Drawing inspiration from career experiences as a CNN correspondent, TV Academy chairman, creator of five produced primetime network TV series, and fast-food frycook, Bryce is the Editor-in-Chief of "Movie Smackdown." While he freely admits to having written the screenplay for the reviewer-savaged "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation," he hopes the fact that he also won the Writers Guild award a couple of years ago will cause you to cut him some slack. That, plus the fact that he has a new StudioCanal produced feature film, “The Last Battle,†shooting this summer in Europe about the end of World War II. He's also a member of the Directors Guild, Screen Actors Guild, and a past enthusiast of the Merry Marvel Marching Society. His new what-if book series, “Breakpoint,†just won the prestigious Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and has so far tackled JFK not being assassinated and The Beatles staying together.
Thirty Years of Dancing Travolta! The Smackdown It was three decades ago that a charismatic sitcom star named John Travolta crossed over into feature film fame with the cultural sensation Saturday Night Fever. In the […]
The Smackdown The hardships in my life are pretty much defined by modern inconvenience: missing plane flights, being cut off in traffic, nosebleed seats at a Springsteen concert and restaurant food that is brought to […]
The Smackdown. You certainly don’t need to believe in Santa Claus to take inspiration from a good film that is either about the holiday or uses it as its backdrop. So here at Movie Smackdown! […]
The Smackdown It can’t be easy being a young criminal crime boss and drug lord, coming from a struggling underclass, living in the shadow of an even more powerful criminal. Both Frank Lucas and Michael […]
The Smackdown Writer/director Wes Anderson can always become a cult leader if his film career ever flames out. His fans are so passionate for his quirky storytelling and characters that they can’t wait for each […]
On October 23, Warner Home Video will launch the first in their new series featuring influential films from some of history’s greatest directors, starting with Stanley Kubrick. Among the new films, “2001: A Space […]
The Smackdown Yesterday, my wife and I went with six other couples to an afternoon showing of the new “The Heartbreak Kid” at our local cineplex. Then we went out for a nice Italian dinner, drank a […]
According to SiteMeter, Movie Smackdown has set a new record for site traffic for the eighth month in a row! This screen capture which follows shows that every month this year has set […]
The Smackdown Both “Eastern Promises” (2007) and its companion piece “A History of Violence” (2005) are brutal dramas from director David Cronenberg who has, apparently, moved beyond the fantastic (infections, mutations, genetic accidents) and settled […]
Summer’s over at Movie Smackdown! but we’ve got a lot to celebrate! Several new critics have joined in this year, the site traffic now sets a new record every month and we’re getting a lot […]