A lot of folks went “gaga” over Olivia Colman’s (The Favourite) Best Actress Speech at the Oscars, and though she was great, Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) also had a memorable moment accepting her Oscar for Best Song. Backstage audio is also included in our post!
Up for grabs this week are my copies of Support the Girls (Blu-ray) and Shoplifters (DVD). Both Magnolia Home Entertainment releases are critically acclaimed!
Thanks to good friend and filmmaker Anderson Cowan, I’ve been fixated on S. Craig Zahler’s filmmaking for the past year. Bone Tomahawk and Brawl In Cell Block 99 are absolute classics, and one hopes Dragged Across Concrete Will reach similar heights. Details on the film, as well as the trailer, are below!
Emmet (CHRIS PRATT) and General Mayhem (STEPHANIE BEATRIZ) in a scene from the animated adventure "The LEGO® Movie 2: The Second Part," from Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Animation Group, in association with LEGO System A/S, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
This is a total first regarding my requisite “name one of your favorite movies” questions, as Brooklyn Nine-Nineactress Stephanie Beatriz picked The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as her choice!
The documentary Combat Osbscura takes viewers into life in the Marine Corps from a distinct point of view. Eighteen-year-old Miles Lagoze, a recent high school graduate, enlisted in the Maries and served as his unit’s official videographer during his deployment to Afghanistan. Running at 70 minutes, the documentary had its premiere at 2018 True / False Film Festival.
Ever want to have a drink where everybody knows your name, at least in San Diego? The West Coast set Abby’scenters on a Marine vet (Natalie Morales, playing the titular role) who may have found her calling by opening up a bar in her backyard. A simple twist of fate can lead someone down an entirely different career path, and Morales explains how one simple class was a life changer.
This week’s giveaway comes from my personal collection. First person who wins gets Mary Queen of Scots (Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie) and the second movie lover gets The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley). Discs do not come with digital codes. Details below!
NBCUNIVERSAL EVENTS -- NBCUniversal Press Tour, January 2019 -- USA Network's "Pearson" Panel -- Pictured: (l-r) Isabel Arraiza; Simon Kassianides, USA Network's "Pearson" -- (Photo by: Evans Vestal Ward/NBCUniversal)
I’ve already posted video ofGina Torres and Bethany Joy Lenz discussing their favorite films (Torres digs The Shawshank Redemption and Lenz loves Equilibrium). Pearson co-star Simon Kassianides brought the movie discussion home with his picks of The Princess Bride and The Deer Hunter. Check out the video below!
Samar (Suraj Sharma), Tree (Jessica Rothe) and Carter (Israel Broussard) in "Happy Death Day 2U," written and directed by Christopher Landon. Photo Credit: Michele K. Short/Universal Pictures
Jessica Rothe’s latest film Happy Death Day 2U should clean up at the box office in its first week of release. In the post she talks about the “summer camp” aspect of that film and she also gives us the 411 on her upcoming Valley Girlremake!
I had the chance to interview Pearson actress Gina Torres at the NBC Universal Press Tour recently, and during she talked about her favorite movie. Check out the video below as Torres talks about The Shawshank Redemption!
