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Luke Bracey and Brittany Snow to Star in BIG NICKEL

Sometimes we have regrets and sometimes we would prefer to blame others for our missteps. We should not do this, but it happens and it sounds like the premise of Tom Chilcoat’s directorial debut BIG NICKEL. Charlie (Bracey), a charismatic Army recruiter, is tasked with signing the “big fish” for a promotion. The only thing that stands in his way is a disturbed ex-vet, Erik, that Charlie convinced to enlist years before. Erik is a dangerous man with a bone to pick, and he will not be satisfied until Charlie has paid a heavy price. As the pressure mounts, Charlie is ultimately forced to reexamine his dubious methods and face a thunderous reckoning of accountability. Charlie is played by Luke Bracey who you may recognize from Point Break and Hacksaw Ridge. Also starring in this film is Brittany Snow, known for her roles in The Pacifier and John Tucker Must […]

Review: BUSHWICK Catches You Between The Mood, New York City, And Civil War

Lee B. Golden III

Fast forward three years later and having proven themselves in the public arena with the 2014 horror favorite, Cooties, directing duo Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott are back with their latest conceptual head-turner. It is one that stems from darker auspices eeriely forecast through a nightmarish lens unto today’s American politics for something of pure fantasy and, ultimately, a show of strength in character-driven storytelling that is sure to leave an impression. For better or worse, Bushwick, in part, accomplishes this in the course of its kinetic, steadily and often fast-moving pace from a script by Nick Damici and Graham Reznick. Actress Brittany Snow takes the lead with actor Dave Bautista as the two shepherd the narrative in the respective roles of Lucy and Stupe, oddly and reluctantly paired as they fight to survive deadly skirmishes with an invading Texas militia canvassing the neighborhood with deadly force as part of […]

BUSHWICK: The War At Home Begins In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Brooklyn ain’t the same as it used to be for one unlucky girl caught amid a hailstorm of national insurrection in the new explosive action thriller, Bushwick. The official trailer is finally here following its spate of festival screenings and enough pull quotes to deem this one a worthwhile sell from RLJ. When Lucy (Brittany Snow) steps off the subway, she walks into an utter bloodbath on the streets of Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. Texas is attempting to secede from the Union, and militia forces have descended upon New York City to claim it as an East Coast base of operations and negotiation tool. Faced with a flurry of whizzing bullets and total destruction around every corner, Lucy takes shelter in the basement of Stupe (Dave Bautista), a burly war veteran who reluctantly helps her traverse the treacherous five-block stretch of Bushwhack to reach her destination—assuming it’s still there. Bushwick is […]

RLJ Entertainment Picks Up Action Adventure Thriller, BUSHWICK

Lee B. Golden III

Fresh out of Sundance and emerging out on the world stage is the new dystopian action thriller, Bushwick. The usual spate of reviews are now making the rounds while word has it from The Wrap that RLJ Entertainment is staking its claim for the film’s U.S. release in a seven-figure deal brokerered with XYZ Films’s own Nate Bolotin alongside WME Global. Cooties helmers Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott directed the film which casts Dave Bautista as an ex-Marine next to lead Brittany Snow as a young girl bound for her grandmother’s house and desperate to survive amid a deadly cessation uprising by a Texas militia. Nick Damici and Graham Reznik wrote the script with Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Alex Breaux and Arturo Castro also starring, and host to a soundtrack by indie hip-hop artist, Aesop. via The Wrap “RLJ Entertainment is a fearless distributor that specializes in […]

The Insurrection Begins In A Clip From BUSHWICK

Lee B. Golden III

Directors Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott are about to realize one of America’s biggest nightmares in the upcoming midnight Sundance premiere of Bushwick. Front and center is actress Brittany Snow who emerges from a subway only to find the titular Brooklyn neighborhood swept into a deadly insurrection by a private military aimed at seceding Texas and other participants from the union. Also starring is actor Dave Bautista who plays an ex-Marine corpsman who makes it as clear as crystal whose side he’s on in a fresh new clip now making the rounds. Rounding out the cast are Angelic Zambrana, Jeremie Harris, Myra Lucretia Taylor and Arturo Castro from a script by Nick Damici and Graham Reznick. Check out the clip!