Movie Reviews and Previews The Electric State and the cinematic state Since Avengers: Endgame, the Russo Brothers haven’t been able to replicate their Marvel success anywhere else. As directors, their Tom Holland-led TV series Cherry failed to get mainstream notice—to be fair, a common problem for Apple TV+ series—and their Netflix film, The Gray Man is synonymous with By Sarah • Oct 18, 2024 11:38 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amy and Zendaya: Longshots A few months ago, when it was announced that Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch would premiere at TIFF, the list of Best Actress Oscar hopefuls expanded to include the film’s star, Amy Adams. Amy’s been nominated multiple times already, some consider her “overdue”, and she’s always reliably solid By Lainey • Oct 17, 2024 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Cynthia Erivo's reclamation Cynthia Erivo took to social media to slam a fan-edited poster for her upcoming film, Wicked. Earlier this month, Warner Brothers released a poster for the film in which nearly the whole face of her character, Elphaba, is visible. But the recent fan edit making the rounds on social media By Stephanie • Oct 17, 2024 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jude Law and unsilly Nicholas Hoult I really wanted to catch Justin Kurzel’s new film, The Order, at TIFF and it just did not fit into my schedule. But it’s coming in December, so just in time for the holidays, let’s have a film about neo-Nazis and white supremacists. I love how awards By Sarah • Oct 17, 2024 10:33 am
Music Intro for October 17, 2024 Dear Gossips, Megan Thee Stallion shared the trailer for her upcoming documentary, Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words, yesterday; the doc premieres on Prime Video on October 31. This is, as promised, Megan taking viewers through her struggle, her pain, her disappointment, but also her triumph. We know it’s By Lainey • Oct 17, 2024 09:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Proper scares with The Monkey Just based on a title treatment teaser, I was into Oz Perkins’ new film, The Monkey. But now that the actual teaser has dropped, well, I texted Lainey “EXTREMELY MY SH-T” because The Monkey is, to be clear, EXTREMELY MY SH-T. Perkins’ work has always been right up my alley. By Sarah • Oct 16, 2024 11:17 am
Quiveration Paul Mescal leads with Pelvis Paul Mescal covers the new issue of GQ and I’m not even going to pretend that I’ve read the article. Reading is for later and I won’t apologise. I also don’t think I need to apologise because both he and the magazine know exactly what they’ By Lainey • Oct 15, 2024 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cathy and Heathcliff for Chanel It was announced a couple of weeks ago that Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will star as Cathy and Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. But first they’re co-starring in a new ad for Chanel No 5. I know this is supposed to be exciting because By Lainey • Oct 15, 2024 10:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Martha’s moment Martha Stewart is an icon, and she’s having a moment with multiple documentaries about her life on streaming. A few months ago, it was The Many Lives of Martha Stewart on Max, and now it’s RJ Cutler’s documentary, Martha, coming to Netflix on October 30. The trailer By Sarah • Oct 11, 2024 01:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita’s very good year Lupita Nyong’o is having a very good year, what with A Quiet Place: Day One being a respectable mid-budget hit this summer, and now The Wild Robot putting together an impressive run for a non-Pixar, non-Illumination animated film. Next year, she will star as Viola in Free Shakespeare in By Sarah • Oct 11, 2024 01:04 pm
Style Outfits of the Week: Emilia Pérez Emilia Pérez has been an Oscar contender since its world premiere in Cannes back in May. Jacques Audiard is already considered a cinematic legend, and all four women of the cast were named Best Actress at that festival. The film was then screened at TIFF last month, reigniting momentum for By Lainey • Oct 11, 2024 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice Whether or not you are capable of finding any sympathy for Donald Trump is between you and Ali Abbasi’s new film, The Apprentice. Starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald just making a name for himself in the world of 1970s New York real estate, The Apprentice is a By Sarah • Oct 11, 2024 10:56 am
Style Dream casting the Britney movie We know that the film adaptation of Britney Spears’ memoir, The Woman in Me, is going to be made by Jon M. Chu and will be released by Universal. At some point in time, there will be a Britney movie. Which means someone needs to play Britney. Sydney Sweeney seems By Sarah • Oct 11, 2024 10:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Saturday Night Not-Live There is a moment in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, a love letter to Lorne Michaels and his long-running late-night sketch series, where it seems like Reitman saw Aaron Sorkin’s own (short-lived) Saturday Night Live-inspired series and said, “I can do that, but better.” There is an inherent Sorkin-esque By Sarah • Oct 10, 2024 02:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Andrew Garfield’s Heart Keeps Cracking Andrew Garfield is currently promoting We Live in Time which opens in limited release this week and wide next week. The film’s world premiere happened last month here in Toronto at TIFF (you can read Sarah’s review here), it’s about a couple, played by Andrew and Florence By Lainey • Oct 10, 2024 10:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Questioning A Complete Unknown When the teaser for the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, dropped, I said it would be my dad’s favorite movie of the year, because he loves folk music, and Pete Seeger is his favorite folk guy, and Joan Baez is one of his favorite folk gals, and the By Sarah • Oct 09, 2024 03:04 pm
