These Days is a half-hour pandemic-set comedy but whether it will be appealing to audiences or not is something that remains to be seen. Mae (Marianne Rendón) is a professional dancer so the pandemic has not been kind in terms of work. We don’t know much about her when we first meet her. What we do know is that she’s trying the whole online dating over Skype. Guy #1 is an epic disaster. Seriously, you…
"Sundance 2021: These Days"
The Dig is one of those pre-World War II films that is going to end up going under the radar but Carey Mulligan is phenomenal. Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) is a widow living on a Sutton Hoo, Suffolk farm. This farm just happens to be the home of a few burial mounds. Could the mounds have a treasure buried inside? This is what Edith suspects and she hires amateur archaeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) to…
"The Dig: Carey Mulligan Is Phenomenal"
A Stone in the Water is a gripping psychological thriller in Oregon that finds one woman getting into something far bigger than she knows. Following a brief prologue to set the tone, we’re introduced to Alex Parker (Melissa Fumero). We don’t know much about her other than she’s on the run from Frank (David Fumero). Viewers will come to learn she’s pregnant. One thing leads to another and Alex soon heads to live with Martha (Bonnie Bedelia). …
"A Stone in the Water: A Gripping Thriller"
HBO Max announced the list of films, series, and specials that are coming and leaving the streaming service during February 2021. A pair of Warner Bros. theatricals will premiere both in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day. First up is Judas and the Black Messiah on February 12. The film tells the story of Bill O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield), who infiltrates the Black Panthers per FBI Agent Mitchell (Jesse Plemons) and J. Edgar Hoover…
"HBO Max: Coming and Leaving in February"
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"
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"