Movie Reviews and Previews “We’ll not fail” Following its well-received premiere in Cannes a couple weeks ago, the first teaser trailer for Macbeth was released today. It’s good. Really good. A lot better, to me at least, than those clips that were released during the festival. Michael Fassbender is convincingly unhinged. You can almost see the By Lainey • Jun 04, 2015 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Britney Ninja Turtle Oh look. It’s Megan Fox on the set of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 in New York and you’re thinking of Britney Spears. Me, I’m thinking of Michael Bay. And whether or not this is the Michael Bay Women’s Team uniform. After all, this is a By Lainey • Jun 03, 2015 11:52 am
Harry Potter Eddie is Newt Eddie Redmayne has joined the Harry Potter family. It was confirmed yesterday that Eddie will play Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. The first film of the planned trilogy will be released November 2016 and is being written by JK Rowling herself. In case you didn’ By Lainey • Jun 02, 2015 04:43 pm
Media Manipulation Lady Ghostbusters are the only interesting kind of Ghostbusters So says Paul Feig, the director of the all-female Ghostbusters reboot. In an interview with AlloCine while promoting Spy, Feig said the only way he can see to remake Ghostbusters is to reimagine it with women. I love that he says this, that the only way it makes sense to By Sarah • Jun 02, 2015 01:22 pm
Media Manipulation This Jake is not fun After judging in Cannes and spending a few days in Italy, Jake Gyllenhaal is back in New York, seen here all covered up while out and about yesterday. Jake is set to make his musical theatre debut in a month in Little Shop Of Horrors for 3 performances on July By Lainey • Jun 02, 2015 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews After-bro: The Entourage movie I read a great article over at Slate this weekend: How Entourage went from critical darling to cultural punching bag. Basically we’ve changed since Entourage first launched. We’ve asked for more in the way women are represented, not just in relationship to men, but in the way we By Lainey • Jun 02, 2015 10:59 am
Douchebags Winning back Australia After spending part of last week in LA to celebrate daughter Lily Rose’s 16th birthday, Johnny Depp has returned to Australia to resume work on Pirates 5. Apparently authorities held him and Amber Heard on his private jet for an hour to search the aircraft to go through their By Lainey • Jun 02, 2015 10:20 am
Dumbass Henry Cavill got dumped By his investors, that is. Cavill was slated to star in the blatant Bond knock-off Stratton, in which he was to play an embattled MI5 agent who is the world's last hope against corruption or conspiracy or crab monsters or whatever. The movie was supposed to start principal By Sarah • Jun 02, 2015 10:05 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Cruise & Landry Here are a selection of photos of Tom Cruise the last few days in Atlanta working on Mena, including a few of Jesse Plemons, aka Landry. Because Crucifictorius forever. And why would he ever want to get away from the character for whom so many of us have so much By Lainey • Jun 01, 2015 04:18 pm
Media Manipulation Update: Chris Pratt is still pretty great The Jurassic World press tour is fully engaged in advance of the movie's open this weekend, which means that Chris Pratt, the Internet's new boyfriend, is out and about, doing his duty as the face of this would-be franchise. So far, he's doing a By Sarah • Jun 01, 2015 11:05 am
TV Updates Cookie is the Critics’ Choice Taraji P Henson was named Best Actress in a Drama Series last night at the Critics’ Choice TV Awards. As you know, Empire was arguably the most successful series premiere of the season. And the critics have been quick to honour new talent and creativity – they were the first (and By Lainey • Jun 01, 2015 09:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tami Taylor and the stoners A red band trailer for American Ultra, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, has been released. And it opens with the “n” word. I want to start there because if I don’t start there, it minimises the offence. And it becomes an afterthought. Which, it shouldn’t be an By Lainey • May 28, 2015 03:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Strange gets SWINTON-ed In a bit of news beamed straight to us from outer space, Tilda Motherf*cking Swinton is in talks with Marvel to appear in Dr. Strange as Dr. Stephen Strange’s mentor, the Ancient One. Dr. Strange is, of course, being played by Brambles Crumplesnort, King of the Reptiloids of By Sarah • May 28, 2015 12:06 pm
Style Rachel & Emma no Bradley Rachel McAdams and Emma Stone joined director Cameron Crowe at the premiere of Aloha in LA last night. Bradley Cooper’s doing The Elephant Man every night in London so he couldn’t be there. But… do you miss him when these two women are around? I don’t. Aloha By Lainey • May 28, 2015 11:14 am
Media Manipulation Warner Brothers/DC bags their first Chris For years Marvel has dominated the market of white actors named Chris, building a veritable Chris army with the likes of Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Chris Pratt. But now Warner Brothers/DC is striking back, claiming a Chris of their own—Chris Pine, who is negotiating to co-star in By Sarah • May 28, 2015 10:43 am
Bad Style Did this look different in his mirror? Jude Law loves a deep V. And a low scoop neck. Going through an airport, I get it. Meeting friends for brunch, sure. Here? Underneath a white-lined velvet jacket? I don’t understand this. I don’t know that anyone else but Jude thinks this looks good. If I had By Lainey • May 27, 2015 03:58 pm
