Flick Nation blasts Facebook over their new Pages policy
Flick Nation Radio usually stays on point, which means making critical conversation about the entertainment industry at large. But host Dennis Willis took a moment after talking about Star Wars and Superman to blast Facebook’s recent policy limiting the number of impressions to their fan pages. “We were told by Facebook early on that we should have pages as opposed to groups,” Willis explained. “Last year...
Flick Nation on KKSF Radio – 7/04/13
CLICK TO LISTEN: Dennis Willis and Steve Wagner appear on Ed Baxter’s KKSF radio show to talk about summer movies, and their Flick Nation Radio program. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Flick Nation Radio leaps to Web Talk Radio
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2013 BAY AREA-BASED FLICK NATION RADIO PROGRAM LEAPS TO MATRIX MEDIA’S WEB TALK RADIO San Francisco, California (6/19/13) – Award-winning Bay Area film critic Dennis Willis is taking his show to a bigger stage. His weekly Flick Nation Radio program joins Matrix Media’s Web Talk Radio on July 8, 2013. “We’ve been searching high and low for the right media partner and have...
Dennis Willis talks Netflix on KGO Radio – 1/25/13
CLICK TO LISTEN: Dennis Willis discusses the $100 million Netflix production of David Fincher’s House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD...
Dennis Willis on Chicago’s WGN Radio – 12/23/11
CLICK TO LISTEN: Dennis Willis guests on Chicago’s WGN Radio with Bill Leff to discuss the latest big holiday films, the differences between the American and Swedish versions of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Oscar-bait flicks, 3D movies, motion capture technology (and why it should be considered real acting) and 2011’s best and worst films. CLICK TO...
Five-Star Flick Nation Review from Amazon’s Grady Harp!
Grady Harp is #3 on Amazon.com’s list of Top 10 Book Reviewers. He also gave the Flick Nation: 2011 Movie Guide five stars! Thanks, Grady! Dennis Willis knows cinema, understands critiquing, has extraordinary insight , and is wonderfully opinionated! This book, FLICK NATION 2011 MOVIE GUIDE, is a must for all those who wish to be a bit discriminate in selecting movies to view, be they in the theater on streaming mechanisms, or...
ANNOUNCING: Flick Nation Live! Friday, August 5th @ 8pm
SAVE THE DATE! For the first time ever, Flick Nation will present a LIVE interactive radio show with special guests, prizes, movie swag and…you! Join us for a fun, freewheeling conversation about everyone’s favorite subject: movies! Hosted by Dennis Willis, with Steven Kirk, Steve Wagner and Bay Area legend John Stanley. The gang’s all here and you’re invited! FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH @ 8PM, PST. CLICK HERE FOR A...
Dennis Willis on WGN Radio, Chicago – 7/08/11
CLICK TO LISTEN: Dennis Willis guests on Chicago’s WGN Radio with Greg Jarrett to discuss the Flick Nation: 2011 Movie Guide, the imminent demise of packaged media (DVD, Blu-ray), the proliferation of streaming, and why 3D has its work cut out for itself. CLICK TO...
Dennis Willis Movie Reviews on KGO Radio – 6/24/11
CLICK TO LISTEN: Dennis Willis reviews the Disney-Pixar sequel Cars 2, the raunchy Cameron Diaz comedy Bad Teacher, and the documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop. He also hypes his upcoming 6/25 appearance at Florey’s Books and the recently-released Flick Nation: 2011 Movie Guide. Hosted by Bret Burkhart. CLICK TO...
THE BALCONY IS OPEN: Film critic Dennis Willis presents ‘Flick Nation: 2011 Movie Guide’
By Jean Bartlett The ambient sound in Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” made film critic (and Pacifican) Dennis Willis feel like he should be dodging bullets. In the sci-fi suspense film “Moon,” directed by Duncan Jones, a man meets his clone on Earth’s only natural satellite and Willis writes in his cliff-hanging review — “the clone thinks he’s the real deal. Is he insane?” The...
Dennis Willis and Flick Nation on KGO Radio’s John Rothmann Show – 6/10/11
CLICK TO LISTEN: Dennis Willis is the guest on KGO Radio’s John Rothmann show. The subjects range from 3D movies and summer blockbusters to how streaming is changing everything about the movie industry. Willis and Rothmann also talk extensively about Willis’ recently-released Flick Nation 2011 Movie Guide! Don’t miss it! CLICK TO...
Dennis Willis on KGO Radio – 6/10/11
CLICK TO LISTEN: Dennis Willis reviews the J.J. Abrams-Steven Spielberg coming-of-age sci-fi adventure Super 8, the Christopher Plummer-Ewan McGregor comedy Beginners, the popular kid adaptation Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer and quirky British comedy Submarine. PLUS: Dennis chats up the recently-released Flick Nation 2011 Movie Guide! CLICK TO...