Writer-director Brad J. Silverman’s “Selfie Dad” is a pleasantly predictable faith-based dramedy that has been scheduled and marketed for family viewing over Father’s Day weekend on VOD platforms. As it turns out, however, the timing of its release might actually serve to expand the film’s appeal slightly beyond the usual target audience for similar fare. Indeed, in the context of recent real-life events and Black Lives Matter protests, certain elements of Silverman’s narrative give his film, if only inadvertently, a slightly sharper edge than even he likely intended.
Christian standup comic Michael Jr. plays, credibly and creditably, Ben Marcus, an editor at an Los Angeles production house who, several years earlier, walked away from a promising career as a comedian. The movie begins with a snippet from one of his decades-earlier routines, in which Ben, a Black man, recalls how easily he rattled an older white...
Christian standup comic Michael Jr. plays, credibly and creditably, Ben Marcus, an editor at an Los Angeles production house who, several years earlier, walked away from a promising career as a comedian. The movie begins with a snippet from one of his decades-earlier routines, in which Ben, a Black man, recalls how easily he rattled an older white...
- 6/18/2020
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
Watch clips from Grace Unplugged. The Brad J. Silverman film from Roadside Attractions stars Aj Michalka, James Denton, Kevin Pollak, Shawnee Smith, Michael Welch and Jamie Grace. Here's what the film's about: Michalka, known for Jj Abrams' Super 8 sci-fi film, stars is the title character who, having just turned 18, aspires to more than just singing at her church, where the worship leader is her father—a former pop star. But with the help of Mossy, her dad's former manager, Grace records a cover version of her dad's old Top-10 hit, runs off to Los Angeles, and begins to taste the kind of stardom she's always dreamed about.
- 10/4/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch a new clip from Roadside Attractions' Grace Unplugged, starring Aj Michalka. Brad J. Silverman directs the October 4th, 2013 release, and also scripts with James Killian and Brandon Rice. Having just turned 18, Grace Trey aspires to more than just singing at her church, where the worship leader is her father—a former pop star. But with the help of Mossy, her dad's former manager, Grace records a cover version of her dad's old Top-10 hit, runs off to Los Angeles, and begins to taste the kind of stardom she's always dreamed about.
- 10/2/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out the trailer for Roadside Attractions' Grace Unplugged music drama, starring Aj Michalka, James Denton, Kevin Pollak and Shawnee Smith, as well as Michael Welch and Jamie Grace. The film opens October 4th under the direction of Brad J. Silverman, who also writes alongside James Killian and Brandon Rice Having just turned 18, Grace Trey aspires to more than just singing at her church, where the worship leader is her father—a former pop star. But with the help of Mossy, her dad's former manager, Grace records a cover version of her dad's old Top-10 hit, runs off to Los Angeles, and begins to taste the kind of stardom she's always dreamed about.
- 6/22/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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