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Production on the psychological thriller Doe from Double El Productions, Sigil, and Room In The Sky Films in association with Lexicon has commenced in Los Angeles County.

Mira Sorvino stars with Timothy Davis, Tatiana Ali and Matthew St. Patrick in the project, which the filmmakers describe as being in the vein of Memento.

Doe centres on a man who wakes up with no memory of his past and discovers he has the ability to speak dozens of languages.

He eventually meets other amnesiacs with extraordinary abilities and must race to save his family from his past.

Justin Foia is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Timothy Foia based on a story by Landon Reagan and the Foia brothers.

Stacey Oristano, Aaron Farb, Anne Leighton, Faithe Herman and Steven Swadling round out the key cast.

Mark Mathias Sayre and Jonathan Piumelli are producing Doe, while [link=nm...

Indie movie news broke with the announcement of the cast of upcoming film “Avalanche.” The film, which is not about a natural disaster, stars Maxine Bahns (“The Brothers McMullen,” “Cutaway,” “Charlie Valentine”), Aaron Farb (“Powers,” “Kill The Messenger”) and Screen Actors Guild nominee Stelio Savante (“Eisenstein in Guanajuato,” “A Million Colours,” “Ugly Betty”) and is directed by Todd L. Green. So, if the film isn’t about a real avalanche, then what is it about? As it turns out, the film is a thriller that involves the consequences of bad behavior coming to the surface. “In Avalanche, a librarian (Savante), his wife (Bahns), and her lover (Farb) find themselves trapped in [ Read More ]

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Chicago – When journalists were heroes and exposed those in power for their sins, movies were made like “All the President’s Men.” Gary Webb of the San Jose Mercury News was one of those journalist heroes during the 1990s, but he wasn’t celebrated in his time. The indictments, induced paranoia and outright lies against him are distinctly chronicled in the luminary “Kill the Messenger.”

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Jeremy Renner gives a riveting performance as Webb, who broke the story that the CIA partnered with drug lords to flood poor, minority neighborhoods in Los Angeles with crack cocaine, in order to fund the anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua (Central America). This Ronald Reagan administration effort was essentially true, as reported by Webb, but the corporate powers that had changed and controlled their media holdings since Watergate wanted the story to go away – and therefore wanted Webb to be brought down. Filled with head-smacking revelations,...

Creator: Eric Kripke. Directors : Steve Boyum and Jon Favreau. Producer: J. J. Abrams. Cast: Jd Pardo, Zak Orth, Maria Howell, David Lyons, Daniella Alonso, Shane Callahan, Ken Arnold, Sharika Blockett, Billy Burke, Michael Duisenberg, Giancarlo Esposito, and Aaron Farb. The premiere episode of "Revolution" was released this week. The episode is slated to rebroadcast September 17th and this sci-fi series has taken a bold first step with this premiere episode. Although bloodless, "Revolution" captures a post-apocalyptic landscape in an action packed fashion. Sci-fi and thriller fans will want to watch out for this series as the pilot was excellent. In the pilot, characters, settings and the main plot were developed. This episode focused on the Madison family. A patriarch is killed and his daughter is sent to muster his brother. The brother now lives in Chicago, which is a haven for refugees and militia. A family reunion takes place,...