Media Manipulation Promoting a movie without Katie Last year around this time, Tom Cruise was promoting Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol with Katie Holmes at his side and on his side. As you know, M:I4 did very, very good business, and it seemed like, finally, Tom was over the couch-jumping. And in the dead of the By Lainey • Dec 10, 2012 12:38 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hobbit review Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth, this time focusing on Frodo’s uncle Bilbo undertaking his own adventure as a young man, is good enough, but “good enough” feels like an indictment when the original LOTR trilogy ranged from “very good” to “extraordinary”. The central problem in The Hobbit By Sarah • Dec 07, 2012 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Star Trek Into Benedict Cumberbatch Because the first teaser for Star Trek Into Darkness is all about The Batch. As I mentioned earlier this week, we don’t know a lot about the plot or new characters in Star Trek 2. This teaser does little to shed light on either of those things. Mainly what By Sarah • Dec 06, 2012 02:04 pm
Bad Style Mrs Timberlake gives up the fringe At least for a night. And God, it makes all the difference. Her face, you can actually SEE her face. And it’s a really, really pretty face. And they did a great job with the makeup, now that they have something to work with, now that her hair is By Lainey • Dec 06, 2012 12:08 pm
Media Manipulation Ryan Gosling, presenter? Ryan Gosling met up with a friend/business associate for lunch yesterday at Gjelina in Venice. That’s the restaurant where you’re not allowed to request modifications to their menu items, like dressing on the side. Click here for a refresher. Ryan returns to theatres in a month in By Lainey • Dec 05, 2012 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Do you know who Dane DeHaan is? You’re probably going to have to learn. He’s had a very busy year with four films—Lincoln, Lawless, Jack & Diane and his stand-out turn as the villain in Chronicle—and next year he’s got Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot, Kill Your Darlings, and Place By Sarah • Dec 05, 2012 11:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Coach Taylor’s award season We miss him...but... I’m not sure if he really misses us. Because he’s busy. He’s working a lot. And he’s working very, very well. Here’s Kyle Chandler at the premiere of Zero Dark Thirty in New York last night with Kathryn Bigelow and Jessica By Lainey • Dec 05, 2012 10:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch Treks into Darkness I cannot stop making fun of the Star Trek 2 title, Star Trek Into Darkness. It sounds like an Annie Lennox song. “When the world ends/And hope is lost/We will rise again/Star Trek Into Darkness/Yeah/Star Trek Into Darkness”. In my head, it’s set to By Sarah • Dec 04, 2012 02:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar (Click here for Sarah’s Nostradamus on Matthew McConaughey. As I said then, she’s a big ball hitter.) Back in May in my Cannes preview, I noted that Matthew McConaughey was having a busy year, with five movies, including Cannes’ selections Mud and The Paperboy. It was for two By Sarah • Dec 04, 2012 11:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rachel Weisz takes out Hushpuppy The New York Film Critics Circle dropped a big surprise on award season yesterday in naming Rachel Weisz Best Actress for her performance in The Deep Blue Sea. Very, very few of the “Oscarologists” had her on their lists for the five nominee spots with the exception of Michael Musto By Lainey • Dec 04, 2012 10:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews My money is on Lee Pace Marvel’s “Phase 2” is underway with Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 in production and set for release next year, kicking off a slate of movies leading up to The Avengers 2 in 2015. Most of these are sequels to the Phase 1 movies, but they will be introducing By Sarah • Nov 30, 2012 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Definitely a fairy tale As I wrote last week, Winter’s Tale is about an orphan called Peter whose best friend is a white horse and he falls in love with a sick girl, Beverly. Here’s Colin Farrell as Peter, on his white horse, riding around with Lady Sybil as Beverly, who has By Lainey • Nov 29, 2012 04:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Anne Hathaway of Directors This week it was the directors’ turn to roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter. Last week Maria wrote about the Actress Roundtable, pointing out that Anne Hathaway is like jazz hands through the entire video. Click here for a refresher. Have you watched the directors? Ben Affleck, to me, is like By Lainey • Nov 29, 2012 03:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s budget superhero team In the wake of the monster success of The Avengers, Warner Brothers announced they will be bringing DC Comics’ own superhero super group, the Justice League, to the big screen. (Hilariously, they will attempt to do this in the same year that The Avengers 2 comes out.) The Justice League By Sarah • Nov 29, 2012 01:44 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matthew’s two Spirits Look at you, you sneaky motherf-cker. The Spirit Award nominations were announced on November 27 and in all the debate about Silver Linings Playbook and whether or not it should have been considered and if Harvey Weinstein bullied them into it, Matthew McConaughey’s two nominations seemed to be By Lainey • Nov 29, 2012 12:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hobbit shuts down New Zealand At least, that’s the impression the world premiere in Wellington yesterday gives. The red carpet was over 500 yards, running the length of several city blocks, and the crowd was estimated at 100,000. The cast arrived earlier in the week in a plane plastered with the faces of By Sarah • Nov 29, 2012 11:12 am
