Stars: Dayo Okeniyi, Shawn Thomas, Tyler Rice, Jeremy Isabella, Flood Reed, Claire Dodin, Matt Hish, Mike Apple, Brian Allen, John Joyce, Michael Todd Schneider, Paul J Hennigan, Gaya Malakian, Stephen O’Neil Martin, Chip Kratzinger | Written and Directed by Flood Reed
‘Based on a true story’? Check. Rural American setting packed full of aggressive Hillbillies and weirdos? Check. Not really based on a true story? Check. One of the most annoying American teenagers ever to inhabit a horror film this side of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s Franklin? Check and check, in spades. Said teenage irritation and his three relatively bland friends get into trouble seeking a fabled strip club (really) out in rural America.
What sets American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire apart from its fellow Deliverance and Texas Chain Saw Massacre imitators is its devotion to sleaze and annoyance. Both, for the most part, being intentional. Bevvies of big...
‘Based on a true story’? Check. Rural American setting packed full of aggressive Hillbillies and weirdos? Check. Not really based on a true story? Check. One of the most annoying American teenagers ever to inhabit a horror film this side of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s Franklin? Check and check, in spades. Said teenage irritation and his three relatively bland friends get into trouble seeking a fabled strip club (really) out in rural America.
What sets American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire apart from its fellow Deliverance and Texas Chain Saw Massacre imitators is its devotion to sleaze and annoyance. Both, for the most part, being intentional. Bevvies of big...
- 1/19/2016
- by Joel Harley
- Nerdly
Stars: Vinessa Shaw, Robert Kazinsky, Bess Wohl, Ross Partridge, Christian Winsor, Stephen O’Neil Martin, Ben Hanson | Written and Directed by Jesse Peyronel
Not another film about killer mermaids (Hi Killer Mermaids), the bewitching Siren is a modern tale of an inadvertent Poison Ivy, hiding out in her woodland cottage. Leigh (Vinessa Shaw) just can’t help herself; giving off a powerful pheromone, any man who comes into contact with her instantly, irrevocably falls in love (or lust). Enter Guy (Robert Kazinsky) a smooth drifter who seems immune to her charms.
Where this could be the springboard for an unpleasant, rapey misogyny fest or teenage dumb-athon, Jesse Peyronel’s Siren is instead a sweet, gentle love story with slowly unfolding (yet mild) action waiting in the wings. Shaw and Kazinsky are well cast in their roles, even if the latter’s American accent doesn’t always ring true (certainly more...
Not another film about killer mermaids (Hi Killer Mermaids), the bewitching Siren is a modern tale of an inadvertent Poison Ivy, hiding out in her woodland cottage. Leigh (Vinessa Shaw) just can’t help herself; giving off a powerful pheromone, any man who comes into contact with her instantly, irrevocably falls in love (or lust). Enter Guy (Robert Kazinsky) a smooth drifter who seems immune to her charms.
Where this could be the springboard for an unpleasant, rapey misogyny fest or teenage dumb-athon, Jesse Peyronel’s Siren is instead a sweet, gentle love story with slowly unfolding (yet mild) action waiting in the wings. Shaw and Kazinsky are well cast in their roles, even if the latter’s American accent doesn’t always ring true (certainly more...
- 8/14/2015
- by Joel Harley
- Nerdly
In a world where the Internet is increasingly populated with threats, hackers and cybercriminals, we need to be on top of the game. Staying focused is integral to our safety, in both the real and virtual world. Plus, it can help you rule at computer games.
Luckily, Kaspersky Lab and Mensa are here to help. The Global Think Test is designed to test brains around the world with a series of online brain games, quizzes and puzzles; uniquely designed to hone your combination and calculation skills. Fine-tune your mental muscles ready for the big day – September 6 2014 – where you can take part in the Global Think Test Day and battle for the grand prize of $25,000 in cash. Exciting, yes?
Ferrari, who chose Kaspersky Lab as their It security provider last year, have also thrown in some amazing prizes – including an all-expenses-paid trip to Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix. Scuderia Ferrari’s Head of Operations,...
Luckily, Kaspersky Lab and Mensa are here to help. The Global Think Test is designed to test brains around the world with a series of online brain games, quizzes and puzzles; uniquely designed to hone your combination and calculation skills. Fine-tune your mental muscles ready for the big day – September 6 2014 – where you can take part in the Global Think Test Day and battle for the grand prize of $25,000 in cash. Exciting, yes?
Ferrari, who chose Kaspersky Lab as their It security provider last year, have also thrown in some amazing prizes – including an all-expenses-paid trip to Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix. Scuderia Ferrari’s Head of Operations,...
- 8/15/2014
- by Nina Cresswell
- Obsessed with Film
So Channel 5's director of programmes Ben Frow wants to bring 'classic' karaoke show Night Fever back to television, and you lot actually seem pretty keen on the notion...
