Veteran line producer Pat McGoldrick has been named executive producer in New York for bicoastal Chelsea Pictures. Over the years, McGoldrick has worked with such directors as David Cornell, Phil Morrison, Charles Stone III, Erich Joiner, John Dolan and David Kellogg…Elizabeth Ryan has been named managing director of charlieuniformtango, a post house with shops in Dallas and Austin. She will be based in Austin and comes over from Los Angeles where she freelanced for such companies as Method Studios and Spine Inc., working with clients that included Cingular for BBDO New York, Cadillac for Modernista!, Boston, and Visa for TBWAChiatDay, New York. Prior to freelancing, Ryan served as director of development and new business at Swietlik, Santa Monica (now Cut+Run)….Ed Ethridge, veteran post producer, senior editor and design supervisor for Zimmerman Advertising in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has launched Ed Ethridge Productions in Hollywood, Fla…..New York-based design and animation studio FlickerLab has promoted Franklin S. Zitter to producer. He joined the shop in Aug. 2004 as an associate producer….
Review: Drew Hancock Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Companion”
"Iris, wake up!"
Early in "Companion," lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend Josh are driving to a secluded lake house for a stay with friends. Iris wakes from a nap and lovingly tells Josh she was dreaming about him. They reminisce about how they first met at the supermarket. All those oranges tumbling onto the floor! Ha ha.
In 20 minutes, absolutely everything about this sweet scene will be turned on its head in a terrifying and sinister manner. You will be surprised and shocked. Unless you saw the trailer, which reveals the whole thing.
And so we begin with a dilemma, dear moviegoer. "Companion," an exceedingly clever and entertaining sci-fi-horror-thriller-comedy by Drew Hancock in his feature debut, has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. But it's utterly impossible to write about the film without revealing the first of those twists.
So if you like coming in totally cold to a movie, then we're sorry to see you go, but stop reading! Otherwise, stay with us — we promise there'll be more surprises to come.
Moving on: Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) arrive at the estate. A nervous Iris stops at the door, worried that Josh's friends won't like her. He urges her to simply brighten up and act happy.
Kat (Megan Suri), Josh's ex, greets them. She is gorgeous, and frosty to Iris. Eli (Harvey Guillén) and his handsome boyfriend Patrick (Lukas Gage) are nicer. Then there's Sergey (Rupert Friend), Kat's aloof Russian boyfriend — sugar daddy, really — and owner of the house. The password to his devices is Stalin's birthday, which tells you something.
Things get dark, quickly. The next morning, someone dies. They will not be the first — this is a horror movie. And suddenly Iris, caked in blood,... Read More