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Reign Report: “No Exit”

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Welcome back to Reign, the show that probably has no idea what’s going on, but is determined to burn through whatever it is as quickly as possible! Last week, everybody hopped from Point B to about Point K. This week is no exception, as we either leap ahead with unseen plot points or tread water as hard as possible, with the added bonus that Greer, currently lacking a subplot and the only remaining unmarried handmaid, has given herself the subplot of being So Done:… Read more »

Red Carpet Rundown: Oscars 2014

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Last night’s Oscars was, as it usually is for red carpet season, the culmination of months of careful image planning, runway-sample scheming, and signing of insurance forms for rental earrings that cost so much they require a red-carpet pass for the security guard specifically assigned to make sure the earrings are all right. Today, members of the Stylist Guild rest quietly in their intentionally-shabby loft apartments, surveying what they have done. And I’m assuming they’re all plotting revenge, because after a season of being at war with the necklace-makers, nearly all of them made a last-second deal. Necklaces everywhere! Someone will PAY. (…the invoices of the many additional jewelry security guards required.) Given the dedication to red-carpet excellence that Lupita Nyong’o has evinced all season, I’m not sure there was ever going to be another contender for Look of the Night. However, my first glimpse of this dress was a still photo, and I thought, “It’s lovely, but is it magic?” Then she moved, and proved it was. This is, as it happens, one of… Read more »

Red Carpet Rundown: BAFTAs 2014

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Red-carpet season continues across the pond, as London hosted the BAFTAs on Sunday! They’re always interesting, with a mixture of UK actors and Hollywood celebs and such a wide range of outfits that I feel as if the Stylists’ Guild classifies BAFTA as a free-for-all and just does whatever. We’ll be making quick work of it – it’s a rising red-carpet presence, so the photos tend not to be of a Golden Globes density yet. It’s still red-carpet, of course, but I feel like this is something of a testing ground for looks that aren’t the standard. Let’s find out why! LOOKIN’ GREAT DIVISION Naomie Harris, look of the night. Clean lines, unusual color, amazing sleeves, and her styling is minimal and clean and totally eye-catching. The sort of gown described as “confident” or “strong.” In a Bedknobs and Broomsticks situation, this gown would be flying on its own to fight Nazis. Lupita Nyong’o, who has gracefully knocked aside the competition to be this year’s consistently best-dressed, and manages to make this quasi-mermaid ballgown, which… Read more »

Ten Things You Should Know About I, Frankenstein

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Every year, in darkest winter, the cinemas are largely filled with leftover awards contenders and a studio’s awkward also-rans that got bumped until there was just no space left. But amid those disparate offerings lurks B-movie gold: the January Gem, which can occasionally come out in February depending on how many technothrillers a movie studio has to burn off first. That’s the kind of laid-back attitude we want in a January Gem. Last year, the amazingly bad Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters gifted us with Missing Children posters on medieval milk bottles and absolutely no introspection at any point despite the fact that they’re a witch’s kids and Gretel’s actually a witch but just ignores it. This year, the January Gem is I, Frankenstein, in which Frankenstein gets caught up in the war between gargoyle angels and demons (you know the one) until he’s a man unsure of his place in the world, drawn to a comely scientist, treated very rudely by a selection of supernatural beings, and left with nothing but his own convictions… Read more »

Red Carpet Rundown: SAG Awards 2014

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Ah, the SAG Awards, where people momentarily stop pretending they’re here for anyone but the actors! Hilariously, that takes less acting than normal for them. Life is complicated. This year’s SAGs also got the memo about No Necklaces, which saved it from an awkward social situation in which the SAGs show up at a garden party and the Golden Globes and the Oscars suddenly pretend they have eye ache from the sun and disappear inside without even saying hello. This time, there’s no look of the night because it would be a four-way tie and this is more a super-congratulatory dinner party Oscar preview than a heavy-duty red carpet, so let’s just dive in. SO GREAT DIVISION Rita Moreno. I literally clapped at my desk when I saw this picture. Proceed, madam. Lupita Nyong’o, who is making this year’s red carpets for me. Fantastic color, simple cut, interesting but not overwhelming statement detail. I love it. (P.S. She won the well-deserved Best Supporting Actress award and I really hope that’s the tipoff for Oscar gold… Read more »

Red Carpet Rundown: Golden Globes 2014

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Even for an awards show where show-business people are intentionally plied with alcohol for several hours and then given microphones that are broadcasting nationally and told to improvise under pressure, last night’s Golden Globes were weird. And discounting the actual show, the results were enough to give you heartburn. (Some of this red carpet rundown ended up kind of editorial.) The good news is, thanks to the engine of publicity that drives Hollywood into a living parody of itself, everybody dressed up! Some of it was lovely! Some of it, we’ll talk about. Let’s get this out of the way: Look of the night: Lupita Nyong’o, who was completely robbed of her Best Supporting Actress award. Jennifer Lawrence is talented, but there is absolutely no comparison between the two performances. At least Lupita looks flat-out stunning in this. Whoever decided to keep accessories to a minimum made an excellent call (and, as it turns out, was on trend for the night). Hope she wears something just as striking to the Oscars, which she’d better win,… Read more »
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