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[latenightsleuth]

The Jenner Beach Murders 2004

Lindsay Cutshall and Jason Allen Murders: How Were They Killed? Where is Shaun Gallon Now?

By Viswa Vanapalli at The Cinemaholic March 29, 2021

Investigation Discovery’s ‘People Magazine Investigates’ is a documentary series where People Magazine’s journalists team up with Investigation Discovery to have a second look at some of the most high-profile cases in the country. The episode ‘Jenner Beach Murders’ explores the random killings of a loving couple who were camping out on a beach in Jenner, California, in 2004. A case that stumped investigators at the time with an apparent lack of motive, it was only solved in 2017 after a confession. Curious to know more about the case? We’ve got you covered.

How Did Lindsay Cutshall and Jason Allen Die?

Lindsay Cutshall and Jason Allen had met each other in 2002 at the Appalachian Bible College in Beckley, West Virginia. Both devout Christians, the 22-year-old Lindsay hailed from Fresno, Ohio, while the 26-year-old Jason was from Zeeland, Michigan. They fell in love quickly, bonding over their Christian faith and their fondness for the outdoors. Within six weeks of knowing each other, they were engaged. In August 2004, the couple was working as counselors at Rock-N-Water, which was a Christian summer camp close to Coloma, California.

On August 13, they decided to take a spontaneous road trip to San Francisco, about a month before their planned wedding. It was during this trip that they would end up missing and eventually killed. When Lindsay’s mother was notified that the couple had not returned from their road trip, an extensive manhunt ensued. About five days after they left for their road trip, the couple was found by a helicopter pilot on a secluded part of Fish Head Beach, Jenner, California.

They were found still zipped up in their sleeping bags and were shot in the head once with a .45 caliber Marlin rifle, a rather uncommon gun. Police quickly ruled out robbery as a motive since Lindsay’s jewelry wasn’t missing and the car they traveled in was still there. There were no signs of a sexual assault either. Beyond that, the authorities were finding it difficult to zero in on a motive. The time of death was estimated to be either on the night of August 14 or the early morning of August 15.

The investigators speculated that the couple might have chosen to camp at the beach after realizing that there were no available rooms at the motel close by. As time passed, the police started to run out of credible leads. With no motive and unable to find the murder weapon, the trail ran cold. It was more than a decade later when the murders of Lindsay and Jason would be solved.

Who Killed Lindsay Cutshall and Jason Allen?

Shaun Gallon had long been someone the police had looked into regarding the couple’s killing. A self-proclaimed survivalist, he had multiple run-ins with the law. In fact, he was arrested just six days after the bodies were discovered, but on an unrelated weapons charge. Shaun’s father, David, had also told police that he had disposed of his son’s guns after Shaun had called him from prison to do so. In 2009, Shaun was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting a man with a homemade bow and arrow. Over the years, the police found nothing to tie him to the murders, nonetheless.

In 2017, Shaun was accused of killing his brother, Shamus, with a rifle and was arrested as a result of that. During his questioning, he confessed to the killings of Lindsay and Jason. He told the police where he had hidden the spent shell casings from the crime scene. He stated that after he noticed the two sleeping on the beach, he went to his car to bring his rifle, came back, and shot them both at close range. He had also confessed to the attempted murder of someone else that he knew. In 2019, 40-year-old Shaun was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Where is Shaun Gallon Now?

Shaun Gallon pleaded no contest to all the charges against him. As a result, the death penalty was not pursued. For his role in the murders of Lindsay, Jason, and Shamus and the attempted murder charge, he was instead sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. He also was sentenced to more than 94 years for other crimes. During his confession, he had told the police that he had killed Lindsay and Jason out of spite.

A news release from the Office of the District Attorney mentioned additional charges, “There were multiple special allegations and enhancements alleged against Gallon, including that he murdered multiple victims, that he committed great bodily injury on those victims, that he used a firearm to inflict great bodily injury on each of his murder victims, and that he had suffered a prior “strike” conviction in 2009 for assault with a deadly weapon. In his change of pleas, Gallon admitted all charges and enhancements.” According to prison records, Shaun is incarcerated at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, California.

