Movie Reviews and Previews Katie Holmes: one shoulder for Weinstein Katie Holmes dropped a shoulder last night in New York at the Life Is Amazing premiere presented by The Weinstein Company. Her new movie The Giver is also a Weinstein property. And, you’ll recall, a couple of weeks ago she showed up at that surfer party that Harvey was By Lainey • Aug 07, 2014 11:53 am
Media Manipulation Superhero Apocalypse Averted May 6, 2016 loomed large, the date on which Marvel and DC would pit their cinematic universes against each other in a billion-dollar death spiral, but in the end, there could be only one. As I predicted months ago, Warner Brothers/DC flinched and Superhero Face Punch has been pushed By Sarah • Aug 07, 2014 11:19 am
TV Updates Could Matthew McConaughey go for EGOT? Unless he pulls a Mel Gibson in the next week, Matthew McConaughey is going to win the Emmy for True Detective on August 25. That means he’ll hold the Oscar and the Emmy in the same year. And it brings him half way to EGOT. Could he? A Time By Lainey • Aug 07, 2014 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matthew Crawley is now Psycho Captain America I have a Dan Stevens Situation that is under imminent threat of becoming a full-blown Dan Stevens Problem. He was cute in a kind of teddy bear way when he broke out on Downton Abbey, but now he looks like this... … and well, it’s getting to be a thing. By Sarah • Aug 07, 2014 10:23 am
TV Updates Katie Holmes’s first press tour Since… the great escape. I mean she’s done some press for makeup here and there, but The Giver is her first major acting project since the divorce. She made the rounds today in New York, first on The Today Show and also on Sirius Radio. Soundbites? Come on, now. By Lainey • Aug 06, 2014 11:52 am
Style Maggie & Michael Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Fassbender were in New York last night at the premiere of Frank. If you’re looking forward it because Fassbender makes you hard, heads up that he has a bag over his head the entire film. The star of Frank is Domhnall Gleason. One day I’ By Lainey • Aug 06, 2014 10:19 am
TV Updates Peggy Olson’s next move Elisabeth Moss has been making some solid career choices outside of Mad Men in advance of the series finale. Her performance in Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake was widely acclaimed. Her new film The One I Love, in theatres this month, is receiving decent reviews. And now it’ By Lainey • Aug 05, 2014 03:18 pm
Style Zoe Kazan from head to toe Did you ever see Ruby Sparks? Paul Dano writes Zoe Kazan to life. Sort of. And I’m in love with them in real life. Zoe was here in Toronto a couple of weeks ago with Daniel Radcliffe to promote The F Word (What If outside of Canada). I interviewed By Lainey • Aug 05, 2014 01:41 pm
Dumbass Character development by Kellan Lutz Kellan Lutz was in London yesterday with the cast of The Expendables 3. You know, the movie franchise featuring the greatest thespians of our time? He was asked at a press conference about his character. Kellan took the opportunity to talk about how layered his performance is. Because he’s By Lainey • Aug 05, 2014 12:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Guardians of the Galaxy now own the galaxy At this point, I’m convinced that the people at Marvel Studios are committing blood sacrifices under a new moon to ensure their success. They’ve already broken the April box office record with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and now, with Guardians of the Galaxy racking up $94.3 By Sarah • Aug 05, 2014 10:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Into The Woods First Trailer Okay, as you may have gleaned from life and people who sing Rent on the subway, there are several tiers of musical theatre fans. Some who think they love musicals because they watched the VHS tape of Annie, and another version who performed in Pippin growing up and will defend By Duana • Aug 01, 2014 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The ugly side of geek culture It’s happened before—a critic doesn’t like the latest popular superhero movie and tanks its 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and fanboys flip out and say a bunch of totally over the top, inappropriate stuff in the comments section, embarrassing themselves and second-hand embarrassing nerds at large. To By Sarah • Aug 01, 2014 10:25 am
Media Manipulation Interstellar and Dylan Thomas Christopher Nolan and Matthew McConaughey were at Comic-Con this year to present the new trailer for Interstellar. It was a first time for both. Nolan’s one of those directors who doesn’t give anything away before a film’s release. Scripts are said to be hand delivered and actors By Lainey • Jul 31, 2014 04:31 pm
TV Updates Oscar Isaac will not be a hero Check out my #1, Oscar Isaac, at an event in New York earlier this week. Oscar’s been working on Star Wars VII. Before that he was shooting A Most Violent Year, scheduled for release in November, with some talk of possible award season inclusion. Yesterday it was announced that By Lainey • Jul 31, 2014 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sushi for breakfast YASSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! Fried rice for breakfast is really good too. Actually, rice with almost anything is good for breakfast. Rice with raw fish? Definitely. Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult are together in Japan to start work on their film Equals. Someone posted these two shots on Twitter here and here after By Lainey • Jul 31, 2014 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 31, 2014 Dear Gossips, The best article I read yesterday was about Bill Murray. Murray’s film St Vincent will be screening at TIFF. The festival wants to also take the opportunity at the gala to honour Murray’s career. Only no one was able to find him. Because, as you know, By Lainey • Jul 31, 2014 10:01 am