Movie Reviews and Previews Paul Rudd’s ageless face premieres Ant-Man The (first) premiere (of many) for Ant-Man was last night in Los Angeles, and Paul Rudd and his time-defying face were there to christen his new superhero movie. This is being billed as Rudd’s “first” leading-man role, because he’s known best to general audiences for being an ensemble By Sarah • Jun 30, 2015 11:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Seth MacFarlane’s Ted 2 It’s not like I expected greatness from Ted 2, but I did have some expectation that it would be amusing, at least. Ted was surprisingly funny, and though it had plenty of signature Seth MacFarlane poop humor, it also had a nice little story about friendship at its center, By Sarah • Jun 29, 2015 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Al Pacino in Manglehorn Filmmaker David Gordon Green has a weirdly binary career. On one side are comedies like Pineapple Express, The Sitter, and Eastbound & Down, and on the other are slow, thoughtful dramas, usually set in the rural South, that show a heavy Terrence Malick influence. Green’s latest, Manglehorn, is of By Sarah • Jun 26, 2015 01:43 pm
Media Manipulation Bridget Jones 3? In addition to providing details on JK Rowling’s The Cursed Child, the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye reports that they’re pushing really hard to get production started by the end of the summer on a third Bridget Jones movie: Bridget Jones’s Baby. Apparently negotiations are underway with By Lainey • Jun 26, 2015 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Stromos at the premiere SCOTUS has just ruled in favour of same sex marriage. The Hollywood Reporter posted a story yesterday about Hollywood’s “stromos”, identifying a Hollywood trend among straight actors appealing to the gay audience: Today's stromos are the flip side of gay actors who want to read straight for By Lainey • Jun 26, 2015 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Channing Tatum grinds on The cast of Magic Mike XXL was in Miami yesterday promoting the movie. They surprised the audience at one of the screenings too, showing up for some bump and grind. As you can see, Channing Tatum, the big star, the main event, got his ass in on some action too. By Lainey • Jun 25, 2015 05:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Go see Dope A breakout hit at both Sundance and Cannes this year, writer/director Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope is equal parts Risky Business, The Breakfast Club, and Boyz n the Hood. It feels like a John Hughes movie, in that it’s very much about teenagers and their lives but isn’t By Sarah • Jun 25, 2015 04:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ezra Miller is going full-franchise One of my all-time favorite posts on LaineyGossip is Lainey’s account of interviewing Ezra Miller at TIFF several years ago—“These are TEXTILES”. And then there was the time he went to the MTV Movie Awards with a balloon as his date, and the balloon said “Nothing loves you” By Sarah • Jun 25, 2015 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender’s thumbs up Michael Fassbender was photographed in London yesterday hanging out with friends. Fassbender’s been busy, working on the Steve Jobs movie earlier this year, then in Cannes to promote Macbeth, and production is now underway on X-Men: Apocalypse. And they’re saying much of the story will be about his By Lainey • Jun 24, 2015 04:27 pm
Media Manipulation Chris Pine to replace Ryan Reynolds? In a bold marketing move known as “straight up lying”, it’s probable that the news that Chris Pine will be playing Wonder Woman’s boytoy is a straight up lie, and that Pine is, in fact, going to play a superhero himself—the Green Lantern. There had been rumors By Sarah • Jun 24, 2015 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tanned Jon Hamm Jon Hamm looked GREAT arriving at Kimmel yesterday, non? Relaxed and healthy, with really good hair (the best his hair has ever been, I think), and reasonably well contained. On camera he seemed very tanned. I’m not sure if it’s just the settings on my laptop but on By Lainey • Jun 24, 2015 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Channing Tatum makes it impossible to not like him How does he do this?! It is just impossible to not like Channing Tatum. My heart is made of second-hand smoke and the last inch of bourbon in the bottle and even I can’t hold out—Tatum has totally won me over. He may be a walking slab of By Sarah • Jun 24, 2015 10:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mila Kunis in London But she’s not promoting Ted 2. I say this because someone just came into my office, saw the photos of her up on the screen, and remarked casually that, “Oh, is she promoting Ted 2?” Because Ted 2, as you’ve likely seen, is currently being promoted and it’ By Lainey • Jun 23, 2015 05:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alicia Vikander throws over Fassy for Bourne The thinking man’s Blake Lively has just been announced as a lead in the new Bourne movie, which should be titled The Bourne Continuum if there is any sense to the naming mechanism of this franchise. There are no details as to her role but she’s either playing By Sarah • Jun 23, 2015 03:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Meet your new, friendly neighborhood Spider-Child After an exhaustive casting process—their most laborious since they had such a hard time getting someone to voice Rocket Raccoon—Marvel announced they have found their new Spider-Man and he is the English child, Tom Holland. It’s a good choice—Holland was very memorable in The Impossible, and By Sarah • Jun 23, 2015 02:52 pm
Media Manipulation Channing Tatum’s fine needle Channing Tatum today promoting Magic Mike XXL. Which is an improvement on Magic Mike. In that, well, my complaint about Magic Mike was like, really?, you’re going to do character development on this? In an interview this weekend with the Plymouth Herald, Channing talked about putting together Magic XXL By Lainey • Jun 23, 2015 01:17 pm
