PROJECT HAIL MARY Review — Astoundingly Out of This World
Lisa Johnson Mandell’s Project Hail Mary review says it’s its an immediate sci-fi classic that the whole family will find full of wonder, intrigue and soul. Those of you who know me best understand my penchant for sci-fi, both films in films and literature. It’s right up there with historical fiction and period dramas in…
THE BRIDE! Review — A Stylish Monster Mash-Up Alive With Electricity
Lisa Johnson Mandell’s The Bride! review celebrates the film’s brash, nourish, original take on the Mary Shelley tale and the themes that are applicable today. I walked into The Bride! with cautious optimism and staggered out with the assertion that writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, who gave us the exquisitely disquieting The Lost Daughter, has now come…
31 CANDLES Review — A Rom-Com That Merits Monumental Kvelling
Lisa Johnson Mandell’s 31 Candles review says this is a rom-com that spreads out its warmth and laughs like the coziest of blankets. Here’s a thought experiment. What if Albert Brooks had a bar mitzvah, fell for a woman who could dunk on him at basketball, and somehow turned the whole thing into a clever love…
EPiC – ELIVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT Review — Caught in a Trap
Lisa Johnson Mandell’s EPiC – Elvis Presley in Concert review dethrones the King, and she knows she’s going to take all kinds of heat for it. Bring it! I’ve never been a fan of Elvis Presley. Maybe because I remember him best in his later years, when he seemed to me an overstuffed parody of…
What Everybody’s Watching Right Now and Which are My Favorites?
Courtesy of The Dailies newsletter, we’ve got the rundown of what everybody’s watching right now on the major streaming services. Courtesy of moi, we’re telling you which are the most worthwhile. When you think about it you start to realize that people spend a lot more time at home watching their (relatively) small screens than…
New Property Brothers Under Pressure to Steam Up HGTV
In the premier episode of the new Property Brothers Under Pressure, Drew and Jonathan Scott help buyers who lost everything in the devastating Eaton Fire. Really, is there any such thing as too much Property Brothers? Tall, dark and handy is always smoking combination, is it not? Okay, so 2024’s Property Brothers — Backed by…
Voiceover Auditions for British English, Mexican Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Indonesian Speakers
Hi CCA Members! This is a page exclusively for you. The information below will inform you what types of voices are needed to teach AI systems to speak and understand different languages and accents. This is paid work, and is being posted in response to requests for more voiceover opportunities after our Membership Empowerment Series…
WUTHERING HEIGHTS Review — Lovely, Lusty Literary License
This Wuthering Heights review says this Emerald Fennell’s take on the Gothic classic is a jewel box full of dazzling images that will inflame and intrigue. Those who are concerned that this version of Wuthering Heights strays too far afield from Emily Brontë’s Gothic romance need to understand that writer/director Emerald Fennell never did intend…
3 New Apple TV Series Based On Bestsellers
If you like your chick lit hot (and who doesn’t?) you definitely don’t want to miss these three new Apple TV series based on favorite bestsellers. Read ’em before you watch ’em. Insatiable fiction reader that I am, my tastes are not all that refined. Sure, I love literary fiction and historical fiction, but I…
VO Auditions for Those Fluent In: French, Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Castilian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, British English, Russian, Turkish and Korean
Dear Critics Choice Members: I’ve met and enjoyed spending time with many of you at various Critics Choice events. I’m commonly known as Lisa Johnson Mandell’s arm candy. Lisa has informed me that there are many CCA members who are uniquely qualified for fun and relatively easy voiceover work that requires recording easy, fluent conversation…
