Movie Reviews and Previews 2 Magic 2 Practical One of my most anticipated movies of the year is Practical Magic 2, the long-awaited sequel to one of my favorite films of all time, Practical Magic. Following the teaser we got a couple months ago, there is now a full trailer, and dare I hope? Practical Magic 2 By Sarah • Jun 25, 2026 11:55 am
Tom Cruise Is Tom Cruise going to make a double Oscar run? We say it all the time, that we just aren’t minting Movie Stars like we used to, that even when a new one emerges, it’s not quite like how it was, because of the shattering of the monoculture. Nothing proves this point more than a Tom Cruise retrospective. By Sarah • Jun 24, 2026 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Taika and Jenna Ortega team up in the sun Yesterday, I asked if we’re concerned about Taika Waititi and Rita Ora not being seen together for over three months and the answer was a resounding “no”. So noted. But Taika is busy, with a new film, Klara and the Sun, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the By Sarah • Jun 23, 2026 12:19 pm
Business of Hollywood Intro for June 22, 2026 Dear Gossips, For the entire history of Netflix releasing original films, I have been a straight up hater on the idea of them ever investing in the theatrical business in a meaningful way. This comes after multiple conversations over many years with different people of increasing levels of power within By Sarah • Jun 22, 2026 09:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The power of imagination in Toy Story 5 Thirty-one years and five films deep, the Toy Story franchise somehow keeps finding new ways to justify its existence. Seven years after Toy Story 4 asked what it means to live purposefully, the toys are back in Toy Story 5, which asks us to choose imagination when screens and By Sarah • Jun 19, 2026 11:55 am
Matt Damon Matt Damon gets in Last night was Jimmy Kimmel’s last appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! before his summer, he’ll be backfilled by guest hosts until the fall. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey opens in theatres exactly a month from today and promo is picking up but since they won’t have the By Lainey • Jun 19, 2026 11:11 am
Top Reads Andy and Flo before Annette? Andy Samberg and Florence Pugh were photographed in Brooklyn yesterday and according to the paps, they’re working on a film called 42.6 Years. This project has been in development for years and is finally going into production, with some casting changes. It’s a sci-fi romantic comedy By Lainey • Jun 19, 2026 10:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gross things are happening to Peter Parker With the Spider-Man: Brand New Day press tour underway, it’s time for a new trailer…which already leaked online. Sony is having a really hard time keeping Brand New Day under wraps, the first trailer leaked during the holidays, and now the second trailer leaked, too. (This is By Sarah • Jun 18, 2026 10:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hopscotching Shrek Four months after a teaser in which everyone collectively rejected the look of NuShrek, the teaser for Shrek 5 is here and bullying didn’t work this time, Shrek still looks different. The teaser, er, teases a new adventure with Shrek and Donkey, the teaser also shows off Princess Fiona By Sarah • Jun 17, 2026 03:17 pm
What Else Olivia Wilde’s return Olivia Wilde’s third feature film, The Invite, opens next week. She has started doing press rounds in New York, including a screening event last night, and earlier yesterday she was out in a cool suit ensemble—she is the exact right height and degree of lankiness for a wide- By Sarah • Jun 16, 2026 04:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Greta Lee and Wagner Moura can’t leave The 2018 double whammy success of A Quiet Place and Bird Box has ushered in a wave of “families at home but imperiled” movies. This year we have two prominent examples, The End of Oak Street, which is part of Anne Hathaway’s Big Year, and now we also have By Sarah • Jun 16, 2026 03:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day Steven Spielberg has long been preoccupied with aliens, and with the exception of his 2005 remake of War of the Worlds, his vision of the encounter between aliens and humanity is generally peaceful, underpinned by good intention and cooperation, and threatened by power-mongering bureaucracies of government. But as a By Sarah • Jun 15, 2026 03:09 pm
Top Reads Tomdaya is back, baby! Gossip has been anticipating this moment for months. It’s happening, we’re back… Tom Holland and Zendaya on the red carpet, beginning promotion for Spider-Man: Brand New Day in Madrid. They are one of the internet’s favourite couples. Honestly? We are probably too invested in the longevity By Lainey • Jun 15, 2026 09:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Social Reckoning is Facebook without style We’re in the thick of summer movie season, but it’s never too soon to start looking at the fall film-to-Oscar pipeline. One film that is sure to get a head start is The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to The Social Network. Where that By Sarah • Jun 11, 2026 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for June 11, 2026 Dear Gossips, It was reported yesterday that they’re making another Jump Street movie 14 years after the sequel, 22 Jump Street, was released. And the key on-camera talent involved in the originals will be coming back: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, and Ice Cube. So is this just a By Lainey • Jun 11, 2026 09:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The ocean is simply not our business In an excellent case of “great minds think alike”, Lainey texted me the trailer of Whalefall at the exact moment as I was opening the app to message her about the same thing. What is Whalefall? It’s a movie about a whale accidentally eating a guy. It looks SICK. By Sarah • Jun 10, 2026 11:37 am
