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!
Actress Florence Pugh, actor and producer Dwayne Johnson and Paige pose for a photo at the screening of "Fighting with My Family" at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Photo CR: Suzi Pratt
Thanks to her acclaimed work in 2016’s Lady MacBeth, Florence Pugh has continued to build a solid acting career, and her role in Fighting With My Family should acquit her to a whole new set of movie lovers. But this post isn’t just about Pugh, it’s also about her admiration for WWE superstar Paige.
Elle Fanning in "Teen Spirit." Photo courtesy of LD Entertainment & Bleecker Street.
As witnessed in The Neon Demon and a slew of other films, Elle Fanning is always up for an artistic challenge. Can she convince us that she’s a budding pop star in Teen Spirit? Check out the trailer and judge for yourself!
Bethany Joy Lenz (Colony, One Tree Hill) will next be seen opposite Gina Torres and Simon Kassianides in the USA Network series Pearson. During the interview, I asked the actors to briefly discuss their favorite movies. In the video below Lenz discusses her love for the Christian Bale feature Equilibrium.
This week’s DVD giveaway is courtesy, once again of Film Movement. Up for grabs are the DVDs of Narcissister Organ Player and Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco. First Winner gets Narcissister and the second one gets Antonio Lopez! Entry details are below!
Director Joe Penna works behind the camera on the set of his film, ARCTIC, a Bleecker Street release.
Credit: Helen Sloan SMPSP / Bleecker Street
Writer/director Joe Penna cut his storytelling teeth with his MysteryGuitarMan YouTube channel, and with over 250 videos to his name, Penna has taken that experience and applied that Arctic. Critically praised and featuring a first rate performance from Mads Mikkelsen, Arctic is a survivalist film that is an eye catching journey on the silver screen (try catching this one in theaters).
During my one-on-one with Penna, he talked about how failure has been part of his success as a filmmaker and why this film is part of an expansive universe that he and co-writer Ryan Morrison have created. Before watching Arctic, try catching his short Turning Point (it’s a wonderful primer to Arctic).
Judith Godrèche as Louise and Matt Walsh as Stuart in the romantic comedy UNDER THE EIFFEL TOWER. Photo courtesy of The Orchard
They say Paris is for lovers, and with a title like Under the Eiffel Tower, romance should definitely be in the air. Viewers expecting a by the numbers romantic comedy may be pleasantly surprised, as this film has a few tricks up its sleeve.
Sam Elliott as Calvin Barrinthe action-thriller“THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT,” an RLJE Filmsrelease.Photo courtesy of RLJE Films.
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot is a moniker for the ages, and if one jumps to conclusions this tale, headlined by Sam Elliott, would be a pulp infused guilty pleasure. But looks can be deceiving, and writer/director Robert D. Krzykowski takes a huge gamble with his narrative and, from where I sit, absolutely succeeds.
