Movie Reviews and Previews Glen Powell is hungry There’s that class of actors who were on the brink of breaking out circa 2019 who had their big moments delayed by the pandemic—like so many other, more important things—but are now enjoying their delayed moments to the fullest in 2022. Ana de Armas is finally having By Sarah • Nov 28, 2022 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell in Devotion In some ways, Devotion is a classic Dad Movie. It’s about a historic war—the Korean War, sometimes referred to as the “forgotten” war because it gets overshadowed in the history books by World War II and the Vietnam War, which bookend it; it features Men Being Men; it’ By Sarah • Nov 25, 2022 12:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Austin and Kaia keep it quiet Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber have been dating almost a year now. And it’s not like they’ve kept it a secret but they seem to be much lower profile than she was when she was dating Jacob Elordi. Even more low profile since the release of Elvis and By Lainey • Nov 25, 2022 11:08 am
BFFs Jake will be spatchcocking today Jake Gyllenhaal’s interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show aired last night as he’s promoting Strange World, now playing in theatres. I personally haven’t had great experiences interviewing Jake but I’m small fry, and I can appreciate that he has always been fun on the By Lainey • Nov 24, 2022 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Comeback of Ke Huy Quan Perhaps the highest profile comeback of the 2022 award season has been Brendan Fraser. Brendan will very likely be nominated for an Oscar for his performance in The Whale and he’s been warmly embraced by the industry. There is another comeback, though, on the award circuit, and he too By Lainey • Nov 24, 2022 10:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 24, 2022 Dear Gossips, Today is American Thanksgiving and our Deputy Editor, Sarah, has tapped out for the holiday (she’s prepared a few film reviews in advance) and I’m trying to leave her alone but I am curious whether or not she’ll be heading to the movies today with By Lainey • Nov 24, 2022 09:08 am
Style Gabrielle’s Momentum As mentioned earlier this week after the Governors Awards, it’s a tight race for the Oscars this year across so many categories, including Best Picture and all the acting categories. In particular, there’s a large field of contenders in the Best Supporting Actress category – at least eleven, if By Lainey • Nov 23, 2022 02:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews How Leo became Jack James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is opening in three weeks. Promotion for the movie is now underway. He was just featured in a GQ profile that called him the “Box Office King” and also did an interview with them to break down his most iconic films. The By Lainey • Nov 23, 2022 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews A very Grammer Christmas Kelsey Grammer and his daughter Spencer are thanking Lifetime for the “therapy”, saying filming 12 Days of Christmas Eve helped heal the strained relationship between them. He admitted that his relationship with Spencer became strained over the years. He pointed to the split from her mom, Doreen Alderman, during her By Stephanie • Nov 22, 2022 01:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Avatar 2’s big question The final trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water dropped last night during Monday Night Football. It continues to look very pretty. I continue to be unable to tell the blue cat people apart, but I don’t know. Maybe that’s just me? Is anyone else having a little By Sarah • Nov 22, 2022 11:24 am
Style Margot, Damien, and the Babylon Hype All year, as we approached award season, Babylon was the one people were leaving room for. This happens often – a film set for a Christmas release, by an award-winning director, with a star-studded cast… there were expectations, there were predictions. Now that Babylon has started screening, first in LA last By Lainey • Nov 22, 2022 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Last Unicorn at 40 The Last Unicorn turned forty on November 19, marking its milestone release in 1982. Peter S. Beagle adapted his own fantasy novel for the film, which is directed by the legendary animation team of Arthur Rankin, Jr., and Jules Bass. Rankin and Bass are best known today for the 1977 By Sarah • Nov 21, 2022 03:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Let Bill Nighy have his moment The Best Actor hopefuls gathered over the weekend at the Governors Awards, but don’t forget about Bill Nighy, the dark horse of the race. He appeared via video at a For Your Consideration event hosted by Baz Bamigboye for the Deadline Contenders series over the weekend (also present was By Sarah • Nov 21, 2022 03:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews So Many Supporting Actresses As mentioned earlier in the post about the competitive race for Best Actress Oscar, at this stage in the race, this might be one of the tightest Best Supporting Actress Oscar seasons we’ve had in a long time. For starters, if there’s a frontrunner, I don’t see By Lainey • Nov 21, 2022 02:45 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Actresses Show Up To Campaign Unlike the Best Actor category which I posted about earlier, the Best Actress category for Oscar this year is much more competitive. We have our frontrunners, no doubt, but there are several other women with legitimate claims to the few remaining spots. And it’s looking like it’s a By Lainey • Nov 21, 2022 01:41 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Austin, Brendan, Colin, and the wide-open race As Sarah noted in today’s open, the Oscar Academy’s Governors Awards took place this weekend recognising Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren, Peter Weir, and Euzhan Palcy who all received honourary Oscars. This year’s Oscar race, however, is heating up. Which is why so many of the contenders By Lainey • Nov 21, 2022 12:45 pm