Full Cast and Crew list for Episode 1 & 2 of La Fleur de Mai

Here is the cast and crew list for La Fleur de Mai.  more info can be found at www.lafleurdemai.net

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Cast Episode 1:

JEFFREY GIAMMALVO - ADRIEN MITCHELL VINCENT GEARY

KYLE E. SHELTON - VALENTINO LUIGI DiMARCO

ADAM PATE - ELLIOTT SPENCER WELCH   

TOMMY DAVIS - LEORNADO LUCIANNO III "TREY"   

BRADY GRANT - SAVANNAH VIRGO   

JOSHUA E. KESSLER - DIAGO PUCCI DiMARCO

JOHN ARCHER LUNDGREN - JOHN JASPER GEARY    

MELISSA WILLIAMS - NADINE LOPEZ  

SAMANTHA DIAZ - ALISON WELCH

RUSTY RIEGERT - NATHANIEL GEARY

MELANIE ROBEL - TIFFANY GEARY 

BAYLEY ELLENBURG - EMILY GEARY 

JOSE JOAQUIN NORIEGA  - SEMAJ GEARY

SPACE J.L. BAKER - MASHA GEARY 

STEPHANIE PLEASANT - JENNIFER GEARY WILLIAMS

BJORN JISKOOT JR. - DR. HENDRICK WILLIAMS

AJ NICKELL - JOHN JASPER GEARY WILLIAMS "JUNIOR" 

NICKOLAS WOLF - DALVIN NATHANIEL GEARY WILLAIMS

BREWIER WELCH - RAFAEL DIMARCO 

TERESSA ARNOLD - SIMMONS OLIVIA DIMARCO

KENNETH MATHEWS - FATHER EMMANUEL WELCH 

SARAH PESTO - DR. KATHLEEN MACALLISTER

JAY SANDS - PAUL KENNEDY 

LAILONI - SERENA VIRGO 

CYNDI CROTTS - JUDGE ANDERSON WELCH 

KRYSTAL DAWN MOORE - MARIA LOPEZ 

TAWATHA VALENTINE - ASSISTANT LAWYER I 

FAUZI - ASSISTANT LAWYER II    

Crew  Episode 1:

CREATOR:   DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:   DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE 

PRODUCER:   KYLE E. SHELTON 

CO-PRODUCER:   DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE 

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER:   HARRIET MEDROZO 

CONSULTANT PRODUCER:   ANICERIS CANCEL 

LINE PRODUCER:   LOUIS TAYLOR 

WRITTEN BY: MARECELO RIBEIRO & DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE

UPM:   KYLE E. SHELTON

DIRECTOR: DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:  KENNETH MATTHEWS

CASTING DIRECTOR:  VALENSKY SYLVAIN 

ASSISTANT CASTING DIRECTOR: STEPHANIE OUKEO 

CAMERA OP:  ORLANDO PANORA & NAVID JOHN NAMAZI

EDITORS:  ORLANDO PANORA & MARCELO REBEIRO 

MAKE-UP ARTIST:  HARRIET MEDROZO & DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE

ORIGINAL SCORE U.S.: STEPHEN AKINA 

ORIGINAL SCORE FRENCH: MARIO DEBUCK  

Episode 2 Cast:

JEFFREY GIAMMALVO - ADRIEN MITCHELL VINCENT GEARY

KYLE E. SHELTON - VALENTINO LUIGI DiMARCO 

ADAM PATE - ELLIOTT SPENCER WELCH 

TOMMY DAVIS - LEORNADO LUCIANNO III "TREY"

