Snack Shack is a movie written and directed by Adam Rehmeier starring Conor Sherry and Gabriel Labelle.
Like déjà vu, “Snack Shack” takes us back once again to adolescence and its familiar scenarios like growing up, friendships, the awakening of love, and money.
A film that charmingly transports us back to the 90s with a stylish photographic flair and solid performances from its two main leads… And not much more.
About the movie
Adolescence, yet again summer adolescence in a film that serves as a refreshing spring moment, and rather stays there: in a comedy that doesn’t quite want to be a full-fledged comedy and in a relationship of common landscapes that, while pleasant, are unvaryingly repetitive (we’ve seen the same movie for several generations now).
A proper recreation of the 90s that catches the eye with photography, shot in tones of the era that today, the younger ones might say,...
Like déjà vu, “Snack Shack” takes us back once again to adolescence and its familiar scenarios like growing up, friendships, the awakening of love, and money.
A film that charmingly transports us back to the 90s with a stylish photographic flair and solid performances from its two main leads… And not much more.
About the movie
Adolescence, yet again summer adolescence in a film that serves as a refreshing spring moment, and rather stays there: in a comedy that doesn’t quite want to be a full-fledged comedy and in a relationship of common landscapes that, while pleasant, are unvaryingly repetitive (we’ve seen the same movie for several generations now).
A proper recreation of the 90s that catches the eye with photography, shot in tones of the era that today, the younger ones might say,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Anna Green
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Astrakan (David Depesseville)
Astrakhan fur is unique: dark, beautiful, and stripped exclusively from newborn lambs, even ones killed in their mother’s womb. (Stella McCarthy once said it’s like wearing a fetus.) That ruthlessness—a sense of lost innocence; blood sacrifice—runs deep in Astrakan, a new film from France and one of the better in Locarno this year; and if that title isn’t enough to give pause, plenty else in the opening exchanges will. The first act is a procession of flags, both red and false: at the opening the protagonist, Samuel, lightly goads a snake in the reptile house of a zoo; moments later a rabbit is hung and skinned in his kitchen with all the ceremony of...
Astrakan (David Depesseville)
Astrakhan fur is unique: dark, beautiful, and stripped exclusively from newborn lambs, even ones killed in their mother’s womb. (Stella McCarthy once said it’s like wearing a fetus.) That ruthlessness—a sense of lost innocence; blood sacrifice—runs deep in Astrakan, a new film from France and one of the better in Locarno this year; and if that title isn’t enough to give pause, plenty else in the opening exchanges will. The first act is a procession of flags, both red and false: at the opening the protagonist, Samuel, lightly goads a snake in the reptile house of a zoo; moments later a rabbit is hung and skinned in his kitchen with all the ceremony of...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Indies in moderate-wide release claimed the nos. 6, 8 and 9 spots at the domestic box office led by Love Lies Bleeding. Kristin Steward toplines the Berlin-premiering film by Rose Glass that expanded nationwide, grossing $2.5 million for the weekend on 1,362 screens (up from five theaters opening week). The steamy crime thriller from A24 also stars Katy O’Brian with an ensemble featuring Ed Harris, Anna Baryshnikov Dave Franco and Jenna Malone. It’s 88% Certified Fresh with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes (92% critics score).
Stewart plays a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream as the pair is pulled into the web of Lou’s criminal family. Weekend breakdown: Friday, $1.1 million; Saturday, $790k; Sunday; $592k.
One Life by James Hawes pulled in a $1.7+ million debut 983 screens. The Bleecker Street film, starring Anthony Hopkins as a British stockbroker who helped rescued hundreds of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia,...
Stewart plays a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream as the pair is pulled into the web of Lou’s criminal family. Weekend breakdown: Friday, $1.1 million; Saturday, $790k; Sunday; $592k.
One Life by James Hawes pulled in a $1.7+ million debut 983 screens. The Bleecker Street film, starring Anthony Hopkins as a British stockbroker who helped rescued hundreds of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia,...
- 3/17/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Can you remember how you spent your childhood summers? Were they by the pool eating concession stand junk? Biking everywhere you went? Fist-fighting your best friend? Falling for a girl from out of town? Something along those lines? Or maybe you just saw a movie like that. That kind of easy familiarity is what teen comedy “Snack Shack” comfortably sets up shop on. Armed with a talented cast, writer-director Adam Rehmeier’s 1991-set feature happily squares itself in a tradition of teenage hedonism and broad learning opportunities, settling into a generic but warm glow.
Early-20s actors Conor Sherry and Gabriel Labelle lead the film, stretching the laws of verisimilitude playing 14-year-old best friends, but emerging plausibly teenaged with their lame-brain rapport. The two play Aj and Moose, a pair of hustlers hunting for their next score after home-brewing a “drinkable as fuck” beer. When the friendly college-aged lifeguard Shane...
