Shopping Studs featuring Matthew Lillard, Mekhi Phifer, Donald Faison, Mark Mortimer, Michael Easton, and Paulo Benedeti (YM, December 1997/January 1998)
In today's review, I find the monetary value in the dreams that take us beyond the stars. As I attempt a #positive review of the 2023 T.V. comedy drama, Hello Tomorrow! #BillyCrudup
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The future was supposed to be magnificent, at least according to T.V., hopping on a hover car to take a trip to any planet, while robot butlers do all the busy work. A nice dream, or so it would remain to be. We might end up on the moon yet (well, not us… maybe our great-grandchildren). In 2023, a streaming series showcases the complications of life on the road, by promising us the stars, in…
Frankie Russel Faison (born June 10, 1949), often credited as Frankie R. Faison, is an actor known for his role as Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell in the series The Wire, as Barney Matthews in the Hannibal Lecter franchise, and as Sugar Bates in the Cinemax series Banshee.
He studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University. He attended NYU’s Graduate Acting Program.
He started his acting career in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of King Lear. He would appear in the Broadway premiere of Fences, for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. His next role came on TV, in the short-lived series Hot Hero Sandwich. He did not make it to the big screen until he appeared in Permanent Vacation as “Man in Lobby”. A string of small roles followed when he played the part of Lt. Fisk in Manhunter. He appeared in the comedy The Money Pit, as an unruly construction worker, and in Maximum Overdrive. He appeared in Coming to America and won a minor role in the film Do the Right Thing. He appeared in The Rich Man’s Wife. He appeared in the remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair”. He is notable for being the most frequent actor to appear in adaptations of Hannibal’s books: along with Manhunter, he appeared in The Silence of the Lambs, the sequel Hannibal, and the prequel Red Dragon. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on February 24 via Full Moon Features. From producer Charles Band, the 1991 direct-to-video film serves as a prequel to the first two Puppet Master installments.
David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama) directs from a script by C. Courtney Joyner (Class of 1999). Guy Rolfe, Sarah Douglas, Walter Gotell, Ian Abercrombie, Kristopher Logan, Aron Eisenberg, Matthew Faison, and Richard Lynch star.
Puppet Master III is presented in 4K with HDR and DTS-HD 5.1 and 2.0 sound options. Special features are listed below.
Special features:
Audio commentary by director David DeCoteau and writer C. Courtney Joyner
Behind the Scenes of Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge
Puppet Master III Videozone
Vintage Puppet Master action figure commercial
Puppet Master trailers
After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich. But when Toulon's wife Elsa is killed and Toulon is whisked away by the Nazis, his puppets attack and rescue their maker. Now hellbent on revenge, the puppet master creates a new line of stringless assassins, including the laughing Six Shooter and parasite-spewing Leech Woman, a creature made in his late wife's image. Can one man and his murderous marionettes take down the wrath of the Gestapo?
Tara Reid, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Rosario Dawson in Josie and the Pussycats (Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, 2001)
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Tom Butler, Donald Faison, Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Alexander Martin, Serena Altschul, Carson Daly, Aries Spears, Eugene Levy. Screenplay: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont. Cinematography: Matthew Libatique. Production design: Jasna Stefanovic. Film editing: Peter Teschner. Music: John Frizzell.
