Movie Reviews and Previews Sundance Short List Written by Sarah I get so torn when writing about Sundance. On the one hand, it’s America’s top film festival, it serves an important role in promoting, encouraging and developing new talent in independent filmmaking, and it’s the last stand between film and total commercialization. Each year, By Lainey • Jan 19, 2011 02:37 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by David Fincher As you’ve probably seen, Rooney Mara covers the new issue of W Magazine as Lisbeth Salander. No complaints about the photos at all. She looks the part, totally. But the article is not about Rooney Mara. The article is actually about acclaimed director David Fincher who is running the By Lainey • Jan 14, 2011 04:20 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Worst poster, worst title, worst trailer In September I posted this about Kate Hudson’s new movie A Little Bit of Heaven. Dumbass title came with a dumbass poster. Look at Gael Garcia Bernal’s nose. Why is her mouth open? Who responds to this sh-t? WHY does she keep making the same movies over By Lainey • Jan 13, 2011 08:25 am
Dumbass The graveyard shift Written by Sarah January and February are traditionally where movies are sent to die. Reading the studios’ slates for January and February is like reading the obit section. “Atlas Entertainment is sad to announce that ‘Season of the Witch’ has died. A memorial will be held among the remains of By Lainey • Jan 12, 2011 06:34 am
Baby and Bump Obsession They look like their brother Sarah Jessica Parker brought her girls Marion and Tabitha along as she walked James Wilkie – not James, but James Wilkie – to school this morning. They’re cute, non? And they look like their brother. Nose and mouth especially. After several months of downtime, SJP will soon begin work on two By Lainey • Jan 11, 2011 09:30 am
Media Manipulation Robo Jackie: the trailer Now that the History Channel has pulled The Kennedys from their line-up (click here if you missed yesterday’s article), producers have quickly moved to release a trailer while they negotiate distribution with another network. It’s obvious, obviously, why Caroline Kennedy was so offended. At the same time By Lainey • Jan 11, 2011 03:01 am
Bad Style Are you wearing that to the Oscars? Christian Bale seems to be into wearing only training jackets during promotion for The Fighter. Here he is, all dressed up, arriving at the Writer’s Guild of America for a screening of The Fighter the other day. Dude, we get it, you’re Method. The Director’s Guild of By Lainey • Jan 10, 2011 08:15 am
Movie Reviews and Previews No Strings, no ring Finally got around to watching the red band trailer for No Strings Attached, in theatres on January 2. Can’t decide how I feel about it. There’s a moment here and there that looks like it might not suck. And I do like the line “Boo! Here comes my By Lainey • Jan 07, 2011 04:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kissing in the bleachers I’ve done a lot of sh-t in bleachers – cutting class, smoking, meangirling, several love arguments, drama rehearsal – but I cannot remember if I’ve ever kissed in them. Did Angela and Jordan ever kiss in the bleachers? I can’t remember that either. But I do love the By Lainey • Jan 05, 2011 02:06 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Box office report card Written by Sarah Back in November I wrote this, outlining box office predictions for some of the holiday releases and Lainey has asked me to grade myself on how my predictions went. So how did I do? Well, in my defense, I can barely count and have no sense of By Lainey • Jan 04, 2011 02:59 am
Quiveration Ryan Gosling: Player-Coach This is the first still from the upcoming Crazy, Stupid, Love starring Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. I can’t wait to see him in a comedy. And with a killer wardrobe. It might be too much. I mean this photo, this photo is almost too much. So now we By Lainey • Dec 22, 2010 07:30 am
Girlcrushes Now this is a trailer: Hanna edition I know. It’s one of my common refrains. That there is an art to cutting movie trailers and most of the time, Hollywood doesn’t give a sh-t. Which is why when a really, really great one comes along, it’s something to fist pump about. The film By Lainey • Dec 22, 2010 02:03 am
Twilight Requests Lainey, are you talking about rob and kristen? “So Eva has to wait an extra week for her big reveal.Unless of course some crazy sh-t goes down that pushes her into a corner too.You never,never,EVER know.Its been a week of breakups.Maybe theres an By Lainey • Dec 17, 2010 03:23 am
Bad Style Euro style sh-ts It’s a photo heavy post because I’m not splitting up multiple articles to cover all the Jolie’s sartorial sh-ts from The Tourist premiere and photocalls in Italy and Spain. Let’s start from Wednesday night. Those assy satin pants. Even the Jolie, with her spindly legs, By Lainey • Dec 17, 2010 03:02 am
Dumbass Boyfriend control? Hate this story and desperately want it to be untrue. But it rings too true. Last week Page Six reported that Glee’s Dianna Agron had fired her manager, her lawyer, and her longtime agent who’d been with her for years. Just like that she cut her off. Apparently By Lainey • Dec 13, 2010 04:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews MPAA overturns Blue Valentine’s NC-17 Written by Sarah Fist pump! Fist pump fist pump fist pump!!! FIST PUMP!!!!!! This almost never happens. In just the last few months alone, the ratings board upheld multiple challenged ratings. But not Blue Valentine! People can actually see it now! There will be a mad dash by theater owners By Lainey • Dec 08, 2010 09:04 am
