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Movie Review: Outback (2019)

Look man, Australia is hot as all fuck, and full of animals that doubtless would enjoy eating your freakin’ face off. Into that paradise strides Americans Lisa (Lauren Lofsberg) and Wade (Tyler Wiese), two lovebirds on the skids to partake on what was supposed to be a romantic getaway, but is instead a strained mess thanks to Lisa turning down Wade’s marriage proposal at the airport at journey’s start. Speaking of personal problems, soon our in-way-over-their-heads heroes are stranded in the vastness of the Outback (home to venomous snakes, scorpions, and some sky-high temperatures… all of which the duo must face) where the survival of their asses supersedes the survival of their relationship… which is hard to maintain once you are dead. Co-writer (along with Brien Kelly)/director Mike Green deliver a taut, suspenseful narrative (based on an urban legend no less) with Outback that’s impressive both in it’s presentation of the Outback as a malevolent character in and of itself…

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DanXIII

May 29, 2020

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Get Lost In The Trailer For Survival Film ‘Outback’ – Based On A True Story

Outback, the new wilderness survival film from director Mike Green, will take viewers on a frightening journey this June. The lengths people go to save their loved ones are portrayed in a tragically touching way as time is quickly running out for a stranded couple,” states Green. Based on a true story, “Outback tells the terrifying tale of a young couple lost in the wilderness and fighting for survival. Wade and Lisa head to Australia hoping to recharge their failing romance. When their GPS fails, they leave their car and head off on foot to find a new route. As night falls, they must spend the night in the bush without food, water, or weapons, surrounded by snakes, scorpions, and wild dogs. Now, one decision could mean the difference between life…and certain death.” Kym Cramp, Brendan Donoghue, Lauren Lofberg, Taylor Wiese, and Jim Winton star. Outback arrives on DVD, Digital, and On Demand June 9th, from Lionsgate.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 5, 2020

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Elizabeth Blake-Thomas’ ‘Unseen’ Explores True Horrors Of Human Trafficking (Trailer)

Ahead of its world premiere this September, the trailer has arrived for Elizabeth Blake-Thomas‘ dark short film Unseen, which puts the horror of human trafficking in the spotlight. Thomas felt compelled to make a film about child trafficking and fake social media modeling contests with promises of fame and fortune to teenagers around the world with “fame lures,” after hearing the story of a girl from Utah who was abducted and trafficked for five years before she escaped and returned to her family. The film stars Rhyon Nicole Brown (Fox’s Empire) and Isabella Blake-Thomas (Disney’s Secret Society of Second Born Royals, role in ABCs Once Upon a Time) as best friends who come across what seems to be a modeling contest on social media. It is not. The film also stars Yolanda Wood (Extinct), Rebecca Da Costa (The Bag Man), and Hillary Barraford (The United States of Tara). “In Unseen, a teenage girl’s innocent social media mistake has dire consequences.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 25, 2019

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A Desperate Man Turns To Human Trafficing In ‘Cargo’

Kareem Mortimer’s award-winning thriller Cargo, starring Warren Brown (”Strike Back”) and Jimmy Jean Louis (”Heroes”), arrives in theaters this May from Artist Rights Distribution. A fisherman transforms into a prolific human smuggler to pay his debts in “a must-see film,” inspired by true events. “When his income as a fisherman proves woefully insufficient to cover his son’s school fees, Kevin turns to human smuggling in order to raise desperately needed funds. Kevin finds that he’s good at this dangerous yet profitable vocation—good enough to trust himself with smuggling his own girlfriend and her son to the US. But when faced with having to abandon refugees at sea far from Miami shores, Kevin is suddenly forced to reassess his responsibilities. Inspired by true events, Cargo examines the world’s refugee crisis from a very local perspective. The largest Bahamian film project to date, this latest feature from Kareem J. Mortimer is a thrilling, vital call for empathy in troubled times.” Written and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 14, 2019

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Movie Review: The Lighthouse (2016)

Thomas Griffith (Mark Lewis Jones) and Thomas Howell (Michael Jibson) are two men, one a former brawler and one a religious man with a dark past respectively, charged with keeping a Welsh lighthouse up and running on a small isolated rock of an island in 1801. Neither man likes the other too much so that makes things a bit rough, but nothing compared to what happens when a big ass storm (official meteorological term if ever there was one) leaves them stranded on the island for weeks longer than their provisions could provide for. What do they do to compensate, why drink their asses off and begin to slide down the slippery slope of complete batshit lunacy…then an event occurs that makes things get impossibly more out of control. Just to get it out of the way; if you are expecting over-the-top thrills and chills with The Lighthouse, you definitely are going to come away disappointed. This is basically two

