Friday, March 8, 2019

Grisse (TV Series 2018) Review (C) 2019 Dan's Movie Report (Exclusive photos!)

Above: Pre release poster of Grisse, (C) 2018 HBO Asia, used for promotional purposes only.



Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers. Today is a binge worthy day! Yes, finally the long road from production, to HBO Asia release in November, to March 6th has arrived! At only 8 episodes, Grisse run time felt exactly right, longer than a 4 or 6 episode season, without the padding needed to cover an entire 13 hour story arc. The fictional town of Grisse, is controlled by a tyrant of a Governor. The Dutch controlled town is full of a rag tag band of locals, farmers, many of whom are too poor to know any better. They begin to rise up following a brutal execution of townsfolk. While the plot seems a bit basic the story unfolds colorfully and in detail. This is a western, yes a good old fashion king, rough housing shoot-em-up! The fact that Grisse was shot in Asia, is so cool, because of the merging of East and Western cultures, results in a dramatic flair for action! A big cast, which is a huge change from the old “Spaghetti” westerns made famous in the 1960s where essentially a lone gunman had to fight a band of outlaws. Grisse expands upon this what if the entire town was made up of basically downtrodden outlaws and the leaders were already in place, not a hero, a band of bandits but real life governmental tyranny! 

Above Image: Kelly Tandiono in action! Above Photo: http://www.erieknjuragan.com/    Exclusive! Dan's Movie Report!!
 

I do not like spoiler reviews and to be quite honest, the show unfolds like a series of movies all tied together, episodes are sometimes over one hour long, and each merges to the next to tell the complete story. I had the wonderful opportunity to do a detailed interview with Tony Tilse, who directed 6 of the episodes and he speaks on location shooting and how he was approached to direct. http://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2019/01/director-tony-tilse-interview-grisse.html

Another ass kicking haha photo! Kelly Tandiono on the set of Grisse!


The cast is just great, no one steals the show, which is a very important aspect of Grisse. The character development is strong, for example an older lady in town, short and what seems to be unassuming at first becomes a central strong character, again no spoilers. Plus the women get in on the action, because they have to to survive, desperate times call for desperate measures! Speaking of bad ass strong Grisse women I had the opportunity to interview the incredibly talented Kelly Tandiono who portrays Hidayat, a strong woman almost an androgynous character, I must say her presence in the production is really refreshing, she is a full sized lady who can kick ass, and show emotion. Check out our detailed interview: http://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2018/12/actressmodel-kelly-tandiono-interview.html

ABOVE: Screenshot from Season 1 Episode 1 Kelly's character Hidayat kicking some fool's ass, as usual. (C) 2018 HBO Asia, promotional use only not monetized.


Overall this is a great product for HBO Asia, and hopefully the series will be allowed to have a second season and more productions in Asia will come to the U.S. In the future. Grisse is a western made in Indonesia which deserves a home in the U.S.A.! The talented cast and crew should be celebrated, Grisse rates a very strong 8.5 out of 10, truly a must own, I do home it comes to home Blu-Ray with special features! Incidentally a very cool behind the scenes video exists which details the characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iun1klz6iKI

Also actress Kelly Tandiono has exclusive behind the scenes video of her training and on the set of the show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF5vew1aUyU&t=10s

Watch for more from the cast and crew of Grisse, coming later in 2019, on Dan's Movie Report, all exclusive all the time, and www.actionflix.com 
The top indie action site on the web!

For further information on the show: 

The US series is available now on all HBO platforms!  https://play.hbogo.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GXGR8ggjVM4GmwwEAAAAC



Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Red Room (2017) Movie Review

Above: Poster for Red Room, used for promotional purposes only. Copyright 2019, Breaking Glass Pictures.


Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers and perhaps new readers who came aboard for this horror review! Red Room is a hard boot to the gut in terms of horror. This ultra low slasher/captive film is a slow burn of torture and death. A wealthy couple hires a group of thugs to abduct young girls and hold them captive, torturing them, while others pay to watch on a close video feed.

Simple plot yet, Red Room channels an inner Dario Argento with imagery and atmosphere. The first part of the movie sets the stage, as the girls are abducted, this is a personal nightmare, time is taken to learn a bit about each young lady, prior to the madness beginning.

Truculent and vituperative, Red Room, is the horrible guilty pleasure sure to delight fans of extreme films. A word of caution, Red Room is such a violent and sexual film, honestly I cannot imagine that it would ever be appropriate for anyone under 18, the “torture porn” genre is carried out, but with a sordid story and many twists and turns near the end.

Red Room rates a bloody and harrowing experience, a 7 out of 10. The film releases on DVD and streaming platforms March 19th, 2019 Please visit www.breakingglasspictures.com

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Official Triple Threat News!! Chinese Premiere March 29th, 2019 – Beijing! (Dan's Movie Report) U.K. April 28th!

Above: Chinese poster art for Triple Threat! Image used for promotional purposes only.

UPDATE: Triple Threat will screen in the United Kingdom! Date: April 28th, 2019 U.K. Theatrical Premiere of Triple Threat will screen @ The Mockingbird Cinema, Birmingham! Part of a one day special event of The Fighting Spirit Film Festival Birmingham. This theater and the event page will have ticketing information shortly. Website for theater is @ http://www.mockingbirdcinema.com/
For the festival page please visit @ https://www.fightingspiritfilmfestival.com/
Triple Threat was made to view in theater, as filmed in theatrical aspect ratio! 


Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers, and action lovers Worldwide! Word comes from across the globe today with regards to the first showing of Triple Threat in China. March 29th, 2019 will be the day in Beijing, and a brand new official Chinese poster has arrived!!

Currently the premiere dates that have been announced in the U.S. are March 19th, 2019 and in the U.K. April 28th, 2019. Theater listings will be announced early next week~!



Above: Actress Celina Jade, as Xian in Triple Threat, exclusive image courtesy of Well Go USA copyright 2019. Used for promotional purposes only.


Stars Tiger Chen and Celina Jade are slated to be on hand for the opening of the film! Details pending, Celina Jade is currently in China now in pre-production on Mojin X! 

L to R Michael Bisping, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White (C) 2019 Well Go USA Exclusive to Dan's Movie Report


Above: exclusive photo from the villains of Triple Threat!  

U.S. Information: www.wellgousa.com
Both sites will post the premiere dates, times and locations shortly, currently the program in the U.K. Is slated to take place on April 28th, 2019 in Birmingham, England.

Regarding purchase of Triple Threat: Germany has first shot at official release on March 28th! This is an official release and can be purchased from Amazon, DVD or Blu-Ray https://www.amazon.de/Triple-Threat-Blu-ray-Iko-Uwais/dp/B07LDC9MKD/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1551789124&sr=1-1&keywords=triple+threat+blu+ray


Both are LEGAL copies of the film, I urge all lovers of action if they cannot view Triple Threat in a theater to buy the film, this action will support future movies with this quality of action and story!

Keep reading Dan's Movie Report, and www.actionflix.com for more details!!


Monday, March 4, 2019

EXCLUSIVE! Celina Jade Triple Threat Wallpaper Images! New Video! (C) 2019 Dan's Movie Report!

All Photos: 2019 (C) Well Go USA, used for promotional purposes only!



Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report readers! Two Weeks from today, is IMPACT for Triple Threat! 3-19-2019 in 150 theaters across the USA unleashes the action event of the year!!! My readers are well aware that Dan's Movie Report is “All Exclusive, All The Time!” 

 

That is right guys, and gals, the action is fast and violent in Triple Threat, however, not all things in triple threat are bloody and fully of rage! Time to meet Xian portrayed deftly by actress Celina Jade. Get ready, today is the day I unleash a never before seen exclusive video from our 2014 interview along with 4 hot new high resolution wallpaper images!! 

 

All images on this page are property of Well Go USA and are used for promotional purposes only.

To save the .png file to your desktop, on a windows based PC, left click the image, to increase the size, right click on the image and select view image, that will blow it up to wallpaper size 1920X1080P and then feel free to save to your hard drive!



For further information on Triple Threat, please visit the Well Go USA official page @ www.wellgousa.com and the Official Triple Threat Facebook Page @ https://www.facebook.com/TripleThreatMovie2017/

 Video (C) 2014 Danny Templegod for Dan's Movie Report!

Watch for full theater listing for Triple Threat next week!  In the mean time, treat yourself to an exclusive never before seen video of our 2014 interview in Miami Beach!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf4ON88wrQo
 

Talk To The HAND Contest! Villains of Daredevil! Win signed programs ! (C) 2019 Dan's Movie Report

Above: Comics in Media & Entertainment Panel @ Comic Con Revolution! https://www.comicconrevolution.com/westpalmbeach/
Very organized show! I will make sure to go in 2020!


Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report and action-flix.com readers. Had the opportunity to unleash my inner bad self at the Comic Con Revolution in West Palm Beach! Oh you ask why did I go, ha, I mean I had to meet Peter Shinkoda, an amazing actor and we have been chatting continuously after our 2016 interview! He said come on up! So I did! He along with Tommy Walker, who portrays Francis on Daredevil did a Comics in Media & Entertainment panel at the event, an 11:30 am panel to open the eyes and cleanse the soul hah!

In addition to the two, Ming Chen, from Kevin Smith's Comic book Men and the host Angi Viper a great cosplayer kept things flowing with intelligent questions. Check out Angi Viper @ https://www.facebook.com/AngiViper/
I cannot stress enough how well prepped she was for questions! Respect on this! Nice lady and is passionate about the source material.

Above, Angi Danger and I, damn I am one ugly old man haha!


After this lively panel I got it in my mind to do a Talk to the Hand Contest! Yep! Since both Peter and Tommy were ultra cool and villains on Daredevil, I asked them to sign a few programs at the event! So my site and will give one away on my site and send 2 up to John @ Action-flix.com for his portion contest!!

Above: Winners will receive one hand signed Official Program from Comic Con Revolution of Peter Shinkoda- Nobu & Tommy Walker - Francis



Please follow their feeds as well! Tommy Walker is active on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/tommy.walker/
Tommy wants to play Booster Gold! Let's make it happen!

Peter Shinkoda is active on his Official Facebook Page @ https://www.facebook.com/PeterShinkodaPage/

Tommy and Peter at the panel (C)  2019 Dan's Movie Report



All entries must be United States based and have a physical mailing address. The entries will be chosen at random!

Above - Peter Shinkoda and I at the Comic Con Revolution, the end of a long and fun day! (C) 2019 Dan's Movie Report


Kindly like the Official Dan's Movie Report Facebook page and send address to www.facebook.com/DansMovieReport/

For John's contest on his site: Please do the same like his Official Action-Flix Facebook Page @ https://www.facebook.com/actionflix/ and send him your address!

To give people time to enter, the contest will run through April 30th 2019!