Matt Sohn directs from screenplay by lead Lisa Brenner.
Electric Entertainment has announced at AFM that Linda Lavin from Being The Ricardos has joined Lisa Brenner on the cast of new AFM sales title One Big Happy Family.
Matt Sohn’s (The Muppets Mayhem) film is based on a screenplay by Brenner about a woman who embarks on a journey with her mother to find her real father after a mail-in DNA test reveals the man she thought was her father for 40 years is not her biological parent.
One Big Happy Family is expected to be completed by the end...
Electric Entertainment has announced at AFM that Linda Lavin from Being The Ricardos has joined Lisa Brenner on the cast of new AFM sales title One Big Happy Family.
Matt Sohn’s (The Muppets Mayhem) film is based on a screenplay by Brenner about a woman who embarks on a journey with her mother to find her real father after a mail-in DNA test reveals the man she thought was her father for 40 years is not her biological parent.
One Big Happy Family is expected to be completed by the end...
- 11/1/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The final episodes are almost here. All Rise Season 4 premieres on Saturday, September 16, and they're bringing the drama.
OWN TV dropped the official season trailer, which teases loss, romance, returns, and riveting cases.
It’s hard to believe this is the end since we’ve grown to love these characters, but hopefully, OWN had enough time to craft a proper goodbye.
At the end of All Rise Season 3 Episode 10, Brandon Nation had caused senseless violence and possibly killed Ness and Teddy.
We’re still unsure if one or both of them die, but Lola is on the warpath to prevent more violence.
Lola’s marriage was also in jeopardy since Andre took advantage of her fear and kissed her, and Robin walked in at that moment.
Can she and Robin work things out and learn to communicate their needs better?
The other couples are finally flourishing. Luke and Emily finally...
OWN TV dropped the official season trailer, which teases loss, romance, returns, and riveting cases.
It’s hard to believe this is the end since we’ve grown to love these characters, but hopefully, OWN had enough time to craft a proper goodbye.
At the end of All Rise Season 3 Episode 10, Brandon Nation had caused senseless violence and possibly killed Ness and Teddy.
We’re still unsure if one or both of them die, but Lola is on the warpath to prevent more violence.
Lola’s marriage was also in jeopardy since Andre took advantage of her fear and kissed her, and Robin walked in at that moment.
Can she and Robin work things out and learn to communicate their needs better?
The other couples are finally flourishing. Luke and Emily finally...
- 9/6/2023
- by Laura Nowak
- TVfanatic
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Electric Entertainment, the production company behind programming such as Leverage: Redemption and Almost Paradise on Amazon’s Freevee, said Thursday that it closed a 100 million loan credit facility with the Bank of America.
The company will first use the five-year financing on its slate of programming, which also includes The Ark on the Syfy Channel. Leverage: Redemption is a spinoff of Leverage, one of Freevee’s first originals, and is currently in production on its second season, while Almost Paradise first premiered on Wgna and is now preparing for a second season on Freevee.
“With the advent and continuation of the streaming industry’s growth, we have been lucky to continue to do what we do best — create original scripted programs that audiences love. With not only our broadcast, but now our streaming channel and platform partners, our content is in higher demand...
Electric Entertainment, the production company behind programming such as Leverage: Redemption and Almost Paradise on Amazon’s Freevee, said Thursday that it closed a 100 million loan credit facility with the Bank of America.
The company will first use the five-year financing on its slate of programming, which also includes The Ark on the Syfy Channel. Leverage: Redemption is a spinoff of Leverage, one of Freevee’s first originals, and is currently in production on its second season, while Almost Paradise first premiered on Wgna and is now preparing for a second season on Freevee.
“With the advent and continuation of the streaming industry’s growth, we have been lucky to continue to do what we do best — create original scripted programs that audiences love. With not only our broadcast, but now our streaming channel and platform partners, our content is in higher demand...
- 8/11/2022
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Davide Ferrario to direct from screenplay by Jean-Pierre Magro.
Dean Devlin’s Los Angeles-based Electric Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to the Maltese production Just Noise starring Harvey Keitel and Malcolm McDowell.
Set to begin production this month, the feature chronicles how the citizens of Malta fought for independence from Britain in 1919. When the Army was sent to quell the riots and the British government covered up the bloody encounter, more than 100 Maltese were accused of instigating the violence and jailed.
