Quiveration Fassbender, McGregor, and McHale! Well that got your attention, didn’t it? I don’t know why Joel McHale was moderating the Haywire Q&A after the secret screening of the movie at AFI Fest the other night. Like, he’s the star of his own hit cult comedy... But if you are By Lainey • Nov 08, 2011 01:28 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews It’s a princess cage match! I guess we should have seen this coming, with the worldwide popularity of the royal wedding this past spring and our obsession with the Cambridges, that there would be a rash of princess-themed movies in the wake of that interest. First it was Grace of Monaco and what is sure By Sarah • Nov 08, 2011 11:44 am
Maple Leaf Really, really popular Ryan Gosling is. This is Ryan in Austin on Friday shooting Lawless with Rooney Mara. Lawless is a Terrence Malick movie. Ryan is the lead. Supporting cast in addition to the aforementioned Mara: Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett. Um, not bad. And obviously he couldn’t say no. Ryan revealed By Lainey • Nov 07, 2011 04:04 pm
Bad Style Katie Holmes and bad movies Katie Holmes’s last movie before she met and married Tom Cruise was Thank You For Smoking. It was good. And then... Mad Money, The Romantics, The Extra Man, and most recently Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark and The Son Of No One, both of which were not By Lainey • Nov 07, 2011 03:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A handy list of actors who think you’re stupid That’s what Forbes should have called their list of “Hollywood’s most overpaid stars”. In and of itself, there’s nothing wrong with commercial filmmaking. It’s not a completely soulless endeavor, it’s just that it’s frustrating when movies consistently get made to the lowest common denominator By Sarah • Nov 07, 2011 10:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicholas Hoult, cute zombie Lainey emailed me about the first promotional image of Warm Bodies, a bit confused about the plot, and wanted me to write about it, because, as she said, I have a “PhD in zombie”. Of course my first thought was, Oh my god I WISH I could get a real By Sarah • Nov 04, 2011 11:54 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bond 23: Skyfall Well, I guess it’s a better than Quantum of Solace. Still... Skyfall isn’t lighting me on fire on originality, you know? Skyfall is the title of a Tom Cruise movie. Tom Cruise would be really, really excited about something called Skyfall. Which is the next Bond. They announced By Lainey • Nov 03, 2011 01:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Taylor Lautner goes the Leo route Remember when Taylor Lautner met with Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black for dinner last month? A writer, a director and an actor at a table together can only mean one thing—they’re working together. Or, at least Lautner and Van Sant are. The Hollywood Reporter just announced By Sarah • Nov 03, 2011 08:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Reese Witherspoon wants you to know she’s sexy She really, really does. In This Means War, Reese Witherspoon juggles Chris Pine and Tom Hardy (unconvincingly). Now she’s being offered the lead in Sony’s Sex Tape, a movie about a married couple who lose track of their homemade porn. Jason Segel would be the other half of By Sarah • Nov 01, 2011 01:06 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A random group of actresses Steve Carell and Jim Carrey are teaming up in a comedy about rival magicians called Burt Wonderstone (doesn't that sound like a Will Ferrell character?), and the short list for the female lead is the randomest group of actresses I've seen in a long time - By Sarah • Nov 01, 2011 08:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Justin Timberlake can’t lead Justin Timberlake simply doesn’t sell at the movies the way he sells records. IN TIME was not certified platinum. IN TIME, with Pipsqueak firmly in the lead, was nowhere near gold either. Or silver. So he still has yet to prove that he can carry a movie. As you By Lainey • Oct 31, 2011 10:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Granny Freeze and The Family Fang Have you read Kevin Wilson’s The Family Fang? I finished it a few weeks ago. It is hilariously imagined, hysterical in parts, and uncomfortably disturbing throughout: the Fangs are already a reality; you can see it on TV. And worse still, though perhaps that’s the point, people can’ By Lainey • Oct 28, 2011 11:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews PPZ is never happening First, The Walking Dead is on shaky ground—season two has been good but not great so far. Then, the more I learn about the production of World War Z, the more depressed I get. (Lainey: it sounds like the production is an over-budget mess. Also, by accident, apparently today By Sarah • Oct 28, 2011 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hunger Games posters: cause for optimism We are just about 5 months away from The Hunger Games movie in March. So far it’s been one step forward, one step back, particularly as it relates to casting. Lionsgate has released 8 character posters to start building momentum. There’s a lot of photoshopping and skin doctoring By Lainey • Oct 27, 2011 04:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Myrtle & Tom Check out Isla Fisher in costume as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby 3D (which isn’t the official title but the notion seems so ridiculous it may as well be) shooting in Australia opposite Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan and Tobey Maguire’s Nick Carraway. I think I might By Lainey • Oct 27, 2011 11:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Tom is slick and sensitive They’ve released a poster for Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. As you can see, Tom Cruise is front and centre, under a hooded leather jacket, looking appropriately determined. He is accessorised by his co-stars Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, and Simon Pegg. Where’s Josh Holloway? No matter. All that matters, By Lainey • Oct 26, 2011 02:07 pm
