Amazingness P2: The Mighty Bellas Yessss. This is how you do a sequel. You push so hard into the deep sequeliness of it that you go Malkovich on your own movie. I read once that sequels are whore’s movies. That is, you make the first one for the love of the story. You make By Duana • Feb 11, 2015 12:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jupiter Ascending review Right off the top, the thing you care about most: No, this won’t “Norbit” Eddie Redmayne’s Oscar chances because it has far bigger problems than his relatively small performance, but make no mistake: Eddie Redmayne is profoundly terrible in Jupiter Ascending. He gives the most baffling, distracting, ABSURD By Sarah • Feb 10, 2015 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews “You are now about to witness…” There was a distraction from the Grammys on Sunday. It distracted me for almost half an hour. Twitter too, it seems, because it was trending for a while… A red band trailer for Straight Outta Compton was released. Have you seen it yet? It opens with Dre and Ice Cube By Lainey • Feb 10, 2015 11:55 am
Media Manipulation Huge Coup: Marvel reclaims Spider-Man Late last night Marvel Studios dropped a bomb: They’ve worked out a deal with Sony and will take over production of future Spider-Man movies. This is a huge deal, literally and figuratively, that will have repercussions for a lot of people, and especially Andrew Garfield, who is now out By Sarah • Feb 10, 2015 11:42 am
Shame Jamie Dornan’s apologies Jamie Dornan was in New York this weekend for a final promotional push before the release of Fifty Shades Of Grey this Friday. The studio has already greenlit the two sequels; they’re likely confident with their numbers predictions. I wonder though if they might want to talk to Dornan By Lainey • Feb 10, 2015 11:05 am
Style Robert Pattinson’s Life pants Robert Pattinson was at the Berlin Film Festival yesterday promoting Life with Dane DeHaan. Am attaching shots from the premiere too but mostly want to focus on the pictures from the photo call because of Pattinson’s pants. He’s never worn pants better than he’s wearing them here, By Lainey • Feb 10, 2015 10:20 am
Baby and Bump Obsession The Jolie, the twins, and Captain Marvel? Let’s start with Captain Marvel. There’s a rumour floating around that Marvel is considering asking Angelina Jolie to direct Captain Marvel. Supposedly they’re impressed with her work on Unbroken and they want a female director bossing the female superhero movie. Which is exciting…but… The source. Is By Lainey • Feb 09, 2015 04:08 pm
Media Manipulation We have two races Boyhood won the BAFTA last night. But on Saturday, the Directors Guild picked Birdman. The DGAs are considered a very, very, VERY good predictor of Oscar Best Picture; only 7 times in history have the DGA and the Academy picked differently. Even still, Boyhood has its share of support. So By Lainey • Feb 09, 2015 11:44 am
Media Manipulation Superman and Captain America stand next to each other Yesterday at the BAFTAs Chris Evans and Henry Cavill presented Julianne Moore with the Best Actress award. Two handsome men of the superhero persuasion stood next to each other, and the internet collectively lost its sh*t. It’s understandable—they’re both really, really, really ridiculously good-looking, though Beardy By Sarah • Feb 09, 2015 11:29 am
Amazingness Chris Pratt keeps his promise Chris Pratt and Chris Evans bet on the Super Bowl. Pratt’s West Coast, Evans is East. They were playing for charity. Obviously Evans won. So here’s Chris Pratt today in Boston visiting the kids at Christopher’s House, supporting families with children who have cancer and are being By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 01:31 pm
Quiveration My Obsession promoting the rubs Here they come… And I didn’t even mean it that way, I swear. I just went back to read it and realised how it came off. My original point is that Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are now on the press circuit for Fifty Shades Of Grey. And, as you By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 10:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades of Want vs Need Duana taught me something I repeat often here on my blog. In her case, as a screenwriter, it’s about how the story and the audience relate, and how it’s the writer’s job to: Give them what they need, not what they want. I’ve been thinking a By Lainey • Feb 06, 2015 10:28 am
Faux Gossip Brange, Gosling & Mendes STAR Magazine is reporting that Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes went over to Brange’s for lunch with their baby Esmeralda recently. It was recently announced that Pitt and Gosling would be working on a new film together called The Big Short along with Christian Bale. How come Christian Bale By Lainey • Feb 05, 2015 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews UP… GRADE! It was announced yesterday that Charlie Hunnam will replace Benedict Cumberbatch in The Lost City Of Z. Cumberbatch dropped out because he’s doing Dr Strange. Ummm…no problem here, not from where I’m sitting. That’s an upgrade. Charlie will play Col. Percival Fawcett. He went to the By Lainey • Feb 04, 2015 01:01 pm
Amazingness Channing Tatum is going to come soon They released the poster yesterday. And, well, I mean it’s about as subtle as a dick nudging you in the face. Channing Tatum is going to come, OK? Goddamn. Me too. Like, I was never into Magic Mike the first time. But…it’s this song… In the teaser By Lainey • Feb 04, 2015 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Julia + Nicole – Gwyneth What? Where have I been that I didn’t know Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman would be working together? The film is The Secret In Their Eyes. It was originally supposed to be Gwyneth Paltrow but, for whatever reason, Nicole has replaced her. By the way, and she would want By Lainey • Feb 04, 2015 11:10 am
