Movies and TV Shows with a Big Message (From Script)
In this weekâs round-up brought to us by ScriptMag.com, Scriptâs editor Sadie Dean interviews a variety of independent filmmakers about female arm wrestling, the ecosystem, and award-winning TV show Ted Lasso co-creator/writer/actor Brendan Hunt. Plus, a new episode from the Reckless Creatives podcast!
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May 29, 2021
In this week’s round-up brought to us by ScriptMag.com, Script’s editor Sadie Dean interviews a variety of independent filmmakers about female arm wrestling, the ecosystem, and award-winning TV show
Ted Lasso co-creator/writer/actor Brendan Hunt. Plus, a new episode from the Reckless Creatives podcast!
Interview: Ann Marie Allison and Jenna Milly Talk Golden Arm (Exclusive)
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The poster for the comedy, ‘Golden Arm,’ which was directed by Maureen Bharoocha and co-written and executive produced by Ann Marie Allison and Jenna Milly.
Conflicted, unique underdogs often make the most fascinating characters, particularly when they’re determined women who must find a way to succeed and thrive in gritty new environments. That’s certainly the case with the two protagonists of actresses Mary Holland and Betsy Sodaro’s characters of Melanie and her best friend Danny in the new comedy, ‘Golden Arm.’
Ann Marie Allison and Jenna Milly, who co-wrote and executive produced the film together, captured the equally excitement and grueling reality of sports training, all with a wry sense of humor. Through Melanie and Danny’s close bond and determination to improve their lives, Allison and Milly chronicled how the characters descend into the dark abyss of an underground female arm w
What’s new to VOD and streaming this weekend: April 30-May 2
Including The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, Tom Clancy s Without Remorse and Catching A Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur By Norman Wilner and Kevin Ritchie
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OW critics pick what’s new to streaming and VOD for the weekend of April 30. Plus: Everything new to VOD and streaming platforms.
About Endlessness
(Roy Andersson)
The arrival of a new Andersson movie every few years should be heralded as an event, even if the idiosyncratic Swedish auteur seems to be running out of things to say. Where 2014’s A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence and 2007’s You The Living seemed like decent companion pieces to 2000’s masterful Songs From The Second Floor, finding interesting new ways to work within the absurdist tableaux format that is Andersson’s preferred mode of expression – About Endlessness feels thinly sketched and not especially insightful.