 02:48 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Chris Evans: Hair and Puppies In her most recent post about Chris Evans last week, Sarah referred to this as his Hot Professor look – the glasses, the slightly longer hair, and the beard… I agree with her, it works on him, and we’ve seen a lot of him lately as he promotes Red One By Lainey • Nov 13, 2024 01:31 pm
Gorgessity Angelina’s Classic Lip Angelina Jolie was in New York last night after another screening and Q&A for Maria ahead of its limited theatrical release in two weeks before streaming on Netflix starting December 11. Sarah texted me after she saw it a couple of days ago. It was an all-caps message By Lainey • Nov 13, 2024 11:36 am
Style Intro for November 13, 2024 Dear Gossips, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were in New York City last night continuing to promote Wicked. The day before, Monday, it was Mexico City, with both wearing their best red carpet outfits so far (in my opinion) on the press tour. Cynthia was in Thom Browne, the detailing By Lainey • Nov 13, 2024 10:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Sadvengers Over the weekend, Disney held a D23 fan event in Brazil, which included releasing two new trailers for the 2025 Marvel movies, Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*. Let’s start with Brave New World. First of all, this looks better than the first trailer. Like physically, it looks By Sarah • Nov 12, 2024 02:54 pm
Style Nicole Kidman is unstoppable Unstoppable is the title of a new film that Jennifer Lopez is in but that could also apply to Nicole Kidman because if the category is this tweet… Nicole Kidman works like she's on the verge of homelessness. https://t.co/GqodKVqp0i — briana. (@brianasj_) September 3, 2024 … we By Lainey • Nov 12, 2024 12:58 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise’s Final Reckoning Last week, I wrote about Mission: Impossible 8 and Tom Cruise’s desire to do this until he dies, and now, behold, the trailer for M:I 8 is here, officially titled Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. After Dead Reckoning underperformed last year, they’ve done away with the “part By Sarah • Nov 12, 2024 09:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle AND Chris on set Earlier this week, Halle Berry was seen on set, filming Bart Layton’s new heist thriller, Crime 101. Yesterday, she was back at work but this time with co-star with Chris Hemsworth, the largest man. You know intellectually that Chris Hemsworth is a big dude, but then you see him By Sarah • Nov 08, 2024 12:11 pm
Amazingness Paul Mescal in Dublin (and grumpy Ridley Scott) When I was in Dublin last year, I stayed just down the street from Trinity College and met several people who were quick off the cuff to tell me they went to school with Paul Mescal. The local pride in Mescal for making it big was palpable, and yesterday he By Sarah • Nov 08, 2024 11:03 am
Gorgessity JLo’s Fall Fashion Showcase Before we get into Jennifer Lopez’s fashion slamdunk in London this week, let’s quickly deal with the divorce gossip. Quickly because that’s the JLo way – she had her summer to wallow, but the JLo we know never wallows for long. That said, it’s a little trickier By Lainey • Nov 08, 2024 10:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 8, 2024 Dear Gossips, It’s time again for the semi-annual conversation about whether or not an animated film will be taken seriously as a Best Picture contender. The short answer: no. The longer answer: still no, because of deep-seated genre bias and a tendency to see animated films as “kid stuff” By Sarah • Nov 08, 2024 08:57 am
