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Ed Symkus More Content Now USA TODAY NETWORK You are going to love this or you are going to turn it off, 15 minutes in, after or during a spell of head scratching. There will be no middle ground. To sum up, it’s an unusual movie. But, let’s jump to the beginning. A narrator (Thomas Sadoski) is talking about the time someone was in his (the narrator’s) attic with his (the narrator’s) Saint Bernard, when the dog fell through the floor and landed on the kitchen table. And there, onscreen, ...

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Ever get the sinking feeling when someone you meet comes across as unnatural? Something about their personality and behavior just seems ... off? There’s nothing obviously wrong about them, of course. All of your suspicions are about innocuous details, but it’s enough to make you want to avoid them. In Thomas F. Mazziotti’s “The Mimic,” those suspicions are the impetus for a man known as “the Narrator” (Thomas Sadoski) to launch a full investigation into the new neighbor next door ...

I dont know about you, but I think that coming back from the dead should be a really big deal. And by making it into a little deal, the occasion for safe and predictable little laughs, "Hello Again" blows a great comic opportunity. Meditate for a moment on the possibilities in the modern-day resurrection of the klutzy wife of a social-climbing plastic surgeon. Imagine what the supermarket tabloids would say, not to mention Jim and Tammy Bakker, not to mention the pope, not to mention Johnny Car...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- While many people dream of assembling a Whos Who list of premier talents to help them tell their personal story on the big screen, highly accomplished actor turned screenwriter and producer Finnerty Steeves ("Orange is the New Black") has brilliantly brought this widely cherished dream to Technicolor reality. On the heels of a very successful 2020 film festival tour, Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, is n...

Ed Symkus More Content Now USA TODAY NETWORK You are going to love this or you are going to turn it off, 15 minutes in, after or during a spell of head scratching. There will be no middle ground. To sum up, it’s an unusual movie. But, let’s jump to the beginning. A narrator (Thomas Sadoski) is talking about the time someone was in his (the narrator’s) attic with his (the narrator’s) Saint Bernard, when the dog fell through the floor and landed on the kitchen table. And there, onscreen, ...

Gravitas Ventures acquired the worldwide rights to distribute Thomas F. Mazziotti’s “ The Mimic.” Mazziotti wrote and directed the comedy, which stars Thomas Sadoski, Jake Robinson, Austin Pendleton, Gina Gershon, Jessica Walter, M. Emmet Walsh, Jessica Keenan Wynn, and Josh Pais. “The Mimic” held its world premiere at the 2020 Cinequest Film Festival, and the comedy is slated to release in theaters and on-demand platforms on February 5, 2021. The description reads, “Based on a tru...

Courtesy of Timothy Gillis The Newsroom star, Jake Robinson and Austin Pendleton topline Thomas F. Mazziottis lighter take on a sociopath set for a February 2021 release. Gravitas Ventures has nabbed the worldwide rights to Thomas F. Mazziotti’s The Mimic, a comedy that stars Thomas Sadoski, Jake Robinson, Austin Pendleton and Gina Gershon. A theatrical and on demand domestic release is planned for Feb. 5, 2021. " Mimic’s script really impressed. The way the cast brings the dialogue to lif...

and i start by the, with the why bother question for the following reason. there have been several biographies of lillian hellman. she was, after all, the most famous 20th century female playwright for many years until the 1970s when female playwrights began coming out of the wood work. and as such she was a figure to be reckoned with. she was a celebrity in her own right. in addition to being a playwright, she became a screenwriter, and she was responsible for films like "dead end kid...

evening. i want to start by talking about why bother with lillian hellman and then read something of the book so that you can get a sense of who she was. and there have been several biographies of lillian hellman. she was the most famous -- the 20th century female fly right for many years. and the 1970s when playwrights began would work. and as such, it was the figure to be reckoned with. in addition to being a playwright, she was responsible for films like dead end kids of the 1930s. ...