By Anne Brodie There are few filmmakers in Hollywood with Rod Lurie’s experience. A graduate of West Point and a soldier, he segued into film criticism in Los Angeles before finding his calling as a filmmaker. So it’s no wonder Lurie’s projects carry knowledge-based military and political themes; The Contender, a drama about a female U.S. Vice President, Deterrence in… View Post
By Anne Brodie Disney+’s Hamilton was to open next year but given the dearth of live entertainment in the age of COVID, the company offers it now to stream on Disney+. The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical the brainchild of writer, musician, lyricist and singer-actor book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is out there for the masses. As you know… View Post
Peri Gilpin brings the charm and hustle to Old Guy a new six-part series on YouTube from Five Sisters Productions. Gilpin was submitted for an Outstanding Actress Emmy in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her work as force-of-nature talent agent Winnie. The Sisters’ father Roger Burton plays a fifties film and TV star who decides to reignite… View Post
By Anne Brodie It was an astounding turn of events, when in 1974 William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter Patty Hearst, a socialite and university student appeared armed with a rifle during a bank robbery apparently a willing part of the radical leftist terrorist group based on the Symbionese Liberation Army. Following a deadly shootout with police, she escaped with surviving members and… View Post
By Anne Brodie You may remember being riveted by the events that unfolded in 1974 as 19-year-old heiress Patty Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by terrorist left wing radicals the Symbionese Liberation Army. Kept in a cupboard in the group’s safe house, she reappeared carrying a rifle in an SLA led bank robbery, survived a… View Post
We’ve been raving about Dads Bryce Dallas Howard’s first documentary, for a couple of weeks now and its finally available Apple TV+. Howard gathered her famous dad Ron, grandfather actor Rance, comedians Will Smith, Hasan Minjah, Kenan Thompson, Patton Oswald, Ken Jeong, the two Jimmys, Judd Apatow and regular dads for their input. To say this is an incredibly moving doc is a… View Post