Early-20s actors Conor Sherry and Gabriel Labelle lead the film, stretching the laws of verisimilitude playing 14-year-old best friends, but emerging plausibly teenaged with their lame-brain rapport. The two play Aj and Moose, a pair of hustlers hunting for their next score after home-brewing a “drinkable as fuck” beer. When the friendly college-aged lifeguard Shane...
- 3/16/2024
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
"Want a little advice, homie? Make a move. Any move." Paramount has revealed the trailer for a comedy titled Snack Shack, a 90s throwback coming-of-age adventure about two best friends get the chance to run the swimming pool snack shack. This is the next new movie from the same filmmaker who made the punk romcom cult hit Dinner in America a few years ago. The two affable screw-ups decide to invest in a poolside Snack Shack in an effort to make some quick cash and strike it rich. However, the pair gets sidetracked by a beautiful and effortlessly cool lifeguard named Brooke, and their own propensity for getting into trouble. It's described as "a nostalgic journey for those who came of age before the era of cell phones, and a hilarious escape for those who wish they had." This stars Conor Sherry & Gabriel Labelle as Aj & Moose, with Mika Abdalla as Brooke,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
To celebrate the casting community and spotlight its members, The Casting Society and IMDbPro are collaborating to present a monthly series of interviews between casting directors and actors about their acting journey, the casting process, and how IMDbPro helps them advance their careers. This month, Neely Eisenstein, CSA, interviewed Conor Sherry.
Read the full interview here on CSA's site...
Read the full interview here on CSA's site...
- 10/20/2023
- IMDbPro News
Exclusive: Gabriel Labelle (The Fabelmans), Conor Sherry (The Terminal List) and Mika Abdalla (Sex Appeal) will lead the cast of coming-of-age comedy The Snack Shack, which Adam Carter Rehmeier (Dinner in America) wrote and is directing for the collective emerging filmmakers label of MRC Film and T-Street.
The film currently in production in Nebraska is a story about two best friends in 1991 Nebraska City who unexpectedly win the silent auction to run the swimming pool snack shack. The snack shack then becomes the long summer’s epicenter of misdemeanors, personal discovery and budding romance.
Jordan Foley, Ben Cornwell and Nick Smith are producing for Paperclip Ltd, alongside Ben LeClair of T-Street, with Paperclips’ Yeardley Smith serving as executive producer.
“Everyone has the summer that was crucial to their own coming-of-age story. This film explores a beautiful sweet spot, a period in time where kids were still very autonomous and free-range in the summer,...
The film currently in production in Nebraska is a story about two best friends in 1991 Nebraska City who unexpectedly win the silent auction to run the swimming pool snack shack. The snack shack then becomes the long summer’s epicenter of misdemeanors, personal discovery and budding romance.
Jordan Foley, Ben Cornwell and Nick Smith are producing for Paperclip Ltd, alongside Ben LeClair of T-Street, with Paperclips’ Yeardley Smith serving as executive producer.
“Everyone has the summer that was crucial to their own coming-of-age story. This film explores a beautiful sweet spot, a period in time where kids were still very autonomous and free-range in the summer,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
On Wednesday, July 27th, the newest version of the Midnight Society brought their spooky campfire stories to California as the cast and crew of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island joined guests at The London West Hollywood for a special advance screening of the latest season premiere in Nickelodeon's revival of the beloved ’90s TV series.
With the second of its three episodes airing this Saturday at 7:00pm Et on Nickelodeon, we've been provided with a behind-the-scenes video (courtesy of Peach Hill Media) from the screening event in West Hollywood, including interview excerpts with the cast and crew of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island.
You can watch the video from the festive screening event below, and we also have a look at the previously released trailer and press release with additional details!
From the Press Release: Produced by Ace Entertainment, the limited series...
With the second of its three episodes airing this Saturday at 7:00pm Et on Nickelodeon, we've been provided with a behind-the-scenes video (courtesy of Peach Hill Media) from the screening event in West Hollywood, including interview excerpts with the cast and crew of Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island.
You can watch the video from the festive screening event below, and we also have a look at the previously released trailer and press release with additional details!
From the Press Release: Produced by Ace Entertainment, the limited series...
- 8/5/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Some of my favorite episodes of TV in recent years have come from the previous two installments of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? revival, Carnival of Doom and Curse of the Shadows, so I can't wait to see what spooky surprises are in store for Midnight Society members both old and new in the latest season, Ghost Island. Ahead of its July 30th premiere on Nickelodeon, we have a look at the new trailer featuring an eerie hotel with one room in particular that guests should avoid staying in:
From the Press Release: Produced by Ace Entertainment, the limited series will debut with a two-hour episode on Saturday, July 30, at 7 p.m. (Et/Pt) on Nickelodeon, with the remaining episodes airing Saturday, Aug. 6, and Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. (Et/Pt). Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island follows an all-new Midnight Society as they go...
From the Press Release: Produced by Ace Entertainment, the limited series will debut with a two-hour episode on Saturday, July 30, at 7 p.m. (Et/Pt) on Nickelodeon, with the remaining episodes airing Saturday, Aug. 6, and Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. (Et/Pt). Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island follows an all-new Midnight Society as they go...