A "cult film" is any movie that didn't make it on the first theatrical release but later gained a huge following, either in theatrical re-release or TV and video. The reason usually given for the initial failure is often the mass incomprehension of film critics, but also the failure of marketing to target the right audience. In the case of Josie and the Pussycats it's a bit of both. In the case of the critics, a typical reaction might be Roger Ebert's decidedly thumbs-down comment, "The movie is a would-be comedy about prefab bands and commercial sponsorship, which may mean that the movie's own plugs for Coke, Target, Starbucks, Motorola and Evian are part of the joke." Is there a better example of seeing the point but not getting it? The central irony in the theatrical failure of Josie and the Pussycats is that it was a blatant satire of marketing that failed because of poor marketing: It was targeted to the wrong audiences. Instead of hip audiences like, say, viewers of Saturday Night Live, it was marketed to the teens and pre-teens who are the vehicle for its satire. Now, granted, I don't think it's a particularly good satire. It's silly where it should be edgy and a bit too loud and obvious. The comparatively novice writer-directors, Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, have allowed skilled comic actors like Alan Cumming and Parker Posey to play too far over the top. But I do endorse what it's doing with its product-placement overkill, and maybe it made a few in its audience aware of how they're being manipulated. Or as Josie (the very good Rachael Leigh Cook) puts it, "Oh my god, I'm a trend pimp!"
Is this a whole vampire coven worth of exclamation points? cuz IT IS NOW!
The Mall Rats
Chase, Newt, and Palmer are three burnout vampires who regularly feed on stoners to maintain their high. They live beneath Santa Perdita's local mall food court, where they can prey on unsuspecting shoppers when they get the munchies. Their preferred method of transportation is on their skateboards and their preferred method of hunting is to turn into literal rats. Newt and Palmer are based on Matthew Lillard and Donald Faison respectively.
The Queen Bees
Stacy, Jessica, Ashley, and Lauren are your typical early 2000s pleated skirt-wearing, pink loving Plastics. They're adept at animal transformations, and prefer to run as a pack of guard dogs when not in human form.
Stacy, the leader, is the oldest, and was turned in the age of the very first department stores and has been evolving with the mall culture ever since. She's got multiple degrees of increasing complexity and is essentially the Elle Woods of the group.
Jessica regularly attempts to undermine Stacy's position as alpha in the coven. Ashley is particularly boy crazy, and Lauren may as well have ESPN or something...
They have joint guardianship over a little chihuahua who gets tucked into their purses when she's not your local sardonic mall goth in human form. Of course, they call her Baby.
As of right now (November 26, 2022, or June 2000, if you're canon compliant), both covens are currently ordering pizza from multiple sources so they can eat the local pizza boys, naturally (yes, they have Preferences).
Redemption in Cherry Springs (2021)
Starring Rochelle Aytes, Keith D. Robinson, and Frankie Faison.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe (2016)
Starring Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Barbara Niven, Lisa Durupt, Gabriel Hogan, Juliana Wimbles, Toby Levins, Kristen Robek, and Viv Leacock.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Movie 4 of 5
Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder in D Minor (2018)
Starring Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strane, Steve Bacio, Eva Bourne, Connor Stanhope, Kevin O’Grady, and Matthew Harrison.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / movie 15 of 16
Garage Sale Mysteries: Search & Seized (2019)
Starring Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strane, Steve Bacio, Eva Bourne, Connor Stanhope, Kevin O’Grady, Matthew Harrison, Johannah Newmarch, and April Telek.
Movie 16 of 16
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (2021)
Starring Jocelyn Hudon and Steve Lund.
Hallmark Channel
Mystery 101: An Education in Murder (2020)
Starring Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, Robin Thomas, Preston Vanderslice, Caitlin Stryker, David Jame Lewis, and Steve Bacic.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Movie 5 of 7
Just in Time for Christmas (2015)
Starring Eloise Mumford, Michael Stahl-David, Christopher Llyod, and William Shatner.
Hallmark Channel / Hallmark Hall of Fame / Countdown to Christmas
The Christmas Secret (2014)
Starring Bethany Joy Lenz, John Reardon, and Susan Hogan.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / The Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas
Paper Angels (2014)
Starring Josie Gresiuk and Matthew Settle.
UPtv
A Holiday in Harlem (2021)
Starring Olivia Washington, Tina Lifford, and Will Adams.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
November 2
Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery (2020)
Starring Dylan Neal, Brooke V+Burns, Matthew Kevin Anderson, and Bruce Boxleitner.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Movie 5 of 5
Our Christmas Love Song (2019)
Starring Alicia Witt and Brendan Hines.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Miracles of Christmas
The Perfect Catch (2017)
Starring Nikki DeLoach and Andrew Walker.
