Movie Reviews and Previews Glen Powell kicks off his big summer Hit Man drops on Netflix on June 7, and while I am deep in my “I am mad about Hit Man selling to Netflix even though it was Glen Powell and Richard Linklater who decided to sell it to Netflix and yet I am not mad at THEM” feelings, I By Sarah • May 16, 2024 11:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Converting to Wicked Sarah and I just had an exchange over text about Wicked because the new trailer just dropped and we were deciding who would write it. The issue is that movies are usually Sarah’s department and Wicked is a BIG movie – two BIG movies. But… Sarah haaaaaaates musicals. I don’ By Lainey • May 15, 2024 03:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for May 15, 2024 Dear Gossips, Summer is almost always blockbuster season and the most highly anticipated films are often big budget, big effects, big star productions. This summer, the film I’m most excited about is Sean Wang’s Didi. Sean Wang is coming off an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Short for By Lainey • May 15, 2024 09:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Megalopolis starring Adam Driver Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed new film, Megalopolis, will premiere at Cannes in two days. A teaser trailer dropped this morning, and despite a lot of rumors that this was a nightmare production followed by a baffled reception by potential distributors—the film does not yet have a distribution deal— By Sarah • May 14, 2024 02:15 pm
BFFs John Krasinski and all his friends John Krasinski’s film, IF, opens this weekend – this one is for the family, about a young girl who discovers that she can see other people’s imaginary friends and sets upon an adventure to reunite them with their respective kids who are now adults. This, to me, is giving By Lainey • May 14, 2024 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bucky Barnes back at it I mentioned that Sebastian Stan’s scumbag era is working for me after the Met Gala, and a LOT of you agreed. So here is Sebastian on the set of Thunderbolts*—the asterisk is part of the official title treatment, learn it, love it, embrace it—sporting a new look By Sarah • May 13, 2024 03:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Pine’s sunny attitude (and shorts) Even though school is still in session in much of the US (where primary/secondary students usually aren’t done until June), and the weather is capricious at best, Hollywood would have us believe it’s summer, with summer movie season starting the first weekend in May because Marvel tricked By Sarah • May 13, 2024 01:57 pm
Style Outfit of the Week: Chris Pine green pyjamas Chris Pine is promoting his directorial debut film, Poolman, which opens this weekend. Sarah reviewed the film at TIFF 2023 and she wasn’t impressed, which lines up with most of the other reviews. On the Happy Sad Confused podcast this week, Chris talked about having to come to terms By Lainey • May 10, 2024 01:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lily Gladstone’s other movie Fresh off Lily Gladstone’s first appearance at the Met Gala, a trailer has (finally) been released for Fancy Dance, Lily’s other dramatic film about the Native experience in America. This one is contemporary, about a woman searching for her missing sister while trying to care for her niece. By Sarah • May 09, 2024 03:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The best or worst time for Twisters I can’t decide if this is the best or worst possible timing, but a new trailer for Twisters dropped yesterday, just two days after tornadoes devastated parts of northeast Oklahoma, leaving one person dead and another missing in the town of Barnsdall. This following the tornados that struck Nebraska By Sarah • May 09, 2024 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Pedro and Dakota on set Celine Song’s next film, Materialists, is now in production in New York. Here are Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal on set yesterday. The film was announced a few months ago, it’s being produced by Margot Robbie and her LuckyChap shingle, and it stars Johnson, Pascal, and Chris Evans By Sarah • May 09, 2024 10:25 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Anne Hathaway: A Met Gala Victory Lap? If it wasn’t the Drake and Kendrick insanity this weekend blowing up my phone, it was messages about The Idea of You; even though we don’t get streaming numbers like we do box office reports, going by social media, a LOT of people were watching…again and again By Lainey • May 06, 2024 02:21 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy Literally since the dawn of cinema, action stunts have been a key part of the art form. Early movie stars were also stunt men, such as Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, and the first hit film is arguably 1903’s The Great Train Robbery, one of the first action movies. By Sarah • May 03, 2024 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in The Idea of You An interesting thought experiment to imagine how any rom-com plays out if you swap the characters around. Notting Hill, but Will is the movie star badgering normal-gal Anna for a second chance; While You Were Sleeping but Jack is the stranger who swiftly ingratiates himself into a traumatized family (the By Sarah • May 02, 2024 01:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Margot and Colin are Big and Bold Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell are currently shooting a new film called A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. (Every report I’ve seen on this project does not use commas in the title. This is making me crazy.) This has been a Black List script for a few years now, written By Lainey • May 02, 2024 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Case Against The Rock Yesterday, The Wrap published an exclusive report alleging that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, one of the most famous and popular movie stars in the world, a man whose entire persona is being Mr. Nice Guy Hard Work Positive Vibes Only, was so chronically late on his Christmas action movie Red By Sarah • May 01, 2024 12:12 pm
