I almost had an all film festival edition of Blu-ray shopping list. I saw The Bronze at Sundance and April and the Extraordinary World at Fantastic Fest. The Lobster premiered at Cannes, The Trust at SXSW. But Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a classic so I had to include it. The Lobster - Out Today This bizarre sci-fi film is about a future in which being single is illegal. So when poor Colin … [Read more...]
Candid Conversations: THE BRONZE’s Melissa Rauch on Character & Sexism
This one we kept saying, “We’re going to Stallone this one,” and hold onto this. With the new raucous raunchcom, THE BRONZE, star Melissa Rauch was able to bring to life a character straight out of her imagination. Co-written with her husband, Winston, Rauch plays Hope Ann Gregory, a former Olympian who’s hit the skids but, in her own mind, is still living in her glory days. After a newer, … [Read more...]
REVIEW: THE BRONZE Barely Ranks, Doesn’t Deserve A Participation Medal
I’m always enamored with actors who, when they can’t find the right part, write it for themselves. That takes guts. Sylvester Stallone, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ben Stiller, Christopher Guest, Melissa McCarthy, Lauren Miller and Lena Dunham are the gold standard. Hoping to be included in that same classification is Melissa Rauch’s THE BRONZE. Co-written with her husband Winston, the raunch-com … [Read more...]
REVIEW: THE BRONZE Barely Ranks, Doesn’t Deserve A Participation Medal
I’m always enamored with actors who, when they can’t find the right part, write it for themselves. That takes guts. Sylvester Stallone, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ben Stiller, Christopher Guest, Melissa McCarthy, Lauren Miller and Lena Dunham are the gold standard. Hoping to be included in that same classification is Melissa Rauch’s THE BRONZE. Co-written with her husband Winston, the raunch-com … [Read more...]
