Viola Davis and Lashana Lynch in The Woman KingPhoto: Sony Pictures Over the weekend, despite having no recognizable I.P., franchise connections, or a big fighter jet, The Woman King climbed to the top of the box office with a $19 million opening. It was an unlikely success that may not be as flashy as Avengers: … Read more
Woody AllenPhoto: Ander Gillenea (AFP via Getty Images) Leaving behind a legacy of sexual abuse allegations and a handful of great movies that, well, people don’t feel enthusiastic about watching anymore, Woody Allen is retiring from filmmaking. Investors will have to find a new 80-year-old director who keeps making the same movies about old creeps … Read more
Diego Luna scrolling Twitter waiting for Andor reactions.Image: Lucasfilm How did Cassian Andor become the brash, rogueish leader who helped steal the Death Star plans and ultimately destroy the Empire? Next week, we begin to find out and it sounds like it’ll be worth the wait. Andor is the latest Star Wars show coming to … Read more
Brie Larson at the D23 Expo 2022.Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney (Getty Images) Since starring as the intergalactic superhero Captain Marvel in the MCU’s first film focused on a woman lead, Brie Larson has faced the constant ire of sexist Marvel fanboys and their twitchy Twitter fingers. Utilizing the classic online tool of misogyny, … Read more
Brendan Fraser Photo: Tommaso Boddi (Getty Images) The long-overdue renaissance of Brendan Fraser reached a new high point last night at the Toronto International Film Festival, a homecoming in some ways for the Canadian actor. Fraser received one of TIFF’s highest honors, the Tribute Award for Performance, in recognition of his starring turn in Darren … Read more
Milly Alcock Photo: HOLLIE ADAMS/AFP (Getty Images) (This post contains spoilers for House Of The Dragon season 1, episode 4. Proceed with caution!) From the perspective of this non-actor, there are few aspects of showbiz that seem more uncomfortable than filming a sex scene—one of them, however, is definitely filming an incestuous one. In Game … Read more
Left: Tiffany Haddish (Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images), Right: Aries Spears (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) [Note: This article contains descriptions of sexually suggestive material involving a minor.] Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are the subject of a new lawsuit this week, The Daily Beast reports. The two comics have been accused by “Jane … Read more
Prince Photo: Jonathan Daniel (Getty Images) As he asserts in the classic track “I Would Die 4 U,” Prince isn’t a woman, and he isn’t a man—he’s something the listener could never understand. Whatever that third, more complicated thing is however, it isn’t an energy drink, and Prince’s estate has made sure of that. The … Read more
Milly AlcockPhoto: Ollie Upton (HBO) Let it be known: The allure of known intellectual property remains strong in these United States. Audiences can’t resist the opportunity to go back and poke around in the past of a recently concluded blockbuster fantasy franchise. So put any worries that a decline in quality or even the slow-motion … Read more
Screenshot: MTV / Kotaku Forget pivots to Jersey and re-pivots back to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. MTV’s Video Music Awards is hedging its bets on a new savior: NFTs. Last night, megawatt rappers Snoop Dogg and Eminem jointly performed at the show…as their Bored Ape Yacht Club digital avatars. Put on every year by MTV, the … Read more
Shia Labeoufphoto, rich fury ,Getty Images, In The Open Letter He Sent This Week To Olivia Wilde—Dismissing his claim that he was “fired” from his film don’t worry darling—Shia LaBeouf has only mentioned former romantic partner FKA Twigs once. “My failures with Twigs are original and real, but they are not the narrative that is … Read more
Ezra Millerphoto, John Phillips ,Getty Images, Warner Bros. current public relations problem with flamboyant Star Ezra Miller—aka “PR Problem Number 834” Victims Warner Bros. Discovery at the Moment”—Maybe Have Reached a Certain Level In the end. To heartMiller (who has been the subject of a veritable clown-level of lawsuits and reports of alleged criminal behavior … Read more
(From left) Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba in George Miller longing for three thousand years,photo, Metro Goldwyn Meyer Pictures It’s hard to root for a film like this longing for three thousand years, George Miller has long been one of our more thrilling and diverse filmmakers of today, so his take on the romantic fantasy … Read more