With the release of Logan Lucky, director Steven Soderbergh is back in a big way with a very funny heist caper. Directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by first-time screenwriter Rebecca Blunt, the heist film stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterston, Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan, Brian Gleeson, Jack Quaid, with Hilary Swank, and Daniel Craig. Logan Lucky was produced as a test to see if indie filmmakers…
"Logan Lucky: Steven Soderbergh is Back!"Month: August 2017
Bear with Us offers a take on the cabin-in-the-woods genre but it does so as a dark comedy. How far would you go to preserve a relationship? This is the question that Stribling and Nickel have decided to explore in Bear with Us. They take us on a wild ride. Colin Dense (Sullivan) is a neurotic romantic so he decides to propose to his girlfriend, Quincy Adams (Romano), in the same building located on the…
"Bear with Us: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"
Actor/comedian Nick Thune spoke to Solzy at the Movies with the release of Dave Made A Maze this upcoming Friday. Thanks for joining Solzy at the Movies today. How are things treating you? Nick Thune: Things are treating me pretty well. Dave Made A Maze pays homage to the great adventure films of the 1980s. What’s your favorite adventure film of that era? Nick Thune: It’s hard to say because you look back—Goonies—but I wasn’t…
"Nick Thune talks Dave Made A Maze, Comedy, and More"
Dave Made A Maze is a horror film that doubles as a comedy but in a fun way. Directed by Bill Watterson from a script co-written with Steven Sears, the film stars Nick Thune, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, James Urbaniak, Adam Busch, Kirsten Vangsness, John Hennigan, Scott Narver, Frank Caeti, and Timothy Nordwind. If Super 8 made you nostalgic for the classic Steven Spielberg movies of the 1970s and 1980s, Dave Made A Maze will surely…
"Dave Made A Maze is The Maze Movie We Need Right Now" Writer/director William J. Stribling spoke to Solzy at the Movies about Bear with Us. The indie horror comedy is being released on Digital HD tomorrow. Thanks for joining Solzy at the Movies today. How are things treating you? William J. Stribling: Treating me very well. Thank you very much. Glad to meet you. You, too. Bear with Us was a very funny film. How did this idea come to be? William J. Stribling: That’s an…
"William J. Stribling talks horror comedy Bear with Us"
Will the third time be the charm for the How I Met Your Mother spin-off as 20th TV gives How I Met Your Father another try? How I Met Your Mother went off the air following the series finale on CBS. Even as it was saying goodbye, series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, along with Up All Night creator Emily Spivey, wrote a spin-off, How I Met Your Dad. The pilot starred Greta Gerwig…
"HIMYM: 20th TV giving How I Met Your Father another try"
A campaign has been launched to save Shrink, a series which aired on Seeso and has yet to find a new home. Shrink was a series that was first conceived in Chicago and later filmed in Chicago. It’s no surprise that series creators and executive producers Tim Baltz and Ted Tremper (The Daily Show) both come out of the Chicago improv scene. All you have to do is take a look at the gazillion Chicago…
"Shrink: Campaign mounts to #SaveShrink"
It’s been three years since actor-comedian Robin Williams ended his life in 2014. His suicide followed a misdiagnosis of Parkinson’s disease when what he was suffering from was diffuse Lewy body dementia. When he was alive, he was one of the funniest people I have ever seen. Even as Disney produces the live-action Aladdin, Will Smith will never be able to bring to that role what Robin brought to his performance as The Genie. It’s…
"Remembering actor/comedian Robin Williams"
Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen take us on a thrilling ride in the the character-driven Wind River. Written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, Wind River stars Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal, Julia Jones, Kelsey Asbille, and James Jordan. After writing award-nominated screenplays for Sicario and last year’s Hell or High Water, Sheridan moves back into the director’s chair for his second feature–the chilling Wind River. For Sheridan, it’s the conclusion to a…
"Wind River: A Chilling, Character-Driven Thriller"
Deadline reported that Jill Kargman and Seth Meyers were rebooting The Munsters for NBC. This begs the question: do the networks even want original content anymore? There have been more and more reboots placed into development over the years to the point that enough is enough. This comes on the heels of NBC’s announcement that they were looking to reboot Miami Vice. There’s a long list of reboots that premiered on television over the past…
"As The Munsters reboot, Where’s The Originality Left In Hollywood?"