Warner Bros. has announced that the DC characters Kamandi, The Losers, Blue Beetle and Constantine are set to headline for new DC Showcase animated shorts set for release between 2021 and 2022.Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment, and Rick Morales (Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge), the four shorts will be included as bonus features […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Searchers
Searchers, 2021.Directed by Pacho Velez.SYNOPSIS:Searchers draws on encounters with a diverse set of New Yorkers as they navigate their preferred dating apps, searching for their special someone.Among the most mentally debilitating casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic is surely the absence of a traditional dating scene in most countries around the world, as elucidated with warmth and […]
How to Write a Feature Film Script 101 with Holidate screenwriter Tiffany Paulsen | The Writer Experience #130
Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience…In this episode of The Writer Experience, Court and Harry are joined by Tiffany Paulsen, a writer and director originally from Cashmere, Washington. She’s won both the prestigious Disney ABC writing fellowship and a Sony TV Diverse Directing Fellowship. She wrote the feature adaptation of Nancy Drew […]
Censor Never Reaches Its Full Horror Potential | Sundance 2021 Video Review
Censor, 2021.Directed by Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring Niamh Algar, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Michael Smiley, Clare Holman, Andrew Havill, Felicity Montagu, Danny Lee Wynter, Clare Perkins, Guillaume Delaunay, Richard Glover, Beau Gadsdon, Amelie Child-Villiers.You may call me a bit sick for this, but I expected more “nasty” out of this video […]
Horror-thriller Honeydew gets a trailer, poster and images
Signature Entertainment has released a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Devereux Milburn’s upcoming horror Honeydew which follows young couple Sam (Sawyer Spielberg) and Rylie (Malin Barr) as they begin to experience strange hallucinations after seeking shelter on a farm when their car breaks down; take a look here…For Sam and Rylie an idyllic camping […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Try Harder!
Try Harder!, 2021.Directed by Debbie Lum.SYNOPSIS:In a universe where cool kids are nerds, the orchestra is world class and being Asian American is the norm, seniors at Lowell High School compete for the top prize: admission to the college of their dreams.Debbie Lum’s fly-on-the-wall documentary Try Harder! offers an intimate window into a subject most viewers […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Prime Time
Prime Time, 2021.Co-written and directed by Jakub Piątek. Starring Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Popławska, Andrzej Kłak, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Dobromir Dymecki, and Monika Frajczyk.SYNOPSIS:In 1999, Sebastian locks himself in a TV studio. He has two hostages, a gun, and an important message for the world.Dog Day Afternoon. Network. The King of Comedy. The touchstones are myriad for Polish […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, 2021.Directed by Marilyn Agrelo.SYNOPSIS:A look at the history of the long-running children’s TV show “Sesame Street.”There will surely never again be a children’s TV phenom on the scale of Sesame Street – and the abundance of choice afforded by modern streaming services can only partially explain that. Orson […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sabaya
Sabaya, 2021.Written and directed by Hogir Hirori.SYNOPSIS:With just a mobile phone and a gun, Mahmud, Ziyad, and their group risk their lives trying to save Yazidi women and girls being held by ISIS as Sabaya (abducted sex slaves) in the most dangerous camp in the Middle East, Al-Hol in Syria.Hogir Hirori (The Deminer) returns with another […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mother Schmuckers
Mother Schmuckers, 2021.Written and directed by Lenny Guit and Harpo Guit. Starring Harpo Guit, Maxi Delmelle, Claire Bodson, Mathieu Amalric, and Habib Ben Tanfous.SYNOPSIS:Issachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother’s beloved dog, they have 24 hours […]
