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 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 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
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Ryan Gosling’s art school hard-on has a trailer Remember when Ryan Gosling made a movie and took it to Cannes and everyone hated it? Well, that movie, Lost River, is coming out this April and it has a trailer, and it is some straight up art school sh*t. This trailer has everything—Malickian voice over shots of By Sarah • Feb 04, 2015 10:41 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicholas in New York Nicholas Hoult was photographed at JFK yesterday. He was in LA last week for some early promotion on Mad Max: Fury Road with Charlize Theron. You can see some of the shots here. The movie doesn’t open until May 15 and no, of course it won’t challenge The By Lainey • Feb 04, 2015 09:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Felicity Jones is probably Princess Leia A couple weeks ago we learned that Tatiana Maslany was testing for a role in one of the New New Star Wars spin-offs, but THR is reporting that the role has been offered to newly-minted Oscar nominee Felicity Jones. Okay, sure. She’s got Oscar polish and everyone By Sarah • Feb 03, 2015 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jupiter is not Norbit Premiere of Jupiter Ascending last night. Reviews haven’t been great. BUT some noteworthy critics have given it some love. Like Hitfix’s Drew McWeeny who called it a “wicked slice of entertainment”. Alonso Duralde over at The Wrap calls it “breathlessly exciting but utterly ridiculous”. See, that’s how By Lainey • Feb 03, 2015 12:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Aniston’s Montecito Award Jennifer Aniston was at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this weekend to receive the Montecito Award. Other honorees included: The Modern Master Award to Michael Keaton The Outstanding Performer of the Year Award to Steve Carell The American Riviera Award to Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette The Cinema Vanguard By Lainey • Feb 02, 2015 04:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Meet the Jurassic World monstersaur A new trailer for Jurassic World aired during the Super Bowl, increasing its odds of being one of the biggest movies of the year, and it has some new stuff to show us. The trailer jumps right in with Sea World-style patter to introduce the Mosasaurus. I love this By Sarah • Feb 02, 2015 01:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Tomorrowland: What is it? Answer: We still don’t really know. The first trailer was not informative, and while the Super Bowl TV spot includes new footage, it is still not telling me anything about this movie beyond that it looks cool. I really dig the effect of the girl touching the little T- By Sarah • Feb 02, 2015 11:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Christian Grey or Ryan Seacrest? Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan cover the new issue of GLAMOUR in advance of the release of Fifty Shades Of Grey. He looks so much better with facial hair. And, as you know, the Christian Grey character, the way it’s being represented in the film, does not have any By Lainey • Jan 30, 2015 11:20 am
