Movie Reviews and Previews World War Z’s triumph of mediocrity I’m in the middle of a horrible bout of food poisoning on the same weekend World War Z beat projections and earned an estimated $66 million at the domestic box office. Even if those numbers end up a little high, it’s still way better than the official projection By Sarah • Jun 24, 2013 02:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Spider-Man’s girl problem In the wake of the announcement that Sony had pre-emptively greenlit two more Spider-Man movies with Andrew Garfield, it was also announced that Shailene Woodley, cast as Mary Jane Watson, was being cut from Spider-Man 2. At first, this wasn’t that big a deal. With two more movies to By Sarah • Jun 24, 2013 12:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Johnny & Armie on the red carpet The Lone Ranger premiere happened the other day. Not in Hollywood but at Disney California Adventure Park. Depp, as we know, has been a Disney man for some time now. He’s made a lot of money for Disney as Captain Jack Sparrow. Disney has paid him a lot of By Lainey • Jun 24, 2013 09:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Groped by the Kingslayer Cameron Diaz is still working on The Other Woman in New York. I feel like her entire wardrobe in this movie is white. Am I crazy? Anyway, today’s scene involved her being groped in public by Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, the Kingslayer in a neck brace. That’s not entirely acting, By Lainey • Jun 21, 2013 03:30 pm
Girlcrushes Anna Kendrick shoots The Last Five Years It always seems so effortless for Anna Kendrick. Check out these pictures of her from the Staten Island set of The Last Five Years. Doesn't she make it look easy? I'm kind of afraid to even go to Staten Island (tell me I'm wrong, By Dean • Jun 21, 2013 12:57 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Natalie & Reese Are they talking about babies? I bet you they’re talking about babies. We don’t see a lot of Natalie Portman. She doesn’t show up at the opening of everything. She’s not Jessica Alba. And even though she’s been living in LA for a while now, By Lainey • Jun 21, 2013 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tris glows Duana wrote about the Entertainment Weekly Divergent cover yesterday -- click here for a refresher. She wasn’t feeling it. Specifically the way Shailene Woodley looks as Tris, her point being that it’s called Divergent for a reason. Tris is Divergent. She is Dauntless AND Abnegation. And in that By Lainey • Jun 20, 2013 03:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Photo Assumption: Veronica Mars Production Stills If these are going to keep coming, this is going to keep being a lot of fun for us. Let’s see what we can figure out here. Yet another shot of Gia, hmmm? Krysten Ritter is lovely and amusing, don’t get me wrong. But methinks that, while the By Duana • Jun 20, 2013 03:27 pm
Media Manipulation Tony Stark will return...but not alone Marvel just confirmed that they’ve signed Robert Downey Jr, the biggest movie star in the world, for The Avengers 2 and 3. BOTH of them. Now remember, he made $50 million on the first Avengers. So ... I mean... whatever they offered him must have been very, very sweet. And By Lainey • Jun 20, 2013 02:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James Franco, artiste, wants your money It started with Veronica Mars, then came Zach Braff, and now the Artiste, James Franco, is on a crowdfunding platform attempting to raise money for a new feature film project. Franco is seeking $500,000 in order to make three films based on his own short stories, to be directed By Sarah • Jun 20, 2013 12:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades Of My Obsession It was the obvious title of this post. What else could it be? Thank you for all your emails and tweets. And your concern. And your mockery. You know what I love? I love that you reached out to me on this news. This is vanity, yes. Let me own By Lainey • Jun 19, 2013 06:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Am I one of them? A hypocrite, I mean. I really don’t want to be. But I can feel it closing in. Is it nobler to admit it, or to feign that it’s not happening? The truth is always the way, right? Here’s what I’m saying: after whining about how people By Duana • Jun 19, 2013 12:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anchorman 2 has salon-quality hair After promising teasers, the first trailer for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues has been released and it’s already quotable. This is the measure of a good comedy—not necessarily a good movie, but a good comedy—how often and how long you can quote it. Let’s call it… By Sarah • Jun 19, 2013 12:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Cumberbatch in Greece, Fassbender in the South Benedict Cumberbatch was in Greece yesterday to promote Sherlock. He looks hot. As in temperature. In other Cumberbatch news, a still of him in Twelve Years A Slave, Steve McQueen’s upcoming film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor about a free man tricked into slavery was released yesterday. Michael Fassbender plays an By Lainey • Jun 19, 2013 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews When you’ve been replaced by Leonardo DiCaprio... Is John Travolta the next option? Robert De Niro has been working a LOT. On his IMDB page, there are 17 features on his resumé since 2010. He has several more films in development. None of them with Martin Scorsese...unfortunately? I mean...De Niro was great in Silver Linings By Lainey • Jun 18, 2013 04:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bike Boy & Skater Girl First reaction seeing these shots of Taylor Lautner on set today in New York: I thought they already made this movie...? It was the one with Lily Collins. Didn’t see it but the trailer showed him on the run all the time and super intense about his identity -- By Lainey • Jun 18, 2013 12:50 pm