Davide Ferrario will direct from a screenplay by Jean-Pierre Magro, who produces with Pedja Miletic and Aaron Briffa. Roland Joffe,...
Dean Devlin’s Los Angeles-based Electric Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to the Maltese production Just Noise starring Harvey Keitel and Malcolm McDowell.
Set to begin production this month, the feature chronicles how the citizens of Malta fought for independence from Britain in 1919. When the Army was sent to quell the riots and the British government covered up the bloody encounter, more than 100 Maltese were accused of instigating the violence and jailed.
Davide Ferrario will direct from a screenplay by Jean-Pierre Magro, who produces with Pedja Miletic and Aaron Briffa. Roland Joffe,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Los Angeles-based Electric Entertainment, co-headed by “Independence Day,” “Godzilla” and “Bad Samaritan” producer Dean Devlin, has acquired thriller “Alone” for worldwide distribution (except Cis).
Electric, headed by Devlin alongside Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan, will be releasing the movie in the U.S. as well as handling international sales, and will screen it at Cannes.
“Alone,” which marks the feature directorial debut for Russian director Vladislav Khesin, follows a writer seeking peace and solitude in the countryside in an attempt to recover from tragedy and finish her book. However, as the welcoming country house turns into a living hell, she soon realizes that her inner demons are not the worst of her problems.
The film stars Elizabeth Arends (“On Wings of Eagles”) and Bailey Coppola. Also in the cast are Sara Anne, Albina Katsman, Dane Majors, Kyle Dondlinger, Caesar James and Christa Atkins. Evgeny Borisov, Daniel Shapovalov and Abylay Zhakashov...
Electric, headed by Devlin alongside Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan, will be releasing the movie in the U.S. as well as handling international sales, and will screen it at Cannes.
“Alone,” which marks the feature directorial debut for Russian director Vladislav Khesin, follows a writer seeking peace and solitude in the countryside in an attempt to recover from tragedy and finish her book. However, as the welcoming country house turns into a living hell, she soon realizes that her inner demons are not the worst of her problems.
The film stars Elizabeth Arends (“On Wings of Eagles”) and Bailey Coppola. Also in the cast are Sara Anne, Albina Katsman, Dane Majors, Kyle Dondlinger, Caesar James and Christa Atkins. Evgeny Borisov, Daniel Shapovalov and Abylay Zhakashov...
- 5/14/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment has acquired the worldwide rights to the romantic comedy “Say My Name” and “Robin: Watch for Wishes.”
The Los Angeles-based media production company, led by Devlin, Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan, is taking on worldwide sales and domestic distribution.
“Say My Name,” written by Deborah Frances-White, revolves around a one-night stand that gets interrupted by a robbery. Two complete strangers, played by Lisa Brenner and Nick Blood, are forced to navigate the seedy underbelly of a sleepy Welsh isle in order to get back their stolen property.
The film won best Welsh feature at the Cardiff International Film Festival, best actor (Nick Blood), best actress (Lisa Brenner) and best feature film at the London Independent Film Awards.
“Robin: Watch for Wishes” follows a father who discovers the secret bucket list of his terminally ill son. The two abscond from the hospital to experience a father-son...
The Los Angeles-based media production company, led by Devlin, Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan, is taking on worldwide sales and domestic distribution.
“Say My Name,” written by Deborah Frances-White, revolves around a one-night stand that gets interrupted by a robbery. Two complete strangers, played by Lisa Brenner and Nick Blood, are forced to navigate the seedy underbelly of a sleepy Welsh isle in order to get back their stolen property.
The film won best Welsh feature at the Cardiff International Film Festival, best actor (Nick Blood), best actress (Lisa Brenner) and best feature film at the London Independent Film Awards.
“Robin: Watch for Wishes” follows a father who discovers the secret bucket list of his terminally ill son. The two abscond from the hospital to experience a father-son...
- 11/4/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from "Bad Samaritan", the upcoming crime thriller directed by Dean Devlin, starring David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Jacqueline Byers, Carlito Olivero, and Lisa Brenner, opening May 2018:
"...two car valets at a local restaurant develop a scam to burglarize the houses of the restaurant's customers.
"Things go smoothly until one robs the wrong customer and discovers a woman being held captive.
