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WonderCon@Home: Women Rock Hollywood Panel – Leslie Combemale reports

May 22, 2020May 24, 2020 Leslie Combemale 0 Comments c fitz, hannalee culpepper, jen mcgowan, rosemary rodriguez, san diego comic con, women rock hollywood, wondercon

Things are changing in Hollywood, albeit slowly. I’d like to think that the annual Women Rocking Hollywood all-female panel at San Diego Comic Con has contributed to the change. Like all 2020 con events, this year’s edition of the live panel fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic. But opportunity to go virtual came from Comic-Con International organizers whey they decided to stage a virtual con, presenting panels that were filmed remotely.

Movie of the Week Reviews

MOVIE OF THE WEEK February 1, 2019: RUST CREEK

January 27, 2019February 13, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, catemarquis, hermione corfield, jen mcgowan, liz whittemore, loren king, lorenking, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, michelle lawler, nell minow, rust creek, Sheila Roberts, thriller

Smart, strong, and determined, college senior Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) is no victim. But she is someone who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time in Jen McGowan’s tense survival thriller “Rust Creek” — and what happens as a result will ensure that you never leave home without rock-solid directions (or a backup phone battery) again.

Reviews

RUST CREEK – Review by Loren King

January 23, 2019January 27, 2019 Loren King 0 Comments hermione corfield, jen mcgowan, rust creek, thriller

It’s fitting that Rust Creek opens with a young woman running a track course with long, easy strides, her ponytail flying. College student Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) will not only do a lot of running during this taut survival thriller but will also display brains, stamina and all-around badass attitude.

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RUST CREEK – Review by Cate Marquis

January 23, 2019January 27, 2019 Cate Marquis 0 Comments hermione corfield, jen mcgowan, motw, Movie of the Week, rust creek, thriller

Rust Creek is a genre film, aiming just to entertain, and there is no reason women directors can’t make those kinds of films too rather than ones with social commentary. And there is enough there in Rust Creek, largely thanks to the cast, to give the promise of an intriguing crime story – enough to make you frustrated when the film takes wrongs turns.

Reviews

RUST CREEK – Review by Leslie Combemale

January 22, 2019February 1, 2019 Leslie Combemale 0 Comments female directors, hermione corfield, jen mcgowan, rust creek, thrillers

Female moviegoers have had to learn to accept that they aren’t going to be represented three-dimensionally in a large percentage of films released. This is particularly true in thrillers, which are often made inside the studio system. Watching Rust Creek, a realization dawns about how rare it is to see a capable, strong everywoman work her way through a dangerous situation that has put her very life at risk.

Interviews

Jen McGowan talks RUST CREEK and FilmPowered Women – Leslie Combemale interviews

January 10, 2019January 27, 2019 Leslie Combemale 0 Comments filmpowered, hermione corfield, jen mcgowan, michelle lawler, rust creek

In the world of cinema, sometimes filmgoers don’t know what they are missing until they see it. Director Jen McGowan’s Rust Creek is an escape thriller that centers on college student Sawyer Scott (Hermione Corfield) who gets lost in the back roads of Kentucky only to be attacked and hunted deep into the forest by two local men. Rust Creek reframes the genre.