Month: March 2018

Tony Award® winners, premieres, and all-time favorites make up the new season of nine productions, including two season options.Disney Theatrical Productions under the direction of Thomas Schumacher presents Aladdin, the US tour, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, book and additional lyrics by Chad Beguelin, opening night April 19 at

Review by Christine Thompson light-hearted and with a lesson In ALL I WISH, writer/director Susan Walter (Alien: Resurrection) explores that it’s never too late to achieve success and to find one’s true love. That's the logline, but the last bit that could have been added is "no matter how hard you try to mess it up."  In ALL

Interview by Paul Salfen Matteo Messina, photo by Hank Fortner Grammy-winning composer Mateo Messina has graced Oscar-winning films, indie hits, and popular television shows with his distinct, moving and wildly innovative musical voice.  His folksy, guitar-led score for Jason Reitman’s “Juno,” starring Ellen Page and Michael Cera, contributed to the film’s runaway success, and led to Messina’s Grammy

Interview by Christine Thompson Bridging The Gap Between Cultures AMFM: You are a filmmaker, an activist, a feminist, and a voice for an opressed gender. You’re taking on a lot.  There are hundreds-no, thousands of years of history. It’s a very difficult thing that you’ve chosen to do. So I’m sure you’ve faced backlash. What

STEVEN TYLER: OUT ON A LIMB will kick off the opening night of the 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival on May 10, 2018. Featuring interviews with Steven Tyler, The Loving Mary Band, Slash, Robert Deleo, Jaren Johnston, Starfighters, David Hodges, Chris Destefano, Nathan Barlowe   An intimate portrait of rock icon Steven Tyler as he embraces

Leigh Whannell, the writer behind the SAW and INSIDIOUS franchises, certainly knows how to scare…

Interviews by Christine Thompson We had a chance to sit down and talk to Jim Caviezel (Luke) and James Faulkner (Paul) about their roles in PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST, opening in theaters March 23rd.  This is Caviezel's first faith-based movie since Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ," and in the interview he tells us why

Interview by John Wisniewski Sgt. Stubby and ConroyRelease Date: April 13, 2018 (Approx. 3,000 Screens, U.S. & Canada) Genre: Animated, Family, Adventure, History Running Time: 90 Minutes Richard Lanni is the director and co-writer of SGT STUBBY: AN AMERICAN HERO.  Based on the incredible, real-life story of America’s most decorated dog – a stray rescued

Interview by Bears Fonte One of my favorite films at this year’s SXSW was the period comedy WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY, a repositioning of the famous poet Emily Dickinson. I say repositioning instead of reimagining because many people would argue our traditional notion of who Dickinson was is more than likely wrong and based on

Interview by Bears Fonte On August 1, 2016 the ‘Campus Carry’ law went into effect, permitting the concealed carry of a handgun at Texas institutes of higher learning. Considering the long history of firearms on the UTcampus (including the infamous 1966 Charles Whitman tower mass shooting), it is not surprising most students did not support