She's in this for about 10 minutes. A bit in the beginning, gone for more than an hour, back for the climax. I'm a big Theron fan, but I was planning on just watching the few bit of Ravenna that there are on YouTube later.

Promotion for this movie was bad and misleading.
These are some of my fav actors, but even I hesitated to see it. Mostly because I didn't enjoy the first one, then because I heard the Queen I liked was barely in it, I only noticed Jessica by chance, not by marketing, so it was only Emily Blunt that got me to buy an…

I love me some KStew. She gets so much unfair hate because casting directors tried to push her in a direction she was clearly not intended. It's not her fault she's more an indie darling than a big budget leading lady. I hope she wins an Oscar soon, then everyone can shut up about her being a bad actress just because…

Alice in Wonderland is a massively popular IP, unlike Snow White or Peter Pan. But if it under-performs too, we could be waving buy buy to to the fairytale genre for a good while.

I think Kristen said no to the sequel, which was smart because it means she understands it's not her forte and wants to move her image away from that. Also her Twilight cred has most definitely expired for that audience.

I refuse to believe that Jessica Chastain, Emily Blunt, or Charlize Theron would have any more to do with this universe anyway!
I'm pretty sure Charlize read the script, realized she was only in about 5 pages of it and said "Yes I'll take that giant bag of money for a week's work, you dummies. Thanks very much".…

I think he's a funny guy! That's kind of what I mean. Maybe his forte isn't to be a sullen-faced leading man, but more of a funny, charming type.

Hopefully they can bring Chris Hemsworth with them at some point.

Are there any links that are not Jezebel or The Daily Beast…? Like, legit sites that aren't awful and frequent liars.

I just assumed that Penn's partners slept in separate beds. 2 single beds in the same room. He turns in at 7pm, put his stripy PJs on, puts his teeth in the glass on the bedside table and goes straight to sleep. It's the only way I can handle knowing he's dated all 3 of my Hollywood crushes. Completely sexless…

I don't know if there's anything wrong with making the focus of your story a universally understandable one. There's nothing about stories deeply rooted in any particular culture that should be inherently unintelligible to people outside of that culture. A lot of folklaw stories from around the world contain similar…

You watch your mouth talking about Don Rickles that way!
But I don't know, I think Laika's struck a pretty good balance. It's not like they're pulling a Dreamworks or a Blue Sky Studio and trying to pack in as many star names as they possibly can for pop-culture points. It looks like they've picked a lot of versatile…

I've had a long think about it, because I'm on the fence with animation a lot too and I think it's a case by case thing rather than being quite so cut and dry, like live action.
For example, everyone seemed very excited that Daisy Ridley would be voicing the lead Japanese character in the English dub of Studio Ghibli's…

Do you mean Disney? Because Pixar movies are full of star voices a lot of the time.

The behind the scenes featurettes on this one will be amazing!! I want a packed out Blu Ray for this!

Tricky one. It would matter less if it weren't happening across the board probably. People might not care if it didn't feel like another example of Asia without the Asians.

First up, this looks beyond gorgeous and magical and incredibly creative. It's one of the movies I've been really excited for since the first trailer dropped and I've been getting more wowed with every subsequent one. It's hard not to get serious Studio Ghibli vibes from the real attention to detail in the Japanese…

Scarlet Johansson might be one of the most boring actresses in a leading hero role that I can think of beyond Kristen Stewart. She is perfectly adequate in an ensemble cast, but her strengths lie in quieter, smaller movies, where her subtler expressions can be properly captured on film.
She always looks completely lost…

I very much enjoyed all the older actors (older than 30) looking like they were watching a kids school play. All polite clapping and very obviously wondering when they could go home. Will and Charlize gave nice acceptance speeches though. I liked the Leo Fucked By A Bear song and, yes, even that nutso Doof Warrior…

Probably thinking how she's gotta work with this guy in Fast and Furious soon and questioning whether the publicity is going to be worth it.