FOX announced the dates for their fall season premieres for the upcoming 2017-18 television season. New series airing on Fox in the fall include The Gifted, The Orville, and Ghosted. The Gifted comes from Marvel and is set in the X-Men universe. It will be interesting to see just exactly how the series will tie into the franchise. The Orville comes from Seth MacFarlane and the dramedy sounds really interesting. It’s an hourlong series and…
"FOX announces 2017 Fall Season Premieres"Month: June 2017
Following the firing of co-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the upcoming Han Solo film, Lucasfilm has turned to director Ron Howard to helm the Star Wars film. Lucasfilm announced their decision to hire Howard as the new director today. “At Lucasfilm, we believe the highest goal of each film is to delight, carrying forward the spirit of the saga that George Lucas began forty years ago,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “With…
"Star Wars: Ron Howard takes over Han Solo film"
Rough Night is another Bachelorette Party misadventure and it falls short of being on the same level as Bridesmaids. Directed by Lucia Aniello from a screenplay written by Aniello & Paul W. Downs, Rough Night stars Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, Zoë Kravitz, Paul W. Downs, Ty Burrell, and Demi Moore. Enrique Murciano, Karan Soni, and Dean Winters also star. The R-rated comedy starts out with some college friends (Jess, Alice, Frankie,…
"Rough Night: Bachelorette Party Misadventure Falls Short of Bridesmaids"
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have left in their roles as co-directors of the untitled Han Solo stand-alone prequel due to creative differences. The duo were named as co-directors back in the summer of 2015. Lawrence and Jon Kasdan wrote the screenplay. The following statement was posted on the Star Wars website yesterday: The untitled Han Solo film will move forward with a directorial change. “Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are talented filmmakers who have assembled an…
"Han Solo: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller leave Star Wars film"
Transformers: The Last Knight is one of the dumbest action films of the year and you’ll still see it anyway. Directed by Michael Bay, the film stars Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Jerrod Carmichael, Isabela Moner, Stanley Tucci, John Turturro, Santiago Cabrera, Liam Garrigan, Mitch Pileggi, and Glenn Morshower. Peter Cullen returns as the voice of Optimus Prime. The film picks up after the events of Age of Extinction, a Transformers film…
"Transformers: The Last Knight is A Dumb Action Movie And You’ll Still See it"
In light of yet another movie with a cis male starring as a trans woman, it is more important than ever that Hollywood starts to portray transgender people in the right light. “Trans people are way underrepresented in trans stories,” says Shadi Petosky, the executive producer for Amazon’s Danger & Eggs. “We’re newsworthy, so our stories are valuable, and these cis writers and producers want to exploit that. Even Transparent had no trans writers Season…
"Transgender Representation in the Media: How do we improve it?"
Following the premiere of And Then There Was Eve at the LA Film Festival, transgender actress Rachel Crowl took some time to talk to Solzy at the Movies about the film and what can be done to improve transgender representation in the media. Originally, I was going to run her responses as a part of a larger feature story on what can be done to improve things but I’ve decided to run this separately ahead…
"Rachel Crowl talks And Then There Was Eve, Transgender Opportunities in Media"
NBC announced the series and season premiere dates for this fall’s new and returning shows. While many eyes will likely be watching This Is Us on Tuesday night, Thursday has been revitalized into Must See TV once more with the lineup of Superstore, The Good Place, Will & Grace, and Great News. With Blindspot moving to Friday nights, one can only wonder what NBC plans to do with the series. Viewership shrank last season when…
"NBC announces 2017 Fall Premieres"
The Television Critics Association (TCA) announced the nominees for the 2017 TCA Awards. The 33rd annual TCA Awards will be held on Saturday, August 5, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. To qualify for the awards, a show must have aired most of its season between June 1, 2016 and May 31, 2017. The Career Achievement and Heritage Award winners won’t be announced until that evening. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us,”…
"TCA announces the 2017 TCA Award Nominees"
Star Wars fans are probably sitting on edge following The Book of Henry, a film directed by Star Wars 9 director Colin Trevorrow, opened up to negative reviews. While it is an independent film, the film was shot after Jurassic World–which is the film that earned Trevorrow the directing gig for the third film in the newest Star Wars trilogy. I haven’t had the opportunity to screen The Book of Henry. I had plans to…
"Star Wars 9: Does The Book of Henry have Star Wars fans on edge?"