What a Weird Pandemic Summer It's Been – We need Bruce Springsteen To Save The Day by Brad Balfour Around this time of the year, I usually look back so as to orient myself about going forward. But, what a wack summer it's been. Having suffered through the coronavirus – literally and conceptually – I find myself settled into a motivational miasma; it's easier to stink up the couch than drive myself to further heights, get up, clean up and get out to ramble around the city. Bei

Claudia Maree Mailer Live and Let DieRy By Jay S. Jacobs When you were young, and your heart was an open book… That line is not merely the opening line to the old Paul McCartney song that was used for this article’s punny headline, it also rather fittingly describes the character of Marie in the psychological thriller DieRy, the first feature leading role by actress Claudia Maree Mailer. The film was written by her husband, producer John Buffalo Mailer. Marie is a beautiful y

Chelsea Rendon, Jordan Diambrini, Jeanette Samano & Kade Wise Coming Out of the Woods By Jay S. Jacobs An old, dark house, in the middle of nowhere. Strange sounds emanating from the night. Six young people hanging out, wanting to party and hook up, but suddenly they start to disappear. Bodies start to pile up. What’s happening? Who is doing this? Will they make it through the night? This is a pretty traditional nightmare that has fueled a whole slew of horror films. However,

Jessy Schram A City-Born Woman Who Is Country at Heart By Jay S. Jacobs The new Hallmark Channel movie Country at Heart was tailor made for Jessy Schram, allowing her to merge her skills as an actress and a singer. Schram, who has done several films for the network over the years jumped at the opportunity to work on the film. She plays Shayna, an aspiring singer who is finally worn down from attempting to make it in Nashville. She goes back to her small-town Tennessee home, w

Dominic Keating Star Trek Veteran Remains an Unbelievable Actor Even with the Pandemic by Brad Balfour In the Star Trek universe, British actor Dominic Keating established himself as a significant player once he joined the Star Trek: Enterprise cast as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, one of its core members. As the Enterprise's armory officer, he was in the senior command and appeared in 96 episodes where his presence was felt in this benchmark franchise. And even though it's nearly

Otmara Marrero Breaks Out in the Sultry Breakup Drama Clementine By Jay S. Jacobs The devastation of a sudden breakup – that feeling that you have found the person who may complete you, only to have it suddenly ripped away from you and you realize that the other person has already moved on – that is a feeling most people have experienced at least once in their lives. This vulnerable point in many people’s existence is the starting off point in the intriguing new dramatic thri

Jordan Hayes and Billy Campbell star in “Helix.” Billy Campbell and Jordan Hayes Take On a Pandemic in Helix by Jay S. Jacobs The Syfy Channel has high hopes for its new snowbound thriller series Helix. A shiny new variation of many science fiction nightmares has a mysterious and deadly disease - which may or may not be manmade - turning a bunch of scientists in an Arctic scientific outpost into weird, violent zombie-like creatures. The show brought in genre veteran Billy Cam