Movie Reviews and Previews Channing Tatum 2 for 2? I’ve been checking in the reviews to see how John Carter has been steadily dropping. Then the rating for 21 Jump Street caught my eye: 100% so far It’s early, sure. Jump Street doesn’t open for another 10 days. There’s no way it stays at 100% By Lainey • Mar 07, 2012 04:14 pm
Maple Leaf John Carter in Russia They say that John Carter is tracking well in Russia... but that it’s not doing so great in other parts of Europe and South America. Given how much Hollywood relies on foreign box office these days - even Prince of Persia was rescued overseas - well, it seems like this movie By Lainey • Mar 06, 2012 11:11 am
Exclusives Get his voice OUT OF MY HEAD Exclusive I have some bad news for those of you who read and loved Emma Forrest’s Your Voice In My Head. Click here for my review. And here to access previous articles about my favourite book of 2011. Don’t proceed with this article if you’re enjoying the By Lainey • Mar 05, 2012 01:06 pm
Maple Leaf Improvement Taylor Kitsch looked really, really handsome at the UK premiere of John Carter last night in London, didn’t he? I like how rosy his cheeks are. More importantly though, especially as it relates to TK’s career... The first reviews for John Carter have been released and they’re By Lainey • Mar 02, 2012 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Avengers Assemble and Scarlett gets to speak The Oscars are over. It’s the summer box office now that is the new priority. Today a full trailer for The Avengers was released. Here, watch: Thoughts? I like it. A LOT. And Scarjo is allowed to speak now! This time, it’s Jeremy Renner who’s been reduced By Lainey • Feb 29, 2012 02:30 pm
BFFs GOOP and the new Spice Girls Obviously I LOVE this story. SO MUCH. Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, and Beyonce will star in a musical comedy called One Hit Wonders to be written and directed by Glee’s Ryan Murphy. Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island are doing the songs. Let me give you a By Lainey • Feb 29, 2012 12:26 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch at work on Star Trek I texted Lainey late last week about set photos from Star Trek 2: Star Trekkier that showed Benedict Cumberbatch and Zachary Quinto filming a fight scene. Then she texted me last night and said that I could choose which photos to go with the post. And I was all, “It’ By Sarah • Feb 28, 2012 03:13 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews JK grown up and more on books and movies Big news in the publishing world today: JK Rowling will release a new novel for adults with a different publisher and not with Bloomsbury which published all the Potters. That’s the only thing we know. More details are coming later this year including exactly when the book will come By Lainey • Feb 23, 2012 12:57 pm
Style Emma in red and In Your Head On January 9th I posted this article re comments director David Yates had made about having a role “in his head” for Emma Watson. Yates will direct the film adaptation for my favourite book of 2011, Emma Forrest’s Your Voice In My Head. Click here for my review. It By Lainey • Feb 10, 2012 04:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Now this is how you handle casting drama Remember when it was reported that Jessica Chastain would be playing Princess Diana in that movie, Caught in Flight, the one about the last couple years of Diana’s life? Click here for more. Well, yesterday it was announced that Caught in Flight will star not Chastain, but Naomi Watts. By Sarah • Feb 10, 2012 12:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Well this looks promising Feels like a trailer storm, doesn’t it? So many new trailers, so many new movies... I just want to get to The Hunger Games. I don’t care about anything else. I might however consider going in August go see The Bourne Legacy in theatres based on this trailer. By Lainey • Feb 08, 2012 01:06 pm
Quiveration Spider-Man & the Five List It was all any geek could get to last night: the new Amazing Spider-Man trailer, have you seen it yet? Capitalising on all the activity around the Super Bowl, Sony decided not to join the others in releasing new trailers during the game, but just after the game. Like By Lainey • Feb 07, 2012 09:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Easing in with Mark Ruffalo & The Avengers It’s just one of those days when everything is taking a little longer and the Madonna article will require some thought. So can we ease in with a quick Mark Ruffalo post and a very favourable effort to enjoyment ratio? Here he is on the set of Now You By Lainey • Feb 06, 2012 10:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews 50 days and the 2nd trailer I was just actively trying not to think about a new teaser trailer the other day. Oh look! Here it is! With 50 days to go until The Hunger Games opens, we now have another preview. I love it when she pleads with Gale to make sure her family doesn’ By Lainey • Feb 02, 2012 03:01 pm
Style Blake Lively vs Spider-Man Blake Lively took a hit earlier this week as it was announced she’d lost out on the lead in Steven Soderbergh’s new project, now re-titled Bitter Pill, to Rooney Mara. Now some positive news to balance. Oliver Stone’s Savages was originally scheduled for a September release. By Lainey • Feb 01, 2012 02:02 pm
Media Manipulation Les Miserables > Les Mis By far the most popular subject in my inbox today. We don’t have to call it Les Mis anymore. It will be as Hugo intended it: Les Miserables. Click here for a refresher on the difference between Les Miserables and Les Mis. I’m sure you’ve heard, right? By Lainey • Feb 01, 2012 12:35 pm