BRANDY GRANT - SAVANNAH VIRGO 

JOSHUA E. KESSLER - DIAGO PUCCI DiMARCO 

CHRIS GREENE III - DIJON KING DU BRAS DELEON 

REGGIE PETERS - PASCAL KING DU BRAS DELEON 

CRISTINA FRANCO II - PENELOPE GEARY 

RUSTY RIEGERT - NATHANIEL GEARY 

MELANIE ROBEL - TIFFANY GEARY 

BAYLEY ELLENBURG - EMILY GEARY 

JOSE JOAQUIN NORIEGA - SEMAJ GEARY 

LORRIE REMINGTON - ASHLEY GEARY 

LOUIE GRILLO - ALISTAIR GEARY 

MELISSA SORICELLI - CHRISTINA DELMEDICO GEARY 

STEPHANIE PLEASANT - JENNIFER GEARY WILLIAMS 

AJ NICKELL - JOHN JASPER GEARY WILLIAMS "JUNIOR" 

NICKOLAS WOLF - DALVIN NATHANIEL GEARY WILLAIMS 

BREWIER WELCH - RAFAEL DIMARCO 

TERESSA ARNOLD - SIMMONS OLIVIA DIMARCO 

CHARLIES HAYDN - NICHOLAS DIMARCO 

CHELSI ARCHAMBEAU - FELICITY DIMARCO 

GLENN PACE - NOELLE 

KEVIN YOUNG - PROFESSOR KING VINCENT 

KELLY D. WEAVER - ALAIN VINCENT 

JASON RECI - YOUNG ADRIEN VINCENT 

IZAYAH J. THORB - YOUNG ALAIN VINCENT 

VALENSKY SYLVAIN - MR. VINCENT 

MENEMSHA PEARL MORALES - MRS. VINCENT 

LAURA PETRIE - LOUSSA WELCH 

JENNIFER EAST - MACKENZIE WELCH 

KEVIN DELEON - MARCE WELCH 

SARAH PESTO - DR. KATHLEEN MACALLISTER 

MELISSA WILLIAMS - NADINE LOPEZ 

GREG WIGGINS - AGENT DOUGLAS 

KAREN MONSALVATGE - AGENT WILSON 

PAIGE BRANSON - OFICER KENTS 

JUSTIN TURNEY - KORTINI 

MARK WILSON - PRESS 

ASHLEY WILSON - GUEST 

RAVEN MEGNA - GUEST 

ADAM BARONI - GABE PRESS 

BETHANY ILENE WEDLUND - GUEST 

KEVIN DON - KEVIN DUN 

TORY W. HARRIS - GUEST 

DANIEL BURGOON - GUEST 

JOSE ROSA - GUEST 

DIANA SANTOS - GUEST 

HANNAH DAWNIELLE - PHOTOGRAPHER 

ALEX BANOS - SERVER 

THOMAS SORICELLI - FUNERAL GUEST 

JENNY CASEY - FUNERAL GUEST 

JAYK BARKER - FUNERAL GUEST  

Episode 2 Crew:

CREATOR:   DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:   DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE

PRODUCER:   KYLE E. SHELTON

CO-PRODUCER:   DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER:   HARRIET MEDROZO

CONSULTANT PRODUCER:   ANICERIS CANCEL

LINE PRODUCER:   LOUIS TAYLOR

WRITTEN BY: MARECELO RIBEIRO & DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE

UPM:   KYLE E. SHELTON

DIRECTOR:   DURAND SAINT-HILAIRE

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:   CHRIS GREENE III

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR II:   KENNETH MATTHEWS

CASTING DIRECTOR:   VALENSKY SYLVAIN

 ASSISTANT CASTING DIRECTOR:   STEPHANIE OUKEO

CAMERA OP:   ORLANDO PANORA & NAVID JOHN NAMAZI

ORIGINAL SCORE: U.S. STEPHEN AKINA

ORIGINAL SCORE: FRENCH MARIO DEBUCK

PHOTOGRAPHY BY: HANNAH DAWNIELLE, CHRIS GREENE III & NAVID JOHN NAMAZI  

Uncomfortable Practice Trailer

The Cast has been chosen for Tom Loves Wendie

Here is the cast list as it stands for Lucas Productions  is association with Dark Elf Films  first part of a trilogy series called Love Stories.

