Echo Chamber - 306 - Part One
You can hear ‘Part Two’ of this week’s episode HERE!!!
You're not mistaken, @EchoChamberFP is back this week, and we have a 'TWO Parter' for you!!!
In 'Part ONE' we have a couple of films that have just hit Prime Video. A recent Oscar winner from MRC & Orion Pictures, and a new comedy from MGM Studios, VicScreen. We also have two from Signature Entertainment, one's a book adaptation from Vertical Entertainment & Thomasville Pictures and the other is an Australian spiritual tale from Dirty Films & Screen Australia. Netflix also has a new fantasy yarn from Roth/Kirschenbaum Films & PCMA Management and Productions.
'American Fiction' is written & directed by Cord Jefferson, in his feature directorial debut. It's based on Percival Everett's 2001 book ‘Erasure’. A frustrated novelist (Jeffrey Wright), fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes, uses a pen name to write his own outlandish "Black" book and is suddenly swept up in the madness he claims to disdain.
'Ricky Stanicky' is directed by Peter Farrelly, who co-wrote with Jeff Bushell, Brian Jarvis, James Lee Freeman, Pete Jones, Mike Cerrone. When Dean (Zac Efron), JT (Andrew Santino), and Wes (Jermaine Fowler), childhood friends have to materialise their imaginary alibi Ricky Stanicky, they hire a washed-up actor and celebrity impersonator to bring him to life.
'Damsel' is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and written by Dan Mazeau. Elodie (Millie Bobby Brown), who accepts a marriage proposal (Nick Robinson) only to realize that she's used to repay a royal family's (Robin Wright, Milo Twomey) ancient debts, and must now escape while surviving attacks from the dragon (Shohreh Aghdashloo) lurking in the chasm.
'Fast Charlie' is directed by Phillip Noyce, and written by Richard Wenk, it's based on 'Gun Monkeys', Victor Gischler 2001 book. When his aging mob boss (James Caan) is whacked, Charlie Swift (Pierce Brosnan), a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
'The New Boy' is written & directed by Warwick Thornton. A nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy (Aswan Reid) arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun (Cate Blanchett).
In 'Part One' we have:
American Fiction - Poster
American Fiction
Watch Review: Here.
48th annual Toronto International Film Festival: 8th September 2023
US Theatrical Release Date: 15th December 2023
UK Theatrical Release Date: 2nd February 2024
US Digital Release Date: 6th February 2024
UK Digital Release Date: 8th March 2024
Director: Cord Jefferson
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K. Brown, Leslie Uggams, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Issa Rae, Adam Brody, Keith David, Okieriete Onaodowan, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Miriam Shor, Michael Cyril Creighton, J. C. MacKenzie, Patrick Fischler, Ryan Richard Doyle, Skyler Wright
Credit: MRC, T-Street, Almost Infinite, 3 Arts Entertainment, Orion Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 117 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Digital Platforms: Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube, Google, Vudu, Vubiquity, Cox, and Comcast
Watch via Apple TV+: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Watch via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Instagram: @americanfictionmovie
Ricky Stanicky - Poster
Ricky Stanicky
Watch Review: Here.
Digital Release Date: 7th March 2024
Director: Peter Farrelly
Cast: Zac Efron, Jermaine Fowler, Andrew Santino, Lex Scott Davis, Anja Savcic, John Cena, Jeff Ross, William H. Macy, Jane Badler, Nathan Jones, Debra Lawrance, Heather Mitchell, Daniel Monks, Marta Kaczmarek, Ryan Shelton, Jim Knobeloch, Zen Gesner, Marc Rebillet, Stan Grant
Credit: Farrelly Films, Footloose Productions, Rocket Science, Gerber Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, VicScreen, Smart Entertainment, Blue Rider Media, Bright White Light, Amazon MGM Studios
Genre: Comedy,
Running Time: 114 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Watch via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Damsel - Poster
Damsel
Watch Review: Here.
Digital Release Date: 8th March 2024
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Angela Bassett, Brooke Carter, Nick Robinson, Robin Wright, Milo Twomey, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Patrice Naiambana, Nicole Joseph, Tasha Lim, Brogan Mcfarlane, Sonya Nisa, Esther Odumade, Margarita Ren, Eloise Shephard Taylor, Szofia Sallia, Matt Slack
Credit: Roth/Kirschenbaum Films, PCMA Management and Productions, Netflix
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Running Time: 110 min
Cert: 12a
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Netflix: Here.
Website: Here.
Fast Charlie - Poster
Fast Charlie
Watch Review: Here.
Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF): 7th October 2023
Theatrical Release Date: 8th December 2023
US Digital Release Date: 8th December 2023
UK Digital Release Date: 15th March 2024
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin, James Caan, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Christopher Matthew Cook, David Chattam, Toby Huss, Fredric Lehne, Sharon Gless, Brennan Keel Cook, Susan Gallagher, Lindsey G. Smith, David Kallaway, Stephen Louis Grush, Jared Bankens, Jacob Grodnik
Credit: Ashland Hill Media Finance, Thomasville Pictures, Vertical Entertainment, Signature Entertainment
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Running Time: 90 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Digital Platforms: Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube, Google, Vudu, Vubiquity, Cox, and Comcast
Watch via Apple TV+: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
The New Boy - Poster
The New Boy
Watch Review: Here.
76th Cannes Film Festival: 19th May 2023
OZ Theatrical Release Date: 6th July 2023
UK Theatrical Release Date: 15th March 2024
Director: Warwick Thornton
Cast: Aswan Reid, Cate Blanchett, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair, Shane McKenzie-Brady, Tyrique Brady, Laiken Beau Woolmington, Kailem Miller, Kyle Miller, Tyzailin Roderick, Tyler Rockman Spencer, Andrew Upton, Tyson Pawley
Credit: Dirty Films, Scarlett Pictures, Screen Australia, Fremantle, Longbridge Nominees, South Australian Film Corporation, Screen NSW, Signature Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History
Running Time: 116 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
You can hear ‘Part Two’ of this week’s episode HERE!!!
*(Music)
'Da Joint' (Instrumental) by EPMD - 2020