Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar Lawless That didn't work, did it? You groaning? Sorry. Jennifer Lawrence was photographed in Boston yesterday on the set of Joy, her latest collaboration with David O. Russell. The last two times she worked with him she was nominated for Oscars. You think this will be three? Well not By Lainey • Feb 20, 2015 11:43 am
Dumbass Fifty Shades author wants to whip sequel into submission Whatever we may think of it, Fifty Shades of Grey is an unqualified hit, with $300 million at the worldwide box office and counting. In some respects, that’s a good thing: A movie by women, about women, for women is a monster success. Every time we clock a win By Sarah • Feb 20, 2015 10:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond & Bellucci in Rome Daniel Craig and Monica Bellucci posed in Rome yesterday. Production on Spectre will begin in Rome on March 8th. It’s been kind of a bumpy ride so far. Craig hurt his knee earlier this month in studio in London and a crew member was injured last week in Austria. By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 01:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will there be sing-yelling at the Oscars? Musicals are not my bag, so I had to brace myself to watch The Last 5 Years, an adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s musical. I still ended up texting Lainey ten minutes in, electrically shouting that they wouldn’t stop singing because THEY WOULDN’T STOP SINGING. Musicals are By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 01:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Go Mae! Ha. Look at Mae Whitman. In the best outfit she’s ever worn. For the premiere of The DUFF in NYC last night. The DUFF opens this weekend. Mae plays The DUFF– Designated Ugly Fat Friend. Robbie Amell is her childhood best friend, next door neighbour, nemesis, and, well, I By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 12:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Scarlett Johansson is testing for psychopaths Scarlett Johansson’s career re-direct over the last several years is impressive. She’s become one of the very few actresses who can open an action movie, she’s retained her artistic indie cred, she’s doing the motherhood thing without turning it into a career move, and she By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Dakota flirting I don’t think I’ve talked about Fifty Shades Of Grey at all this week. Have I? Pretty sure no. Pretty sure I haven’t asked you about Dakota Johnson yet. As I told you last week in my review of the movie, she totally makes the movie. You By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 11:40 am
Media Manipulation Ewan McGregor realizes the dream, becomes own boss The film adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel American Pastoral has undergone some upheaval during its development. First Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly were going to star as the central couple, then Bettany dropped out and was replaced by Ewan McGregor—but Connelly stuck around (does that make for weird By Sarah • Feb 19, 2015 11:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Carey Mulligan is Just.So.Good. We studied Thomas Hardy for a few weeks in one of my elective Fem-Lit university classes one year. I was not great with attendance at the time. There was a casino that had just opened two hours away. My parents were out of the country. For several months, I By Lainey • Feb 19, 2015 10:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews When Julia cries Julia Roberts and Chiwetel Ejiofor were papped while shooting an emotional scene from The Secret In Their Eyes yesterday in LA. At some point, her husband, Danny Moder, who is also working on the film, came over to give her some instruction, likely technical. Because she doesn’t need any By Lainey • Feb 18, 2015 03:47 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kingsman: The Secret Service review There’s a scene in Kingsman: The Secret Service (why the subtitle? It’s dumb) in which Colin Firth, as dapper gentleman spy Harry and Samuel L. Jackson as megalomaniac Valentine, talk about their love of old spy movies, bemoaning that modern spy thrillers have “grown too serious”. It’s By Sarah • Feb 18, 2015 02:01 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Sandy’s happy Mardi Gras Sandra Bullock was in New Orleans last night celebrating Mardi Gras with her son and some friends, including Anthony Mackie, Chelsea Handler, Whitney Cummings, and comedian Michael McDonald. She and McDonald have been friends for a while. They worked together on The Heat and appear to be quite close. Sandy’ By Lainey • Feb 18, 2015 10:00 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Will Scarjo walk? Scarlett Johansson hasn’t been at the Oscars since 2011. This year, the Academy has invited her to present. It’s a good selection. Because, as previously mentioned, with the exception of Reese Witherspoon and Bradley Cooper, this year’s nominees aren’t marquee names for the MiniVan Majority. And By Lainey • Feb 17, 2015 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Beware of Crimson Peak There’s a steadily growing swell of hype surrounding Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak, which released its first trailer today (spurred on by a bootleg copy making the rounds after it debuted in front of Fifty Shades of Grey last night—when will studios learn that they cannot stop By Sarah • Feb 13, 2015 03:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cinderella steeze Cinderella is screening at the Berlinale, and the cast appeared at a photocall and press conference today in Berlin to begin promoting the movie. (There’s also a new trailer featuring some serious horse porn, if you like big Baroque horses, like me.) It’s official—I have a Robb By Sarah • Feb 13, 2015 01:32 pm
Bad Style My Obsession’s style London premiere of Fifty Shades Of Grey. You going tonight, or what? Don’t pretend you’re not. Last night the movie set an R-rated record with $8.6 million at the box office. Entertainment Weekly is projecting $93 million for the four day weekend. That includes many of By Lainey • Feb 13, 2015 12:11 pm
