Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek’s post-Oscar move Now that Rami Malek has an Oscar, what will his career look like? He still has Mr. Robot, but on the movie side, it looks like his first post-Oscar role will be as the villain in Bond 25. In a double-report, Deadline stated that Malek and Lupita Nyong’o were By Sarah • Mar 01, 2019 12:33 pm
Oscars 2019 Rami Malek’s Epic One-Night Story God, that kiss was hot. We’ll get to the kiss, I promise. On Show Your Work, and here, I’ve wished nominees would prepare their speeches, have something to say if they get up there and win – not everyone can be flummoxed as adorably as Olivia Colman. But they By Duana • Feb 25, 2019 09:28 am
Andrew Garfield Andrew…no Rita? In the previous post about Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, I mentioned that this weekend in London is kind of like Oscar weekend in LA – you want to be seen, you want to hit the parties, to catch up with the right people, to line up your next opportunity, to By Lainey • Feb 08, 2019 01:24 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek did not mention Bryan Singer Not like we expected him to, but let’s never forget that Bohemian Rhapsody did not direct itself, and though Bryan Singer is nowhere to be found this award season, he benefits from all the trophies being thrown at his movie. He remains empowered because he makes people money and By Sarah • Jan 28, 2019 10:51 am
Saoirse Ronan Vanity Fair: the 25th Hollywood Issue This has been an issue fraught with drama in the past. And it’s not hard to see why as Vanity Fair celebrates the 25th anniversary of its annual Hollywood Issue, released always in the run-up to the Oscars, featuring actors who are often in play during award season; a By Lainey • Jan 24, 2019 10:31 am
Douchebags Never say you didn’t know again In the fall of 2017, when the double-barrel Harvey Weinstein exposés hit, the first reaction was, FINALLY. And as the enormity of what was happening sank in, that a powerful, abusive bully, protected for decades by an industry built on a system of exploitation and silence, was finally experiencing a By Sarah • Jan 23, 2019 01:39 pm
Golden Globes 2019 Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk’s birthday Globes Do you remember, for about five minutes last year, the Academy tried to introduce a “Popular Movie” category? If they’d insisted on moving forward with that (bad) idea, Black Panther, A Star is Born, and Bohemian Rhapsody would all qualify. Now all three are heading towards the Oscars as By Lainey • Jan 07, 2019 09:17 am
Golden Globes 2019 Rami Malek’s big move at the Golden Globes Rami Malek’s win for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama at the Golden Globes last night over Bradley Cooper was one of the night’s biggest surprises, along with Bohemian Rhapsody winning Best Drama, also over A Star is Born. Because, of course, ASIB has By Lainey • Jan 07, 2019 04:09 am
BFFs Rami’s dress rehearsal? Forgive me, but don’t stop Bohemian Rhapsody now. The movie’s made over $714 million worldwide as of this writing, and Rami Malek is the face of not just the film, but the campaign. And when he accepted the Breakthrough Performance Award last night in Palm Springs, his speech By Joanna • Jan 04, 2019 10:40 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek and Lucy Boynton: Team Bohemian Rhapsody at the Governors Awards It’s a one-person team, really. Bohemian Rhapsody continues to perform very well at the box office. Right now it’s approaching $400 million worldwide and could make as much as $500 globally by the end of its theatrical run. Despite the problems that many critics – including Sarah – had with By Lainey • Nov 19, 2018 11:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Can Rami challenge Bradley? Critics’ reactions to Bohemian Rhapsody have been mixed – click here to read Sarah’s thoughts on the film if you missed it – but it is definitely a crowd-pleaser with the box office to match, already crossing the $100 million mark in the US and bringing in strong numbers internationally for By Lainey • Nov 15, 2018 10:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody Rami Malek is very good in Bohemian Rhapsody. As Freddie Mercury, legendary frontman of Queen, one of the greatest arena bands of all time, he struts and stalks his way through a hell of an impression that is prevented from becoming a true characterization only by the limits of the By Sarah • Nov 02, 2018 03:21 pm
Rami Malek Why We Hired Bryan Singer: An Excuse Everyone is trying to get ahead of the Esquire exposé coming down the pipe about Bryan Singer. A couple weeks ago it was Singer himself preemptively stating the article is a hit piece, and now Fox is setting up their defense in case this thing blows up. There are unnamed By Sarah • Nov 01, 2018 10:32 am
Style Rami Malek’s Oscar odds I have seen Bohemian Rhapsody. I loathe it. I’ll have a full review as soon as I can wrangle my incoherent fuming into something more orderly, but I need a minute to just be in my feelings about how much I hate this movie. There’s a new trailer By Sarah • Oct 25, 2018 01:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlie & Rami, finally Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek attended a screening for their film Papillon this weekend. It opens on Friday and it’s been a while. Papillon premiered at TIFF last year and now it’s getting a late August release with, frankly, not that much buzz. Also, though I’m sure By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 12:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mercury rising Our first look at Bohemian Rhapsody was mostly good for selling Rami Malek’s performance as Freddie Mercury. Now, a full trailer has been released which outlines the rise of Queen from bar shows to Live Aid, and does a fairly good job of selling the movie as a whole. By Sarah • Jul 17, 2018 03:17 pm
