Over two years after the world premiere at Sundance, Apollo 11: Quarantine picks up with the astronauts landing back on Earth. Leave it to Todd Douglas Miller to come through with a last-minute surprise. In a perfect world, Todd Douglas Miller would have won an Oscar for the 2019 feature documentary. However, this isn’t a perfect world as the critically acclaimed documentary didn’t get a nomination. Could this film change things by getting a nomination…
"Apollo 11: Quarantine Picks Up Upon Landing"Month: January 2021
Two-time Oscar-nominated actress Naomi Watts delivers an effective performance as usual in the new Netflix drama, Penguin Bloom. Stick around for the credits if you’d like to see a slideshow of photos. Healing can come in the oddest of places. For Samantha Bloom (Naomi Watts), her emotional healing came after the family took in an injured baby magpie. Sam would bond with this injured bird, which her three children–Reuben, Noah, and Oli–named Penguin. Hence, the…
"Penguin Bloom: Naomi Watts Delivers In Drama"
Terry Sander’s new documentary, 9th Circuit Cowboy, is a profile of the late 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge Harry Pregerson. The film’s opening montage includes a clip from The Colbert Report’s The Word segment. This segment is just one of a few to open the film, which is too short at 53-54 minutes in length. But this is just one small part in a larger story. A brief history of Judge Pregerson: he died…
"9th Circuit Cowboy Is A Short Documentary"
A rumored live-action Harry Potter TV series shows that Warner Bros. and HBO Max would rather keep supporting transphobic J.K. Rowling. It’s time for the Harry Potter franchise to end. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. is in early development for a live-action series. Stop right there. Do not go any further. Just don’t do this. It is completely irresponsible to keep putting money in J.K. Rowling’s hands. I said it when Warner Bros.…
"Harry Potter: Stop Doing Business with J.K. Rowling"
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous executive producer Scott Kreamer spoke with Solzy at the Movies to discuss the second season. The series saw its second season launch this past Friday on Netflix. Kreamer gets into spoiler territory so please be forewarned if you haven’t watched yet. If you’ve already watched the first season, be sure to check out our conversation from September. The second season of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous was the thrilling escapism that I…
"Scott Kreamer Talks Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 2"
Tough Sh*t, the memoir by multi-hyphenate filmmaker/actor/podcaster Kevin Smith, is every bit as entertaining as you’d think. I’ve been reading a lot of biographies during the pandemic quarantine but not so many memoirs. Suffice it to say, Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good is one of the outright entertaining reads of the past year. I could hear Smith’s voice coming through the pages as I turned them over the…
"Tough Sh*t by Kevin Smith"
Last week, Disney has announced the films, television series, and specials that are coming to Disney+ in the month of February. In addition to the Disney+ exclusives, the streamer is the home for movies and series from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic. What follows below are original films, new episodes, and new library titles heading to Disney+ in January. It goes without saying that library title availability varies by region and subject to…
"Disney+: What’s New in February"
Nichols and May: Interviews is a compilation of 27 interviews with the legendary multi-hyphenates published over the course of fifty years. Robert E. Kapsis edits the book, which joined the University of Mississippi Press‘s Conversations with Filmmakers Series late last year. It’s a worth addition when you consider that the definitive biography of the comedian/filmmaker is not coming out until the upcoming book by Mark Harris, Mike Nichols: A Life, is published in February. I’ll…
"Nichols and May: Interviews"
While most people are staying away during the pandemic, movie theaters are still important and people will return once vaccinated. One of the things I keep going back this early in the year is The Big Picture by Ben Fritz. It’s been a few years since the book was published but what Fritz has to say is still relevant. Do not be surprised if you see me come back to this book throughout the year…
"Movie Theaters: I Will Return When The Time Comes"
Thank you to Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers for somehow helping me get through the four years of the Trump Administration. The last four years have been completely unbearable but they were made better by turning to both Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers every night. Unless the duo were off on a given night. There’s so many late night hosts to watch on TV but Colbert and Meyers were the most political by far. Of…
"Thank you, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers"