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
Movie Reviews and Previews Inside Out is amazing At one point in Inside Out, Pixar’s latest after a two year hiatus, the anthropomorphized emotions inside a little girl’s head spill boxes of fact and opinions and, unable to tell them apart, jumble them up while putting them back. “Don’t worry,” says the little girl’s By Sarah • Jun 22, 2015 04:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ava DuVernay bagged a Marvel gig Say what you want about Marvel movies, but directing them is a landmark career moment for filmmakers. Marvel can’t guarantee A List status for its stars, but it can transform a director’s career. So it is very, VERY exciting that Ava DuVernay has signed on to direct Black By Sarah • Jun 22, 2015 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Daddy’s Home—ugh, can we change that title? When I first wrote about Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg reteaming to make a comedy about a father and stepdad competing for the (dubious, bribe-susceptible) affections of crotch fruit, I mentioned that the title, Daddy’s Home, is creepy and ought to be changed. Well Paramount declined to take my By Sarah • Jun 22, 2015 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Mia Wasikowska as Madame Bovary Emma Bovary is never anything less than frustrating, so it’s fitting that the latest screen adaptation of Flaubert’s novel, Madame Bovary, should also be frustrating. Directed by Sophie Barthes and co-written by Barthes and Felipe Marino, Madame Bovary is a gorgeous film that is sometimes inspired and sometimes By Sarah • Jun 19, 2015 01:46 pm
