Movie Reviews and Previews Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones in Twisters Twisters is a rare legacy sequel that is unburdened by the original film’s story and characters. Much as Doug Liman’s Road House treats the 1989 original film as a genre unto itself, so, too, does Twisters, the 28-years later sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twister, treat its source By Sarah • Jul 19, 2024 12:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Goth Gilmore Girls The first looks we’ve gotten at Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s legacy sequel of the 1980s horror-comedy classic Beetlejuice, really didn’t give away much about the new movie except nostalgia vibes and that Lydia Deetz has a daughter. The new trailer, though, coming just about six weeks before By Sarah • Jul 19, 2024 10:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Russo Brothers are returning to Marvel Today in No Duh News, it’s been reported that sibling filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo are returning to Marvel to direct Avengers 5 and 6. This after Shawn Levy, director of Deadpool & Wolverine, was being considered—maybe even offered?—the job, but honestly, the Russos returning makes all By Sarah • Jul 18, 2024 12:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Who else but Glen Powell? I just posted about Manny Jacinto and his popularity surge coming out of The Acolyte and how he knows he still has to fight for opportunities being a person of colour. Manny and Glen Powell are around-ish the same age. Both struggled for years in the industry, it wasn’t By Lainey • Jul 18, 2024 11:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sebastian Stan’s other face Sebastian Stan got some headlines earlier this summer when it was revealed that distributors are wary of buying the Trump movie he stars in with Jeremy Strong. But he has another movie this year, which premiered first at Sundance to some of the best reviews of his career. It’s By Sarah • Jul 17, 2024 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lady Deadpool and the Deadpool Corps arrive Twisters is the big movie this week, and I expect it’s going to do better than expected, but Deadpool & Wolverine is the big movie next week, and it’s going to be one of the biggest movies of the year. This is an unforced error on Universal and By Sarah • Jul 16, 2024 03:49 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Winslet and Andy Samberg’s unlikely partnership Last week I mentioned Kate Winslet’s upcoming war biopic of photographer Lee Miller, titled Lee, mostly in reference to how hot Andy Samberg looks in this movie. Now there is a full trailer for Lee, though, so let’s talk about Winslet and Lee Miller, who was a very By Sarah • Jul 16, 2024 02:40 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Glen Powell’s best boy Twisters opens this week, which is fitting as massive storms have ripped through the Midwest over the last forty-eight hours, and I’ve spent two nights in a row tucked into my closet with my cat as tornado sirens go off in Chicago (a rarity, I assure you). To promote By Sarah • Jul 16, 2024 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Queer Americana in National Anthem Luke Gilford’s feature film debut, National Anthem, is a coming-of-age tale of the tenderest sort, set in rural America as a young man discovers the place where he truly belongs. Inspired by Gilford’s own monograph National Anthem: America’s Queer Rodeo, National Anthem centers on Dylan (Charlie Plummer) By Sarah • Jul 12, 2024 04:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews New world, new Cap With Deadpool & Wolverine and Comic Con just around the corner—Deadpool opens on Comic Con weekend—Marvel is ramping up for their latest round of major marketing, which means we’re getting a first look at Captain America: Brave New World, aka the one without Chris Evans. Anthony Mackie By Sarah • Jul 12, 2024 01:16 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Hot Brisket in LA Speaking of Twisters , that film’s Los Angeles premiere was yesterday. Glen Powell showed up in a truck and more importantly, with BRISKET. Glen Powell is running the Chris Evans Adorable Dog playbook, and it is WORKING. I LOVE BRISKET. Look at him! Look at his little face! Brisket is By Sarah • Jul 12, 2024 12:23 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Deadpool inches closer The last two major blockbusters of summer 2024 are coming up over the next couple weeks, with Twisters opening next week, and then Deadpool & Wolverine on July 26. Deadpool is expected to be one of the biggest films of the year, and is tracking for a $160-165 million opening By Sarah • Jul 12, 2024 10:20 am
Gorgessity Winona Winona… and Winona A name you can say three times. A name you want to say more than three times. A name you want to say forever. A name we’ve been saying for almost 40 years because that’s how long Winona Ryder has been famous – almost 40 years. If you’re By Lainey • Jul 11, 2024 02:54 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kevin Costner’s box office bomb This is the year of rich A-listers spending their own dime on passion projects—some might say “vanity projects”—and in Kevin Costner’s case, it isn’t working out as hoped. His awkwardly titled Western epic Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is bombing at the box office, and By Sarah • Jul 11, 2024 01:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The FloField movie is here At last year’s Oscars Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield set the internet ablaze with their palpable chemistry when they presented Sarah Polley with the Best Adapted Screenplay award. They were immediately dubbed “FloField” by Lainey, and just as quickly we learned they were making a movie together. Well, that By Sarah • Jul 11, 2024 10:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jodie Comer’s next thing Well, The Bikeriders did not become the summer sleeper Focus Features was hoping. While it was never expected to be a $100 million blockbuster, it managed just $29 million, which isn’t a total disaster but given the film’s $30 million price tag, it isn’t great, either. The By Sarah • Jul 10, 2024 02:02 pm