Love Stories Episode 1:  Tom Loves Wendie:

Chris Watkins - Tom

Meta Scholan - Wendie

Ericka Sines - Robin

Abby Coville - Daughter 1

Casadie Kimball - Daughter 2

Gwenn McGuire - Bartender


Stay tuned for more behind the scenes and info about this awesome series.

Full Cast and Crew of Memoir

Here is the full cast and crew list of In The Woods Productions and Dark Elf Films "Memoir"

CAST:

MARTY COURTNEY - CHARLES

MATTHEW CARROLL - CHUCK

JACK TOBIAS COOK - CHAZ

JOSH'UA MONSALVATGE - CHARLEY 

NATALIE NICOLE REED - WOMAN

AYLA PARSONS - NANCY

JOY KIGIN - OLDER NANCY

GINA MAKAROVA - CHARLOTTE

CASADIE KIMBALL - OLIVE

TIM RERUCHA - FATHER

KATHRYN PALMER - MOTHER

JACQUELYN BELL - PAM

LUKE GERDES - GAME BOOTH CARNY 

ANDREW SMITH - POPCORN CARNY

RYAN ZIEGLER - GAMER

GLENN LORANDEAU - STEWART

JAYNE CLAIRE - DEBBIE

MICHAEL PHILIPS - CURT

DOROTHY CHRISTOPHER - SUSAN

GRACE MERLIN, RUSSELL PARKER, SEBASTIAN JONES - COUNTY FAIR EXTRAS

CREW:

AUTUMN COHEN - DIRECTOR/ PRODUCER

MATTHEW CARROLL - WRITER/ PRODUCER

VALENSKY SYLVAIN - ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

JUSTIN NEAL - CO-PRODUCER

BOBBY ARNOLD - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/ EDITOR

ROBE CARTER - MUSIC COMPOSER

YONARA NUCCI - PRODUCTION DESIGNER/ PROPS MASTER

TARA CORLESS - COSTUME DESIGNER

KELCIE BARBUTI & AUTUMN COHEN - HAIR & MAKEUP

AMY BLAKER - UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER/ 1ST A.D.

GREG SUAREZ - 2ND A.D.

RICHARD D. RUSSELL - SCRIPT SUPERVISOR

MANUEL DESCHAMPS - 1ST A.C.

ALFREDO DOMADOR - 2ND A.C.

GREG LARRO, DRACO ALEKSANDER, RUSSELL PARKER, SEBASTIAN JONES, AMANDA STAFFORD, ASHER FORD - PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

CHRISTIAN CHECKER, DAVID FOUST - GRIP

RYAN ZIEGLER, CHRISTIAN CHECKER, JACK MILLER - BOOM OPERATOR

MANUEL DESCHAMPS, CARLEYS TOVAR, MATT CARUSO, DAVID FOUST - ON SET PHOTOGRAPHY

GREG LARRO - PROPS ASSISTANT

ANNA SEILER - ASSISTANT CARPENTER

BORIS UGARTECHEA - SCENIC ARTIST

JEPH ALEXANDER - MARKETING MANAGER

AMANDA STAFFORD, ROBE CARTER - MARKETING ASSISTANT

Full Cast and crew of Advanced Payment

Here is the full cast and crew list of Pulse Productions "Advanced Payment".  It was produced in Association with August Moon Productions, Kolaris Pictures and Dark Elf Films.

