Category: New Releases
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I AM WOMAN, the Helen Reddy movie: it’s about time, right?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent By now the blowout box office numbers from Freddie Mercury biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY have almost stopped echoing off studio halls, including the Best Actor Oscar memories; yet when was the last time a female performer got an in-depth biopic? Okay, Joan Jett and Loretta Lynn among others, but even…
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See Rosamund Pike embody Nobel Laureate Madame Curie in RADIOACTIVE from Amazon
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Unlike historic women of science Hypatia and Ada Lovelace, Marie Sklodowska or “Madame Curie” was not lost to the fickle (non-female) fingers of recorded history. This is due in part to being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903; although she was nominated only…
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REBUILDING PARADISE, #CaliforniaWildfires, by Ron Howard is no small feat, see it July 31
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Ron Howard is known for so many accomplishments in the (in quotes) Hollywood firmament. He was a child actor, much loved boy (Opie Taylor of “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1960 to 1968), and director/producer with partner Brian Grazer of Imagine. Equally significant, he has never had a significant…
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Omertà not so much in FEAR CITY: NEW YORK vs. THE MAFIA coming July 22
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you grew up in any major East Coast metro area in the 1970’s, you kind of knew which streets were safe, or in the case of Boston’s North End, which were La Cosa Nostra (our cause). Say restaurants and shops fronted by Gennaro “Jerry” Anguilo of the Anguilo…
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Tune it up for Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash right now
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Pop quiz trivia, ready? What was the first band name of Lynyrd Skynyrd? Right: “My Backyard” for the Jacksonville-formed group until 1966, when they came up with the iconic slur of their gym teacher’s name. Don’t believe it? Proof comes later, but for now, Cleopatra Entertainment offers a biography about…
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Touch Wood: Wood Entertainment drops in with Pro Skater Tony Hawk in August
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: Wood Entertainment just announced the August 18 digital/VOD release of the highly awesome documentary entitled PRETENDING I’M A SUPERMAN – THE TONY HAWK VIDEO GAME STORY. “PRETENDING I’M A SUPERMAN is a robust, real-life story of our successful video game series as told by those who created it, and many who…
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Boys Will Be BOYS STATE, In This Raucous Caucus Set for Summer
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Boys, Texas, a mock election, what could go wrong? Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner for 2020, BOYS STATE, chronicles 1100 eager teenage mini-men as they vie for a week-long bid to make their own state government, in this Apple Original to hit theaters on July 31. Directed by Jesse…
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RIFKIN’S FESTIVAL Opens 68th San Sebastian Film Fest, But First a Funny Or Die Review?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Official word is that Woody Allen’s world premiere venue for his latest film RIFKIN’S FESTIVAL, about a guy who goes to a film festival (imagine that), will unspool in Spain at the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 18 through the 26th, 2020. It will…
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CANNES 2020 Update: Jonathan Rhys Meyers in RAJAH for Margate House Films
by Screenmancer Staff CANNES, France: This is a Cannes First Look, or what’s on display for sale during this debut year as the storied festival goes strictly online thru June 26, 2020. RAJAH is an adventure epic set against the backdrop of the former Borneo (now Kalimantan, Indonesia), the third largest isle in the world, full…
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HUNTERS IN THE DARK Adapt Targets Aneurin Barnard to Join Alex Pettyfer, DDI
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: Jason Moring, DDI CEO, announced today that BAFTA nominated actor Aneurin Barnard has been cast opposite award-winning actor Alex Pettyfer (I AM NUMBER FOUR, MAGIC MIKE) in HUNTERS IN THE DARK, joining Hong-Kong American actor Tzi Ma (MULAN, Ellen Wong (Netflix’s Glow) and Elodie Yung (Netflix’s Daredevil and…
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DA 5 BLOODS Director Knows More About Movies Than You Do, Watch It
by Screenmancer Staff You’re going to watch Netflix’s presentation of Spike Lee’s New Joint DA 5 BLOODS. which was released on June 12, right? So here’s the Top 5 Things you should know beforehand. Number one? Spike Lee knows more than you do about filmmaking so don’t bitch about the kooky structure, the Jurassic Park…
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FARE Cinema in Cahoots With HFPA for Fellini Moments Up to June 21
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Los Angeles, CA: FARE CINEMA, a free initiative to promote Italian cinema and film industry in the world by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy, is virtual for the third edition since June 15 until June 21, 2020 and is available for free on RaiPlay…
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YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT Lands This June From Director David Koepp, Stars Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Writer David Koepp became a Director years ago, but his freshest scarer is YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried from Universal Pictures. PANIC ROOM’s Koepp will fry Bacon and toast Seyfried, no doubt, in this nailer-biter for Blumhouse Productions. You have only to peruse their…
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Miles Teller Signs On for Rupert Wainwright’s Novel Adapt of “Not Without Hope”
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: Highland Film Group announced today that Miles Teller (upcoming Top Gun: Maverick) has signed on to star in director Rupert Wainwright’s Not Without Hope, based on Nick Schuyler and Jere Longman’s novel by the same name. E. Nicholas Mariani penned the screenplay. “We are very excited to help bring this inspiring true…
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Director Betsy Kalin on the Future of LA in VISION 2030 with EMMY Nom & It’s a Microcosm
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent For a while now we’ve been thrilled to follow filmmaker Betsy Kalin and her remarkable camera’s eye. Kalin, who we found through the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) years ago when Carol Marshall and staffers set up these great indie filmmaker roundtables, previously filmed an East LA exploration, that you can find…
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