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REACHER – Review by Diane Carson

April 13, 2022April 15, 2022 Diane Carson alan ritchson, amazon prime, Lee Child, Malcolm Goodwin, Maria Sten, Reacher, Willa Fitzgerald, Willie C. Carpenter

The The Amazon Prime eight-episode series Reacher manages a suspenseful, amusing achievement, balancing an admirably diverse, atypical cast and a weighty dig at heartless corporate greed. Based on Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels, the first season adapts Killing Floor, Child’s 1997 debut, as its blueprint. And, as with many series, a murder provides the catalyst for subsequent events.eight-episode series Reacher manages a suspenseful, amusing achievement, balancing an admirably diverse, atypical cast and a weighty dig at heartless corporate greed. Based on Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels, the first season adapts Killing Floor, Child’s 1997 debut, as its blueprint. And, as with many series, a murder provides the catalyst for subsequent events.

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REACHER – Review by Susan Granger

January 31, 2022February 5, 2022 awfj-admin alan ritchson, Amazon Prime series, Malcolm Goodwin, Nick Santora, Reacher

Based on Lee Child’s first novel, Killing Floor (1997), this new, eight-episode Amazon series is steered by astute showrunner Nick Santora (The Sopranos, Prison Break, Lie to Me), while charismatic Alan Ritchson cleverly incorporates Reacher’s physical stature with high intelligence and deadpan wit. Jack Reacher is a fascinating character. Living off his military pension, he’s a stealthy loner who relishes his anonymity, traveling around the country with only a folding toothbrush, lapsed passport and the clothes on his back.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK July 19, 2019: Claudia Myers’ ABOVE THE SHADOWS

July 14, 2019July 20, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments above the shadows, alan ritchson, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, claudia myers, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, megan fox, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, nikki baughan, Olivia Thirlby, Sheila Roberts

Just about everyone ends up feeling invisible at some point during their teen years — but what if you actually disappeared? That’s what happens to Holly in writer/director Claudia Myers Above the Shadows, a drama/fantasy that serves as an allegory for what it’s like to be marginalized out of your very existence.

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ABOVE THE SHADOWS – Review by Loren King

July 11, 2019July 14, 2019 Loren King 0 Comments above the shadows, alan ritchson, claudia myers, megan fox, motw, Movie of the Week, Olivia Thirlby

Writer/director Claudia Myers’s Above the Shadows blends several genres — fantasy, romance, sports — for an original take on grief, particularly childhood grief. It’s such a complex topic that it’s commendable that the filmmaker approaches it from a fresh, imaginative angle.

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ABOVE THE SHADOWS – Review by Marilyn Ferdinand

July 10, 2019July 14, 2019 Marilyn Ferdinand (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments above the shadows, alan ritchson, claudia myers, movie of the week #MOTW, Olivia Thirlby

The protagonist in Claudia Myers’ drama Above the Shadows is not only invisible, but also unheard. She started fading at the age of 10, just after her mother died, and is unremembered by her family. Myers challenges us to look at ourselves through the eyes of others and drop our self-centered grievances long enough to see what other people may be going through. Myers’ script is ingenious and her direction of her actors masterful in making scenes with a supposedly invisible character work.

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ABOVE THE SHADOWS – Review by Leslie Combemale

July 10, 2019July 14, 2019 Leslie Combemale 0 Comments above the shadows, alan ritchson, claudia myers, motw, Movie of the Week, Olivia Thirlby

Loss changes us. Sometimes we face that, sometimes we don’t. That’s something new indie release and winner of the audience award at the Brooklyn Film Festival Above the Shadows explores. A fantasy anchored in the reality of 21st century daily life, it is the story of Holly, (Olivia Thirlby) who, after losing her beloved mother, fades out of sight over time.

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ABOVE THE SHADOWS – Review by Sheila Roberts

July 10, 2019July 14, 2019 Sheila Roberts (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments above the shadows, alan ritchson, claudia myers, megan fox, motw, Movie of the Week, Olivia Thirlby

In Claudia Myers’ indie fantasy drama, Above The Shadows, Holly is lonely, grief stricken and isolated, and she is left with no choice but to navigate the world from the shadows. She was the closest of all the children to her mother, whom she felt was the only person in the world who understood and cared for her. When she tries to interact with the rest of her family after her mother’s death, they ignore her until she fades completely from their presence and is forgotten.

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ABOVE THE SHADOWS – Review by Cate Marquis

July 10, 2019July 14, 2019 Cate Marquis 0 Comments abovethe shadows, alan ritchson, claudia myers, motw, Movie of the Week, olivia thrilby

Like most good science fiction/fantasy, Claudia Myers’ Above the Shadows is really about our world and the people who live in it. Actually, it is more a fairy tale or parable than science fiction, so analyzing how her invisibility works is pointless. You just have to go with it, but Above the Shadows will reward you for that journey.