ADVANCED PAYMENT CAST & CREW LIST

CAST

Woman                                Chelsy Bishop

Man                                      Kenny Rogers

Waitress                              Dawn Davis

Homeless Man                    John Kyle

Street Walker                      Bethany Wedlund

Street Walker                      Lisa McCartney

Man Walking                       Roy Malphurs

Café Patron                         Jeff Malphurs

Café Patron                         Nicole Wormley

Café Patron                         Ashley Wilson

CREW

Producer                               Mark Cranisky

Director                                 Heath Jones

Writer                                     Jeff Malphurs

Casting Director                  Valensky Sylvain

Editor                                     Allison Lusby

Associate Producer             Nathan McMahan

Assistant Director                Mark Cranisky

Director of Photography      Brent Reynolds

Assistant Camera                Andy Patania

Gaffer                                    Glenn Reynolds

Grip                                        Michael Prince

Grip                                        Navid Namazi

Sound Mixer                          Justin Van Winkle

Hair/Make Up                       Jayson Harper

Script PA                              Heather Walker

Still Photography                 Maureen Worrall

Thank you to all that came out and helped make this project a successful one!

Gran Torino” movie review (originally reviewed in 2009) by Frank Tobin

Gran Torino” movie review (originally reviewed in 2009) by Frank Tobin

Amidst a recent plethora of horribly mediocre movies (save for “The Dark Knight”), a shining light of superb writing (rare in this industry) and tremendous acting prowess, by an icon of the Silver Screen, bursts out of the Hollywood chum-bucket.

There are no bending bullets, no poorly conceived slap-stick, pop-culture references, no car chases (though there is a beautiful 1972 Gran Torino), and no teeny-bopper, sappy romantic, emo-Vampires.

Instead we get Walt Kowalski; a racist, Korean War vet, who loses his wife at the end of his life, and who has seen horrors beyond measure; a broken man, a survivor, a real man, a man who finishes what he starts.

In “Gran Torino,” Clint Eastwood makes a triumphant return to the business end of the camera, behind which he has made a remarkable career with such modern-day classics as “Million Dollar Baby” and “Unforgiven.”

The transformation that occurs within, and without, Walt is a marvelous blend of cultural shock and old school traditional “manning-up.” Living in a desecrated, gang-ridden Detroit neighborhood, Walt begins the story with a profound, deep-seeded hatred for the Hmong immigrants who have moved next door. As time goes on, he discovers the history of their heritage, and their, albeit unwanted, connections to the family’s gang member associations. The bond that forms between Walt and this family is both wonderful, and spiritual.

Walt finds himself alone in a changing world; a man from a forgotten time, with morals derived from the bitter-sweet embrace of looking down the barrel of an M-1 Garand Rifle. Throughout the course of the story he befriends a young boy named Thao; a typical teenager rife with teen angst and insecurity.

Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangsters that infest their neighborhood.

Cantankerous in his demeanor, but honorable in his intentions, Eastwood conveys a character that has been seen before, by Eastwood himself no less (Dirty Harry comes to mind immediately), but still retains a fresh appeal, and demands your attention from start to finish. It’s not like Eastwood hasn’t been doing this sort of thing for more than 50 years, and doing it extremely well no less (four Oscars, another 100 wins & 58 nominations). 

The ending, while still a touch predictable, resonates with you, and shows that not only are all people capable of salvation, but that Eastwood still has a lot of magic, even for a 78 year old, for making quality pictures in an age where computer generated superheroes are the norm, and spoof-movies are nothing like they used to be (how hard is it to emulate “Airplane!” properly… do your homework film students, and learn your roots).

This is a man’s movie and should be required viewing for every overly emotional momma’s boy, and the fathers who failed them, in our society. Take notes kids, you’re about to be schooled by the best of the best: The Man with No Name (Eastwood’s character from “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”

Friday The 13th (2009) Review by Frank Tobin

Review by Frank Tobin

Friday the 13^th” movie review (originally reviewed in 2009)

Jason. The hockey mask. The machete. That ominous theme that sounds a lot like "Kill, Kill, Kill."

Anyone with any knowledge of the horror genre has undoubtedly come across this villainous icon; this monster of the silver-screen, that practically coated the inside of every theater with blood throughout the 1980s. Although he pretty much became a parody of himself in “Jason X,” and then was basically (and wrongly) turned into a psychologically tormented Frankenstein's monster-esquire creature in “Freddy vs. Jason,” the beast was always remembered for who he originally was.