Full article: https://thecinemaholic.com/lindsay-cutshall-and-jason-allen-murders-how-were-they-killed-where-is-shaun-gallon-now/

[rwrbmovie]

BTS of #RWRBMovie: filming locations (pt 2)

The receiving line scene was filmed in the Queen Anne Court of the Old Royal Naval College on Park Row in London

The scene where Prince Henry and Alex ruin the wedding cake was recorded inside the Livery Hall of the Goldsmith’s Hall in Foster Lane

The Potomac River you see in the backdrop of various scenes is actually London’s River Thames

A private house in the town of Sevenoaks in Kent was utilized to double for a home in Texas

>> Somerley House served as the backdrop for many scenes. A whole post was dedicated to it (that's pt 1) >> Dedicated post for the V&A

Sources: TheCinemaholic, Sportskeeda, and some Googling by yours truly

[yourdailykitsch]

According to TheCinemaholic, production will begin on ‘Terminal List: Dark Wolf’ in May 2024. The prequel, which follows up the original ‘Terminal List’ series will star Taylor and dig deeper into his character Ben Edwards. #taylorkitsch #terminallist

[world-cinema-research]

Week 2 - The 400 Blows/Les quarte cents coups (1959) Short Analytic Essay

By Carly Leavitt-Hullana

Film critic turned director, François Truffaut's directional debut, The 400 Blows/Les quatre cents coups (see promotional flier below), is a multi-award-winning, black and white French film drama that is said to have defined and launched the French New Wave cinema movement. This movement was formed in the late 1950s and 1960s by young French directors which serves as the dividing point between classic and modern or contemporary films (The 400 Blows via Britannica). This film is also the start of the leading character’s acting career, Jean-Pierre Léaud, who was widely praised for his role as Antoine Doinel. Léaud goes on to act in four more movies playing Antoine Doinel, all filmed by François Truffaut: Antoine and Collete (1962), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970), and Love on the Run (1979). In this essay, I will be discussing the main plot of the film, the critical acclimation of the film, reasons for its successes, and the style, look, and feel as well as the conventionality of the film.

The film follows the rough life of Doinel as he struggles to navigate school, relationships, and home life. At home, he lives in a cramped apartment with his absent mother and stepfather who constantly argue, where he is thrown on a couch pushed into a kitchen corner almost as an afterthought. Doinel’s home life soon affects his school performance as well as his behavior overall and he ends up disrespecting his parents and teacher, skips school and eventually runs away from home, and ends up breaking the law which results in him spending a night in prison (see a shot of the scene below). After his parents fail to take responsibility for Antoine, they turn to social services for help and end up sending Antoine to an observational camp for juvenile delinquents. When asked by a psychiatrist at the camp about his lying, Antoine says, “Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I’d tell them [his parents/teacher] the truth and they still wouldn’t believe me, so I prefer to lie.” Antoine’s attitude towards his actions show just how much his childhood, parental and societal treatment, and lifestyle has affected him.

The story of Antoine Doinel is based on François Truffaut's own childhood and serves as a dominant benefactor in this film’s successful performance. This classifies The 400 Blows as a semi-autobiography as well. Roger Ebert, a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times says, "Inspired by Truffaut's own early life, it shows a resourceful boy growing up in Paris and apparently dashing headlong into a life of crime…We are allowed to share some of his private moments..." (The 400 Blows via Roger Ebert). François Truffaut’s first film was a prosperous, powerful, and emotional story that was enhanced by the fact that it was inspired and derived from his own tragic life. Critics still highly rate this film as a TheCinemaholic article published in 2016 claims, “The then 27-year-old’s aspirational transition from a hotheaded critic to an exciting filmmaker couldn’t have been better scripted.” The 400 Blows, accompanied by Léaud’s performance, touched the lives of many in the audience when it aired in 1959, and still leaves a footprint on viewers today. 

Another reason why it was and still is considered highly successful is the film has won eight awards and was nominated for 13, was highly popular in the United States and England, and introduced a common cliché of close-up freeze frames to the cinematic world (‘The 400 Blows,’ a Directing Debut That Still Astonishes via The New York Times). Many critics, as well as myself, agree that Truffaut's film style allows the audience to feel and experience his forceful message about society through his use of this unsettling freeze frame ending along with experimental and, at the time, ultramodern camera angles and editing seen throughout the film. With that being said, keeping in mind that The 400 Blows was released in 1959, this film is considered unconventional due to the filming styles previously mentioned as well as the use of hand-held camera shots, the absence of continuity editing, and the inner-cuts between objective and subjective point-of-view scenes that bend the norms of Classical Hollywood cinema, also known as causality (How “The 400 Blows” Deviates From Classical Conventions of Narration? via High on Films). Aside from this non-traditional filming technique, this film also has many scenes that puzzles and confuses viewers as it gives no context or clues pertaining to previous or upcoming scenes as well as the unnerving and mystifying scene at the end of the film that leaves the audience guessing about Antoine’s future. Although François Truffaut’s film includes the common coming-of-age movie trope, he delves deeper within the tellings of his and Antoine’s story as he forces the audience to feel the pain they experienced by making society address the terrible way they have failed him as a whole through Doinel’s outcome. Along with the metaphor of his distant guardians, who represent society's blindness to these children’s desperate need for help (TheCinemaholic).

