Viceland has dropped the trailer for its new wrestling doc series Dark Side of the Ring. Conceived by Dartmouth’s own Jason Eisener with Evan Husney, each episode follows, 30 For 30-style, a veteran wrestler including Bret Hart, Randy “Macho Man” Savage and The Fabulous Moolah. Dark Side of the Ring premieres Wednesday, April 10 for fancy cable-havers. Related […]
Hobo with a Shotgun
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AFF Review: Hyena Road
This week, Paul Gross (Due South, Passchendaele) premiered Hyena Road, the first Canadian contemporary war film, which he wrote and directed, at TIFF and last night at the Atlantic Film Festival. The Afghanistan-based, Jordan-shot film also stars Allan Hawco (The Republic of Doyle) and Rossif Sutherland (son of Donald Sutherland). And, just like the film, I’m conflicted. It […]
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Hobo with a Shotgun kills Sundance
Could the incredibly fun, bat-shit-insanely sadistic B-movie Hobo With a Shotgun possibly stand a chance of breaking through to the mainstream? Yes, according to New York Magazine, who called the film a sadistic pleasure that made them laugh so hard they cried. Esquire tweeted, “Hobo with a Shotgun: gleeful Grand Guignol/Grindhouse lark has gags to […]
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Hobo goes Sundancing
After covering Sundance in sawdust with his short Treevenge in 2009, Jason Eisener is heading back to the land of Ugg boots and duck lips with his new feature, Hobo with a Shotgun, starring Rutger Hauer and some familiar localish faces, such as Rob Wells, Brian Downey, Glen Matthews and Michael Ray Fox. Shot in […]
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Meet the man: Rutger Hauer presents The Hitcher
As Hobo with a Shotgun wraps up, I guess Jason Eisener and Rutger Hauer (the Hobo) have a little time on their hands. Eisener’s Thrillema film series is bringing in Hauer to present The Hitcher, at a special afternoon screening at Park Lane, this Saturday at 4pm. Rutger starred in the original 1986 horror film. […]
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Hobo with a Shotgun finds a home
A hobo in the making? So judging from the calls for extras (and the fact that we were told directly), Jason Eisener‘s Hobo with a Shotgun starts shooting on April 19. No word yet on casting, but Nick Nolte was rumoured at one point to be a consideration for Hobo. A girl can only hope. […]