Movie Reviews and Previews Team Strangers after the shutout Despite picking up six BAFTA nominations, Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers—one of my best films of the year—was shutout of nominations at the Oscars. 2023 was a good year in film, and there were never going to be enough spots to recognize all the deserving films By Sarah • Jan 24, 2024 01:32 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Top 10 Films of 2023 Finally! This took forever because 2023 was a REALLY good year in film, and I did some re-watching before committing to my list. It’s notable how many films in 2023 feature large ensemble casts, it was also the year the raunchy sex comedy at least attempted a theatrical comeback, By Sarah • Jan 24, 2024 11:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for January 24, 2024 Dear Gossips, Following his Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Ryan Gosling issued a statement. Usually, these things are pretty standard—I’m so grateful, I’m so honored, yadda yadda. But Gosling broke with tradition, specifically mentioning Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie being overlooked in their respective, individual categories By Sarah • Jan 24, 2024 09:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The actually sexy Glen Powell rom-com Glen Powell is currently at Sundance, where his upcoming film, Hit Man, screened yesterday. The film was bought by Netflix out of TIFF last year, and now has a new teaser trailer and a release date of June 7. It will have a limited theatrical run before dropping on Netflix, By Sarah • Jan 23, 2024 12:07 pm
BFFs Intro for January 23, 2024 Dear Gossips, During the Golden Globes Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig did a bit using a piece of royalty free music popular with the youths on TikTok. During our live chat, I said that Will Ferrell has done an excellent job, as he has become one of the eminent men By Sarah • Jan 23, 2024 08:58 am
Style KStew’s Sundance is going okay Both of Kristen Stewart’s new films have had their premieres at Sundance, with Love Me premiering on Friday and Love Lies Bleeding premiering on Saturday. KStew never really “dresses up” for Sundance, opting for jeans and a jacket on Friday night and a sleeveless shirt and red pants on By Sarah • Jan 22, 2024 11:26 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Just leave Richard Simmons alone Encino Man star Pauly Shore recently announced he would star as fitness guru and now recluse Richard Simmons in a biopic of Simmons. This comes after the internet noticed that Shore kinda sorta looks like Richard Simmons, and started doing memes about it. Back in September, Shore posted on Instagram By Sarah • Jan 18, 2024 03:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews BAFTA f-ckery 2024 The BAFTA nominations were announced today, and people are up in arms at some high-profile snubs. For one thing, Barbie only got 5 nominations, including noms for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the acting categories, and Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach for original screenplay. But the miss on a By Sarah • Jan 18, 2024 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The New Mr & Mrs Smith begin their press tour Mr & Mrs Smith, the series, will premiere on Prime on February 2. Donald Glover and Maya Erskine were in London yesterday at the premiere to kick off the press tour. Can you believe it’s been 19 years since the press tour for the original? The original, of course, By Lainey • Jan 18, 2024 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Glen Powell and an “Upgraded” new rom-com Glen Powell was papped shirtless on the beach in Mexico this week. That was my hook in getting you to read this post. Which is about rom-coms. Glen’s rom-com, Anyone But You, starring Sydney Sweeney, was not well received by critics, including Sarah (you can read her review here) By Lainey • Jan 17, 2024 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Plastics are back and the same as ever Mean Girls was a hit book (title Queen Bees and Wannabes), then a hit movie, then a hit musical, now it’s a movie again, and hoping to be a hit once more. The new film is an adaptation of the stage musical based on the 2004 film, and it By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 03:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Do not let Amy Winehouse’s dad have the final word I have a theory that the 2011 death of Amy Winehouse actually pierced the cynicism and malignant tabloid culture that dominated the 2000s and was one of the major fuels for the rapid social changes of the 2010s, particularly around women in media and how we talk about and treat By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 01:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews 10 Questions About The Beekeeper What is The Beekeeper? The Beekeeper is a new action movie starring Jason Statham, Jeremy Irons, Phylicia Rashad, and Josh Hutcherson. It is directed by David Ayers and written by Kurt Wimmer. The Beekeeper is rated R and runs just over 100 minutes. Wait, isn’t Kurt Wimmer the guy By Sarah • Jan 12, 2024 12:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Anne and Jessica are finally facing off I’m trying to remember if Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway shared any scenes in Interstellar, because the trailer for Mother’s Instinct had me wondering how Chastain and Hathaway had never starred in a movie together before, then I remembered Interstellar, but I don’t think they have much, By Sarah • Jan 11, 2024 02:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews PTA’s big budget gamble Paul Thomas Anderson is at that level of filmmaker where people are curious whenever he makes a movie, but his box office never really reflects that, mainly because he makes movies that do not deliver an experience the audience expects. PTA is now back at work, expected to start shooting By Sarah • Jan 11, 2024 11:11 am
Gorgessity Greta, Charles, and Barry: No SAGs for my Faves My three darlings, Greta Lee, Charles Melton, and Barry Keoghan were all at the Governors Awards last night. None of them were nominated for a SAG Award today. At this point in the Oscar race so far, out of the three of them, Barry had the lowest chances but as By Lainey • Jan 10, 2024 01:40 pm
