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With movies like Under Siege and his expertise in martial arts, there was a time when Steven Seagal was a prominent Hollywood action star. By pulling in massive box office numbers, the Hard to Kill star was expected to be the next big thing in the 90s. Unfortunately, Seagal’s career fell hard after the actor was embroiled in numerous serious controversies.

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While fans often discuss Steven Seagal’s story of rise and fall, a recent video clip on Instagram also portrayed another controversial side of the actor. A recent social media post proved how the star has lied about his bloodline across several media interviews. The comments section is filled with fans who cannot get over the hilarious claims of the star about his family background.

Steven Seagal blatantly lied about his family background

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It’s been exactly one year since the first wave of allegations against Harvey Weinstein were published, ushering in an era that has seen countless other men accused of sexual misconduct. Many of them have been fired, exiled, or ostracized as a result, but one figure whose career seems to have been relatively unaffected by the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements is Steven Seagal. That may be at least in part because he’s already considerably less prominent than he was in his heyday, but the fact remains that the actor has been accused of sexual harassment and rape by several women.

After being asked about those allegations during a BBC Newsnight interview with Kristy Wark, Seagal promptly exited.

“You obviously spend a lot of time in Russia, you spend a lot of time in America, you’re making films and so forth. In terms of your life in America,...

Hollywood has been keeping the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office awfully busy this summer. According to the New York Daily News, local law enforcement has handed the Da’s sexual assault task force three new cases for review. Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Police Department forwarded the Da their investigations into allegations of sexual assault made against comedian Anthony Anderson, as well as action star Steven Seagal. And in June, according to the Daily News, the Beverly Hills Police Department handed the task force yet another case against Harvey Weinstein,...

Steven Seagal has denied ex-Bond girl Rachel Grant’s accusations of sexual assault that took place in 2002 at a film rehearsal in Bulgaria. Through his lawyers, who spoke with the BBC, the action movie star has denied Grant’s assault accusation as well as another claim by the actress that he tried to indecently expose himself. “I want to share what happened to me, so people will hear it and others might come forward,” Grant told the BBC in a previous interview. The British actress said she was flown to Sofia to rehearse lines with Seagal in September 2002 after auditioning for a role...

Cinema Retro contributor James Sherlock, James Bond star George Lazenby and long time partner and publicity assistant Jennifer Adeney next to the original On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond 007 Aston Martin Dbs.

On the 50th anniversary of James Bond, one-time 007 On Her Majesty's Secret Service star George Lazenby flew into Melbourne, Australia, for the recent Armageddon Expo and a special appearance at Melbourne's premiere picture palace The Astor Theatre followed by a special screening of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Another Bond guest included Die Another Day girl Rachel Grant. For the first time since filming, George Lazenby was reunited with the original On Her Majesty's Secret Service Aston Martin Dbs used in the film, which is privately owned by a Melbourne collector who purchased it in 1978 and restored it to pristine condition (complete with the rifle handle and telescopic sights seen in the film, which are still in...

Director/writer: Alex Ferrari.

The Red Princess Blues is a short film from The Enigma Factory, which is approximately ten minutes long. The short is meant as a promotional piece for a larger production and starring are Richard Tyson (The Fear Chamber), Tabithat Morella ("Two and a Half Men"), Rachel Grant (The Tournament) and narrator Robert Forster. Visually stunning, mature, and creating excitement through action sequences, the Red Princess Blues is like watching a darkly written fairy tale. To move towards a feature length film soon, this is a film to watch simply for the visual appeal.

The film begins along the lines of a "Little Red Riding Hood" story, where a young girl encounters a much larger and more worldly wolf in the form of a travelling carnie. Corrupted with shots of Bourbon and tales of sexual expectations, Little Red Riding Hood aka Zoe (Morella) gets bitten quickly. However,...

Rpb PosterThere is a horror film from director Alex Ferrari coming your way, exclusively through an iPhone application. The name of the film is Red Princess Blues and the film has a well known cast including the eclectic actor Richard Tyson (The Fear Chamber), the versatile Rachel Grant and Academy Award Nominee Robert Forster. Red Princess Bride is a short film and the foundation for a feature film, according to Ferrari. The first clip for this compact horror piece is full of body slams, a coerced teenage girl, and a "rock-n-roll carney" named Rimo. Take advantage of the preview and order the film on your iPhone inside.

The synopsis for Red Princess Bride:

"In this twisted modern day fairy tale, Zoe, a young teenage girl, is lured into an after hours carnival tent by the sleazy rock-n-roll carney Rimo. She then gets more than she bargained for. It is up to the mysterious Princess,...

In what may very well be a first, or at least a second or third, director Alex Ferrari is bringing the action straight to the people, releasing his new live action short Red Princess Blues, plus an impressive array of bonus features, as an app in the iTunes store. Basically, for ninety nine cents you get the full eleven minute short plus a full slate of DVD style bonus features to see how Ferrari and co pulled this off on a tiny budget while he gets, hopefully, some attention and a bit of money back to help mount the feature version of the story.

We first came across Ferrari a good number of years ago thanks to his previous short film Broken, a hard edged action thriller pulled off with remarkable style on an even more remarkable shoestring budget. Since Broken, Ferrari has been working hard to get this one...

Year: 2009

Directors: Scott Mann

Writers: Jonathan Frank / Nick Rowntree / Gary Young

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Hal MacDermot

Rating: 7.4 out of 10

Once every seven years, thirty of the world’s most deadly assassins gather together and fight for the grand prize of ten million dollars – there can be only one winner, only one survivor.

Normally this genre of Battle Royale-esque movie is set on an exotic island, or a mystic m’larkey temple, and here’s why I knew I was in for something different right from the start, The Tournament is set in no-m’larkey-at-all working class Middleborough, in the rainy North of England. Scott Mann’s action packed debut feature stars Robert Carlyle as a drunken priest mistaken for a hitman, and the beautiful Kelly Hu as a real hit woman. For a $12 million budget, you get a good bang for your buck. There are a...

In “The Tournament”, Robert Carlyle plays a small-town priest who gets unwittingly dragged into a bloody tournament taking place covertly in his town. Okay, it’s not all that covert, there are guys running around with sniper rifles and bazookas trying to off each other. Actually, it’s pretty obvious, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but there you have it. Here’s a clip from Scott Mann’s actioner “The Tournament”, featuring Carlyle’s character as he finds himself in the crosshairs of some killer types. Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world’s deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag. Starring Ian Somerhalder, Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Scott Adkins, Liam Cunningham, John Lynch,...