"Fantastic idea," said Scott Peacock, "Awesome," agreed Mark Whiley, "Night Fever is still my favourite homegrown Channel 5 show!!" enthused Neil Martin.
But which other gems from Channel 5's back catalogue should be revived? What have been the broadcaster's best programming efforts since it launched in 1997? Here's 5 shows that 5 could bring back to our screens...
The Mole
Based on an international format, high-tension game show The Mole was hosted by Glenn Hugill and had viewers hooked with its combination of physical tasks, mental challenges and devious sabotage. The show - which saw one team member secretly derail his fellow contestants' efforts - ran for just two series in the UK, but is overdue a modern makeover.
Fort Boyard
Another physical endurance game show,...
"Fantastic idea," said Scott Peacock, "Awesome," agreed Mark Whiley, "Night Fever is still my favourite homegrown Channel 5 show!!" enthused Neil Martin.
But which other gems from Channel 5's back catalogue should be revived? What have been the broadcaster's best programming efforts since it launched in 1997? Here's 5 shows that 5 could bring back to our screens...
The Mole
Based on an international format, high-tension game show The Mole was hosted by Glenn Hugill and had viewers hooked with its combination of physical tasks, mental challenges and devious sabotage. The show - which saw one team member secretly derail his fellow contestants' efforts - ran for just two series in the UK, but is overdue a modern makeover.
Fort Boyard
Another physical endurance game show,...
- 8/7/2013
- Digital Spy
Washington, Nov 4: Choreographer Doriana Sanchez insists that pop star Cher saved her life.
Sanchez had recently slipped and fell onstage while working with Cher during her Las Vegas tour, but the choreographer realised something was terribly wrong with her after she fainted in the singer's house.
She further stated that Cher wanted her to visit her personal medic, neurosurgeon Dr. Neil Martin at the Ucla hospital, and it was only then that the dancer got to know that her health woes were much worse than she had expected.
"As the months went by, it got worse. I started losing the use of my whole left side. Cher told.
Sanchez had recently slipped and fell onstage while working with Cher during her Las Vegas tour, but the choreographer realised something was terribly wrong with her after she fainted in the singer's house.
She further stated that Cher wanted her to visit her personal medic, neurosurgeon Dr. Neil Martin at the Ucla hospital, and it was only then that the dancer got to know that her health woes were much worse than she had expected.
"As the months went by, it got worse. I started losing the use of my whole left side. Cher told.
- 11/4/2011
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Cher helped save the life of her friend after she suffered a 'terrible seizure' at the star's home. Doriana Sanchez - who has been close to the Turn Back Time hitmaker for the past 26 years - was experiencing back pain for a number of months before Cher sent her on a private jet to Los Angeles to visit a spine specialist. She said: 'As the months went by, it got worse. Cher told me she wanted me to see her spine specialist.' However, after suffering from a seizure while staying at Cher's Los Angeles home, UCLA neurosurgeon Dr. Neil Martin discovered a...
- 11/3/2011
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
CBS reporter Serene Branson's physician, Dr. Neil Martin, Chief of Neurosurgery at UCLA, spoke with "Extra" Thursday to shed some light on what happened to the journalist on-air last Sunday during the Grammys. Branson suffered what has now been diagnosed as a severe migraine, not a stroke.
"Technically speaking, we'd call this a migraine with aura, a dramatic aura," Dr. Martin explained to "Extra" after receiving permission from his patient to speak about her condition,...
"Technically speaking, we'd call this a migraine with aura, a dramatic aura," Dr. Martin explained to "Extra" after receiving permission from his patient to speak about her condition,...
- 2/18/2011
- Extra
Serene Branson, the television reporter who became tongue-tied during her live report from the Grammys for CBS News 2, is opening up about the terrifying experience for the first time with "The Talk's" Julie Chen on the show's Feb. 18 episode.
"I didn't feel well before that live shot. I had a headache," Branson says. "I was having some blurry vision and when I went to open my mouth, obviously you heard, the words were not coming out."
Branson has watched the footage and tells Chen what it was like to see it: "Seeing [the footage] - it's obviously very disconcerting [and] scary because I know what was going on in my head at the time. I was terrified."
So what was Branson trying to report? "I knew I wanted to say. I wanted to say that Lady Antebelluem had swept the Grammys that night, but the words were not there for me."
Branson...
"I didn't feel well before that live shot. I had a headache," Branson says. "I was having some blurry vision and when I went to open my mouth, obviously you heard, the words were not coming out."
Branson has watched the footage and tells Chen what it was like to see it: "Seeing [the footage] - it's obviously very disconcerting [and] scary because I know what was going on in my head at the time. I was terrified."
So what was Branson trying to report? "I knew I wanted to say. I wanted to say that Lady Antebelluem had swept the Grammys that night, but the words were not there for me."