[georgiapeach30513]

This look looks like Chris's Dennis

https://twitter.com/theCinemaholic/status/1777789925867307423?t=ES2TOjDCNogUwKnSHOKiwg&s=19

Nope. I’d rather pop some cranberry pills and have toilet burger Dennis.

[anothersebastianblog]

It’s possible Seb’s film might not be listed yet, but this is the only film I could find shooting in Toronto in the timeframe of late-November to late-January.

productionlist*com/production/the-student/

This is more info about the director and film. Appears to be a socio-political thriller.

thecinemaholic*com/holy-spider-director-ali-abbasi-to-helm-us-set-thriller-the-apprentice/

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Good eye, nonnie

[thezfc]

Please remind your anons who think his career is over that filming on The Life of Chuck seems ready to start next month. //thecinemaholic*com/tom-hiddlestons-the-life-of-chuck-scheduled-to-start-filming-in-alabama-in-october/. They appear to have a waiver. Also he has two other projects planning. The strike is hardly going to help there or course

I’ll believe it when I’m watching it 

[richardarmitagefanpage]

Interesting article about the possibility of happening The Hobbit 4.

[violetganache42]

Thank you!

Out of curiosity, do you happen to have the source? Because I am SO upset we have to wait for a long while again for new episodes all because of this stupid pandemic. :(

I do! I would say take it with a grain of salt just because it’s not an /exact/ date.

https://www.thecinemaholic.com/ducktales-season-3-episode-8/

[twopoppies]

twitter*com/theCinemaholic/status/1569024029717037056

*sigh*

They should just be embarrassed. Everything that has been said about this film from the moment it was screened months ago was that everything about this film was terrific.

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[severalforraelee]

Positive Part 4: Rafe Cameron x Reader

Photo Credits: TheCinemaholic

Word count: 1185

Written by Raelee

Forgotten to mention that this fanfiction will be loosely based off of the TV show’s plot and timeline. Honestly, my memory is weird as it will allow me to remember certain lines but not the scenes as a whole, if that makes sense. Like, for example, in this chapter I remembered the “The one time we need the gun you don’t have it” line but I can’t remember how they ended up at the lighthouse lol. Anyways, so basically what I’m trying to say is that this story will somewhat follow the plot of the show but I’m also adding in the baby element and some situations will be different.

Taglist: @mrs--barnes @cooper8224 @lieswithoutfairytales @asimpwriter @hopebaker​ @rafeseggplant​ @fredsandlokiswhore​

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“This compass is cursed, guys, I’m telling you,” John B paces the room back and forth, the mentioned compass in his hand.

Kie and I exchange a glance, both thinking the same thing. John B isn’t obsessed with the compass, he’s obsessed with the idea that his father is still alive. I understand that it was hard for him to accept when he was first told that Big John died, it was hard for me to accept when my dad left, but it’s been months now.

The sound of a car door slamming gets my attention and I look out the window, noticing a big truck outside of the Chateau and two familiar looking guys getting out of the vehicle. I furrow my eyebrows, trying to figure out where I recognize them from. It clicks in my brain and my eyes widen.

“Guys, guys,” I stop an argument between the four of them. As amusing as it is to watch, we really don’t have time to fight right now. “The guys that chased us on the boat are here.”

“What?”

“Are you serious?”

They peer out the window, noticing the same thing that I noticed. Pope immediately closes the door and the boys begin to barricade it.

“Where’s the gun?” Kie asks JJ.

“Uh, in my backpack,” he answers.

“And where’s your backpack?”

“On the porch.”

“Are you serious? The one time we need the gun, you don’t have the gun?”

They begin to fight in whispered voices as I turn to John B. “Do the windows open?”

He tries to pull one up, stopping in frustration. “No. They’re painted shut.”

“Oh my god, we’re dead,” I twirl around in anxiety. The men banging on the other side of the door and the shouts that follow snap me out of my panic. They somehow manage to get the door open but the five of us escape, evading them by hiding in the chicken coop.

The men leave with several folders from Big John’s office. I can tell by the look on John B’s face that it hurts to see that. All of his dad’s hard work going to some people who we know won’t do good with it.