"Afraid of going to prison, he leaves the woman and returns the car to the restaurant. Filled with guilt, he makes a call to the police, who find nothing when they investigate.
"Now, the valet must endure the wrath of the kidnapper who seeks revenge on him, while trying to find, and rescue the woman he left behind..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Bad Samaritan"...
"...two car valets at a local restaurant develop a scam to burglarize the houses of the restaurant's customers.
"Things go smoothly until one robs the wrong customer and discovers a woman being held captive.
"Afraid of going to prison, he leaves the woman and returns the car to the restaurant. Filled with guilt, he makes a call to the police, who find nothing when they investigate.
"Now, the valet must endure the wrath of the kidnapper who seeks revenge on him, while trying to find, and rescue the woman he left behind..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Bad Samaritan"...
- 4/16/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from "Bad Samaritan", the upcoming crime thriller directed by Dean Devlin, starring David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Jacqueline Byers, Carlito Olivero, and Lisa Brenner, opening May 4, 2018:
"...two car valets at a local restaurant develop a scam to burglarize the houses of the restaurant's customers.
"Things go smoothly until one robs the wrong customer and discovers a woman being held captive.
"Afraid of going to prison, he leaves the woman and returns the car to the restaurant. Filled with guilt, he makes a call to the police, who find nothing when they investigate.
"Now, the valet must endure the wrath of the kidnapper who seeks revenge on him, while trying to find, and rescue the woman he left behind..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Bad Samaritan"...
"...two car valets at a local restaurant develop a scam to burglarize the houses of the restaurant's customers.
"Things go smoothly until one robs the wrong customer and discovers a woman being held captive.
"Afraid of going to prison, he leaves the woman and returns the car to the restaurant. Filled with guilt, he makes a call to the police, who find nothing when they investigate.
"Now, the valet must endure the wrath of the kidnapper who seeks revenge on him, while trying to find, and rescue the woman he left behind..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Bad Samaritan"...
- 4/11/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek new footage, plus images from "Bad Samaritan", the upcoming crime thriller directed by Dean Devlin, starring David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Jacqueline Byers, Carlito Olivero, and Lisa Brenner, opening March 30, 2018:
"...a pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Bad Samaritan"...
"...a pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Bad Samaritan"...
- 2/12/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"We don't have much time!" Electric Entertainment has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie action horror thriller titled Bad Samaritan, the latest film directed by producer/writer Dean Devlin. The film is about a pair of clever young thieves who rob the houses of rich people, but one day one of them winds up at a home where a woman is being held against her will. When he tries to call it in, the police find nothing, and he ends up in the sights of the kidnapper while trying to figure out how to save her. Robert Sheehan stars, along with David Tennant, Carlito Olivero, Kerry Condon, Lisa Brenner, Hannah Barefoot, and Jacqueline Byers. This looks fairly creepy, with Tennant giving a good subdued evil performance. I'm actually interested in seeing this, a slick psychological thriller about a lunatic almost like American Psycho. Here's the first official trailer...
- 2/7/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A few new photos from Bad Samaritan, the upcoming thriller with “Doctor Who” alum David Tennant, have been released and can be seen below. Tennant stars alongside Robert Sheehan, Kerry Condon, Jacqueline Byers, and Lisa Brenner. The film is currently… Continue Reading →
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- 5/19/2017
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
TV Picks: Marc Maron is where it’s at on IFC this coming Thursday at 10 Pm.Coming up: Season 3, Episode 2: The Request Marc’s lesbian neighbors ask him to father their child. Meanwhile, Kyle’s relationship with an older woman perplexes Marc.Guest Stars: Whitney Cummings, Andrea Rosen, Anna Konkle, Cameron Esposito and Lisa Brenner.Podcast Guest: Ryan Singer. Directed by Michael Glarum and Sivert Jamin.Meanwhile, gather up that graduate as Marc has some… realistic advice on life.Life Advice for the Class of 2015 – From Marc and MoviesMarc Maron and a montage of movie scenes offer some graduation advice for the Class of […]...
