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Patriots Day: One excellent story of communityon a grand scale!

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Release date:December 21, 2016
(NY, LA, Boston; wide: Jan. 13)

Studio:CBS Films, Lionsgate

Director:Peter Berg

MPAA Rating:R (for violence, realistically graphic injury images, language throughout and some drug use)

Screenwriters:Peter Berg, Matt Cook, Joshua Zetumer

Starring:Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan

Genre:Drama

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Peter Berg strikes again, with a great, new endeavor “Patriots day”! In this new film, Peter Berg (dir.: “Hancock”) put togwther an amazing film, which combines such talents as John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, Mark Walhberg, J.K. Simmons, and Michelle Monaghan into melting pot thriller about the Boston Marathon bombings.

One of the things I appreciated about this movie was that, even though it could have been turned into some ridiculous, over the top action film, it wasn’t. Instead the director chose to focus on the event itself and all of the subsequent investigation in a far less sensationalistic fashion. Yes, we had car chases and fire fights, explosions and fisticuffs, but it definitely was no Michael Bay film, and I mean that in a positive way!

This film focused on the people of the Boston community, the fire fighters, EMT’s, doctors, police, and civilians. We are shown in the film how Boston came together to try and bring these criminals to justice. We see the different agencies struggling to get this situation locked down, to calm the people, save as many lives they could, and apprehend these criminals as quickly as possible.

I felt that in spite of Mark Walhberg getting just a little too much airtime, there were plenty of gripping, tragic, heartbreaking moments in this film which were shared within the cast to make this a very human film. One that touches the emotions in many different levels.

I felt that “Patriot Games” was, and is, poignant film with a focus on community.

We are shown the journey of several people in the investigation as well as the journey of the assailants. Admittedly it was particularly frustrating to see how this group of assailants had taken advantage of the American job market, housing, and shopping only to turn it around and throw it back in our faces by committing this horrible act.

In the end we see through filmmaking, as well as real life images, how everything came together and how Boston came together as a community to work through this horrible event.

 

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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