In this edition of Meet Me at the Movies: Open Dialogue, Thomas Manning sits down with actress KiKi Layne to discuss her work in the beautiful character drama Dandelion. Directed by Nicole Riegel, Dandelion also stars Thomas Doherty and features original… Read More ›
Dandelion opens in a small number of theaters this week where it will undoubtedly achieve the height of its success because of the tragedy of the era into which it is released. It’s an independent film about a desperate musician… Read More ›
Originally introduced in 1943, animated chipmunks Chip and Dale made the jump from animated shorts to home release tales and then, in 1989, to broadcast television when the duo was remade into detectives for the series Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue… Read More ›
When it came to film releases in 2020, the modus operandi was “make it work.” Sometimes that meant stalling until a theatrical release was possible and sometimes that meant selling to a streamer. In the case of Eddie Murphy’s Coming… Read More ›
To paraphrase a line from director Craig Brewer’s (Dolemite Is My Name) Coming 2 America, Hollywood is nothing but superhero films, remakes, and sequels no one asked for. Without getting into the numerous ways that’s an oversimplification that ignores the… Read More ›
The list of films that deserve a theatrical release grows longer the further into 2020 quarantine goes. April brought the kinetic and pulse-pounding Extraction; May offered up the colorful escapism of The High Note and comedic hijinks of The Lovebirds;… Read More ›