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DanXIII

Jun 7, 2018

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This July Discover ‘The Lighthouse’ – Based On A True story

Uncork’d Entertainment has just cast light on the release of Chris Crow‘s BAFTA award-winning survival thriller The Lighthouse. Crow, along with the film’s actors Michael Jibson (Hunter Killer, Beauty and the Beast) and Mark Lewis Jones (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, “Game of Thrones”) were nominated for five BAFTA awards including Best Director and Best Actor and won Best Visual Effects. The Lighthouse, inspired by a terrifying true story, tells of two men trapped in an isolated lighthouse, surrounded by the deadly Irish sea, with both their minds ultimately pushed to the limits. Discover The Lighthouse in select theaters and on VOD on July 10, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Uncork’d Entertainment’s upcoming releases also include The Lullaby, released theatrically in March, Lou Simon’s 3, and My Pet Dinosaur from Matt Drummond.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 1, 2018

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Leonardo DiCaprio To Star In Tarantino’s Next Movie

Quentin Tarantino is currently working on his ninth and still untitled film set in 1969. Tarantino has been eyeing a number of stars for the film. According to Deadline it seems Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio has now signed on to star and will be playing an aging, washed-up actor. While hasn’t been confirmed, the word is actress Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad) has been cast to play Sharon Tate. The brilliant filmmaker is said to be also hoping to nab actors Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Al Pacino for roles in the film. Tarantino has stated that the film is NOT a Manson movie but will cover major events from 1969. That is the year that Nixon took office, The Beatles played their final show, Flight 266 crashed killing 38, the Zodiac Killer terrified California, and the Tate-LaBianca murders rocked the nation. Reportedly, the film will feature Sharon Tate who was 8 months pregnant when she was murdered along with four other

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 13, 2018

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The Real ‘The Ghost And The Darkness’

In 1996 moviegoers’ evolutionary ancestral fear of humans being prey to an apex predator was put on display in the film ‘The Ghost and the Darkness’, a historical action horror film that starred Val Kilmer as Lt. Colonel John Henry Patterson. Kilmer’s character goes to Tsavo, Kenya to help a railroad company with a “Wild Life” problem where workers are being attacked by two Lions. After arriving and encountering the Lions himself, he soon discovers that these Lions are not normal and are bloodthirsty and go on a kill/eating spree. Towards the end of the film, Kilmer’s character gets ’s help from Michael Douglas’s character, Charles Remington, a professional large game hunter, and the two discover that the lions are killing for sport. Fast forward to the end, Kilmer solves the problem and the railway is complete. As it was mentioned at the end of the film, the Lions of Tsavo can be seen today at the Field Museum in

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Capt McNeely

Dec 22, 2017

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A First Look At The Real Life Inspired Thriller KEEPERS – Starring Gerard Butler

Three men are pitted against each other in a tale of greed and paranoia in Keepers, from director Kristoffer Nyholm. Today, we have a first look at the film starring Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, and newcomer Conner Swindells. Written by Celyn Jones and Joe Bone, Keepers follows three lighthouse keepers on their six-week shift on an uninhabited island twenty miles from the rugged Scottish coast. As Thomas (Mullan), James (Butler), and Donald (Swindells) settle into their usual, solitary routines, something unexpected and potentially life-changing occurs – they stumble upon something that isn’t theirs to keep. Where did it come from? Who does it belong to? A boat appears in the distance that might hold the answer to these questions. What follows is a tense battle for survival as personal greed replaces loyalty – and fed by isolation and paranoia, three honest men are led down the path to destruction. The film was inspired the real-life Flannan Isle mystery of three

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 21, 2017

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Visit ‘Savageland’ In The New Exclusive Clip And Trailer

Terror Films has released and exclusive clip, titled ‘Survivor’, along with the for Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert and David Whelan’s award-winning film ‘Savageland’ ahead of it’s release. From the Press Release: Los Angeles, Ca. Feb. 23rd, 2017 – Terror Films will be releasing the award winning film, Savageland this Friday, February 24th, across multiple digital and VOD platforms. The film tackles the very topical subject matter of illegal immigration, wrapped around the mysterious mass murder and disappearance of the entire population of fifty-seven people. The disappearances took place in the off-the-grid border town of Sangre de Cristo, Arizona, just a few miles north of Mexico. The police arrest the lone survivor, an illegal immigrant, Francisco Salazar. He is found covered with the blood of a number of his fellow residents. In anticipation of the film’s release, Terror Films is debuting the official poster, trailer and one more sneak peek clip into this eerie and very realistic faux documentary. The film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 24, 2017

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