Media Manipulation Jake Gyllenhaal could take a cue from Chris Evans That is a truly bizarre sentence to write. The last time Jake G had a movie in theaters was nearly eighteen months ago, last spring’s Source Code. Since then, he’s kept a relatively low profile as he recalibrates after his Movie Star dreams died a slow, inexorable death By Sarah • Aug 16, 2012 01:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Colin Farrell’s date: mom Colin Farrell took his mother to the Irish premiere of Total Recall last night in Dublin. No, you can’t say Total Recall sh-t the bed. But it’s also fair to say that they would have wanted it to do better. A lot better. Nikki Finke over at By Lainey • Aug 15, 2012 01:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews What’s next for Jeremy Renner and Bourne I’ve been tracking the rise of Jeremy Renner as his bid for legit Movie Stardom culminated with The Bourne Legacy. The late shift in schedule turned out to be a really good idea, puting enough distance between it and The Dark Knight Rises, allowing Legacy to take the #1 By Sarah • Aug 13, 2012 10:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Bourne Legacy’s expectation gap I saw The Bourne Legacy, and I liked it. It’s not a perfect movie and it definitely has some issues (you can read my full review here) but it’s not bad, not by a long shot. And I certainly wasn’t disappointed by it, probably because I didn’ By Sarah • Aug 09, 2012 11:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Pippy & Shelfy release trailers Gerard Butler’s Playing For Keeps was pushed back from its original release date more than once. Now they think the holiday season might be a good time for it to meet audiences. Gerard Butler + Jessica Biel as parents in a movie...in theatres... one week before The Hobbit and By Lainey • Aug 08, 2012 03:34 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Joss Whedon, King of the Superheroes For those of us who’ve been Joss Whedon fans since the Buffy days, those of us who’ve suffered through cancelled TV shows and canned film projects, Whedon’s monster success with The Avengers is sweet. It’s like saying—See, we told you this guy was good, we By Sarah • Aug 08, 2012 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James McAvoy’s cut-off sleeves James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain continue to work on The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby which, to me, based on pap photos only and no other knowledge so, yes, an ignorant assumption, feels a little like One Day. Anyway, as you can see, their characters have an argument and he gets By Lainey • Aug 06, 2012 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews When bad movies attack: Total Recall edition Look, it’s not like I expected Total Recall to be good. The 1990 original isn’t really good, but at least it’s fun in that way that bad movies can be. So while I didn’t expect the remake of Total Recall to be good, per se, I By Sarah • Aug 06, 2012 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart: onward She’s been embroiled in a cheating scandal but today some good news for Kristen Stewart: Vulture is reporting exclusively that Stewart has been confirmed to play Peyton in the film adaptation of Styron’s Lie Down In Darkness. She beat out Jennifer Lawrence for the job. Peyton is... certainly By Lainey • Aug 02, 2012 03:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Marvel wants to take over your TV, too In the wake of the success of The Avengers, Marvel is, of course, looking for ways to keep expanding their brand. Over the last few years, they’ve pursued traditional cross-platform partners with comic book tie-ins and an animated series (The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes), but now By Sarah • Aug 01, 2012 10:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Crunch time for Jeremy Renner I don’t know if you noticed—I certainly did—but back in April when The Avengers press tour was going on, Jeremy Renner had the distressing habit of showing up to every major event in an incredibly shiny suit. He had a definite Shiny Suit Problem. It was tragic By Sarah • Jul 31, 2012 10:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews I want to see Ruby Sparks Ruby Sparks opened in limited release this weekend. I haven’t seen it yet but really, really want to. For a few reasons: I love Zoe Kazan and she wrote it. I love Paul Dano (remember how wonderful he was in Little Miss Sunshine?). I love that Zoe and Paul By Lainey • Jul 30, 2012 12:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Hobbit hijacking With the summer superheroes out of the way, the next of the “most anticipated movies of 2012” is queued up and ready to go—Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth, The Hobbit. The film, subtitled An Unexpected Journey, is due in theaters in December. Part two, There and Back By Sarah • Jul 27, 2012 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Why trailers should not be so long Cloud Atlas will premiere at TIFF. Have you read it? As I noted the other day - click here for a refresher - I was nervous about how it could be a film and at the same time, curious about how it would look as a film as imagined by the Wachowskis. By Lainey • Jul 26, 2012 12:22 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews On The Dark Knight Rises The following review is spoiler-heavy. Please click away if you haven’t seen the movie. It was a good movie. I don’t think it was a great movie. 7 out of 10. Sorry? And I don’t mean about the length although it was certainly too long for By Lainey • Jul 24, 2012 02:45 pm
Maple Leaf GOOP & Ben, Ryan & Rachel: the TIFF exes And there’s Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz too! The Toronto International Film Festival announced its lineup today. As you know, award season really begins at TIFF. And they’re coming... Let’s deal with the ex-connection first: Ben Affleck’s new film Argo will have its world premiere By Lainey • Jul 24, 2012 12:20 pm