- 5/19/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Recently, CBS delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Criminal Minds" episode 15 of season 10. The episode is entitled, "Scream," and it turns out that we're going to see an UnSub that was a witness to abuse, become the newest target of the Bau team, and more. In the new, 15th episode press release: Victims in California are going to have the Bau on the hunt for an UnSub who may have witnessed abuse. Press release number 2: Victims in California will have the Bau searching for an UnSub who may have witnessed abuse as a child. In the meantime, Kate is going to show parental concern when her niece, Meg, makes a date with a friend to meet a boy they met online. Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg; "Felicity," "Lost") guest stars as Kate's husband, Chris Callahan. Other guest stars feature: Greg Grunberg (Chris Callahan), Brian Poth (Peter Folkmore), Lisa Brenner...
- 2/4/2015
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Jo (Sela Ward) takes Mac (Gary Sinise) shopping, which he hates and can't believe he let her talk him into it. Oh admit it, you really wanted to go! Mac notices a pickpocket whom he watches and then chases. Jo can't believe he just did that. She then calls the window display amazing, agreed by the pickpocket, whom she wasn't talking to. Mac still is disinterested until he sees a Db in the display. Mac: "You see why I hate shopping." They process the shop window. Yay Danny (Carmine Giovinazzo) without Lindsay's (Anna Belknap) 'shackles' ha. Someone listened to my plea from last episode, when I said we need to see less of her, Flack (Eddie Cahill) identifies the Vic as Richard grossman (Jeff Roop). The staff liked to call him other names as employees were being fired. Jo comments he "makes our boss look pretty good." Danny: "I wouldn't go that far.
- 3/30/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
DVD Review
Frenemy
Directed by: Gregory Dark
Cast: Matthew Modine, Callum Blue, Adam Baldwin, Lisa Brenner, Zach Galifianakis
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Rating: R
Due Out: December 14, 2010
Plot: Two men wander around Los Angeles after surviving a bank robbery at a porn store while discussing the possibilities of destiny intervening with their traumatic moment.
Who’S It For? People who are dedicated to finishing an entire movie, even if it appears that nothing is happening for a large chunk of it (even if the movie is only seventy-six minutes long).
Movie:
Talk doesn’t have to be cheap. Thousands of films, (especially those by Tarantino, who is idealized here in both conversational topics and soundtrack), can have an audience fully on board just with walking and talking heads discussing anything. From Ingmar Bergman’s three-hour long Scenes From A Marriage to Kevin Smith’s Clerk’s 2, no one has to...
Frenemy
Directed by: Gregory Dark
Cast: Matthew Modine, Callum Blue, Adam Baldwin, Lisa Brenner, Zach Galifianakis
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Rating: R
Due Out: December 14, 2010
Plot: Two men wander around Los Angeles after surviving a bank robbery at a porn store while discussing the possibilities of destiny intervening with their traumatic moment.
Who’S It For? People who are dedicated to finishing an entire movie, even if it appears that nothing is happening for a large chunk of it (even if the movie is only seventy-six minutes long).
Movie:
Talk doesn’t have to be cheap. Thousands of films, (especially those by Tarantino, who is idealized here in both conversational topics and soundtrack), can have an audience fully on board just with walking and talking heads discussing anything. From Ingmar Bergman’s three-hour long Scenes From A Marriage to Kevin Smith’s Clerk’s 2, no one has to...
- 12/25/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
We Love Soaps TV is keeping a running list of soap stars who are guesting on primetime shows. Below is the latest list of stars who will be making guest stints on primetime shows in the coming weeks and months.
