The Trade

Hollywood Falling Back on Questionable Men Feels like a Basic Instinct

With Joe Eszterhas bringing back Catherine Trammell and Victorian morality tales being adapted by Johnny Depp what power is Hollywood rebelling against?

Jul 24, 2025 • Emily J. Edwards and Kristen Lopez

Bond, Gen Z, and the Fading Movie Star

Or why casting Tom Holland isn't gonna make Bond any better

Jul 1, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

Trump Tariffs Come for the Movies

Let's all go to the lobby....and pay a tariff for all your treats

May 6, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

Disney's Learning All the Wrong Lessons From Snow White's Failure

Why canceling a live-action version of 'Tangled' doesn't solve anything

Apr 7, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

Time to Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is With 'Coyote vs. Acme'

It's all good news that this Looney Tunes movie is finally seeing daylight, right?

Apr 4, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

Rachel Zegler and Why Hollywood Loves to Blame 'Difficult' Women

Hi ho, hi ho, it's back to blaming women of color for your movie failing

Mar 27, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

It's a Film Bros World, Again

Prepare for a new wave of "where are all the women" in entertainment journalism

Mar 18, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

The 'Snow White' Press Tour Should Be Interesting

Disney's latest remake is almost here, if it can survive the junket

Feb 27, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

This One's For the PR Folks

How a Maya Hawke comment speaks to what's happening in entertainment journalism

Feb 20, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

We Ready to Talk About Inacessible Movie Theaters Yet?

Sean Baker wants studios to return to a 90-day theatrical window, but that's not the reason audiences aren't going to the movies

Feb 11, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

Will Banning TikTok Break the Influencer Bubble?

How film critics get back into the good graces of PR if a key app is no more

Jan 17, 2025 • Kristen Lopez

It Ends With ... A Lawsuit

Blake Lively's lawsuit against Justin Baldoni points out so many things about Hollywood, disability and more

Dec 23, 2024 • Kristen Lopez

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