They say that laughter is the best medicine. And after this year, we’re gonna need a lot of it. So if your funny bone is need of some tickling, then check out The Opening Act. The latest from the RLJ Entertainment films follows Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley) who dreams of being a stand-up comedian. It’s a long way to the top, and he’s got no shortage of hecklers and challenges along the way making him question how much he really wants it. Whether or not this is the Rocky of the stand-up comedy genre remains to be seen. But if having Vince Vaughn & Peter Billingsley on board as…
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Interview…’Supercon’ Director Zak Knutson on Celebrity and the Limits of Comedy
Filmmaker, documentarian, and pop-culture aficionado, Zak Knutson’s newest endeavor is the convention-based comedy, Supercon. It’s a movie featuring four less-than-famous personalities who, so fed up with the titular convention’s greedy promoters, attempt to emulate a robbery perpetrated (successfully) by other geekcentric convention goers. Let’s just hope lighting can strike twice, for their sake. Knutsen co-wrote and directs the feature, and easily draws on his deep knowledge of fan culture (and can claim being good friends with Kevin Smith for more than a decade). As such, this was right up his alley. Enjoy the highlights of our time with Zak. GoSeeTalk: The film starts off with the text, “based on a…
