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Following Films Podcast: John Ramsey and James A. Rota on STUDIO 666

  Studio 666 is an upcoming supernatural horror comedy film directed by B. J. McDonnell, with a screenplay by Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes, based on a story from Dave Grohl. Grohl stars in the film alongside his Foo Fighters bandmates Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, and Rami Jaffee, while Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega and Jeff Garlin co-star. Studio 666 also marks the first film to feature the Foo Fighters that is not a documentary: The band were previously the subject of 2011's Foo Fighters: Back and Forth and 2014's Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on February 25, 2022, by Open Road Films. Today I had the chance to speak with producers John Ramsey and James A. Rota about their work on STUDIO 666.

Jim Gaffigan new comedy special to be relaesed via Comedy Dynamics Network

Comedy Dynamics announced today it will release Jim Gaffigan’s unprecedented sixth stand-up special, Noble Ape, in theatres and through the Comedy Dynamics Network (CDN) on July 13, 2018. The groundbreaking distribution model includes all major transactional platforms such as iTunes, Amazon, Google, Playstation and many major telco & satellite providers, including AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Dish, and Verizon. In Noble Ape, comedy powerhouse Jim Gaffigan gets personal as he discusses the medical crisis that hit his wife and family this year, which almost led to his retirement. Using his signature everyman humor to deal with the unthinkable, Gaffigan proves why the Wall Street Journalcalled him the “King of Clean comedy”. Noble Ape was recorded live at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, MA after a sold out North American Tour of theaters and arenas. “Finding the humor in Jeannie’s brain tumor was not only therapeutic, but I soon realized it resonated with audiences. We’ve all been in t

Hydrate Level Four - Surf Ninjas

Peter is joined by  Pi'ilani  to review the 1993 Ernie Reyes Jr martial arts comedy Surf Ninjas and discuss diversity and ponder what happened with Asian American actors in the 90's. Pi'ilani's  Wordpress Blog

Episode 44 of Hydrate Level Four - Actress Jessica Park

I interviewed the very talented Jessica Park who carries many titles such as writer/actress/producer and model to name a few. We discuss a little bit of her childhood and some of her projects which include the web series Gigahoes , an appearance on the pilot of Marvel's Daredevil , and the upcoming crime movie The Closer ! You can find more about Jessica and her work on her Tumblr page or by following her on Twitter (@GracefulLoon).   You can also listen on iTunes or Stitcher!

Episode 43 of Hydrate Level Four - Aloha / Top 5 Cameron Crowe Films

In episode 43, Peter is joined again by previous guest Karly of the That Pop This Life (@ThatPopThisLife) and Talking Shondaland (@ShondaTalk) Podcasts for a Bonus discussion about Aloha ! We start off non-spoiler and give whether we recommend this movie or not and then we get into details. Outro music: Cold War Kids - First Listen to Episode 144 of War Machine Vs. War Horse where Peter was a guest and they give a non-spoiler review of Aloha and then discuss Jerry Maguire and Elizabethtown by clicking HERE . Read Eric's review of Jerry Maguire at our blog site HERE .

The Interview review with video of cast and crew at Christmas day screenings

What's left to say about The Interview? The Sony hack and the Gaurdians of Peace have had more than enough coverage so I won't bother with a retreading of the events that lead to the eventual day and date release of The Interview. Well that's not entirely true the film was released on VOD on Christmas Eve and in theaters on Christmas day. If you want to read about the full story The Hollywood Reporter  has pretty much up to the minute coverage and Drew McWeeny has written a wonderful piece on the consequences of this story over at HitFix . With all the questions surrounding the film one was left out of the conversation, is the film any good? Simple answer, yes. This is a perfectly fine little comedy, nothing about this movie should have created the controversy it did. This is pretty typical for a Rogen/Franco/Goldberg joint, if you like their other films, you will like this one too. Dave Skylark (Franco) and producer Aaron Rapoport (Rogen) run the celebrity tabloid