Comcast considering making streaming Universal films only available on Peacock. Netflix nabs streaming rights to Sony films. Plus a submarine movie vacation bracket and a list of movies that also happen to be complete sentences, with a dash of weird love
Oscar nominations are out for 2020. Evan Peters to play Dahmer in new series. Black Widow/Cruella/Luca get updated streaming and release dates. Plus three new trailers and a list of great movie monologues!
Is Nomadland Oscar bait or is it worth all the buzz? How does Frances McDormand work as a woman living on the road? And what do we think of Chloé Zhao directing the next MCU film? The Film Board convenes to talk about the movie and everyone involved. Tune in!
Does ‘Palmer’ manage to be more than a really good Lifetime movie or is it just that? How great are Justin Timberlake and the third grader Ryder Allen in this film? And does director Fisher Stevens create a universal story that can help people understand gender nonconformity? Tune in!
Updates on In & Of Itself and The Expanse. Donnie Againko. James to get new tech? Harry Potter and the Controversial Series Order. Plus a controversial set of trailers, Pete’s mash-up-rules-movie-game, and a terrible, horrible, no-good list of films w
All seasons of the Muppet Show to air on Disney+. Freaks and Geeks coming to Hulu. Casting Nicole Kidman as Lucy in Sorkin’s new film. Godzilla Vs. Kong release moved up (trailer drops Sunday).
The Film Board Gathers! The thugs have come together for an annual re-ranking of all the movies introduced on the show over the last year or so. And… it’s only for our esteemed members!
Tom Cruise screams at crew over COVID. Theaters considering slashing WB’s ticket prices. Shifting talent deals due to the pandemic. Plus three great trailers and a list of movies capitalizing on fake history!
We’re finally in the last month of 2020 the entertainment industry is mulling through new layers of execution and release. In this first week of December, Netflix released “Mank” by David Fincher keying our imagination towards remembering old Hollywood. It focuses on the politics of filmmaking of the 1930’s, how those dynamics mixed into the world, and were reflected in “Citizen Kane” by screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. Everything old is new again this month on The Film Board.
This last week we Americans all did our best to celebrate our Thanksgiving in ceremonies modified by the COVID 19 Pandemic. Netflix released “Hillbilly Elegy” on the Tuesday before the holiday and some may see the Appalachian memoir as a bit non-festive, but the autobiographical nature of the story is important. What’s the purpose behind telling a story like this now and what does it tell us about the people and their characters in it? The Film Board will take its own turn here, reviewing the film adaptation of J.D. Vance’s story of personal geography, growth and change.