Movie Reviews and Previews Miles Teller gets a star IMDB presented Miles Teller with the STARmeter award yesterday in Toronto where he was also premiering his film Whiplash. Whiplash was a big hit at Sundance and both Miles and JK Simmons have been receiving high praise for their performances. They celebrated last night at the Thompson Hotel rooftop. That By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 12:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Reese Witherspoon in Wild: TIFF Review Can you picture the perfectly perky Reese Witherspoon hiking through 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail to search for herself? She couldn't either -- at first. "I had never seen myself in a movie like that before," said Witherspoon, at the Wild press conference in By Joanna • Sep 09, 2014 11:41 am
BFFs Eddie supports Andrew right back I interviewed Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones yesterday at the junket for The Theory Of Everything. As already mentioned, the film is SOOOOOOO good. And their performances are …well…everything. The key here is that the story is told from her perspective. So it’s not really a biopic but By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Everyone loves Chris Rock In the last six years—ever since the economy took a sh*t in the world’s bed—the markets at film festivals have drawn down. Deals still get made at a comparable rate to pre-economy-sucking-it-hard days, but where once distributors were willing to throw money By Sarah • Sep 09, 2014 10:31 am
Amazingness “It got pretty wet here” A trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s new movie The Boy Next Door was released yesterday. It comes out in January, not exactly a month for quality pictures. But…I’m totally seeing this. And to all my friends out there, I know what you’re thinking and SHUT UP, this By Lainey • Sep 09, 2014 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux at TIFF 2014 Justin Theroux joined Jennifer Aniston this afternoon for the premiere of her new film Cake at TIFF. He’s actually been here a couple of days. Was photographed at the Warner Bros party on Saturday night without her. Today they did not walk the carpet together but agreed to a By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 06:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Franco’s The Sound And The Fury: TIFF Review Full disclosure: I have a thing for James Franco. He's on my list - usually at the top. Lainey may call him the "Artist," and think he can be insufferable, but in my mind, he's a phenomenal talent. I respect his creative flexibility, his academic By Joanna • Sep 08, 2014 04:43 pm
BFFs Andrew supporting Eddie I covered The Theory Of Everything carpet last night for etalk. More on the film and Eddie Redmayne later, promise. Right now I just want to tell you about a really cute moment that happened at the premiere. We were second position on the press line. Which means that I By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Men, Women, and Children: TIFF Review Jason Reitman's Men, Women and Children boasts an impressive ensemble cast including Jennifer Garner, Adam Sandler, Rosemarie DeWitt, and new Hollywood heartthrob Ansel Elgort, but the best scene of the movie goes to, who else, but Judy Greer. "Oh, and I'm going to put a By Joanna • Sep 08, 2014 12:52 pm
Media Manipulation Blake’s FASHION Blake Lively covers the October issue of FASHION Magazine. The interview happened in May and, since she’s not promoting a film, we’re presumably here to care about Preserve, aka the Blake Lively lifestyle or the website that’s so dark it gives you a headache. So. You can’ By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 12:11 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jake G at TIFF: Nightcrawler review Jake Gyllenhaal arrived at the world premiere of Nightcrawler in Toronto to a chorus of thunder, lightning and screaming fans — a perfect match for the electricity he brought to the role. By now, you've seen the headlines: "The 5 Craziest Things Jake Gyllenhaal Did to Prepare for By Joanna • Sep 08, 2014 10:46 am
Lifestyle Carpets & Candids: A Titan at TIFF Denzel Washington at the premiere of The Equalizer last night. BIG star. A titan. Still making action movies. Always a force. The movie opens September 26. They're comparing it to the kind of work Liam Neeson's been doing. Well now there's an idea, non? By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 09:52 am
Music Tom Hiddleston’s country twang When the news came out that Tom Hiddleston would be portraying country music legend Hank Williams in a biopic titled I Saw the Light, I said I was fine with the choice from an acting standpoint but that I worried about the singing. Hiddles will be doing his own vocals, By Sarah • Sep 08, 2014 09:33 am
Girlcrushes Big crushing on Cara As you may have read leading up to TIFF, Cara Delevingne was on my TIFF 2014 Watch List. I thought she’d be drama. I thought she’d light up the party scene. I thought maybe she’d tear up a few parties. I was right. And I was wrong. By Lainey • Sep 08, 2014 09:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Reese Witherspoon in The Good Lie – Review This is supposed to be Reese Witherspoon's year. She has her name attached to three prestige pictures set for a 2014 release, including two by Canadian directors Philippe Falardeau (The Good Lie) and Jean-Marc Vallee (Wild), and Paul Thomas Anderson's highly-anticipated Inherent Vice. Beyond By Joanna • Sep 08, 2014 08:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Waiting for Troy Dyer Troy Dyer was mentioned during one of our segments on The Social. And some people were like …who? Christ Jesus. Was Reality Bites not a seminal movie for everyone????? Clearly not. But Troy Dyer is having an excellent year. He was nominated for an Oscar. Boyhood is one of the By Lainey • Sep 05, 2014 04:24 pm
