New Jersey Stage 2016: Issue 1 | Page 22

The Nice Guys After a diversion into the Marvel cinematic universe with Iron Man 3, writer-director Shane Black is back to what he does best - a buddy action comedy, this one starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as a private eye and enforcer who team up to solve a girl’s disappearance. And like all Black’s films (Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), it’s set at Christmas! NewJerseyStage.com Green Room The great Patrick Stewart is set for a late career revival in 2016 with a handful of movies set for release featuring the silken voiced one. Green Room is the most intriguing, with Stewart playing the leader of a neo-Nazi gang that holds a punk band trapped in a concert venue following a killing. The director is Jeremy Saulnier, who impressed with 2014’s Blue Ruin. 2016 - ISSUE 1 Table of Contents 22