Alan Rapp

Frozen River

  • Title: Frozen River
  • IMDB: link

“I didn’t know any other way to keep us together.”

Melissa Leo stars as Ray, a struggling mother of two (Charlie McDermott, James Reilly) just trying to get by in a small town in upstate New York, just across the border from Quebec.

When her husband takes off for Atlantic City with the final payment for her family’s DoubleWide new home she’s left without options.

A chance encounter with a Native American woman named Lily (Misty Upham) provides Ray a dangerous business opportunity to smuggle illegal immigrants across the Mohawk reservation into the United States.

The film, written and directed by first-timer Courtney Hunt, is a bleak story about love, family, and how far someone will go to persue their dreams.  Leo and Upham carry the film with a pair of strong performances, and when the story movies away from their characters the story suffers.

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Mark Millar on Superman and Comics

By now you’ve probably heard the DC is looking to reboot the Superman movie franchise (again).  We still don’t know what the new project will look like, but check out this interview by G4’s Blair Butler as she talks to Wanted creator Mark Millar about his new series War Heroes and his ideas for an epic Lord of the Rings-style Superman movie trilogy.  Interesting Stuff!  Plus check out what artist Tony Harris has to say about War Heroes later on in the vid.

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Graphic Novels

Hey folks, you’ll find the latest comic releases in our Comic Rack, but if you’re just looking to pick up some graphic novels look no further than inside where you’ll find Conan Vol. 6: The Hand of Nergal, Devoid of Life, Incredible Hercules: Against the World, JSA Presents: Green Lantern, Power Pack: Day One, Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy – From Tatooine to Dark Empire, and much more!

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Comic Rack

Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, IDW Publishing, and Image Comics.

This week includes The Astounding Wolf-Man, Batgirl, Batman and the Outsiders, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!, Casey Blue: Beyond Tomorrow, Conan the Cimmerian, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hellblazer, Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.,  Moon Knight, Robin, Spike: After the Fall, The Sword, StormWatch PHD, Young X-Men, the first issues of The Age of Sentry, Greatest Hits, and the final issues of All Star Superman and Dead Space.  That and much, much more inside the Full Diagnosis.

Enjoy issue #88

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Good, but not Perfect

  • Title: The Life and Times of Mr. Perfect
  • IMDB: link

If you watched wrestling in the 80’s and 90’s you know the name Mr. Perfect.  The latest from WWE Home Video is a collection of the wrestler’s matches from his early days in AWA, to his run as and Intercontinental Champion for the WWE, to his career with WCW.  10 matches are included on two discs along with a documentary of the man, who while in the ring, was always Perfect.

The highlight of this two-disc set is the documentary on Curt Henning‘s career, struggle with injuries, and his premature death at the age of 44.  Included here are interviews with friends, family, and co-workers all of whom praise Henning, both as an in-ring performer and as man.

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