Hallmark Channel / Spring Fling
Christmas Encore (2017)
Starring Maggie Lawson and Brennan Elliott.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / The Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Presents: the Ghosts of Christmas Eve The Best of Two and More
A Cookie Cutter Christmas (2014)
Starring Erin Krakow, Miranda Frigon, David Haydn-Jones, Jill Morrison, and Lara Soltis.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
November 3
Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday (2021)
Starring Kimberly Williams-Paisly, Ashley Williams, Mark Deklin, Keith D. Robinson, and Kevin Nealon.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas / Movie 1 of 2
Christmas in Dollywood (2019)
Starring Danica McKellar, Niall Matter, Krystal Lowe, and Dolly Parton.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
Starring Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Lexa Doig, Marilu Henner, Peter Benson, Miranda Frigon, Dylan Sloane, Ellie Harvie, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Kristen Robek, and Matthew James Dowden.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Movie 12 of 18
Once Upon a Christmas Miracle (2018)
Starring Aimee Teegarden, Brett Dalton, Lolita Davidovich, and Steve Basic.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Miracles of Christmas
A Gingerbread Romance (2018)
Starring Tia Mowry-Housley-Hardrict, Duane Henry, and Giles Panton.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
Three Weeks, Three Kids (2011)
Starring Anna Chlumsky and Warren Christie.
Hallmark Channel
Holiday Engagement (2011)
Starring Bonnie Somerville, Jordan Bridges, Shelley Long, Sam McMurray, and Haylie Duff.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
Love, Of Course (2018)
Starring Kelly Rutherford and Cameron Mathison.
Hallmark Channel / Fall Harvest
November 10
Christmas in Harmony (2021)
Starring Ashleigh Muray, Luke James, and Loretta Devine.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
November 17
Under the Autumn Moon (2018)
Starring Lindy B both and We Brown.
Hallmark Channel / Fall Harvest
A Christmas Melody (2015)
Starring Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, Kathy Najimy, and Mariah Carey.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls (2021)
Starring Robert Buckley, Ana Ayora, Jonathan Bennett, Brad Harder, Treat Williams, Sharon Lawrence, Michelle Harrison, Matthew James Dowden, and Teryl Rothery.
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
A mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids’ wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
Allison Torres: Jennifer Garner
Carlos Torres: Edgar Ramírez
Katie Torres: Jenna Ortega
Nando Torres: Julian Lerner
Ellie Torres: Everly Carganilla
H.E.R.: H.E.R.
Mr. Deacon: Nat Faxon
Hiring Executive: Molly Sims
Jean the Paramedic: Fortune Feimster
Officer Jones: Arturo Castro
Billie / Concert Coordinator: Tracie Thoms
Layla: Megan Stott
Tara: Yimmy Yim
Hailey Peterson: Snowden Grey
Officer Chang: Hayden Szeto
Julie: Alana Baer
Brian: Graham Phillips
Brent: Wolf Fleetwood-Ross
Trevor: Adam Faison
Mr. Hwang: James Kyson
Counter Gal: Michelle La
Mr. Chan: Leonardo Nam
Miss Hoffling: Naomi Ekperigin
Chase: James Calixte
Rob: Alek Cole
Jeremy: William Samiri
Tony: Ruy Iskandar
Teacher Beth: Cloie Wyatt Taylor
Nurse Linda: Joanna Strapp
Bob: Brent Morin
Joan: Cass Buggé
Karen: Lynn Andrews
Security Guard: Jordan Johnson-Hinds
KC: K.C. Clyde
Mary: Katie Baker
Rosemary: Ava Allan
