Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 11, 2015 Dear Gossips, Thank you for you emails last week about Pitch Perfect 2, demonstrating your enthusiasm for the return of the Barden Bellas. As Duana put it the other day – the real question is how many times are you seeing it? Like do you just turn around after the first By Lainey • May 11, 2015 08:55 am
Media Manipulation The two Maxes Tom Hardy at the Mad Max: Fury Road premiere last night. Yeah. He looked hot. Intense, as always, which is part of it, I think. It’s not like you’re always citing his smile as his best feature. So Tom Hardy is the new Mad Max. The original Mad By Lainey • May 08, 2015 01:17 pm
Gorgessity The Elvis genes Lately there’s been a surge in my Elvis obsession. When I was a teenager I used to obsess over pictures of Lisa Marie Presley. Elvis was SO strong in her face. It’s the eyes. Elvis had Gladys’s eyes (his mother) and Lisa Marie has those eyes. And By Lainey • May 08, 2015 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Hemsworth’s Vacation dick Remember the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies? You know, the two terrible ones no one talks about, and then the first one that most people like and the Christmas one that everyone likes? Well there’s a new one. Chevy Chase is still around as the patriarch of the perpetually By Sarah • May 08, 2015 11:59 am
Media Manipulation Intro for May 8, 2015 Dear Gossips, Universal announced yesterday that By The Sea, written and directed by Angelina Jolie, starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, will be released November 13. November is definitely not January. Or February. November is an award season sweet spot. November means the studio might have some award season plans. By Lainey • May 08, 2015 09:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Get hard for Gwendoline Christie in Star Wars If you still need a reason to get on board with New New Star Wars, let it be Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie as the villain, Captain Phasma. As part of their Star Wars edition, Vanity Fair is still rolling out new information on Episode VII—I still can’t By Sarah • May 07, 2015 03:18 pm
Hook Ups Scarlet Witch & Loki are FWB US Weekly reports exclusively that Elizabeth Olsen and Tom Hiddleston have been hooking up. It’s an Avengers romance! It’s a Marvel love connection! Only it wasn’t when they were playing superheroes. Hiddleston and Olsen worked together on the Hank Williams biopic I Saw The Light. But the By Lainey • May 07, 2015 12:45 pm
BFFs Joss Whedon quits Twitter, world implodes On Monday, Joss Whedon quit Twitter. I assumed it was because with Avengers: Age of Ultron open in all the theaters everywhere, he was finally done promoting it and so he deleted his Twitter page, which was started two years ago to promote a movie. I didn’t think much By Sarah • May 07, 2015 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 7, 2015 Dear Gossips, A trailer for the upcoming Ricki and The Flash was released yesterday starring Meryl Streep as a rock star. Which basically means Meryl Streep will be nominated for more. And she totally should be. As usual, she’s amazing. But so is Audra McDonald. And that’s another By Lainey • May 07, 2015 09:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I’m ready to be worshipped And now…maybe the opposite of every sentiment expressed in the Anna Kendrick/Elizabeth Banks post… But hey, Jada Pinkett Smith is the boss lady of the strippers, OK? And she’s GOOD at it! The new Magic Mike XXL trailer. When the teaser came out, I wrote that I By Lainey • May 06, 2015 04:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Less than 2 weeks What Duana said about Pitch Perfect 2 in the Elizabeth Banks MET Gala post yesterday? (Click here for a refresher) Co-sign. Pitch Perfect was one of my Top 10 movies of 2012. I can’t wait. We’ve been planning who we’re going with for months. But… Like, aca-scuse By Lainey • May 06, 2015 04:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews PLEASE be Captain Britain Yesterday Marvel announced yet another person to add to the pile of people already appearing in Captain America: Civil War, and it’s Sherlock star Martin Freeman in an undisclosed role. Everyone’s making dog pile jokes and wondering how there could possibly be any time for Captain America with By Sarah • May 06, 2015 10:40 am
Dumbass Please stop talking, Jeremy Renner I’ve always said Jeremy Renner is good for gossip, and he is certainly giving us something to talk about recently. The Avengers: Age of Ultron press tour was famously peppy, and during an interview Renner and Chris Evans stepped in a pile of internet dog sh*t when they By Sarah • May 06, 2015 09:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Russell Crowe directs The Water Diviner Oh boy does Russell Crowe’s directorial debut ever put the “vanity” in “vanity project”. I cannot imagine a vainer self-directed project, and I say this knowing full well that Chris Evans also has a vanity project coming out this year. Crowe marks his directorial debut with The Water Diviner, By Sarah • May 01, 2015 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender uneasy head Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown It’s from a different Shakespeare play but I’ve always been fascinated by this quote. And I wonder if it’s still true. Because the power now is in the money. And, well, Rupert Murdoch may have had a few sleepless By Lainey • May 01, 2015 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, and Bobby Cannavale in Adult Beginners If it weren’t for the leading trio of Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne, and Bobby Cannavale, Adult Beginners would be a failed pilot at a broadcast network. There’s nothing new or even particularly engaging about it, but those three manage to make it watchable. The story revolves around Jake By Sarah • May 01, 2015 11:32 am
