Movie Reviews and Previews Brad Pitt & George Clooney in Wolfs Truth, beauty, and good movies are in the eye of the beholder. Take, for instance, Jon Watts’ first post-Spider-Man feature film, Wolfs. It’s a crime caper starring two of the last real Movie Stars, George Clooney and Brad Pitt, it’s set in the world of New York’s By Sarah • Sep 23, 2024 12:51 pm
Style Zendaya reminds us of Dune: Part 2 A majority of the films that are contending during award season are fall releases. Not all, but a majority. So for films that are in contention with earlier releases, it’s about reminding voters and audiences, as the conversation becomes more crowded, that they should remain in the race. That’ By Lainey • Sep 23, 2024 10:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse’s double shot Speaking of actors with two notable films this year, Saoirse Ronan has entered the chat. She has two films out this fall, addiction drama The Outrun, which opens next week, and Blitz, Steve McQueen’s period drama about a family during the London Blitz of World War II, which opens By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan launches his campaign(s) Sebastian Stan has two films out this year, A Different Man and The Apprentice. Both have earned him the highest praise of his career so far, including the Silver Bear for acting at the Berlin International Film Festival for A Different Man. And despite the controversy surrounding it—threats of By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 11:29 am
Style Oh yeah, there’s a new Transformers movie And this time it’s animated! It’s called Transformers One and it’s the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron and their whole deal. I know children who are excited for this—the childish appeal of shape-shifting robots is eternal—and no one else. As an adult with By Sarah • Sep 20, 2024 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Demi Lovato is for the kids Demi Lovato is reflecting on some of the struggles she faced trying to make sense of her life as a young celebrity. Despite being vocal in the past about her experiences as a child star and the legacy of those issues, which undoubtedly played a role in her near-fatal overdose By Stephanie • Sep 19, 2024 11:14 am
Gorgessity Lily Gladstone in a great suit Post Emmys, Lily Gladstone is back at work, promoting Fancy Dance, alongside co-star Isabel Deroy-Olson and director Erica Tremblay. The film is now streaming on Apple TV+ and it is very good. They attended a SAG screening in Los Angeles on Monday, as the gears of awards season are starting By Sarah • Sep 18, 2024 03:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews George Clooney will do the interview Big show for Jimmy Kimmel last night. As mentioned in today’s site open, Oprah popped in and he also had George Clooney there. George is doing promo for Wolfs (we’ll get to that in a minute) but since he was following Oprah’s moment on the show, and By Lainey • Sep 18, 2024 01:16 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JLo’s new deal I’ll credit Duana, yet again, who first described Jennifer Lopez as “Teflon” on an episode of our Show Your Work podcast years ago – because it’s not like JLo doesn’t experience dips; dips are normal in life and in show business. And JLo’s had her share of By Lainey • Sep 18, 2024 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Twice the RPattz Bong-Joon Ho’s Parasite follow-up, Mickey 17, has been a source of much interest, as Bong is allegedly engaged in a power struggle with executives at Warner Bros. Discovery for final cut of the film. I wonder if that situation is now resolved, because the first trailer for Mickey 17 By Sarah • Sep 18, 2024 10:28 am
Gorgessity Demi Moore up close Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid, opens this weekend. The film first premiered in Cannes back in May, which is when the Oscar buzz for Demi first started. That was early and now that fall festival season has started and other contenders have By Lainey • Sep 17, 2024 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Hyun Bin in Harbin South Korean filmmaker Woo Min-ho has a knack for thrillers, having previously made the spy thriller The Man Standing Next, Inside Men, and The Spies, though that film takes a more comedic approach to the genre. His latest film is another spy thriller, Harbin, which fictionalizes the 1909 assassination of By Sarah • Sep 13, 2024 03:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Andrea Arnold’s Bird Andrea Arnold’s work is often concerned with animals, whether it’s the horse of Fish Tank, the turtle of American Honey, or the titular cow in Cow. In Bird, there are, yes, birds. But there are also horses, dogs, foxes, fish, and a patch of green thriving on the By Sarah • Sep 13, 2024 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Stephen King saved Salem’s Lot Spooky season, pumpkin spice season, sweater weather time, autumn, fall, whatever your preferred terminology, we’re almost there, and that means it’s time to start looking at trailers for all the scary movies coming in October. Salem’s Lot would be notable at any time, as it is one By Sarah • Sep 13, 2024 11:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Elizabeth Olsen’s strategic lunch While hanging out during TIFF, Lainey and I were talking about paparazzi photos, and I said that ever since taking over editing the site on Fridays, I’ve really come to appreciate the celebrities who get their picture taken when they have trailers and new movies, etc, dropping. It’s By Sarah • Sep 13, 2024 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl The Coppola filmmaking dynasty is full of notable directors, writers, and actors, and with The Last Showgirl, director Gia Coppola announces herself as the latest Francis-spawn (he’s her grandfather) that must be taken seriously. Nine years after her feature directorial debut, Palo Alto, Coppola delivers a film that feels By Sarah • Sep 12, 2024 02:36 pm
