Amazingness When Julia met Taylor As mentioned in today’s open, Meryl Streep cancelled last minute due to illness. Which meant that Julia didn’t have to share. We lose for missing Meryl. We win when it’s All About Julia. But look at her. That’s a Movie Star. You are tired of me By Lainey • Sep 10, 2013 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for September 9, 2013 Dear Gossips, TIFF's artistic director, Cameron Bailey, had a great weekend. So far, almost all the "possible contenders" have delivered, the most notable being Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave, which now seems like a straight up lock for a Best Picture Oscar nomination, By Lainey • Sep 09, 2013 08:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Diana’s bad reviews You should read some of the reviews for Diana. They’re brutal. Here’s a sample: “Poor Princess Diana. I hesitate to use the term "car crash cinema". But the awful truth is that, 16 years after that terrible day in 1997, she has died another awful death. By Lainey • Sep 06, 2013 09:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brace yourselves for Oscar: TIFF 2013 Preview People keep complaining about how terrible movies are, and while yes, it was a bad summer for the studios, there have already been some pretty great movies this year. If anything, the ham-stringing of the tent poles opened up the market for smaller independent and character-driven movies to By Sarah • Sep 05, 2013 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jakey post-Persia What I wrote yesterday about Charlie Hunnam’s decision to play Christian Grey in Fifty Shades Of Grey – click here for a refresher -- and whether or not it would be like Batman for George Clooney, a role he’d regret and have to make up for… It’s what Jake By Lainey • Sep 04, 2013 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews No excuses from Channing Tatum? White House Down was not a hit for Channing Tatum. He and Jamie Foxx are in Europe right now trying to make up for some of those losses but it won’t be enough. WHD is Tatum’s first stumble after a series of smash hits. What’s his excuse? By Lainey • Sep 03, 2013 11:13 am
Style Scarlett Johansson, alien, in Venice Scarlett Johansson was in Venice today to promote Under The Skin. She arrived at the festival with her boyfriend, Romain Dauriac. They’ve been together now for almost a year. Look at her, wearing the f-cking sh-t out of those pants. In Under The Skin, Scarlett is an By Lainey • Sep 03, 2013 10:58 am
Media Manipulation Dakota Johnson & Charlie Hunnam: Anastasia & Christian EL James, the author of Fifty Shades Of Grey, announced yesterday that she’d found an actress to play her in her fantasy with Robert Pattinson. Dakota Johnson will be Anastasia Steele. Charlie Hunnan is Christian Grey. So the biggest move of his career is a replacement for Robert Pattinson. By Lainey • Sep 03, 2013 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom Hardy Locke Tom Hardy was in Venice this weekend to promote his new film Locke. The timing could not be better. Because the last time we talked about Tom Hardy it was about his Twitter account. And that f-cking video. Click here for a refresher if you have to but if By Lainey • Sep 03, 2013 08:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Festival hopping with Mia & Jesse Mia Wasikowska walked the carpet in black last night at the Venice Film Festival for Tracks. The reviews have been solid and, once again, Wasikowska has delivered a fine performance, re-confirming her status as one of the most talented young actresses of her generation. Tracks will also screen at By Lainey • Aug 30, 2013 12:03 pm
Dumbass Armie’s underwhelming summer Armie Hammer was supposed to be a big time movie star by now. Only The Lone Ranger didn’t deliver. But, you know, that was the critics’ fault. Blame them. If the critics didn’t take a dump on the movie, would Armie Hammer have had a shot at Batman? By Lainey • Aug 30, 2013 11:23 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James Spader is an evil robot The Avengers have their Ultron, the psychotic rampaging robot who tries to destroy humanity, and they’ve found him in the form of James Spader. *record scratch* What a WEIRD pick. But weird/good, not weird/bad. It’s just so out of left field. And yet, as I think By Sarah • Aug 30, 2013 10:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Gravity is good, Sandy challenges Cate Gravity might be great. Rapturous early reviews are coming out of the Venice Film Festival where Sandra Bullock and George Clooney presented the film for the first time yesterday. The film is being called a visual masterpiece, in particular its 13 minute opening – a single shot. This, then, is not By Lainey • Aug 29, 2013 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 29, 2013 Dear Gossips, A change in format today. I have press all day for The Social, our upcoming afternoon talk show premiering on Monday on CTV in Canada. We start at 6am ET with interviews every half hour or so. Normally I try to structure my work schedule to accommodate for By Lainey • Aug 29, 2013 09:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Carrie returns I have a love/hate relationship with horror movies; the love stems from a childhood spent watching Hitchcock, Vincent Price and Mystery Science Theater 3000, and the hate comes from the late trend of torture porn that’s strictly about the fetishizing of female fear for consumption by a predominantly By Sarah • Aug 28, 2013 02:46 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch weekend in a week The Fifth Estate opens TIFF a week tomorrow. Am kind of curious to see how many of Benedict Cumberbatch’s fans show up at Roy Thomson Hall that night. And what level of Twi-Hard they reach. Like will they be breaking into all the hotels in the vicinity? Will By Lainey • Aug 28, 2013 12:32 pm
