Movie Reviews and Previews CIFF Review: St. Vincent I have officially hit the halfway point of the Chicago International Film Festival. It is October 16th, and between the festival and squeezing in some commercial releases to meet writing commitments, I’ve seen sixteen movies so far this month. I have fifteen left to go, including four double-headers. Perhaps By Sarah • Oct 16, 2014 01:15 pm
Media Manipulation Brad Pitt: on his wife, his French, Fury, and Unbroken I received the cutest email yesterday from a reader, S, who wrote: Lainey, My husband is going to have to send you thank you cases of Miraval Rosé for posting that behind the scenes video because I am so primed to bang his brains out when he get home from By Lainey • Oct 16, 2014 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for October 16, 2014 Dear Gossips, A new Mockingjay Part 1 teaser was released yesterday featuring just Jennifer Lawrence, returning home to District 12 to survey the damage, under manipulation by Plutarch Heavensbee to fight for the rebel forces. This was one of the strongest elements of The Hunger Games series – even the “good By Lainey • Oct 16, 2014 09:29 am
Quiveration Brad Pitt in DETAILS: The Man Crush Shia LaBeouf isn’t alone. He’s made it very clear that Brad Pitt is the “top dog”, as he described it on Kimmel the other day, the John Wayne of Fury, the one you sit down and shut up around…as you gaze adoringly. This is a Man Crush. By Lainey • Oct 15, 2014 04:32 pm
Gorgessity Emma Stone as Sally Bowles Entertainment Weekly has the first official photo of Emma Stone as Sally Bowles in advance of her Broadway debut in Cabaret on November 11, taking over from Michelle Williams. This is… GOOD. Very good. Sally fronts a don’t-give-a-f-ck attitude even though her life gets pretty wretched – by her own By Lainey • Oct 15, 2014 03:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ezra Miller will play a broody, emo ARTISTE who runs really fast Warner Brothers is in the middle of their annual shareholder presentation right now, and CEO Kevin Tsujihara just dropped some major info bombs regarding the future of their DC movies slate, confirming a Wonder Woman solo movie in 2017, along with the proper Justice League team-up flick that Superhero Face By Sarah • Oct 15, 2014 02:05 pm
Maple Leaf Today, with Keanu Reeves & Dr Strange? Keanu Reeves was in New York for the premiere of John Wick on Monday night, the same day he was on Reddit for an AMA. I wasn’t paying attention the last time he did an AMA but there’s a quirk. A Keanu Reeves quirk: he answers a lot By Lainey • Oct 15, 2014 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Brad kisses Shia Shia LaBeouf’s hero, Brad Pitt John Wayne, greeted him with a kiss to the hand last night at the New York premiere of Fury. As far as we know, the event happened without incident. No drunken outbursts, no fights, no plagiarism. Would Shia dare when Brad’s around? It’ By Lainey • Oct 15, 2014 12:04 pm
Media Manipulation Benedict Cumberbatch’s campaign of inclusion It’s mid-October, which means that award season is in full swing, and as such the actors starring in award bait are beginning to lay the foundation of their Oscar campaigns. We’re still over a month away from Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Imitation Game opening in the US, but By Sarah • Oct 15, 2014 11:24 am
Royals Queen, Brange, Maleficent, Fury Got yelled at by several Brangelunatics the last few days for not posting about Angelina Jolie getting honourary damed by the Queen on Friday. Because I had laser eye surgery and then it was Thanksgiving in Canada. So that's a lesson for you all: nothing is more important By Lainey • Oct 14, 2014 04:32 pm
Media Manipulation Shia tells a good story Shia LaBeouf. I mean, it’s Shia LaBeouf. You can describe him in all kinds of ways – most of them negative: troubled child star, plagiarist, stunt queen, belligerent, a very bad drunk, etc, etc, etc. He’s also a good actor. And an entertainer. That’s the quality that got By Lainey • Oct 14, 2014 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Captain America vs. Iron Man—Marvel’s Civil War is happening RDJ has been talking up a potential extension of his contract to play Iron Man, and everyone jumped on the Iron Man 4 grenade, because he made some wiseass comments about Iron Man 4. I didn’t buy that he was in talks for another Iron Man installment, but that By Sarah • Oct 14, 2014 10:52 am
Style Martin Lawrence: home for the holidays? Even George Clooney has one. You remember his aunt Starla? The Rogue Relative? Aunt Starla told the Daily Mail that Brad Pitt would probably be his best man and, as I wrote at the time, Aunt Starla didn’t know sh-t. Click here for a refresher. Looks like Jennifer Lawrence By Lainey • Oct 14, 2014 09:36 am
Quiveration CIFF Review: Miss Julie The Chicago International Film Festival kicked off last night, and over the next couple weeks I’ll be reviewing some festival season stragglers, beginning with the opening night film, Miss Julie, which blew chunks. But first we need to talk about Colin Farrell, who was on hand along with writer/ By Sarah • Oct 10, 2014 10:17 am
Quiveration Beautiful British people looking beautiful (and British) in the rain The Imitation Game opened the London Film Festival the other night and Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley showed up looking all kinds of glamorous. Cumberbatch is at his best in Sherlock drag, but the suit porn is good, too, and this is some prime suit porn. If Cumberbatch is your By Sarah • Oct 10, 2014 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney crashes Comic Con (but not THAT Comic-Con) Which is, honestly, more interesting to me than his wedding. New York Comic Con is underway, and while it isn’t as important from an industry perspective as San Diego Comic-Con, it is rising in prominence thanks to some high-profile projects that have eschewed Hall H for New York’s By Sarah • Oct 10, 2014 09:45 am
