Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman’s Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars is a must-own. If Apocalypse Now had turned out differently, Star Wars might never have seen the light of day. What an alternate universe this would be. Instead, Lucas’s idea for a Vietnam war film becomes something completely different. Not being able to acquire the rights to Flash Gordon would also alter his plans. Lucas would…
"Secrets of the Force: An Oral History of Star Wars"Author: Danielle Solzman
Danielle Solzman
Prior to the release of Snake Eyes: G.I Joe Origins, both G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and G.I. Joe: Retaliation received upgrades to 4K Ultra HD. Both films come in a 4K UHD/Blu-ray/Digital combo pack and include previously released bonus content. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Synopsis Starring Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols and Ray Park, as well as veteran actors Dennis Quaid and Christopher Eccleston, G.I. Joe:…
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Retaliation Hit 4K UHD"
Monday marks the third day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. In the pool, swimming medals will be awarded in the men’s 200m freestyle, women’s 100m backstroke, men’s 100m backstroke and women’s 100m breaststroke live on NBC in primetime, beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Ledecky, two-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lilly King will lead Team USA. U.S. Women’s Basketball begins its quest…
"Tokyo Olympics: Monday’s Viewing Schedule" Sunday marks the second day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. The most decorated American gymnast in history and four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles leads Team USA in women’s gymnastics qualifying on Peacock Sunday morning at 2:10 a.m. ET. Biles has a chance in Tokyo to tie or break the all-time record for medals won by a U.S. woman (seven). In the pool, five-time Olympic…
"Tokyo Olympics: Sunday’s Viewing Schedule" Saturday marks the first full day of competition during the Tokyo Olympics with NBC airing the Summer Olympics across a variety of networks. The opening day of swimming competition will feature a number of U.S. medal contenders in preliminary action, including Rio Olympics silver medalist Chase Kalisz in the men’s 400m individual medley. Beach volleyball competition gets underway with the U.S. team of April Ross and Alix Klineman playing Xue Chen and Wang Xinxin of China live at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. The United…
"Tokyo Olympics: Saturday’s Viewing Schedule"
Writer-director Marshall Cook and actor-comedian Will Sasso spoke with Solzy at the Movies about their film fest satire, Film Fest. What was the genesis behind the screenplay for Film Fest? Marshall Cook: Well, I would say 23 years of—nope, 15 years of experience of just going to film festivals. I started going to them when I was about 23, hence the number mix up. But yeah, just a lot of time in different places all…
"Marshall Cook, Will Sasso talk Film Fest" The Opening Ceremony is among the highlights of Friday’s viewing schedule as the Tokyo Olympics officially open the games. NBC will feature unprecedented full-day coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics this Friday, July 23. It all leads up into the primetime presentation of the Ceremony, which is always popular with viewers. However, the day begins on NBC with the network’s first-ever live morning broadcast of an Opening Ceremony, followed by a special edition of TODAY with…
"Tokyo Olympics: Friday’s Viewing Schedule"
The Last Letter From Your Lover spans both past and present in the Augustine Frizzell-directed film adaptation of JoJo Moyes’s novel. It’s hard to believe that this film was directed by Augustine Frizzell because it’s nothing like her debut feature, Never Goin’ Back! Frizzell’s own history with her husband, filmmaker David Lowery, is why she’s directing the film. Because of her background, she is the perfect director for the film! Ellie Haworth (Felicity Jones) is…
"The Last Letter From Your Lover"
Broken Diamonds utilizes humor in how it seeks to tell a story about mental illness on screen with a main focus on schizophrenia. Scott Weaver (Ben Platt) is planning to upend his life and move to France when life changes in an instant. He gets a call from his dad only stepmom Cookie (Yvette Nicole Brown) informing him that he’s father just died. Cookie asks Scott to pick up his sister, Cindy (Lola Kirke), so…
"Broken Diamonds Finds Humor In Mental Illness"
Of Animals and Men is a brief documentary and goes into the true story behind the Warsaw Zoo and what we saw in The Zookeeper’s Wife. I said it before upon reviewing The Zookeeper’s Wife the other day but Dr. Jan Żabiński and Antonina Żabińska were named to the Righteous Among the Nations. That they would risk their own lives in an effort to save some 300 Jews in Poland during the Shoah speaks to…
"Of Animals and Men: Behind The Zookeeper’s Wife"