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 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 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
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman: Another kind of Babygirl Nicole Kidman was in New York today, photographed on the set of Babygirl, a new film co-starring Antonio Banderas. I chuckled over the title when they announced it a few months ago, because “babygirl” is what Keith Urban calls her. He’s done it on live television, like during By Lainey • Jan 09, 2024 04:03 pm
Quiveration Barry Keoghan: A Leading Man’s Underwear Due to all-nighter fatigue after the Golden Globes, I was not effusive enough in expressing how much I loved Barry Keoghan’s fit that night. But we saw this during award season last year, when Barry, making his first award show run, introduced us to his red carpet personality By Lainey • Jan 09, 2024 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Diablo Cody is back It’s the new year, which means everyone’s favorite fake holiday, Valentine’s Day, is right around the corner. Since the death of horniness in movies and the rom-com’s revival being mostly limited to streaming, theatrical releases around Valentine’s Day have become very fraught. Last year’ By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 03:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Color Purple, choosing joy, and telling stories Tony Award nominee Danielle Brooks, who stars as Sofia in the latest rendition of The Color Purple, recently spoke about needing physical therapy after filming a mob scene in the movie, in which Sofia fights off a crowd of people. She said despite the production having a stage combat leader By Stephanie • Jan 05, 2024 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Color Purple’s Excellent Cast Alice Walker’s The Color Purple has been a seminal presence in American literature since its publication in 1982, inspiring both a film adaptation from Steven Spielberg in 1985 and a Broadway musical adaptation in 2005. Do I wish this latest Color Purple was just a straightforward adaptation of Walker’ By Sarah • Jan 05, 2024 10:55 am
BFFs The Best Actresses showed up As Sarah wrote in the previous post, the Palm Springs Film Festival is a major award season campaign stop given its timing, usually just before Golden Globe weekend, and how many veteran Oscar voters are usually in attendance. So the actors filed in, and so did the actresses. We’ve By Lainey • Jan 05, 2024 10:14 am