Branson...
- 2/18/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Serene Branson appears to be out of the woods. And, happily, the woods weren't as dark and scary as some suspected. The neurosurgeon who examined the Kcbs-tv reporter after an on-air incident after the station's Grammys broadcast, in which she looked fine but the words coming out of her mouth were unintelligible, concludes that the veteran newswoman did not have a stroke, but rather was suffering from a complex migraine. Suffering being the operative word. The symptoms of a complex migraine, such as difficulty speaking, loss of vision and weakness, can mimic those of a stroke, Dr. Neil Martin, chief of neurosurgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, told the Los Angeles Times in explaining...
- 2/18/2011
- E! Online
Kcbs-tv reporter Serene Branson, who was seen garbling her words during a Grammys report Sunday night, apparently experienced a migraine and not a stroke.
Branson was examined by paramedics after her broadcast and was sent home to recover. She then had a brain scan at UCLA, where the possibility of a stroke was ruled out. According to her physician, Dr. Neil Martin, Chief of Neurosurgery, her temporary speech loss was due to a "complex migraine,...
Branson was examined by paramedics after her broadcast and was sent home to recover. She then had a brain scan at UCLA, where the possibility of a stroke was ruled out. According to her physician, Dr. Neil Martin, Chief of Neurosurgery, her temporary speech loss was due to a "complex migraine,...
- 2/18/2011
- Extra
Los Angeles reporter Serene Branson's garbled speech on air Sunday night was caused by a "complex migraine," her doctor told the Los Angeles Times.
According to Dr. Neil Martin, chief of neurosurgery at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a complex migraine can mimic the symptoms of a stroke, including headache, weakness, loss of vision and difficulty speaking. Martin spoke to the Times with Branson's permission.
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According to Dr. Neil Martin, chief of neurosurgery at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, a complex migraine can mimic the symptoms of a stroke, including headache, weakness, loss of vision and difficulty speaking. Martin spoke to the Times with Branson's permission.
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- 2/17/2011
- by Robyn Ross
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Doctors have been quick to weigh in on what may have happened Sunday night (Feb. 13) during a post Grammy broadcast when Los Angeles reporter Serene Branson unexpectedly slurred her words on live television.
The most commonly discussed theory has been a mini-stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (Tia), which occurs when blood supply is blocked off to the brain. It has also been suggested that Branson may have suffered a mild seizure in the language area of her brain.
Branson's physician has come forward (with her blessing) and tells the L.A. Times that he doesn't believe either of the previously mentioned hypotheses are correct.
According to Dr. Neil Martin, chief of neurosurgery at the UCLA Medical center, what viewers saw on the frightening video was actually a symptom of a "complex migraine."
A complex migraine is a headache which is often accompanied by symptoms such as weakness, loss of vision or difficulty speaking.
The most commonly discussed theory has been a mini-stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (Tia), which occurs when blood supply is blocked off to the brain. It has also been suggested that Branson may have suffered a mild seizure in the language area of her brain.
Branson's physician has come forward (with her blessing) and tells the L.A. Times that he doesn't believe either of the previously mentioned hypotheses are correct.
According to Dr. Neil Martin, chief of neurosurgery at the UCLA Medical center, what viewers saw on the frightening video was actually a symptom of a "complex migraine."
A complex migraine is a headache which is often accompanied by symptoms such as weakness, loss of vision or difficulty speaking.
- 2/17/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Doctors believe they've solved the mystery of why veteran CBS 2 TV reporter Serene Branson slurred her words during a live Grammy telecast. Despite various theories, including a stroke, Branson actually suffered from a "complex migraine," according to UCLA Medical Center's chief of neurosurgery Dr. Neil Martin, the Los Angeles Times reports. This severe headache form can mimic strokes, with symptoms including weakness, loss of vision and difficulty speaking - but unlike with strokes, the effects of complex migraines are not long term. Branson began speaking gibberish a few words into Sunday's telecast, which caused the station to cut away. By the next day,...
- 2/17/2011
- by Dahvi Shira
- PEOPLE.com
Poison frontman Bret Michaels makes his first public appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Tuesday to talk about his brain hemorrhage experience.
"It felt like a pop," Michaels explains to Oprah. "It just exploded instantly and ran from my temple down to the back of my skull. At that point, I knew something was severely wrong."
Michaels, who suffered the hemorrhage April 21, fought bravely in the Icu for eight days, but refused to remove his signature bandana.
"It felt like a pop," Michaels explains to Oprah. "It just exploded instantly and ran from my temple down to the back of my skull. At that point, I knew something was severely wrong."
Michaels, who suffered the hemorrhage April 21, fought bravely in the Icu for eight days, but refused to remove his signature bandana.
- 5/18/2010
- Extra
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