Category: Streaming
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Jamie Kennedy’s STOOPID SMART Bowls You Over May 25, Also His Bday, FYI
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Where has Jamie Kennedy been? In lockdown like the rest of us. But Monday, May 25 (also his milestone birthday), his one-hour comedy special JAMIE KENNEDY: STOOPID SMART breaks out on Tubi TV. Tubi is the self-titled “#1 free streaming app” thinly disguised as a start-up. Kennedy puts it…
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MGM Loses Its Mind, Lets Sly Stallone Live-Host ROCKY & FREE Watch Party for You
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Suddenly everyone is Robert Osborne online – if you don’t remember him, he was a Turner Classic Movies Host who literally brought back “old movies” to a new generation – but now there are so many liner-note commenters. You’ve got a cinema ga-lazy of Blogstars and Podcast heroes, so it’s unremarkable…
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Lena Dunham Does Nora Ephron’s Legacy Proud with SLEEPLESS for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Some may consider Lena Dunham of HBO’s “Girls” an over-sharer when it comes to intimate details, but you’ll be surprised to learn she is a huge fan of the demure rom-com genre. Specifically where Tom Hanks (lately recovered from MyCorona) and Meg Ryan are concerned. Dunham does the late…
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What Pandemic: GIRLS & CORPSES Films, Shout Factory/Scream Factory, Debut Camp Classic EXORCISM AT 60,000 FT
by Robert Rhine, Special Correspondent Need a distraction? Exorcism at 60,000 Feet is just plane crazy! And it stars Adrienne Barbeau for that high camp 70’s feel. So, buckle your seat belts, put your seat in the full upright position and hang on for the craziest flight of your life. My film is now available for…
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Trail Running Film Festival Goes Virtual, If That’s Even Possible
by Abram Dickerson, Course Director Last year, I partnered up with James Varner to Co-Direct the Trail Running Film Festival. For those unfamiliar, the festival is traditionally a 3-day event in Seattle, WA followed by a highlight reel of the best films on 40+ city national tour. As Covid 19 has put the world into…
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May Day: LA LA LAND For All Streaming & Jamie Lee Curtis, Fundraiser on Lionsgate Live!
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Heck those cute kids, they literally tap-danced their way into stardom in LA LA LAND. What? Okay, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling were already big stars, but this pairing made them huge. Emma Stone even won the Best Actress (she would prefer ‘actor’) award that year… But wait, a…
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Natalie Portman’s Most Watched Movie, Guess, Revealed for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent One of the most successful actors to transition from child-to-adult star is Oscar-winner Natalie Portman. #AFIMOVIECLUB just got her to reveal Portman’s personally most watched film of all time. Now you’ll get to see her in a home-setting, complete with Swiss Coffee wall backdrop and dark beige curtains in the background. We…
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McGill University Webcast Does a COVID-19 Teach-in April 23
Curated by Screenmancer Staff from McGill University MONTREAL, QC (04/22/20): How have past generations managed global pandemics? What role has politics played in how governments address health crises? What lessons from recent epidemics like HIV/AIDS are informing how scientists are responding to COVID-19? Join us for another in our series of webcasts as two McGill experts explore…
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Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs Digs JURASSIC PARK, Yeah, #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You’ve heard of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” from showbiz reframer Lin-Manuel Miranda? Did you know the original cast once included the extremely talented Daveed Diggs as the titular character? #AFIMOVIECLUB just drafted this Broadway-star-turned-feature-phenom to pull back the curtain on the Spielberg box-office crusher JURASSIC PARK. This is the film that…
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Jack Black Rocks THIS IS SPINAL TAP for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent What could be more perfect than SCHOOL OF ROCK’s Jack Black, a frontman himself, giving you insider info on THIS IS SPINAL TAP for #AFIMOVIECLUB? The Jackster has been known to break into song even at film-related events, such as with Shirley MacLaine once when they did a press junket…
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SXSW 2020 Pilot Showcase Just Launched on Vimeo
Curated by Screenmancer Staff from Cinematic Red Los Angeles, CA: In the wake of the cancelled 2020 SXSW Film Festival, a fascinating group of nominated filmmakers from the Episodic Pilot Competition are launching a ‘SXSW 2020 Pilot Showcase’ on Vimeo, a streaming event to preview a diversity led (more than half LGBT content and creators) select number…
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Catch Up With Director Lynn Roth Plus 919 Film Fest: Q & A Zoom Event April 16
By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Director Lynn Roth, who is among Showtime’s first female TV showrunners for “The Paper Chase,” will join a 919 Film Festival Q & A for her film THE LITTLE TRAITOR on April 16 via Zoom. This streaming event is open to the public, and is hosted by the Chapel Hill, NC,…
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How About “You Need Work to Feel Like You’re Worth Something,” Watch WORKING MAN
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Peter Gerety and Talia Shire? Yes, they’ve been in your film and TV memory for years, maybe growing up, maybe now in your streaming awareness. Think Shire of ROCKY franchise fame and Gerety (“The Wire”) of almost every procedural TV show of note since the 90’s. These are real-people…
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Eva Longoria Calls Out Rita Hayworth’s Nuclear Charm in GILDA for #AFIMOVIECLUB
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent She was born in the Year of the Other Pandemic, 1918, The Spanish Flu, and Margarita Carmen Cansino turned out to be fever-inducing herself for servicemen around the planet with her WWII status as a pin-up. But not until they dyed her locks, anglicized her name, and tried to…
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Even If You’re in the Pink COVID19-wise, PINK Schools You About It
by Quendrith Johnson, Screenmancer Staff There’s a time for infighting among the Redbull and BlueMoon States, or states of mind, but right now we’re all trying to be in the pink, health-wise. #COVID19 and the Coronavirus health-quake is on now. EllenTube, from Ellen Degeneres, shows us in her interview with musical artist PINK that we…
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