... his movie with the legendary Andrea Arnold directing, the one called Bird, can now be viewed from the comfort of your couch, or your bathtub, or Jacob Elordi's bathtub even, thanks to the fine folks at Mubi. I love love loved this movie (which also stars our other boyfriend Franz Rogowski) when I saw it last fall -- here is my Pajiba review -- and you should expect to see it on my list of favorite 2024 movies whenever I get around to taking five minutes to write that thing down for y'all. It is magic. (pic via)
There are moments -- not often, but more than once -- where I wonder if I might Jekyll out sometimes and sneak off under the guise of a different personality to be a casting director. Some movies just have such Me Casts that I can't imagine anyone else being responsible. Maybe I have a twin I was seperated from at birth and we're communicating telepathically? Anyway that's where I am at today with the news that Colman Domingo has now joined the cast of Edgar Wright's remake of The Running Man -- Colman being perfectly, exquisitely, cast as the evil game show host character that Richard Dawson played in Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1987 (classic as far as I'm concerned) version of the movie. How great is that casting though? Colman has got Game Show Voice and Showman Swag for dayssssss. Anyway he's joining a cast that already includes Glen Powell, Katy O'Brian (our queen from Love Lies Bleeding), Lee Pace, Josh Brolin, Michael Cera, William H. Macy, and my beloved weirdo Karl Glusman. Put this movie down my mouth please!
My memory of the headlines from TIFF was that Bring Them Down, the movie starring Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan, was sort of indifferently received (I didn't go to TIFF last year and haven't seen the movie yet myself) -- but checking its score on Rotten Tomatoes just now I see it sits at 93% so I guess my memory was faulty. Not the first time that's happened! Anyway the movie got a trailer this week because it's hitting theaters on February 7th, and that's what I am here for. That's what we all are here for. That plus that photo above of Chris & Barry being touchy-feely natch.
I wouldn't expect much touchy-feely in the movie itself though, since it's apparently a dark dramatic thriller about feuding Irish shepherds, but who knows? Maybe it's shepherds fueding with sexy results like in God's Own Country. Fingers crossed.
One mister Luca Guadagnino has photographed the new fashion campaign for the brand Loewe -- that's the one run by designer Jonathan Anderson aka the dude who's done the costumes for the films Challengers and Queer this year -- and part of the campaign stars one mister Drew Starkey, aka the co-lead in Queer. What a bunch of odd coincidences! Anyway you can see what I think is the full campaign (which also stars Guadangino fave Taylor Russell of Bones and All) right here -- I'm really partial to the photos of all the dresses suspended in the middle of the forest! Even if they don't have a hot piece like Drew in them, the pictures are something. That Luca fellow, he's going places. Oh and there are two videos from Drew's shoot -- see an official one here and the other behind-the-scenes one here. ETA okay so I was wrong -- this campign was shot by photographer David Sims -- it's early, I must have mis-read something, I don't know. Whatever, I'm not re-writing the entire post. Here's another photo to make up for my inexplicable blunder:
I've had a few gifs of The Hobbit and Being Human actor Aidan Turner rocking the world's hottest mustache burning a hole in my Plaid Pants for a few weeks now, but I'm glad I've waited to share them (they're all from his series Rivals) because now I've got even hotter (i.e. more naked) ones! I've been taken with Aidan for some many years now (as our archives can attest) but he's one who just keeps getting better and better looking with age -- the way he looks on this show has me spinning in my office chair like a top, steam whistling out my ear-holes. At least I think those are my ear-holes? It could be any hole honestly, I can't even tell anymore. Hit the jump for seven more hole-blowing gifs...
Instead of constantly refreshing my social media accounts to take in the horror that is the Los Angeles fire right now -- and here is a good rundown of places too donate to if you're doing the same and feeling helpless; I also recommend buying one of these Parks & Rec themed charity posters from Bottleneck Gallery, with the 100% of the proceeds going to the LAFD -- here are a few photos of actor Callum Turner modeling for Louis Vuitton because he's always a good distraction. Not that this matters in the scope of what's happening out there but my trip to L.A. for the Critics Choice Awards this weekend has now been officially canceled so I kinda need some Pretty Man distraction myself. The show's been rescheduled for January 26th but that's right in the middle of Sundance so it looks like I'll be missing my first ever awards show, siiigh. But like I said -- that's extremely small potatoes compared to the devastation. And if there are any L.A. readers here in the house please please please stay safe! So yes let's all hit the jump and dip our anxieties into some sweet Callum for a moment...
Very important news! Robert Eggers' brilliant new Nosferatu will be hitting physical media at some point in 2025 and if you click here you can pre-order the 4K steelbook right now! They have Christmas marked as the release date at the link but I think that's just a temporary marker that will be changed when they have the actual date although who knows -- it is a verified Christmas movie after all! Here is my review if you missed it -- this movie will feature well in my eventual "Best of 2024" lists, have no fear -- I re-watched it for I think the fifth time last night and I love it more with every viewing. And for once my tastes seem to be matching up with the mainstream because Fangoria reported today that the film just passed 100 million dollars world-wide, a first for Eggers! Huzzah! I love thinking he might get a blank check for whatever he wants to do next!
I know I have mentioned poster artist Akiko Stehrenberger here on the site before -- they're responsible for some of my favorite modern movie designs (and if you want a good primer why not buy my extra copy of Akiko's book off of eBay?) including the ones for Spring Breakers, Tar, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and I'm Thinking of Ending Things, among many many many others. Anyway Akiko designed the new poster for the upcoming movie Armand, seen above -- Armand stars Worst Person in the World and A Different Man star Renate Reinsve...
