Here is a clip from the Changing Elevations, Inc., circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent,” featuring the band, Hellblinki Sextet. The movie features Jamie Reel who runs away to join Cole Bros. Circus for a week, where he worked as a clown, stood inside the Moto-Globe of Death and worked with the clowns. This clip is from a performance at the circus that Reel worked at for a week.
This is part three of a three part series on Chris Browning. Go here for Part 1 and go here for Part 2.
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
Chris Browning has already appeared in the blockbuster film “3:10 to Yuma” and is now set to be seen in another major movie, “Terminator: Salvation.”
Browning is aware of how big this film could be, having watched the original movies when he was younger.
“That first one, everyone my age was seeing that movie, and it was big,” Browning said. “When you look at it now it looks like a student film compared to what they have now. With CGI and advances it’s a whole different deal.”
…continue reading “Terminator: Salvation” actor talks about time on set
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
Scott Mednick, one of the producers of the highly anticipated Spike Jonze film, “Where the Wild Things Are,” is set to bring the famous “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise to the big screen with a new live action movie set to hit theaters in 2011.
The movie, based on characters original created Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman for comic book series, according to a press release by the Mirage Group. The film is set to focus on the origins of the four turtle characters and their rodent master, Splinter.
This will be the fifth film in the turtle franchise, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
…continue reading “Where the Wild Things Are” producer set to make “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS IS PART TWO OF A THREE PART SERIES ON CHRIS BROWNING. FOR PART ONE HEAD TO “TERMINATOR: SALVATION” ACTOR TALKS ABOUT CAREER, OVERCOMING DRUG ADDICTION
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
Fans of the hit film “3:10 to Yuma” may not remember the name of the character Chris Browning played, but many remember the scene his character died in.
Browning, 45, portrayed Deputy Crawley, the man who acted as a decoy to lure Ben Wade’s crew away.
It was Crawley who faced the wrath of Charlie Prince, who, with the rest of Wade’s crew, caught up with Crawley and burned him alive in the stage coach.
It was a good role for Browning, but one he was nervous about, because he knew he was going to have to film the intense scene.
…continue reading “Terminator: Salvation” actor talks about time on “3:10 to Yuma”
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
Chris Browning (right) poses for a photograph on the set of "3:10 to Yuma."
Chris Browning had the start of a perfect career in acting, landing a job
on a hit sitcom that had money rolling in. But before long, he had wasted it on drugs, and his career came crashing down.
“I spent several years being homeless or in jail,” Browning said. “I went from a Malibu Beach house to living on a mattress next to the
freeway, when I wasn’t in jail.”
…continue reading “Terminator: Salvation” actor talks about career, overcoming drug addiction
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
A comedy featuring eight mental hospital patients who wake up to discover they have just slept through the apocalypse is now available to watch on Hulu.com, according to a news release.
“Freedom State” was shot in Oregon and SW Washington and is among more than 200 feature films available for streaming on Hulu.
In the story, when the patients wake up after the apocalypse they are determined to find the edge of the world. The former residents of Lost Acres load into a short, yellow bus and embark upon a cross-country journey to rescue potential survivors and plant the seeds for a new society, fashioned to their liking.
…continue reading Movie has mental patients on a road trip after the apocalypse
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
Finally, a “G.I. Joe” cartoon I can actually watch. And no surprise, since the scripts are brought to us by Warren Ellis, the comic scribe behind “Transmetropolitan” and “Planetary.”
Airing on Adult Swim, the episodes for the new cartoon, “G.I. Joe: Resolute,” run, on average, about five minutes each. So, it’s “Yo Joe,” for the ADHD soul. But damn if this show does not cram a lot of story inside of that time.
…continue reading Warren Ellis’ “G.I.Joe: Resolute” Adult Swim cartoon ROCKS!
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
Come to find out “Star Trek” fans have already had a chance to watch a retooling of the classic TV series way before J.J. Abrams movie was made, which comes out on May 7.
…continue reading “Star Trek” revamp already up and running before movie release
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
When the man, who is simply known as Unknown Hinson, started to talk he spun one Hell of a wild yarn. I wasn't quite sure if I should really believe it.
He talked about being raised by carnival folks, being framed for murder, going to prison and eventually becoming a larger than life musical performer. Plus, he's a voice actor on the popular Adult Swim cartoon, “Squidbillies,” it was all just a bit too much to take in as the man rambled on in his off kilter drawl.
…continue reading Unknown Hinson: “Squidbillies,” carnivals, murder and music
By Michael Knox, mknox@modernfilmzine.com
James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli look to produce a remake of the classic Dick Van Dyke movie, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” as well as build on their success with James Bond, by adapting the Mark Burnell novel, “Remote Control.”
