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Episode 39 of The Following Films Podcast Noah Segan star of Redeemer

Segan is best known for his work in Looper, Brick and an award-winning performance in Deadgirl. Other film credits include Adam & Steve, What We Do Is Secret (as real-life Germs' drummer Don Bolles), The Picture of Dorian Gray, Cabin Fever 2,Peaches Christ's All About Evil,and Chain Letter.Segan has also appeared in numerous television programs, including a briefly recurring role on the soap opera Days of Our Lives in 2007. That same year, he appeared in the music video for the Foo Fighters song "The One," which was featured on the soundtrack for the film Orange County. Other television appearances include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and House, and provided the voice of Henry on the Nickelodeon cartoon show KaBlam!. In 2008, Brick director Rian Johnson invited Segan to play a small role in his second film, The Brothers Bloom.In 2012, Segan had a supporting-lead role in Johnson's third film, Looper. In 2013, he made a cameo appearance in an ep

Ep. 148 of War Machine vs. War Horse: Jurassic World (The Lost World vs. Jurassic Park 3)

On this episode we return to Jurassic Park with the new release JURASSIC WORLD. Choosing the following double feature didn't require too much thought, and some would say the same about watching the sequels THE LOST WORLD and JURASSIC PARK 3. So we instead reserve our deep thoughts for the footwear of Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt, pick on terrible child actors, and of course play a game of Hot or Not matchmaking with William H. Macy.

Episode 03 of Original Remake: The Haunting 1963 and 1999

Like the characters in THE HAUNTING, both from 1963 and 1999, we decided to stay in another haunted house after our prior POLTERGEIST episode. And unfortunately we don't have a mutual love of Sam Rockwell to save us from the evil spirits, instead discussing the haunted year of 1999 for Liam Neeson's career, the scary aging process of CGI effects, and also where you can find us haunting other podcasts.

Movie Review | American Sniper (2014)

Director Clint Eastwood’s provocative adaptation of Chris Kyle’s memoir is an absorbing look into the life of a serviceman and the toll his work and departure takes on his family. Bradley Cooper plays Chris Kyle, the most lethal marksman in U.S. military history. A highly publicized angle to this story, it turns out to be a rather small part of the overall puzzle. What Eastwood and screenwriter Jason Hall choose to focus on instead is the impact these battles have on his personal life. Presented from a single-person viewpoint its commentary is shared with a blunt candor. You can’t pull many punches with this material, it is in-your-face aggressive and it stirs a reaction that stays long after the credits roll. What it is has to say is at times chilling and infinitely haunting. The opening scene goes for the jugular as Kyle (Cooper) stares down the sights of his rifle to the unthinkable. Through flashbacks we learn how he arrived at this moment. He’s raised in a discipline

Movie Review | Mortdecai (2015)

Crazy, kooky and ferociously goofy, Johnny Depp’s latest is a send-up to the 70’s caper movies and the genre that parodied them. Striking a similar if distant cord to “The Pink Panther”, “Mortdecai” features a bungling lead character whose charm lies in being larger than life. The situations are over the top, the characters zany to the hilt and the laughs more frequent than anticipated. A titled art dealer living beyond his means, Lord Charlie Mortdecai (Depp) is recruited to track down a stolen painting for MI5. His money troubles at the forefront of his travails, he simultaneously juggles his disgruntled wife Johanna (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the Inspector in charge of the investigation who was Mortdecai’s college schoolmate and a romantic rival for Johanna’s affections. The storyline feels a bit dated and for viewers who haven’t watched a steady diet of the aforementioned movies, the jokes can be too insular to achieve their desired effect. There are some running gags that

Movie Review | Wild (2014)

In the midst of her arduous journey, Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) makes her entrance onto the screen in an opening scene that sums up the nearly 2 hours to come. Startlingly painful and cringe inducing, she must endure an agonizing side effect of her walkabout. Her screams of frustration zip the movie to a flashback, whisking the narrative back to where her voyage began. It is the first in a long series of garbled recollections that act as the jagged little puzzle pieces, scrapped together in the hopes of explaining why Strayed made the decision to go on a very unpleasant 1,100-mile trek. Cheryl has had a rough go in life and empathy for her plight is easy to come by. Her father was an abusive alcoholic who the family has to eventually flee from him. Her lighthouse is her loving single-mom Bobbi (Laura Dern) who receives no mercy at life’s cruel hand. Tragedy strikes when a 45-year old Bobbi is diagnosed with cancer and Cheryl’s world is consequently ripped apart. Foll

Movie Review | Honeymoon (2014)

Love, madness and a mystery consume a newlywed couple who’ve embarked on their honeymoon at a lakeside cabin in the woods. What begins as a picturesque excursion for Bea (Rose Leslie) and Paul (Harry Treadaway) soon descends into a nightmare when the new bride disappears in the middle of the night. After a tense search, she is discovered in the woods by her groom; nude, bruised and incoherent. He is immediately alarmed and when he questions her over what has happened she rebuffs his curiosity, initially blaming it on an episode of sleepwalking. It’s an explanation that seems adequate until her behavior becomes increasingly erratic and despondent. Her physical condition rapidly deteriorates and the question of what ails her, casts a dark specter over their celebratory trip and the future of their marriage. Bea and Paul have an idyllic relationship: playful, caring and lighthearted. First-time director Leigh Janiak spends most of the film’s opening getting viewers to invest in t