“We need to find out more about this compass,” he declares.

We end up at the lighthouse where Kiara and John B go inside to speak to someone about the device and JJ, Pope, and I stand watch.

I lean against the fence, spacing out and thinking about what’s going on inside the lighthouse. I wonder who they’re talking to and what he’s telling them.

“So, you’re not going to be one of those women with weird cravings, right? Like peanut butter and pickles? ‘Cause that shit’s weird,” JJ chuckles, taking a hit from his vape.

I stare at him, wondering what even goes on inside his brain sometimes.

“She can’t help her cravings,” Pope informs him, giving him just as weird of a look as I am.

“Yeah, but would you eat a weird combination like that?”

“I mean, if the baby wants it, then I’m going to eat it,” I tell him slowly.

“Oh so you’re going to be the type of mom to give their child anything they want?”

I open my mouth, ready to argue with him, when the sound of sirens comes closer and closer.

“Oh shit,” JJ curses, grabbing my hand and pulling me away from the lighthouse.

We run as fast as we can, weaving through the woods so that the police cars can’t follow us. We arrive at the Chateau, seeing Pope already there.

“Where’s John B and Kie?” JJ asks him.

“Kie just called me and told me that they caught John B and he’s in jail,” Pope states, clearly in distress.

“The compass?”

“He gave it to her before they put him in the cop car.”

I sigh in relief, knowing that if anything happened to that compass, John B would not be able to forgive himself.

“I’m going to go back to my house and get some money for JB’s bail,” I declare, stepping out the front door.

“No, Y/N, you need that money for the baby. We’ll figure out another way to get him out,” Pope pleads.

“I’m not having the baby for a while yet, Pope. JB needs us now.” I leave before they can say anything else to me.

It hurts having to use money that I so desperately need. I really was banking on this money getting me through doctors appointments and the bare necessities for the baby, at least until I could figure out another way to earn some money while pregnant.

But John B’s one of my best friends, and I know that he needs this money more than I do right now.

I’m pedaling as fast as possible on my bike to my house. My legs are burning, bugs are flying in my face, and I feel like I can barely breathe but I only have one goal on my mind. To get that money for John B.

I barely notice it when a car pulls up alongside me. Until Rafe calls my name.

“Y/N.”

My raggedy old shoes slam into the ground, bringing my bike to a hard stop. I turn to look through Rafe’s rolled down Range Rover window, a hard expression on my face.

“What do you want, Rafe?”

For once, he doesn’t look coked-out or cocky. He looks sincere. Genuine.

“We need to talk.”

“I don’t have anything to say to you.” I want to cross my arms, but instead I tighten my grip on the handlebars.

“Okay, then let me speak.” He leans out the window and I stare at him through my sunglasses, curious of what he has to say but also not wanting to hear it. “I want to be in this baby’s life.”

I scoff. “Rafe, you’re always drinking, snorting cocaine, or, I don’t know, beating the shit out of my friends. How do I know you won’t do the same to this baby?”

His face darkens at my question. “Because I won’t.”

“Yeah, I believe that,” I reply sarcastically, starting to pedal again.

He drives along with me slowly. “Fine, you want to do this the hard way? We can do this the hard way then, sweetheart. I can make your life hell.”

“Please, having your baby is already hell,” I toss back, using the insult as a way to disguise the fear I feel from his threat.

The truth is, I know what could come from this situation. Rafe comes from a wealthy, put-together family. He has a kind dad, a caring stepmom, and two sisters who would jump at the chance to take care of a baby.

Meanwhile, my dad ran off so now my mom spends most of her time at the bar, meaning I spend the majority of my days with my friends. I’m not stupid. I know that if Rafe were to bring me to court, I would be screwed. But if I act tough, maybe I’ll start to feel like it, too.

[koakshawaii]

TheCinemaholic postet this about episode 4*:

"In the fourth episode, titled ‘The Casino,’ the vampires might have an alarming encounter with Nandor’s love interest Gail. Their road trip might lead them to a path they might never be able to escape. Therefore, the upcoming episode is most likely set to befall new misadventures in the path of these quirky bunch of vampires."

WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN

Gail?!

alarming encounter???

NEVER BE ABLE TO ESCAPE?!

