Dumbass What in the ass? Almost all of the film industry has been focused the last few days on TIFF. And still The Social Network is getting so much play. They’re doing a brilliant job on the marketing, and they’re courting the online community too – obviously – with fantastic results. Hype around The Social By Lainey • Sep 15, 2010 07:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Miss Zahara’s travelling cut-eye Angelina Jolie showed up at LAX yesterday with her girls en route to somewhere just as a new clip of her upcoming The Tourist with Johnny Depp was released. As you can see, Miss Zahara has no time for you. Her cut-eye is even more powerful when she’s By Lainey • Sep 15, 2010 04:39 am
Dumbass This sh-tty movie poster Can you judge a movie by its poster? I guess it’s not always fair. And I guess it depends on what movie. Or on whose movie. What about a Kate Hudson movie? This is the poster for her upcoming A Little Bit of Heaven. In other words, you’ve By Lainey • Sep 15, 2010 03:18 am
Gorgessity Carey grows her hair out At the Never Let Me Go presser yesterday. I had hair like this in 1997 and should have loved it more at that time. How was that 13 years ago?!?! F-ck it’s only 9 and I can’t start drinking yet. As for the film, it has not By Lainey • Sep 14, 2010 03:35 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Conviction The premiere was this afternoon, here's Hilary Swank on the carpet promoting what they're all calling her next Oscar nominated role. Again! The buzz around this performance is big. I haven't seen it because I covered Les Petits Mouchoirs (Little White Lies) today but By Lainey • Sep 11, 2010 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews GOOPy’s new trailer For Country Strong. Have you seen it? Where to begin? Garrett? Sure. We’ll begin where it’s strongest. Garrett Hedlund looks like he delivers. He has it, I think. He really really has it. As for my Gwyneth... Look, I think Gwyneth is a strong actor in the right By Lainey • Sep 10, 2010 04:57 am
Girly Throw Downs Natalie Portman > Scarjo & Blake Remember when Scarlett Johansson was considered to be the top candidate to replace Angelina Jolie in Gravity (about a woman stranded in space) co-starring Robert Downey Jr? Five minutes later, somehow Blake Lively who, at the time, was working with Scarjo’s husband Ryan Reynolds, was auditioning for the By Lainey • Sep 08, 2010 05:00 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Summer’s winner and losers Written by Sarah The Hollywood Reporter came out with a list of the ups and downs of summer (click here to read), so I thought I would tackle it from the perspective of someone who has nothing to gain or lose by breaking down the summer’s hits and misses. By Lainey • Sep 08, 2010 03:49 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The new Lisbeth goes to Stockholm It’s Rooney Mara, the girl who beat everyone to become The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. In Stockholm yesterday preparing for the role. She’s supposed to speak with a Swedish accent. So I guess she’s starting to practise. I can see it a little, I guess, in By Lainey • Sep 08, 2010 02:38 am
Style Sofia, Stephen, Somewhere, Britney Sofia Coppola is presenting Somewhere at the Venice Film Festival. Apparently the Italian media went all Twi-Hard over her arrival. Being a Coppola is a big deal there. Love what she’s wearing. It’s Louis Vuitton of course. Sofia has forever been tight with Marc Jacobs. And that By Lainey • Sep 03, 2010 06:16 am
Bad Style Natalie surges ahead Black Swan opened the Venice Film Festival yesterday and the reviews have been largely positive. Even when they’re not positive, they’re not total sh-t either, and the critics who love it, really really do love it, some even going so far as to call Black Swan Darren By Lainey • Sep 02, 2010 03:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Monsieur Dexter Have you read One Day yet? Please do soon. Because I always forget to alert for spoilers and it’s so hard especially when set shots are being released and besides, what’s the delay anyway? It’s one of the best books of the summer (my review is here) By Lainey • Aug 31, 2010 05:48 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lethal Handsome Written by Sarah Frequently asked question: "How did that terrible movie get made?" Usual answer: "It looked good on paper." Looking at the just-announced Ryan Reynolds/Bradley Cooper buddy cop flick in development, it looks pretty good on paper. After all, they're two By Lainey • Aug 31, 2010 05:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Brangelunatics + Twihards = Pandemonium Written by Sarah Yesterday Deadline Hollywood came out with a report that GK Films is developing a project for Angelina Jolie, based on a 2009 BBC miniseries called Unforgiven. It’s about a woman who, after fifteen years in prison for murdering two police officers, attempts to reconnect with her By Lainey • Aug 27, 2010 04:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Alba has a fairy godfather Jessica Alba isn’t getting many parts. Just like Jessica Biel. They simply can’t compete with their contemporaries. But Alba has two things working for her that Biel doesn’t: she’s a mother now and she kissed the ass of a proper filmmaker, Robert Rodriguez (I always get By Lainey • Aug 24, 2010 09:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan, Carey, car Written by Sarah Let’s get this out of the way first. Ryan Gosling is HOT. He’s the only member of my Lifetime Five (too good for the Freebie Five). He’s the one actor I want to know nothing about because Ryan Gosling is perfect and I don’ By Lainey • Aug 24, 2010 04:16 am