Brad: Cameron Johnson
Woman on Something: Taylor Cooper
Mom in Car: Faryn Einhorn
Kablowey Maroon Team Player: Jeremy Culhane
Kablowey Green Team Player: Kristi Lauren
Kablowey Blue Team Player: Olivia Norman
Korean Customer: Arvin Lee
Man from Bathroom: Peter S. Kim
Officiant: Ron Yerxa
Helium Kid #1: Nicholas Sean Johnny
Helium Kid #2: Cameron James Elie
Seven Year Old Nando: Romyn Smith
Ten Year Old Katie: Aliyah Torres
Terrified Kid: Joshua Gallup
Stevie: Danielle Jalade
Woman in Cheetah Suit: Erin Allin O’Reilly
Officer Antonio: Rafael Boza
Harry: Tyler Riggin
Kablowey Orange Team Player: Mike Lane
Kablowey Orange Team Player #2: Sandy Fletcher
Sound Mixer: Chase Meyer
Party Kid #1: Lola Raie
Party Kid #2: Aidan McGraw
Maid of Honor: Rachel Amanda Bryant
Athletic Kid #1: Coral Coye
Athletic Kid #2: Kodiak Lehman
Athletic Kid #3: Makea Leonard
H.E.R. Band Member: Keithen Foster
H.E.R. Band Member: Carrington Brown
H.E.R. Band Member: Alonzo Harris
H.E.R. Band Member: Ricardo Ramos
H.E.R. Band Member: Ajanee Hambrick
H.E.R. Band Member: Malik Spence
Allah-Las Band Member: Miles Michaud
Allah-Las Band Member: Matthew Correia
Allah-Las Band Member: Pedrum Siadatian
Allah-Las Band Member: Timothy Hill
Film Crew:
Production Design: Doug J. Meerdink
Original Music Composer: Michael Andrews
Producer: Jennifer Garner
Set Decoration: Rosemary Brandenburg
Makeup Artist: Deborah La Mia Denaver
Director of Photography: Terry Stacey
Executive Producer: Miguel Arteta
Assistant Art Director: Mike Piccirillo
Editor: Jay Deuby
Costume Design: Susie DeSanto
Supervising Sound Editor: Darren Sunny Warkentin
Supervising Sound Editor: Andrew DeCristofaro
Executive Producer: Mark Moran
Producer: Daniel Rappaport
Costume Supervisor: Mitchell Ray Kenney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Will Files
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Paterson
Visual Effects Supervisor: Jean-François Ferland
Executive Producer: Justin Malen
Stunts: Kelli Barksdale
Makeup Department Head: Cristina Waltz
Producer: Lawrence Grey
Set Costumer: Natasha Romanow
Set Costumer: Cesha Ventre
Visual Effects Producer: Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Second Unit Director: Shauna Duggins
Set Dresser: Fante Zamora
Book: Tom Lichtenheld
Utility Stunts: Mallory Thompson
Set Decoration Buyer: Jennifer Pray
Producer: Ben Everard
Art Direction: Jason Perrine
Production Coordinator: Sally Potters
Makeup Artist: Jamie Hess
Book: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Producer: Nicole King
Executive Producer: Adam Simpson-Marshall
Visual Effects Producer: Erin Hewitt
Set Dresser: Max Bostic
Visual Effects Supervisor: Brandon Nelson
VFX Artist: Sébastien Chartier
VFX Artist: Jason Evanko
VFX Artist: Alyssa Koncelik-Diemer
Movie Reviews:
r96sk: Rather unoriginal, though the cast make it more likeable than it would otherwise be.
‘Yes Day’ is exactly what it says on the tin, you will not be shocked to find out what the plot is. It plays out in the most predictable way possible, even the hearty moments are a little too sickly at times. With that sai...
Clay Burton's past shows up in a flashback in eps 8 of season 3 and I can see why he is very loyal to Kai and wants to look out for what is best for him Rebecca you shouldn't test that. the whole New Orleans part to get littlestone was something else as well I won't get into the details but dam man I found it oldy satisfying. job and sugar friendship make me happy. Carrie, you're in trouble uh oh