((*it could be pure speculation))

[elizascharlesdanceblog]

CD - A Remarkable Man

The Mystery of Dragon Seal: Journey to China (2019)

source: thecinemaholic

[world-cinema-research]

How Cinema Has Changed Since 1965 (Final Analytic Essay) Pt. 1

Carly Leavitt-Hullana

There is little argument when stating that film and cinema has changed since 1965. However, there is large room for discussion when discussing how this industry has transformed since. Over the last three months watching, analyzing, critiquing and writing about various types and genres of entertainment productions, I have come to the conclusion that films have changed from being unique and unconventional to still remaining somewhat original however now conventional. I argue that films have become more conventional as they use big name actors and take other tropes and cliches from previously successful productions to aid as a safety net for their own film successes. Throughout this essay I will look at four films spanning from the French New Wave cinema movement to the safety in numbers era, which are as follows: The 400 Blows/Les Quatre cents coups (1959), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Forrest Gump (1994), and Inception (2010).

Above it the official movie trailer for The 400 Blows that gives a better visual of some of the film styles I discuss below.

Starting with The 400 Blows/Les Quatre cents coups (1959), this film is very unconventional through and through and critics claim that it started the French New Wave era. Cris Nyne agrees is his own analytic essay, “Truffaut would continue to turn the film industry on its head and help pave the way for what today is known as French New Wave” (The 400 Blows/Les Cuatre Cents Coups (1959) by Cris Nyne). The story follows a young boy, Antoine Doinel, who sustains harsh treatment and borderline abuse, witnesses his mother cheat on her husband, skips school and steals a typewriter from his father’s company, and ends up spending a night in jail. I won’t spoil the ending for those who have not seen it, however it is unresolved and leaves the audience confused; which is similar to the film’s entirety.

Above is one of the official movie posters for The 400 Blows.

Another aspect that ties into the films unconventionality and uniqueness is the style and look of the film. The style allows the audience to feel and experience Truffaut’s forceful message about society through his use of an unsettling freeze frame ending and experimental and, at the time, ultramodern camera angles and editing seen throughout the film; including hand-held camera shots, the absence of continuity editing, and inner-cuts between objective and subjective point-of-view scenes (causality). However, The 400 Blows retains high critical acclimation and a TheCinemaholic article published in 2016 affirms, “The then 27-year-old’s aspirational transition from a hotheaded critic to an exciting filmmaker couldn’t have been better scripted.” Despite this film being highly unconventional, Truffaut was able to make a masterpiece about his own childhood experiences that spoke volumes about society’s abandonment and was loved by many.

The next film, A Woman Under the Influence (1974), is just as unconventional and confusing to the audience as The 400 Blows, if not more as it sheds light on a highly controversial topic especially during the 70s; which is mental health. It follows the story of an unstable mother who loves her three children and struggles to please her husband, Nic (Peter Falk), who is a short-tempered construction worker. While the mother, Mabel (Gena Rowlands), tries hard to please Nic and her guests, she continues to act more strange and unstable to the point where she gets uncontrollable and Nic sends her to a mental institution. Throughout the entirety of the film viewers are left puzzled as to what’s going on and what will happen next, and the ending is unresolved and unsettling. Aiden McKinney makes an eye opening comment in his own analytic short essay that truly describes the complexity and perplex feeling of this film, “[Nic’s] level of stability is questionable as well, and I often asked myself, “who is making who crazy in this relationship?” (A woman Under the Influence - Blog by Aiden McKinney).

Above is an interview with the director of A Woman Under the Influence, Peter Falk, and Gena Rowlands where they discuss the film and share their experience and perspectives.

Diving deeper, despite making many viewers uncomfortable with their performances, Rowlands and Falk are praised for said performance and film critic Roger Ebert claims, “[t]he characters are larger than life (although not less convincing because of that), and their loves and rages, their fights and moments of tenderness, exist at exhausting levels of emotion,” (A Woman Under the Influence via Roger Ebert). Ebert perfectly describes the ups and downs of this film that are remarkably enacted by these two actors, which allows the suspense and thriller aspect of the film to be perfectly executed throughout the entirety of the movie; always leaving the viewer a bit confused and on the edge of their seat trying to guess Mabel or Nick’s next moves. More on the cloudy aspects of the film, another main contributor to the films unconventional categorization is how the suspense is created and/or executed throughout the movie. Nora Sayre, a journalist for The New York TImes in the 1970s ideally sums up this idea, “And that's the hitch in the movie: you can't really tell how the director regards this character [Mabel]… Ultimately, the essential problems of this woman remain unclear: we're shown her behavior, but not what inspired it,” ('A Woman Under Influence' Stars Gena Rowlands as Frenetic Wife:The Cast via The New York Times). So, A Woman Under the Influence is another unconventional critically acclaimed film that was eccentric in it’s own ways.

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