Sulake has announced that the Habbo Avatarscollection sold out within 26 hours through the public Dutch Auction. An estimated 2500 collectors purchased over 10,000 randomly generated NFTs of the Habbo avatars. If you want to check these NFTs out, go to Opensea.
Netflix’s highly anticipated tick, tick…Boom! is just around the corner, and today we were treated to seeing Andrew Garfield sing an entirely new tune with the help of filmmaker Lin-Manuel Miranda. Can the Hamilton creator and Garfield capture the spirit of Jonathan Larson’s (Rent) autobiographical musical? Check out the new trailer!
One of our top Find Your Film recommendations this week is Old Henry, a first rate Western written and directed by Potsy Ponciroli. Feature contains inspired work from Tim Blake Nelson (as the titular character) and Stephen Dorff. During our chat, Ponciroli talked about his own favorite films which includes Into The Wild, The Monster Squad and The Goonies!
It was her critically acclaimed and beloved performance in Pattie Cake$ that put Danielle Macdonald on the map. Several years later, music and following one’s dreams continue for Macdonald, as she stars in the new rom-com Falling for Figaro. Whether it’s hip-hop or opera, the actress knows how to deliver a commanding performance. During our interview, the actress elaborated on the “quirky and unique” nature of Falling for Figaro.
Stop and Gois a laugh a minute comedy which spotlights the comedic flair of childhood friends Whitney Call and Mallory Everton. The pair penned the script in July 2020, and to bring humor within a pandemic set story took stones. With festival deadlines slated for October, they were on a time crunch to pen the script and shoot the movie. It hits theaters and On Demand this Friday (October 1). My interview with Call and Everton (who co-directed the flick with Stephen Meek), is below!
Jake Gyllenhaal reteams with Southpaw filmmaker Antoine Fuqua in The Guilty. With a screenplay from Nic Pizzolatto (True Detective) and voice acting from Ethan Hawke and Riley Keough, this Netflix feature should hit on all cylinders. I discuss The Guilty, a remake of the critically acclaimed feature of the same name, on the Find Your Film podcast.
I’m back to doing giveaways, and for this week I’m offering up my sealed Blu-ray of critically acclaimed musical In The Heights. Digital Code is included in the package. Details below!
On a given week I’ll see about six or seven movies. Even if some of them are above average cinema, they may leave my memory bank sooner than later. That is not the case with the beautifully crafted and resonant Last Night In Rozzie. The feature is now out in theaters and VOD, and my interview with director Sean Gannet and writer Ryan McDonough is below!
Everbody’s Talking about Jamie, an Amazon Original Movie based on the popular stage musical, features the screen debuts of Max Harwood and Lauren Patel. During our interview, the pair talked about how they easily “got on” while making the feature. Filmmaker Jonathan Butterell also discussed how watching them shine during production was the best part of the experience.
The anthology horror feature Bad Candytook me by surprise, so interviewing filmmakers Desiree Connell and Scott B. Hansen was a pleasure. The talk is featured in video and podcast form below!