December
3 Medium - Kathy Baker
3 CSI: New York - Lisa Brenner
5 Desperate Housewives - Brian Austin Green / John Schneider / Cynthia Watros (recurring roles)
5 CSI: Miami - Jessica Collins
6 Men Of A Certain Age - Josh Wingate
6 Rules Of Engagement - Mitzi Kapture
6 Castle - Jillian Clare
6 Hawaii Five-0 - Peyton List
8 The Defenders - Wings Hauser / Teddy Sears
8 The Whole Truth - Harold Perrineau / Erik Palladino
9 The Vampire Diaries - Bryton James (recurring role)
10 Supernatural - Sebastian Roche
12 Desperate Housewives - Brian Austin Green / John Schneider (recurring roles)
12 The Simpsons - Jon Hamm
12 Brothers & Sisters - Richard Chamberlain
13 Two And A Half Men - Jane Lynch / Valery Ortiz
13 Chase -...
December
3 Medium - Kathy Baker
3 CSI: New York - Lisa Brenner
5 Desperate Housewives - Brian Austin Green / John Schneider / Cynthia Watros (recurring roles)
5 CSI: Miami - Jessica Collins
6 Men Of A Certain Age - Josh Wingate
6 Rules Of Engagement - Mitzi Kapture
6 Castle - Jillian Clare
6 Hawaii Five-0 - Peyton List
8 The Defenders - Wings Hauser / Teddy Sears
8 The Whole Truth - Harold Perrineau / Erik Palladino
9 The Vampire Diaries - Bryton James (recurring role)
10 Supernatural - Sebastian Roche
12 Desperate Housewives - Brian Austin Green / John Schneider (recurring roles)
12 The Simpsons - Jon Hamm
12 Brothers & Sisters - Richard Chamberlain
13 Two And A Half Men - Jane Lynch / Valery Ortiz
13 Chase -...
- 12/3/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
We Love Soaps TV is keeping a running list of soap stars who are guesting on primetime shows. Below is the latest list of stars who will be making guest stints on primetime shows in the coming weeks and months.
November
22 House - Amber Tamblyn (recurring role)
22 Hawaii Five-0 - Colin Egglesfield
23 NCIS - Michael Nouri
23 Glee - Carol Burnett
23 NCIS: Los Angeles - Chris L. McKenna
23 The Good Wife - Scott Porter / Dreama Walker (recurring roles) / Reiko Aylesworth
29 Lie To Me - Michael B. Jordan
30 Glee - John Stamos (recurring role)
30 Life Unexpected - Robin Thomas (recurring role)
December
2 The Vampire Diaries - Bryton James (recurring role)
2 Private Practice - JoBeth Williams
3 Medium - Kathy Baker
3 CSI: New York - Lisa Brenner
5 Desperate Housewives - Brian Austin Green / John Schneider / Cynthia Watros (recurring roles)
5 CSI: Miami - Jessica Collins
6 Rules Of Engagement - Mitzi Kapture
6 Castle - Jillian Clare...
November
22 House - Amber Tamblyn (recurring role)
22 Hawaii Five-0 - Colin Egglesfield
23 NCIS - Michael Nouri
23 Glee - Carol Burnett
23 NCIS: Los Angeles - Chris L. McKenna
23 The Good Wife - Scott Porter / Dreama Walker (recurring roles) / Reiko Aylesworth
29 Lie To Me - Michael B. Jordan
30 Glee - John Stamos (recurring role)
30 Life Unexpected - Robin Thomas (recurring role)
December
2 The Vampire Diaries - Bryton James (recurring role)
2 Private Practice - JoBeth Williams
3 Medium - Kathy Baker
3 CSI: New York - Lisa Brenner
5 Desperate Housewives - Brian Austin Green / John Schneider / Cynthia Watros (recurring roles)
5 CSI: Miami - Jessica Collins
6 Rules Of Engagement - Mitzi Kapture
6 Castle - Jillian Clare...
- 11/24/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Screened at the Hollywood International Film Festival
The suds are piled high in "Finding Home", a soggy melodrama from Clear Star Pictures about a young woman who takes a trip back to her childhood home in the hope of breaking the hold that her troubling past continues to have on her -- or something like that.
Directed with aching purpose by Lawrence David Foldes from a script he wrote with Grafton S. Harper, the lavish-looking but hackneyed memory play is small-screen fodder at best, but even in that medium there's still the matter of an all-too-deliberate two-hour running time.
Wide-eyed Lisa Brenner is the traveler in question -- a New York exec who's in mid-affair with her smarmy boss (Johnny Messner) when she gets the call that her estranged grandmother (Louise Fletcher in flashbacks) has died.
So Lisa returns to the idyllic bed-and-breakfast situated off the scenic coast of Maine where she grew up until she was abruptly whisked away by her cold, cold mother (Jeannetta Arnette).
Welcomed with open arms by her grandma's warm and nurturing best friend (Genevieve Bujold), Lisa soon discovers that every little sound or object triggers a flood of long-suppressed memories that will ultimately bring her face to face with some life-changing truths.
