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Kristen Brancaccio Is On Fire In The New Fan Short, MOCKINGJAY: BURN!

A year ago today, Lionsgate continued its stake in author Suzanne Collins’ best-sellng YA-novel franchise, The Hunger Games, with the first of the studio’s two-part Mockingjay finale. It’s proven to be a highly lucrative move whilst continuing to perpetuate more and more fandom, even from a creative aspect for people like film duo, actress Kristen Brancaccio and filmmaker Leo Kei Angelos who’ve spent well more than a year putting together an inspired fan film take of their own with the help of crowdfunding. Thankfully, close to a year later, those efforts have finally come together with today’s release of the new shortfilm, Mockingjay: Burn, and as we await Hollywood’s fourth and final chapter to open in theaters later this year, this should whet the appetite for virtually any fan. It’s packed with energy and intensity with Brancaccio in her own iteration of Katniss, the symbolic leader of the resistance against […]

On-Set Stunts: A Word With Actor Darren Bailey For The New Film, LOST TIME

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From L to R: Director Christian Sesma, actors Derek Mears, Darren Bailey and Luke Goss, co-producer A.J. Rickert-Epstein and producer Jerry Apodaca on the set of Lost Time. The latest trailer is out for the forthcoming release of director Christian Sesma‘s new sci-fi suspense thriller, Lost Time. The film is one of several films fans can expect from the director with a few more on the way featuring actor Luke Goss, who plays Carter, a cop on a mission to rescue his dying girlfriend, Valerie, who ends up caught in a web of supernatural mystery after the sudden disappearance of her sister. The film also lended quite a memorable experience for up-and-coming actor Darren Bailey (our resident film critic for The Bailey Review), best known for his work as fellow performer and co-founder of independent action film team, Thousand Pounds Action Company. Here, Bailey found himself in the good graces […]

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: TWS EXCLUSIVE – Interview With Aaron Toney And James Young

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier was one of the most memorable filmgoing experiences I have ever had. It also comes with a distinct appreciation I grew over the years for the online independent action film scene which started making waves in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, with teams like Zero Gravity, Reel Kick, Thousand Pounds Action Company and many others. Stuntman, martial artist and action actor Aaron Toney is a prominent member of Zero Gravity and he recently joined Thousand Pounds member, fellow stuntman and choreographer James Young to talk with Film Combat Syndicate‘s resident contributor and movie critic, Darren Bailey, to discuss some memorable, candid moments from the set of the new film, as well as lifelong experiences in martial arts and stunt training, and much, MUCH more. And for the record, none of this would have been possible with the aid of Thousand Pounds Action Company, of […]

LBP Stunts Presents: BRENDON HUOR vs. JAMES YOUNG

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A flurry of fists set the tone between Brendon Huor and James Young in their new test fight, dir. by Emmanuel Manzanares Whatever happens, don’t ever take your eyes off of independent filmmaker and LBP Stunts Chicago founding member Emmanuel Manzanres. Because at the end of the day, Manzanares is a friggin machine when it comes to putting his direction and choreography skills to the test, working with innumerous professionals of the stunt field both in and outside his own team. I’ve covered his action gems more times than I can count on my blog as Manzanares has become more and more prolific over the years through the blogosphere with his contributions to the independent and mainstream action cinema world, and that coverage continues this week with his latest treat featuring performances by Brendon Huor and James Young. The new test fight marks the latest collaboration between Huor and Young, […]

The Bailey Review: THOR: THE DARK WORLD

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SYNOPSIS: Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all. REVIEW: Yesterday, I attended a cast & crew screening of Thor: The Dark World at the famous Westwood Village Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Most of the crew in attendance worked for visual effects studios like Blur and Method, for MARVEL themselves, […]

JUST FOR LAUGHS: A Commercial Shoot Goes One Foot Too Long In FIVE DOLLAR FOOTLONG!

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This past Tuesday, I reported that actor, stuntman and stunt coordinator Darren Bailey (The Scumbag Boss, Vigilante Diaries) was making his independent directorial debut with the upcoming shortfilm release of Surge, with actor Tyler Williams. However, those interested in a different side of the aspiring director may want to keep reading. Aside from action, Bailey also has a knack for tapping into other dimensions of film and acting, such as comedy, an experience that dates back to his previous life in Cincinnati, Ohio, partaking in such feature-length productions as Fingerman: Dr. London & The Triangle Force and Eastern College. After moving to California, he and Christopher Cowan, in a life prior to founding Thousand Pounds Action Company, created their own online comedy film group, Komikarate, which contributed to the very shortfilm, Five Dollar Footlong, in the embed you see below. In talking with Film Combat Syndicate, Bailey shares his take […]

Darren Bailey To Make His Directorial Debut In The Upcoming Shortfilm, SURGE

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It seems Canadian independent action star Tyler Williams is making pretty good use of his time out in California this year with actor and up-and-coming filmmaker Darren Bailey (pictured left). On top of collaborating with actors Gui DaSilva and independent filmmaker Emmanuel Manzanares on Extraction, in addition to the long-awaited release of Right-Handed, Williams also spent his time with Bailey, who is currently directing and starring in their upcoming short film release, Surge. The work is entirely original, and conceived out of Bailey’s partnership with VFX artist Marcus Silvera, who currently shares employ with Bailey at Stereo D, an award-winning visual effects movie lab in Burbank, California that was co-created by actor Giovanni Ribisi during the production of Avatar (2009). As it turns out, Silvera also happens to be a fan of Thousand Pounds Action Company, the illustrious indie action studio in Los Angeles Bailey co-founded with filmmaker Chris Cowan […]

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A Trip To The Bahamas Is Better Than Any Payday In The New Shortfilm, THE SCUMBAG BOSS

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If you or someone you ever had or happens to have that one boss they work under at the job? You know-loud, obnoxious and openly cruel? Well, actor Darren Bailey surely harnesses one interpretation of this in one of his best comedic performances in the new shortfilm, The Scumbag Boss, from director Devin White, a.k.a. Kid Haru. The project is yet another in a slate of random eventful gatherings by Team Internet, longtime internet netizens listed in the forum at thestuntpeople.com who follow and work in the independent action film industry, making shortfilms whenever they regroup in the same city. This time, it happened to fall on this year’s events at the Action On Film festival, with White and Bailey joined by independent film veteran and screenfighter Jon Truei, along with Tony Sre, Bryan Sloyer, Edward Kahana, Spencer Skoglund and Stephen Dunford, with Malay Kim designing the comedic action. Feel […]