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 -- one By Lainey • Jun 18, 2013 12:50 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Sandy’s black press tour Sandra Bullock is currently promoting The Heat in Europe. She wore black at the London premiere last week -- click here for a refresher -- and she wore black again at the photo call today in Berlin. This is a good look. I love a well tailored classic shirt and that leather By Lainey • Jun 18, 2013 12:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Carb Face Hustle? But is it really carb face on Brad Pitt? Or are we looking at fillers? I’ve been writing about this for a few months now. Click here, and here, and here for previous examples and comparison. If it was carb face, the body doesn’t really match. To match By Lainey • Jun 17, 2013 03:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Eddie is a leftie Eddie Redmayne played tennis with some other celebrities at the Rally Against Cancer charity match at the AEGON Championships in London the other day. I kept looking at this shot of him thinking it was a two hand forehand, evidence of my right hand bias. Because when I asked my By Lainey • Jun 17, 2013 12:31 pm
Douchebags Matthew McConaughey, scene stealer That was my first impression watching the first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio -- Jesus, Matthew McConaughey’s become quite the scene stealer, non? We might be looking at a double nomination for McConaughey next award season: Best Actor for The Dallas Buyers By Lainey • Jun 17, 2013 11:11 am
Baby and Bump Obsession My Obsession’s West Coast Father’s Day My Obsession, the Taylor-Johnsons, have been in Vancouver for the last couple of months while Aaron Taylor-Johnson works on Godzilla (with Walt White). By the way, I was on a flight with Bryan Cranston a couple of weeks ago. He was super low key, very unassuming. Looked like By Lainey • Jun 17, 2013 10:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Henry’s Super Weekend You see Man Of Steel this weekend? Some of you must have. The movie opened huge, setting the record for biggest all time in June. As predicted then, Man Of Steel will probably come in at #2 when the year is over, after only Iron Man 3. Which means they’ By Lainey • Jun 17, 2013 10:17 am
Maple Leaf Keanu's Movie for Nerds We've seen many faces of Keanu Reeves over the years. There's Keanu the insanely successful blockbuster star, Keanu the art house gay-ish muse, Keanu the idiot, Keanu the romcom leading man, Keanu the sad Chateau Marmont cliche. Now say hello to Keanu the director. The By Dean • Jun 14, 2013 11:53 am