While Foldes and Harper are busy dredging "On Golden Pond" and "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," cinematographer Jeffrey Seckendorf lays on the handsome visual appeal, but when combined with the wispy narration and all those digital collage-filled flashbacks, it ultimately plays like overworked Sirk.
The suds are piled high in "Finding Home", a soggy melodrama from Clear Star Pictures about a young woman who takes a trip back to her childhood home in the hope of breaking the hold that her troubling past continues to have on her -- or something like that.
Directed with aching purpose by Lawrence David Foldes from a script he wrote with Grafton S. Harper, the lavish-looking but hackneyed memory play is small-screen fodder at best, but even in that medium there's still the matter of an all-too-deliberate two-hour running time.
Wide-eyed Lisa Brenner is the traveler in question -- a New York exec who's in mid-affair with her smarmy boss (Johnny Messner) when she gets the call that her estranged grandmother (Louise Fletcher in flashbacks) has died.
So Lisa returns to the idyllic bed-and-breakfast situated off the scenic coast of Maine where she grew up until she was abruptly whisked away by her cold, cold mother (Jeannetta Arnette).
Welcomed with open arms by her grandma's warm and nurturing best friend (Genevieve Bujold), Lisa soon discovers that every little sound or object triggers a flood of long-suppressed memories that will ultimately bring her face to face with some life-changing truths.
While Foldes and Harper are busy dredging "On Golden Pond" and "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," cinematographer Jeffrey Seckendorf lays on the handsome visual appeal, but when combined with the wispy narration and all those digital collage-filled flashbacks, it ultimately plays like overworked Sirk.
Screened at the Hollywood International Film Festival
The suds are piled high in "Finding Home", a soggy melodrama from Clear Star Pictures about a young woman who takes a trip back to her childhood home in the hope of breaking the hold that her troubling past continues to have on her -- or something like that.
Directed with aching purpose by Lawrence David Foldes from a script he wrote with Grafton S. Harper, the lavish-looking but hackneyed memory play is small-screen fodder at best, but even in that medium there's still the matter of an all-too-deliberate two-hour running time.
Wide-eyed Lisa Brenner is the traveler in question -- a New York exec who's in mid-affair with her smarmy boss (Johnny Messner) when she gets the call that her estranged grandmother (Louise Fletcher in flashbacks) has died.
So Lisa returns to the idyllic bed-and-breakfast situated off the scenic coast of Maine where she grew up until she was abruptly whisked away by her cold, cold mother (Jeannetta Arnette).
Welcomed with open arms by her grandma's warm and nurturing best friend (Genevieve Bujold), Lisa soon discovers that every little sound or object triggers a flood of long-suppressed memories that will ultimately bring her face to face with some life-changing truths.
While Foldes and Harper are busy dredging "On Golden Pond" and "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," cinematographer Jeffrey Seckendorf lays on the handsome visual appeal, but when combined with the wispy narration and all those digital collage-filled flashbacks, it ultimately plays like overworked Sirk.
The suds are piled high in "Finding Home", a soggy melodrama from Clear Star Pictures about a young woman who takes a trip back to her childhood home in the hope of breaking the hold that her troubling past continues to have on her -- or something like that.
Directed with aching purpose by Lawrence David Foldes from a script he wrote with Grafton S. Harper, the lavish-looking but hackneyed memory play is small-screen fodder at best, but even in that medium there's still the matter of an all-too-deliberate two-hour running time.
Wide-eyed Lisa Brenner is the traveler in question -- a New York exec who's in mid-affair with her smarmy boss (Johnny Messner) when she gets the call that her estranged grandmother (Louise Fletcher in flashbacks) has died.
So Lisa returns to the idyllic bed-and-breakfast situated off the scenic coast of Maine where she grew up until she was abruptly whisked away by her cold, cold mother (Jeannetta Arnette).
Welcomed with open arms by her grandma's warm and nurturing best friend (Genevieve Bujold), Lisa soon discovers that every little sound or object triggers a flood of long-suppressed memories that will ultimately bring her face to face with some life-changing truths.
While Foldes and Harper are busy dredging "On Golden Pond" and "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," cinematographer Jeffrey Seckendorf lays on the handsome visual appeal, but when combined with the wispy narration and all those digital collage-filled flashbacks, it ultimately plays like overworked Sirk.
- 10/22/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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