British filmmaker Matthew Vaughn’s helmed a gonzo fantasy with a cross-dressing Robert De Niro, a vigilante superhero flick with a foul-mouthed, killer kid, and a delirious spin on Bond with Colin Firth. But Argylle, his $200 million globe-trotting espionage thriller, has proven to be his most divisive film yet. The …
Read More »'Argylle' Has a Big Secret: It's a Stunningly Bad Movie
There are few movie-marketing gimmicks more enticing than the suggestion of a secret — a twist or revelation so shocking, so earth-shaking that it changes everything you thought you knew about a film, its characters, yadda yadda yadda. The audience’s curiosity is piqued, then they become co-conspirators: Once you know, …
Read More »Bryce Dallas Howard Addresses Taylor Swift 'Argylle' Rumors on 'Fallon'
Bryce Dallas Howard appeared on The Tonight Show to promote her new film Argylle and host Jimmy Fallon took the opportunity to question her on whether Taylor Swift actually wrote the novel on which the film is based. In the movie, directed by Matthew Vaughn, Howard plays an author named …
Read More »Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theory Shot Down by 'Argylle' Director
Have you heard the latest conspiracy theory being peddled by the Swifties? Because it’s a doozy. According to Taylor Swift’s online fandom, the pop superstar somehow found time in between the Eras Tour (and its the subsequent box-office smash of a documentary), rerecording her albums, and traveling across the U.S. …
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