- 7/15/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The first trailer for “Forever Summer: The Hamptons,” Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming reality series set in the famous Long Island vacation destination, has been released.
“Forever Summer” focuses on a group of college students during a summer in the Hamptons, who range in background from wealthy New York City vacationeers to locals of the summer colonies. The series follows the group as they work at a seaside restaurant during the day, and party during the night. The full cast of the reality series includes Avery Solomon, Emelye Ender, Ilan Luttway, Habtamu “Habs” Coulter, Frankie Hammer, Hunter Hulse, Reid Rubio, Juliet Clarke, Milo Munshin, Shannon Sloane, Lottie Evans and Sophia Messa.
“Forever Summer” is produced by Amazon Studios and Haymaker East. Lynne Spillman, Jessica Chesler and Morgan Miller executive produce the series along with Aaron Rothman, Josh Halpert and Jesse Light for Haymaker East. The series will be the first...
“Forever Summer” focuses on a group of college students during a summer in the Hamptons, who range in background from wealthy New York City vacationeers to locals of the summer colonies. The series follows the group as they work at a seaside restaurant during the day, and party during the night. The full cast of the reality series includes Avery Solomon, Emelye Ender, Ilan Luttway, Habtamu “Habs” Coulter, Frankie Hammer, Hunter Hulse, Reid Rubio, Juliet Clarke, Milo Munshin, Shannon Sloane, Lottie Evans and Sophia Messa.
“Forever Summer” is produced by Amazon Studios and Haymaker East. Lynne Spillman, Jessica Chesler and Morgan Miller executive produce the series along with Aaron Rothman, Josh Halpert and Jesse Light for Haymaker East. The series will be the first...
- 6/27/2022
- by Carson Burton and Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is returning for a third season on Nickelodeon in July. The cable channel has released a trailer teasing the new season which is subtitled Ghost Island. Telci Huynh, Conor Sherry, Luca Padovan, Dior Goodjohn, Chance Hurstfield, and Julian Curtis will play a new Midnight Society and a mystery that unfolds during their summer vacation.
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- 6/25/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Are you Afraid of the Dark? is gearing up for its third season. Nickelodeon has announced the renewal of the mystery series revival just as production has begun on new episodes. Starring Telci Huynh, Conor Sherry, Luca Padovan, Dior Goodjohn, Chance Hurstfield, and Julian Curtis the new season revolves around a group of kids trying to solve a mystery during their summer vacation to an island resort. Four episodes are planned for the new season dubbed "Ghost Island."
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- 3/26/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Nickelodeon is bringing back Middlemost Post and Are You Afraid of the Dark for second and third seasons, respectively. It also renewed the Avatar: Braving the Elements podcast for a second go-around.
More From Nickelodeon’s Upfront
Middlemost Post is an animated show that launched in 2021 from John Trabbic III and follows three characters — Parker, Angus and Russell — who deliver mail to the denizens of Mount Middlemost. The second season will feature 13 episodes.
The third season of the horror anthology Are You Afraid of the Dark is dubbed Ghost Island and will follow new characters who think they are attending a “fun” vacation on a resort island. The new members include Kayla; Max; Leo; Summer; and Ferris. Julian Curtis (Wish Man) also stars as Stanley Crane, the hotel manager at the island resort.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island has begun production in the Dominican Republic and will bow later this year on Nickelodeon. It’s from Ace Entertainment.
Season 2 of Avatar: Braving the Elements, which is the official companion podcast to Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, will feature 40 episodes. Hosts Janet Varney (the voice of Korra) and Dante Basco (the voice of Prince Zuko) will continue binging both series. Avatar: Braving the Elements is produced in partnership with iHeartRadio.
Nick revealed the pickups at its upfront presentation Thursday in New York City.
More From Nickelodeon’s Upfront
Middlemost Post is an animated show that launched in 2021 from John Trabbic III and follows three characters — Parker, Angus and Russell — who deliver mail to the denizens of Mount Middlemost. The second season will feature 13 episodes.
The third season of the horror anthology Are You Afraid of the Dark is dubbed Ghost Island and will follow new characters who think they are attending a “fun” vacation on a resort island. The new members include Kayla; Max; Leo; Summer; and Ferris. Julian Curtis (Wish Man) also stars as Stanley Crane, the hotel manager at the island resort.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island has begun production in the Dominican Republic and will bow later this year on Nickelodeon. It’s from Ace Entertainment.
Season 2 of Avatar: Braving the Elements, which is the official companion podcast to Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, will feature 40 episodes. Hosts Janet Varney (the voice of Korra) and Dante Basco (the voice of Prince Zuko) will continue binging both series. Avatar: Braving the Elements is produced in partnership with iHeartRadio.
Nick revealed the pickups at its upfront presentation Thursday in New York City.
- 3/24/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
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