Category: Director News
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Sundance 2021 Festival Movie Review – On the Count of Three
My Favorite Movie at Sundance This was my favorite movie at Sundance this year. It has a dark premise and comes with a major trigger warning. (Seriously, if you’re thinking of harming yourself please use the crisis text line instead of seeing this film, or even reading the rest of this review). But I found…
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Indie Documentary Review – Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
I’m assuming that, like me, you’ve seen more than your fair share of films. And, yes, I know that when you start assuming you make an ass of you and ming… or something like that. I find that there are times when a film may be less than fully captivating and your concentration might start…
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Exclusive Interview With Documentary Producer Darcy Weir – Director of Volcanic UFO Mysteries
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing producer Darcy Weir, whose latest documentary focuses on the relationship between UFO sightings and Latin American volcanoes. We had a fascinating discussion about UFOs, extraterrestrials, alien abductions, artificial intelligence, the singularity, Space X, secret space programs, nuclear weapon issues, underground military bases, crop circles, and so much more. Weir…
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Indie Movie Review: HAM – A Musical Memoir
If you’re like me, you’ve missed live theater during the pandemic. You watched Hamilton and you’re looking forward to Netflix’s adaptation of The Prom. May I suggest a one-man show that may not be on your radar yet? It’s called HAM: A Musical Memoir and it’s playing in virtual theaters now. Starting January 7, it…
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Current & Upcoming Blumhouse Horror Releases
Blumhouse is a company known for producing popular, low-budget horror films (Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Happy Death Day, Get Out, and most recently The Invisible Man). So whenever they come out with a new title, it’s worth taking note. While Blumhouse certainly produces things other than horror flicks (Whiplash, BlacKKKlansman, and The Normal Heart —…
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Where to watch Alien Addiction, directed by Shae Sterling
Typical… you wait ages for talented, New Zealand based film directors with an offbeat sense of humour — and then three come along at once! First there was Peter Jackson. Now he’s synonymous with anything Tolkienesque, but way back in the days of VHS tapes he was the master of the comedy/horror/sci-fi genre; check out…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter 28th edition (September 23rd, 2020)
The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. Alien Addiction Interview with Director Shea Sterling Rob Williams, our Peep in the United Kingdom, got a chance to do an interview with Alien Addiction writer/director Shae Sterling. Alien Addiction (Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi )…
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Best of British Biographies – Christopher Nolan
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Christopher Nolan is back! Over the last few months so many films have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Small films, big films, and absolutely huge films have either been rescheduled for a big screen release, often into 2021; others have been sent straight to digital download, and some are just…waiting. One of the huge…
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Director Paul Verhoeven & the Woeful Reboots of Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers
What have the following all got in common: Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers? All three are cracking — if a bit O.T.T. — films by Dutch director Paul Verhoeven. Usually a term like ‘maverick’ is thrown in at some point but, as the only other Dutch director I’m aware of is Jan de Bont,…
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Thursday’s Panels at Comic Con San Diego 2020 – Online Edition
Today’s running notes on CC@Home…Thursday July 23, 2020: 10am PST – Star Trek Universe Panel They just announced Star Trek: Prodigy on Nickleodeon for kids. I’m not hopeful, but will wait and see. There’s announcement about NAACPLDF.org/StarTrekUnited — Sign up to help promote tolerance and a better life for all (and marginalized people, especially). It’s…
