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Brian Skiba discusses his new film 'Guns of Redemption' with Casper Van Dien and Jeff Fahey, and touches on the sudden renewed popularity of Westerns. He also discusses his upcoming zombie horror film 'Deprivation.' 'Guns of Redemption' is out March 7, 2025, from Shout! Studios.

A stranger known only as Luke (Casper Van Dien) is a mysterious man with a violent past. A past marked by the scars on his face and the nightmares he can't escape. He takes off his guns to find a new life. But there is no escape from a violent past. Old enemies find him and shoot him down. Before he bleeds to death, he straps his guns on one last time. With his life running out, he goes after the murderous General Bork (Jeff Fahey) to avenge the death of the Man of God (Sean Astin) who took him in, and...

Revenge, reclamation, and resurrection fuel Guns of Redemption, a sharply focused post-Civil War tale about a weary soldier hoping for solace yet destined for struggle. Director Brian Skiba’s (The Gunslinger) intentionally straightforward storytelling hones in on four key characters, reigning in any excess. Between its solid cast, gritty action sequences, and alluring American West backdrop, the film intrigues but is several bullets short of being an epic Western.

The film centers around a Civil War veteran named Luke (Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers and Sleepy Hollow) who hopes to fade away in a small town. Fate has other plans as he’s soon drawn back into chaos when he tries to rescue two women from a traveling brothel run by a sinister fellow named General Bork (Jeff Fahey). That doesn’t end well, and the aftermath becomes the main focus of the film, along with Luke's determination to get revenge.

The Hill chronicles the struggles for real-life athlete Rickey Hill trying to accomplish his professional baseball dreams, as well as Ricky Hill's wife. However, the movie also highlights his personal life, including his relationship with Gracie Shanz. After watching the story unfold, some wonder what happened to Rickey and Gracie following the film's events. The 2023 biographical drama, directed by Jeff Celentano and written by Angelo Pizzo and Scott Marshall Smith, takes place in the 1960s and 1970s as Rickey works to overcome his physical ailments to play the sport he loves.

Colin Ford stars as Rickey Hill, while Siena Bjornerud plays Gracie in The Hill. Of course, much of the movie focuses on Rickey's aspiration to play baseball professionally. But his story couldn't be told without including his loved ones, including his significant other. While Rickey reportedly never dated a woman named Gracie in real life, Bjornerud's character was...

Siena Bjornerud has only been acting for a short while, but her performance in the sports drama The Hill has turned a few heads. Born on January 1, 1999, in Seattle, Washington (via TheMovieDB), Siena Bjornerud has been acting professionally since around 2019, with her feature debut being Underdog as Julia, and the same year, she released her first single, "Kitkats & Raspberries", with her first album coming out in 2022, End of an Era. A multi-talented artist, Bjornerud has even directed five of her own music videos.

Bjornerud is a name of Norwegian ancestry and Siena has talked about her connection with the country, going so far as to make her stage name, "Siena Bjrn", complete with the slashed o from Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Smi languages. According to Bjornerud, her last name means "Red Bear", and she's always appreciated the ambition and capability her heritage has afforded her (via Motivation). Her slow-growing success...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Rickey Hill, an aspiring baseball player with a physical impairment, overcame obstacles to have a career in the sport. Hill had to retire after four seasons playing in the minor leagues because of a spine injury. After retiring from baseball, Hill became a coach and focused on preaching about perseverance and his faith.

The Hill chronicles the triumphs of Rickey Hill, an aspiring baseball player whose physical impairment lessened his chances of achieving his dreams, and the athlete went on to have a career in the sport following the movie's events. The 2023 biographical sports drama film, directed by Jeff Celentano and written by Angelo Pizzo and Scott Marshall Smith, stars Colin Ford as the aforementioned baseball player. It grossed only $7.6 million at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics.

Aside from Ford, the other cast members of The Hill included Dennis Quaid as Pastor Hill,...

Siena Bjornerud turned heads after popping up in the Dennis Quaid-led 2023 movie, The Hill. 

Telling the story of the real-life of former major league baseball player Rickey Hill, The Hill follows the young sports phenom as he overcomes a degenerative spinal disease and takes the field despite what his overbearing father may think. 

The film recently hit Netflix, giving The Hill a whole new audience as the masses are introduced to Siena Bjornerud, who plays Rickey's girlfriend Gracie in the base-running blockbuster.  

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