Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine By the time you reach the third film in a franchise, it either works for you, or it doesn’t. Like if seeing Deadpool straight murder a bunch of people with a corpse while dancing to N*SYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” doesn’t sound like your jam, then Deadpool By Sarah • Jul 26, 2024 12:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews James McAvoy is back James McAvoy was trending on Twitter—I will NEVER call it X—yesterday because he took his shirt off in the trailer for Speak No Evil and everyone was like, Oh yeah, James McAvoy is super hot. I feel like we have this conversation every few years, because McAvoy has By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 03:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Dork Storm 2024: Infinity Dork It’s that time of year again, when dorks unite in San Diego to celebrate everything geek culture. That’s right, it’s Comic Con. Though it feels different now than it used to, in large part because the sheer dominance of Hall H, where movie studios and TV networks By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hartnettaissance has officially begun M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap is just a couple weeks away, and I honestly can’t remember the last time I was genuinely excited for a new Shyamalan movie. I’m always down to try his latest movie—when he misses, he MISSES, but when he hits, he HITS—but By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Timmy’s running Here’s a nice hump day surprise: the teaser for A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet has arrived…which makes me wonder if it’s going to be ready in time for the fall festivals. This film was just shooting two months ago, and though I By Sarah • Jul 24, 2024 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Queens of Venice The Venice Film Festival revealed its lineup yesterday and, just as it was with TIFF the day before, after last year’s strikes muted the brilliance of the stars, they’re coming back with the dial cranked to max with huge names expected on the Lido at the end of By Lainey • Jul 24, 2024 11:59 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Is Joker all a dream? The Venice Film Festival starts in just about a month, and one of the biggest premieres it will host is for Joker: Folie à Deux. A new trailer has been released, and I like this one less than I did the first one. It definitely looks like Folie àDeux IS By Sarah • Jul 24, 2024 10:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 24, 2024 Dear Gossips, Today is Jennifer Lopez’s 55th birthday. So far on social media she’s been reposting birthday tributes from fans in her IG stories but, at the time of this writing, she hasn’t yet shared anything new. And of course everyone continues to wonder about him, and By Lainey • Jul 24, 2024 09:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Deadpool’s final push Deadpool & Wolverine opens at the end of the week, and since I just nailed a box office prediction with Twisters, I’ll try again with this one. Deadpool is tracking for a $160 million opening weekend, but once again I think that’s low, and it will go upwards By Sarah • Jul 23, 2024 10:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for July 23, 2024 Dear Gossips, Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool & Wolverine, Deadpool & Wolverine… It’s the long-awaited monster movie opening this weekend, will probably be the biggest movie of the year in terms of box office, and it’s the one that will dominate all movie discussions for the next few days, By Lainey • Jul 23, 2024 09:31 am
Maple Leaf When Ryan met Madonna Do you think Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman even know what day it is anymore? These two have been promoting Deadpool & Wolverine everywhere, literally around the world, for weeks. And it’s giving Tom Cruise in terms of ubiquity but also energy. It must help, of course, that Ryan By Lainey • Jul 22, 2024 02:52 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Festival Season Angelina As mentioned in the previous post about Jennifer Lopez, the Toronto International Film Festival announced its lineup this year and it looks very strong. This is the bounce-back that TIFF and other high profile fall festivals needed after last year because the strike grounded a lot of talent participation. Remember By Lainey • Jul 22, 2024 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JLo: A Bridgerton Birthday and a TIFF premiere Bridgerton is about finding love in the ton and Jennifer Lopez loves love, so perhaps not surprising that she threw a Bridgerton-themed birthday party in the Hamptons this weekend. Friends and family, including her mother and also Sarah Jessica Parker, were all seen showing up in Bridgerton fits but we By Lainey • Jul 22, 2024 12:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Twisters blew away the box office I said it! Did I not say it?! I did! I said Twisters would beat expectations! Very specifically I said it would make $80 million: “…the $50 million estimate for Twisters feels low, I won’t be surprised if that movie hits around $80 million.” Twisters blew away its opening By Sarah • Jul 22, 2024 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Yes, that’s Bridget Here’s Renee Zellweger this week on the set of the new Bridget Jones movie shooting in England. Ant Antstead came to see her at one point, which is sweet, but this is not the love interest that interests me. First though, let’s talk about Bridget, specifically the look By Lainey • Jul 19, 2024 03:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews KiKi Layne in Dandelion KiKi Layne is so naturally luminous on screen that a single closeup of her face can engender audience sympathy for her character. Filmmaker Nicole Riegel, directing Layne in her new film Dandelion, understands this quality in her star, and uses it to both make us care about her character and By Sarah • Jul 19, 2024 02:01 pm
