Style Alexander Skarsgard’s really bad hair Alexander Skarsgard was in LA this weekend promoting The Diary Of A Teenage Girl. The film received excellent reviews after Sundance and the LA Times just called it “exhilarating” ...even though, um, it’s about statutory rape. Bel Powley’s mother, Kristen Wiig, is dating Skarsgard. Teen Bel and Skarsgard By Lainey • Jun 15, 2015 10:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jurassic World made crazy Avengers money Literally, it banked the second-biggest opening weekend of all time with an estimated $204 million debut, knocking Avengers: Age of Ultron down to number three. By the time the actuals come in, Jurassic World could actually take down The Avengers’ 2012 record of $207.4 million for the biggest opening By Sarah • Jun 15, 2015 10:02 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ellen Page on Freeheld Freeheld opens on October 2. That’s perfect timing for TIFF. And they’re saying it could make an award season run given the cast (Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon, Josh Charles) and its subject matter. Which is the true story of a woman who, when dying By Lainey • Jun 12, 2015 03:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley, Emma, and Rachel in Aloha (Lainey: given the way it’s performing and that dinosaurs are taking over, this might be your last chance to see Aloha... if you want to.) One of the threads that emerged last year during the Sony Hack was that the Hawaiian-set “Untitled Cameron Crowe” project was a disaster, testing By Sarah • Jun 12, 2015 12:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews They need this A new trailer for The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (all the periods in this title are annoying, can I please skip them next time?) was released last night. The movie comes out on August 14. And both Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer need the momentum. This preview By Lainey • Jun 12, 2015 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Doctor Strange just keeps getting better Following the most improbable superhero movie casting news ever, yesterday Deadline confirmed that Chiwetel Ejiofor will co-star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in Doctor Strange as Baron Mordo, Stephen Strange’s frenemy turned arch-nemesis. Marvel is just lousy with Barons (see also: Barons Zemo and von Strucker, respectively), and By Sarah • Jun 12, 2015 10:12 am
Sports Ben Foster as Lance Armstrong I was one of those dumb f-cking c-nts. I was a believer. I kept believing, right up to the very, very end. Right up until USADA charged him in October 2012. I’ve written about it before. How much I wanted to hang on to the idea that Lance Armstrong By Lainey • Jun 12, 2015 09:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Yet more NOPE: Emma Watson’s creepy cult movie This is becoming a thing, apparently, trailers for movies that make me go NOPE. First it was Everest (NOPE), then it was The Martian (NOOOOPE), and now it’s the trailer for Alejandro Amenabar’s new thriller Regression, starring Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke. Amenabar made the most excellent The By Sarah • Jun 11, 2015 01:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor answers phones for the Ghostbusters The female-lead Ghostbusters movie is slated to start filming this summer, and as such, casting is underway. Last night, director Paul Feig announced on Twitter that Chris Hemsworth will appear in the movie in the “Janine” role, playing the Ghostbusters’ receptionist. Our receptionist. #whoyougonnacall pic.twitter.com/wGTzs8KdUs— Paul Feig By Sarah • Jun 11, 2015 11:52 am
Media Manipulation Guy Ritchie for Charlie Hunnam This is why I creep Guy Ritchie’s Instagram. Because that’s the only way we’re getting any shots of Charlie Hunnam. He’s directing him in Knights Of The Round Table. And who’s complaining about new shots of Charlie Hunnam? A photo posted by Guy Ritchie (@guyritchie) By Lainey • Jun 10, 2015 05:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Rock makes everything better San Andreas is exactly as advertised on the tin—The Rock fights an earthquake, and The Rock wins. Hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, of people die in the process, but the important thing is that if you go see San Andreas, that movie will hold up its end of By Sarah • Jun 10, 2015 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Bond in a tactleneck There’s a new TV spot for Spectre, the next installment in the Bond franchise. (Every time someone asks me when superhero movies will be over, I remind them that Bond has been going strong for fifty-three years and watch the light die in their eyes.) It’s mostly recycled By Sarah • Jun 10, 2015 11:48 am
Amazingness Inside Out with Amy & Mindy Inside Out was beloved in Cannes. Like unanimously praised. Pixar has made a movie about what it’s like to be inside a young girl’s head. Pixar has made a movie about mental health. Pixar has made a movie that encourages young people to talk about their feelings. Pixar By Lainey • Jun 10, 2015 11:26 am
Media Manipulation Amber Anonymous As Lainey mentioned yesterday, Johnny Depp is 52 and filming his 84th Pirates of the Caribbean movie in Australia. He’s also on a contrition tour, shaking hands and kissing babies so he doesn’t get in more trouble for smuggling his dogs into the country. International customs issues aren’ By Maria • Jun 10, 2015 10:18 am
Amazingness Chris Pratt’s third #1 Jurassic World opens this weekend. There is no doubt it’ll win the box office, which would be Chris Pratt’s third #1 after The Lego Movie and Guardians Of The Galaxy. The only question is: how big? Some are saying that domestically Jurassic World will gross up to $125 By Lainey • Jun 10, 2015 10:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Katniss comes for the Capitol… with Brienne of Tarth The first trailer for Mockingjay 2 just dropped. And Katniss isn’t avoiding anymore. Katniss is coming for the Capitol. And she brought her friends. Here’s one of them: Brienne of Tarth! Gwendoline Christie! OK but can she please beat the sh-t out of Ramsay Snow first? We still By Lainey • Jun 09, 2015 05:42 pm
