Movie Reviews and Previews Grief takes center stage in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Usually, the star of a film gets the headline for the review, but in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, grief IS the lead character. Dealt the incredible loss of his friend and collaborator Chadwick Boseman, director Ryan Coogler finds a way to marshal on in the world of Wakanda, though the By Sarah • Nov 10, 2022 01:19 pm
TV Updates Taylor Sheridan’s Americana Taylor Sheridan emerged in the 2010s as one of the leading voices in the neo-Western revival in American cinema, writing screenplays for Sicario and its sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, and Hell or High Water, for which he was nominated for an Oscar. In 2017 he wrote and directed By Sarah • Nov 09, 2022 10:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chevalier won’t say his name There is a movie that did not fit into my TIFF schedule, Chevalier, which I regret. The trailer dropped yesterday, and it looks pretty great. Kelvin Harrison Jr., lately seen as B.B. King in Elvis, stars as Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the first recorded Black classical music composer. By Sarah • Nov 08, 2022 03:09 pm
Gorgessity Jodie and Olivia: Gucci, chevron, and gloves Director Park Chan-wook was one of the honourees this year at the LACMA Art and Film gala. You know him from Oldboy and The Handmaiden, the overwhelmingly acclaimed film that was snubbed by the Oscars in 2016. The Handmaiden walked so that Parasite could run. And Park Chan-wook is back By Lainey • Nov 07, 2022 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Bill Nighy isn’t Jared Leto As mentioned in today’s open, Danielle Deadwyler looks to be in good position for a Best Actress Oscar nomination, and it’s a competitive field. The Best Actor category, however, isn’t quite as tight this year as it has been in the past and there are still spots By Lainey • Nov 07, 2022 12:01 pm
TV Updates Intro for November 7, 2022 Dear Gossips, Have you finished From Scratch yet? I love this series SO much, I want to hug it, I want to thank it, I want to share it with everyone like it’s mine. And now I’m curious – is From Scratch the kind of show that will be By Lainey • Nov 07, 2022 09:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Andrea Riseborough in Please Baby Please Some films are so fascinating, authorial, and/or bold they defy the “good/bad” binary. Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse is one such film—is it good? Is it bad? Does it matter, when it’s so INTERESTING? The works of John Waters, Harmony Korine, and Prince fall into this category, By Sarah • Nov 04, 2022 03:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill in Enola Holmes 2 Enola Holmes is a very fun film featuring an incredibly charming Millie Bobby Brown as Sherlock Holmes’s spirited teenaged sister, Enola, with an unexpected assist from Henry Cavill’s surprising, dashing turn as Sherlock. The Holmeses are back for a new adventure in Enola Holmes 2, this time “inspired By Sarah • Nov 04, 2022 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Lawrence on the old Jennifer Lawrence With Jennifer Lawrence, it’s always going to be a candid interview. She is currently promoting Causeway, the first film she’s ever produced, in which she also stars, and in a new profile with Kyle Buchanan for the New York Times, she talks about how the project is the By Lainey • Nov 03, 2022 12:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Avatar almost solves the water problem (but maybe not the movie problem) Avatar: The Way of Water is the big holiday movie this year. It’s due December 16, in all its three-hour glory, and will undoubtedly dominate cinemas through the end of the year. There is no question in my mind this movie will make a TON of money. Maybe all By Sarah • Nov 03, 2022 12:12 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Intro for November 3, 2022 Dear Gossips, The Vancouver Asian Film Festival is the longest-running Asian film festival in Canada and this year runs from today until November 13. Blurring the Color Line, written and directed by Crystal Kwok, will screen tomorrow. The film explores the relationship between the Black and Asian communities through Crystal’ By Lainey • Nov 03, 2022 10:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews DanRad doesn’t back down Weird: The Al Yankovic Story hits “The Roku Channel” this Friday. It’s one of my favorite movies of the year (so far), but I am devastated to report that my dream of Austin Butler and Daniel Radcliffe doing an “Actors On Actors” episode together is dead because Weird is By Sarah • Nov 02, 2022 02:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lupita will visit A Quiet Place, too A Quiet Place is one of the few blockbuster hits of the last several years based on an original idea (which came from writers Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, not John Krasinski, no matter how Krasinski spins it). In 2018, it made $340 million. A sequel, released in the pandemic By Sarah • Nov 02, 2022 01:44 pm
Quiveration Ryan Gosling looks really hot That’s basically all I want to say with these pictures of Ryan Gosling on the set of The Fall Guy in Sydney. He looks hot – especially in the shots where he’s wearing the white long-sleeve and the boots. A little roughed up, but that kinda adds to it By Lainey • Nov 01, 2022 02:16 pm
BFFs Henry, Millie, and Mariah Last night was the premiere of Enola Holmes 2. It’s one of the more grandiose Netflix premieres, as Enola Holmes is one of their biggest hits. Millie Bobby Brown was on hand, of course, as was Henry Cavill with his little forehead curl. But the event also brought out By Sarah • Oct 28, 2022 11:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Carey Mulligan: She Said, incoming She Said, the film about Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual predation for The New York Times, opens on November 18. The timing works for award season and it’ll be really interesting to see whether or not Hollywood is, as Clayton By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 10:58 am
