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Deadly Obsession (2003)

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My film " Deadly Obsessions " is now on YouTube.  It's for mature audiences, so you'll need to open it in your app because it's age restricted.  I figured I put a link here and see if anyone would like to see it.  It's kind of a neo-noir type film.  A lot of the criticism is that it's too talky, but I did try and do a noir type film in the present day.  It's 101 minutes, and if have time to kill take a look.  It took 5 years to make since I was editing it on film, and I usually got money from working a day job.  Hence the length of the movies completion.  I had some great actors, and you may recognize Rebecca played by Irene Glezos whose been in a number of episodes of Law & Order.  All the actors were great and a big shout out to Karen Stanion , Michelle Verhoeven , and Nick Capous .  Without them the film would not be nearly as good as it turned out to be.  One more add would be to Laundrea Lyn Thomas whose help and determin...

Gravesend series (2020 - 2023)

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  Gravesend season 1 premiered on April 3rd 2020 and was only 4 episodes long and each episode was about a half hour.  The series is tight and goes by quickly.  We are introduced to all the characters and the series follows our main protagonist Benny Zerletta played by actor William DeMeo who also writes and directs each episode.  DeMeo is the creator of the series to boot so a lot rests on his shoulders.  The series is quick and to the point.  DeMeo's character Benny is a soldier in a crime family that runs Gravesend a part of South Brooklyn, which runs from Avenue P to the Belt Parkway and includes from Stillwell Avenue to East 12th street.  Gravesend is consider by most a blue collar area, which has gone through many changes since the early 20th Century, and it's close proximity to Cony Island made Gravesend a popular destination to get to Coney Island, and points south.  Many times I would head the  Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station,...

Riff Raff (2025)

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Saw Riff Raff a few weeks ago when it opened.  Like some movies that studios release they've only limited it release in several theaters, and the theater I saw it in the film was relegated to a small theater.  It's a shame what studios are doing, and it's a BIG problem that streaming has created.  Studios feel it's not worth promoting small films unless they became run away success.  It's a shame because Riff Raff is a smart and dark comedy about an unusual family under seige by oddly and old friend.  Ed Harris is a gift and I swear that anything he is in is leveled up by his performance alone.  But the entire cast is fabulous.  Bill Murra y is hilariously funny in a dead-pan way.  What malice he brings to his character that only Bill Murray can do, and please don't get me started on Jenifer Coolidge 's performance.  She is hilarious and someone I can watch all day.  She is a gift that keeps on giving.  Now don't get me wrong this ...