Posts Tagged ‘Michael Chernus’
Episode 83 – Werewolves Within
For this episode, we check out Josh Ruben‘s horror-comedy whodunit, Werewolves Within, based on the popular computer game. We also list a few choices for the scariest non-horror movies. As this week’s streaming homework, we discuss Troma‘s 1990 release, the cult-comedy, Frankenhooker. Download the episode here.
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Film Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Somehow Sony Pictures has conned us into being interested in the third reboot (not remake) of the Spider-Man superhero films. What began in 2002 with Tobey Maguire and is sandwiched with Andrew Garfield in 2012, we now have Tom Holland in 2017 taking over the…
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Film Review – The Dinner
Two boys commit a terrible crime and have yet to answer for it. Two sets of parents meet to decide what to do. Over six courses at an elegant, exclusive restaurant, one defensive front will be tenuously constructed in order to move forward. The Dinner,…
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SXSW Interview – Tommy O’Haver and Michael Chernus – The Most Hated Woman in America
I sat down to talk with director/writer Tommy O’Haver (An American Crime) and actor Michael Chernus (Orange is the New Black, Manhattan) about their upcoming Netflix film, The Most Hated Woman in America, which screened at SXSW. We discussed the casting and the separation of…
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SXSW Film Review – The Most Hated Woman in America
The powerhouse that is Netflix has begun showing upcoming features at film festivals, and this included SXSW this year. Having its world premiere at the festival, The Most Hated Woman in America is written by Irene Turner and Tommy O’Haver (both worked on An American…
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Film Review – Mistress America
Mistress America is about beginnings and faith and the people willing to try, no matter how fruitless a quest seems. After age thirty, women are programmed abandon such quests – one of our main characters here is thirty. We peer into this woman’s world through…
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SIFF Film Review – People Places Things
People Places Things wants to be its own version of American Splendor or Ghost World, taking art and lonesomeness to express something about the human condition, but director and screenwriter James C. Strouse falls sadly short of his aspirations. Will (Jemaine Clement) is our prototypical…
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SIFF Interview – Jemaine Clement – People Places Things
Spencer interviews actor Jemaine Clement from the dramedy People Places Things at SIFF 2015.
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