... as a famous actress whose kid gets into trouble at school, which leads her to get sucked into a bunch of school drama among the teachers and fellow parents. The movie is great (yes I have seen it) and Reinsve even greater -- she has this extended inappropriate laughing scene for the ages. She's such a terrific actress. Anyway the movie is shortlisted for "International Feature" at the Oscars and it hits theaters February 7th (with a broader expansion the next week) and lo, here's the trailer:
In lieu of my brain working well enough to say anything of substance this afternoon-through-evening, here is a gif of Jonathan Bailey (in the 2015 series Chewing Gum) that I have been trying to figure out something to do with, even though the gif obviously stands on its own. It speaks for itself! You're welcome, and a good night to each and every one of you.
As I state basically every time I share a new horror movie trailer I have not watched this trailer myself because I have stopped watching almost all movie trailers but most especially ones for horror movies -- they always spoil too much. But I do want to toss this movie on your radar -- and share that photo of Mason Gooding while I'm at it because duh. So here's a post about a horror movie trailer all the same, and y'all can make your own adult choices about whteher to watch it or not. The film is called Heart Eyes...
... and it's a new Valentine's Day Slasher (out one week earlier on February 7th) from the great director-actor Josh Ruben, who's previously gifted us with the terrific horror movies Scare Me and Werewolves Within (not to mention acting in the terrific horror movieA Wounded Fawn). Here's what else I know about Heart Eyes even though I didn't watch this trailer -- it stars Gooding alongside Jordana Brewster and scream king Devon Sawa, and it was co-ritten by Michael Kennedy (of Freaky and It's a Wonderful Knife fame) and... that's it. The end. That's all I know. But Ruben has a hella proven track record so I'm sold. Here's the trailer, do as you like:
As I said Heart Eyes is out on February 7th -- it's nice to have a new V-Day horror movie, right? I was just thinking the other day that it's really weird that we never got a sequel to the original 1981 version of My Bloody Valentine, one of the greatest Slasher Movies ever made and which birthed one of the most iconic looking Slasher Villains, with its deranged miner Harry Warden, only to never capitalize on him again. Hell even the 2009 remake could've used a sequel -- there were far worse horror remakes in the Aughts than that one. And yes I have somehow come out swinging for TWO Aughts-era horror remakes today (along with House of Wax this morning) -- is something in the air or what? Have I been bitten by the nostalgia bug for Aughts shit like everybody else? Oh dear.
A happy 42nd birthday to obscenely pretty actor Robert Ri'chard from Coach Carter and the tee-riffic House of Wax remake (yes the one with Paris Hilton -- shut up, it's good!) plus a few episodes of Veronica Mars and then basically a lot of single episodes of many, many shows that you know. We have mentioned Robert here on the site before since you might recall he was the lead in that Magic Mike rip-off Chocolate City that came out in 2015 -- actually I wouldn't blame you if you didn't remember that, it was a pretty forgettable movie. But it gave me a good post full of good gifs at least! I recommend you also check out RR's Instagram account -- he isn't afraid to still bring the gratuity.
Oh looky it's another photoshoot that dropped over the holiday break that I haven't gotten around to posting! The ridiculously stunning Aaron Pierre, star of Jeremy Saulnier's highly entertainingRebel Ridge and Barry Jenkins' masterpiece The Underground Railroad, was photographed and interviewed in Interview Magazine -- read the interview part here. In my belated defense the photos -- save the one above (swoon) -- are kind of boring, or as boring as looking at Aaron Pierre can be (so... not much) and so I wasn't in the biggest rush with them. But today I was ogling that shot above (swoon times two) and decided that the time has arrived! Hit the jumpfor everything...
Not to overdo it with Andrew Garfield this week (much to my hater boyfriend's chagrin no doubt -- although he did give Andy a compliment last night saying that "the beard makes his face less disgusting" lol; unlike me he's not a fan!) but I loved the green Versace suit he wore to the Globes. And our boy knew he looked good and he was slutting it up like nobody's business...
... with all the extra cleavage emphasis. So we're giving him this little spotlight, our boyfriend be damned! I'm actually really posting now because I forgot to mention the Globes at all in this morning's Andy post, even though I watched the whole damned thing -- did anybody else watch? Winner of the night to my eye was Demi for that truly lovely speech she gave. And our beloved Tadanobu Asano of course!
But Tadanobu always wins, just by being Tadanobu. But I am curious what y'all thought of the show, the winners, the fashion. So if you have any thoughts please toss them my way in the comments. And in return I have an entire gallery of Andy being the bearded belle of the ball (with a couple of bonus guests!) after the jump...
Andrew Garfield's photos for W Magazine's annual "Performances of the Year" issue dropped on Saturday morning right after I posted 1) his other photoshoot for GQ and 2) several of the other actors in W Magazine, so bad timing (i.e. me never posting on weekends) leads to me sharing these photos now. Weirdly W dropped all of the hottest photos on Saturday...
Oh okay they just saved all the slutty men photos for today! #blessings
... which is an odd time for photoshoots to drop? I'm really hoping more photos from that Josh O'Connor spread (emphasis on spread) pop up because good goddamn that's a sexy photo. Anyway hello, happy Monday. I've got a few big things going on this week (prepping for Sundance and I am flying to L.A. this upcoming weekend to attend the Critics Choice Awards in person, holy shit!) but I'll be here, posting per usual, too. So grab onto Andy's big beefy biceps and let's get moving...
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