Movie Reviews and Previews Walking out on James McAvoy James McAvoy will be at TIFF with Jessica Chastain for a preview of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her/Him. The last time he was at TIFF we had a cigarette out the window. I think he’s quit now. Or maybe he’s switched to e-cigs like me. By Lainey • Aug 28, 2013 11:50 am
BFFs Why can’t this be more than friends? Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are kicking off the Venice Film Festival tonight with Gravity. Here they are at the photocall this afternoon. Now WHYYYYYYYYYYY can’t this be more than friends? They clearly like each other. And if the physical is any indication, they seem to bring out the By Lainey • Aug 28, 2013 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matthew McConaughey in the first Dallas Buyers Club trailer We saw the pictures from the set last year and what we've been asking so far about Dallas Buyers Club has been pretty fluffy stuff like - how did Matthew McConaughey lose all that weight?! Or maybe - is he replacing Julie Bowen as my new thinspo?? (KIDDING!) But the By Dean • Aug 28, 2013 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Katie shoots at home Katie Holmes is from Ohio. She's shooting a movie in Ohio now called Miss Meadows. I guess that's quite a Miss Meadows outfit then. It'd be a Diane Kruger outfit but for the shoes though. Her co-star in the film is James Badge By Lainey • Aug 27, 2013 04:02 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Sandy, Louis, and George together again The Venice Film Festival opens tomorrow. First film: Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. I’ve talked to a few people at TIFF. They all said it’s an extraordinary piece of filmmaking. So for those of you who’ve been asking me what to line up for at By Lainey • Aug 27, 2013 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Divergent first teaser Shailene’s somehow unannoying VMAs There was a kind of feeling of quiet despair at the VMAs. Did you feel it, at home on your couch? I think it was because there was so much promise – NSYNC, Taylor and Harry, Drake – and then so much sweaty disappointment. The four members of NSYNC who know that By Duana • Aug 26, 2013 12:31 pm
Style Best Dressed Of The Week: Robert Sheehan He’s in Madrid with Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower. I don’t see why I have to justify why he’s the Best Dressed Of The Week. But if you really want me to, here’s how I break it down: -Nathan is wearing a carpet on the By Lainey • Aug 23, 2013 01:30 pm
TV Updates Who is Troy Dyer? If you’ve been reading this blog long enough, you know how a few of us here feel about Reality Bites – ok maybe just Duana and me. This is the origin of our love-hate for Ethan Hawke. And our enduring love for loafers with anything. If you clicked on By Lainey • Aug 23, 2013 10:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bradley Cooper is a space raccoon After the relief of Vin Diesel being relegated to playing a tree, the next bout of Marvel casting speculation turned to the final piece of the Guardians of the Galaxy puzzle—who would voice Rocket Raccoon, the trigger happy space varmint and biggest WTF element of a WTF-heavy concept. By Sarah • Aug 23, 2013 09:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck is Batman: the Nerd angle Well it’s definitely a better pick than some MTV pretty boy. The news that Ben Affleck will be Batman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel was greeted, predictably, with equal parts nerd-joy and nerd-rage. The joy mostly comes from Affleck being a proper actor—did By Sarah • Aug 23, 2013 09:01 am
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck is Batman: the Gossip angle Remember when some Teen Wolf actor tried to convince people that he could be Batman? Click here for a refresher. It makes that guy look even worse now. Because, well, they were obviously aiming a lot higher. Two weeks ago The Hollywood Reporter put out a long list that included By Lainey • Aug 23, 2013 08:46 am
Movie Reviews and Previews First teaser for Jon Snow’s first leading role The movie is called Pompeii. As he told me a few months ago at the Game Of Thrones S3 premiere, it’s Kit Harington’s first leading film role. Obviously about Mt Vesuvius. Do they teach Mt Vesuvius the way they taught it in the prehistoric era when I grew By Lainey • Aug 22, 2013 10:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for August 22, 2013 Dear Gossips, Have you read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak? I referenced The Book Thief exactly 3 years ago here in a post arguing in favour of YA – that it’s underrated, that it’s ignorant to dismiss it on the basis of its classification, because otherwise you’d By Lainey • Aug 22, 2013 08:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Marion & Michael Fassbender It’s an adaptation of MacBeth with Michael Fassbender as the title character. Sarah previously wrote about it here. Word is, it will be Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth. According to Deadline filming starts in January. I love this casting choice. SO much. You already know that Marion is talented. By Lainey • Aug 21, 2013 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Fifty Shades of Jax Teller? There was a rumour that started on Monday that Charlie Hunnam is now the latest frontrunner – of what’s become a long list of frontrunners – to play Christian Grey in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey. Yesterday, his team and the studio moved quickly to clarify that no By Lainey • Aug 21, 2013 10:56 am
BFFs Jennifer & Justin celebrate in Mexico We’re The Millers is doing reasonably well at the box office. Much better than Wanderlust. So Jennifer Aniston is apparently celebrating the success of her movie in, well, where else? Mexico. Check out Jennifer and Justin Theroux arriving in Mexico yesterday with Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka By Lainey • Aug 20, 2013 04:43 pm
