Commentary: Money for Nothing
Popular celebrities asking fans to pay for their movies? The horror! But something else is going on here. Dennis Willis and Don R. Lewis debate the rise of funding Hollywood films via crowd-funding, and how $60,000 for potato salad just might ruin the whole arrangement. Also, an update on Lewis’ own crowd-funded documentary Culling the...
Interview: Zack Braff (Wish I Was Here)
Dennis Willis interviews Zack Braff (Wish I Was Here) about the evolution of content creation and crowd-funding, what he wanted to say as a writer, and the benefit of a good movie cry. Taped 6/24/14 in San...
Instant Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
It’s the return of the most honest review you can find: in the car on the way home! Dennis Willis and Steve Wagner’s immediate reaction to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes minutes after seeing...
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 Radio, Episode 79: Dern Baby Dern
A look behind-the-scenes at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the current state of the Oscar race, and an exclusive interview with Best Actor nominee Bruce Dern. Plus, what was the real reason Quentin Tarantino cancelled his hot new western The Hateful Eight? Hosted by Dennis Willis, with Steven Kirk and Steve...