Echo Chamber - 272
A few days late, BUT EchoChamberFP is here for your listening pleasure!!!
We have a couple of Signature Entertainment joints this week, the first being a Hollywood satire from Roadside Attractions & Lionsgate UK. Next we have a horror dealing with CamLife from Rhea Films & Vertical Entertainment before going back a bit for an actioner from Open Road Films & STXfilms. Then the new Netflix joint from Happy Madison & Alloy Entertainment which was a joyful funfest! AND, we end with The Horror Collective's indie social horror riding the festival circuit.
'Fool’s Paradise' is the feature directorial debut from Charlie Day which he also wrote. A down-on-his-luck publicist (Ken Jeong), who gets his lucky break when he discovers a man (Charlie Day) recently released from a mental health facility who looks just like a method actor who refuses to leave his trailer.
'Alone at Night' is directed by Jimmy Giannopoulos, who co-wrote with Diomedes Raul Bermudez. Having just been through a tumultuous breakup, cam-girl Vicky (Ashley Benson) retreats to a friend’s (Sky Ferreira) remote cabin in the woods to clear her head. Once there she decides to continue her sexy modelling for the adults-only, live streaming website, but when the power goes out, she discovers something terrifying awaiting her in the dark — a masked killer who’s hellbent on bringing her night to a grisly end.
'Copshop' is directed by Joe Carnahan who co-wrote with Kurt McLeod. On the run from a lethal assassin (Gerard Butler), a wily con artist (Frank Grillo) devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station—but when the hitman turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop (Alexis Louder) finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
'You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah' is directed by Sammi Cohen and written by Alison Peck. It's adapted from Fiona Rosenbloom book of the same name. Stacy Friedman (Sunny Sandler) and Lydia Rodriguez Katz (Samantha Lorraine) are best friends who have always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs, but things start to go comically awry when a popular boy (Dylan Hoffman) and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.
'Ghosts of the Void' is the feature directorial debut from Jason Miller, which he also wrote. A young couple, Jen (Tedra Millan) & Tyler (Michael Reagan), are forced to spend the night in their car after being evicted from their home. Battling exhaustion and anxiety, the sudden appearance of masked strangers makes what is already their most distressing night even worse!
Today we have:
Fool’s Paradise - Poster
Fool’s Paradise
Watch Review: Here.
World Premiere: 9th May 2023
Theatrical Release Date: 12th May 2023
Digital Release Date: 28th August 2023
Director: Charlie Day
Cast: Charlie Day, Ken Jeong, Kate Beckinsale, Adrien Brody, Jason Sudeikis, Ray Liotta, Steve Coulter, Jason Bateman, Edie Falco, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Drew Droege, Artemis Pebdani, Jimmi Simpson, Lance Barber, Dean Norris, Glenn Howerton, Common, Jillian Bell, Katherine McNamara, John Malkovich, Alanna Ubach, David Hornsby, Edy Ganem
Credit: Armory Films, Wrigley Pictures, Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate, Saks Picture Company, Signature Entertainment
Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 97 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Digital Platforms: Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Vudu and FandangoNOW
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Buy Blu-ray or DVD via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Alone at Night - Poster
Alone at Night
Watch Review: Here.
Theatrical Release Date: 20th January 2023
Digital Release Date: 28th August 2023
Director: Jimmy Giannopoulos
Cast: Ashley Benson, Jon Foster, Jake Weary, Pamela Anderson, Luis Guzmán, G-Eazy, Paris Hilton, Sky Ferreira, Winnie Harlow, A$AP Nast, John Robinson, Duke Nicholson, Tyler Dean Flores, Lindsey Pelas, Clara McGregor, Twan Kuyper, Chy Fontenette
Credit: Rhea Films, Purpose Films, Artemis, Vertical Entertainment, Signature Entertainment
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Running Time: 134 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Digital Platforms: Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Vudu and FandangoNOW
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Copshop - Poster
Copshop
Watch Review: Here.
South by Southwest: 10th March 2023
Theatrical Release Date: 10th September 2021
Theatrical UK Release Date: 17th September 2021
Digital Release Date: 23rd August 2023
Director: Joe Carnahan
Cast: Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder, Toby Huss, Chad L. Coleman, Ryan O'Nan, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Kaiwi Lyman, Robert Walker-Branchaud, Tracey Bonner, Christopher Michael Holley, Marshall Cook, Keith Jardine
Credit: Sculptor Media, Zero Gravity Management, G-BASE Film Production, Raven Capital Management, WarParty Films, Open Road Films, Briarcliff Entertainment, STXfilms
Genre: Action
Running Time: 107 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Digital Platforms: Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Cox, Vudu, Direct TV, Spectrum, and Verizon
Watch via Apple TV+: Here.
Watch via Netflix: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Watch via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @copshopmovie
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah - Poster
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Watch Review: Here.
Digital Release Date: 25th August 2023
Director: Sammi Cohen
Cast: Sunny Sandler, Samantha Lorraine, Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Dylan Hoffman, Sarah Sherman, Dan Bulla, Ido Mosseri, Jackie Hoffman, Luis Guzmán
Credit: Happy Madison Productions, Alloy Entertainment, Netflix
Genre: Comedy, Coming of Age
Running Time: 103 min
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Netflix: Here.
Website: Here.
Ghosts of the Void - Poster
Ghosts of the Void
Watch Review: Here.
Popcorn Frights: 16th August 2023
Digital Release Date: October 2023
Director: Jason Miller
Cast: Michael Reagan, Tedra Millan, Carter Shimp, Nancy Wagner, Samuel Taylor, Chris Amos, Matt Bowdren, Eli Hamilton
Credit: Slated, Speakeasy, The Horror Collective
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Running Time: 91 min
Cert: 15
Website: Here.
*(Music)
'What’s It Gonna Be?!' (Feat. Janet Jackson) by Busta Rhymes - 1998