And that is what makes the new remake/re-imagining of “Friday the 13^th” such a success (for the most part). Despite being written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the same hacks who brutalized the characters of Freddy and Jason in their fabled match-up, they wisely went back to the basics that made the character so popular. Sure he runs like Usain Bolt now, but he’s a hulking beast again. There is a bit of added development in the relationship between Jason and his mother, but the story remains the same. He’s still the vengeful bane of any group of sex-crazed teenagers stupid enough to camp out in Crystal Lake.

“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Halloween” and, to an extent, “The Hills Have Eyes,” established parental issues for our lovely lot of deranged killers, in order to solidify their motives as adults. Perhaps attempting to appeal to a wider audience, the filmmakers felt it necessary to provide more of an emotional backdrop for these iconic psychos to brutally indulge in their deranged eccentricities. Apparently, they couldn’t exist as simply being demented, and absolutely bonkers. Thankfully, by and large, “Friday the 13^th” doesn’t bother with any of that. Sure, there’s a plot twist that will make any devotee squirm with inner fan-boy repulsion, but it still makes sense in the grand scheme of who Jason was and is now. The character has no added dimension completely taking away from how terrifying he is, and making him into a misunderstood infant. For that alone, the movie is more than worth the price of admission.

Another wise choice was to stick to the traditional, R-Rated horror movie formula. None of this ripping off Japanese horror flicks; none of this Paris Hilton inspired garbage; no more “Saw” movies; just sticking to what made classic slasher flicks so great in the 80s and 90s. The filmmakers here (including director Marcus Nispel of ‘Texas Chainsaw’ remake fame) have made what equates to an homage to the series; a gooey letter to the fans of the character. Instead of trying to completely redo and re-brand Jason for a 2009 audience, the film amalgamates everything everyone loved about the series that made them come back for ten sequels. Remember the gratuitous amount of breasts and graphic sex scenes? They’re here, and just as tantalizing as ever (in a Cinemax, soft-core, sort of way).

Remember the goofy dialogue, and total lack of any knowledge shown by the characters in trying to combat them against this machete-wielding maniac? You get that in spades. And remember all those ridiculously violent, over-the-top bloody, kills?  Let’s just say, the horror movie gods are smiling upon this movie.

The film knows its genre, and it knows its audience. It throws plenty of cheap scares at a moment's notice, and offers just enough laughs (both intentional and unintentional) to keep the audience invested in the movie. And when the actual scares come, the film manages to keep the audience transfixed at those moments too (whether they’re screaming in fear or laughing from how ridiculous the scene is). Rather tastefully, the deaths are gruesome, but not to the point of overkill like in the awful “Saw” series, or even within “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Honestly, they just know which buttons they want to push.

But for all the praising, the film is obviously imperfect. Leaving aside the ridiculous twist in the middle of the film and the total lack of character development, (albeit, totally expected, but upsetting nonetheless) the film drags its heels getting to the finale. There’s a particularly dry spot as the film nears its third act that borders on painfully boring, and seems more like a forced narrative device to stretch the running time out. Some scenes seem marred by a failed attempt at building tension. But of course, it’s pretty hard for a scene to be tense when you’re cheering for the killer as opposed to the victim (you do that a lot in this movie).

The film also suffers from the same slapdash editing that plagues other modern horror and action films. In some instances, it’s almost impossible to be scared because our view is obstructed by MTV inspired smash-cuts, and overly abused shaky-cam nonsense. Some scenes linger on the aftermath, but some happen and disappear quicker than Michael Phelps spraying Lysol in his buddy’s room just as the cops show up.

In the end, “Friday the 13^th” is a whole lot of fun. Granted, if you know what to expect from a film featuring Jason Voorhees as the main character, then you shouldn’t go home disappointed.

And coming from a remake, that’s saying quite a lot.