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Help Leo Kei Angelos Make THE JUMP For His Latest Project!

Vietnam continues to be a place of surprise potential for action films over the last few decades. That’s not to say I know where indie director and stunt performer Leo Kei Angelos’s (“Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” Halloween Kills) new short is going, but it pays homage to the genre if the details available at his Seed And Spark campaign platform are any clue. The new short is called The Jump, and Angelos filmed it in the course of four shooting days within two weeks. Angelos filmed the short in Vietnam marking his return to the country after 20 years of climbing the ladder as an action actor and stunt performer, and independent filmmaker working in Los Angeles. As Angelos details it, The Jump is inspired by his own exploits growing up as an action fan watching Jackie Chan movies in the 90s. The story centers on a young Jackie Chan fan […]

THE HIT LIST: July 23, 2018

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I’ve written all this on three hours of sleep after an awesome Saturday evening. Still in recovery, yes, but nonetheless willing and able to keep the Hit List action going for another week! And so it goes with another round of reels and demos from some of today’s top and emerging stunt talents. Megan Hui out in Canada leads off followed of by reels from Sam Symons, Andre Da Silva, Julie Elizabeth, Troy Faruk, Kawui Joa, Bethel Lindsey, Anthony Giovanni Elias, Deineka Pavlo, Jannelle Beaudry, Jennifer Li, Johnathan Henry, Jason Truong, Chelsea Goldsmith, April Taft, Branden Arnold, Keanu Lam and Caitlyn Grace, with reels courtesy of Reuben Langdon and over in Denmark with Joon Poore’s JP Stunts. Time for just a few promo vids and the first comes from James Couche who recently kicked off a new Indiegogo campaign to provide funds for his next project, Fallen Blade, which you […]

THE HIT LIST – April 18, 2016

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This week’s installation of The Hit List presents some great pieces to share, and without a doubt I will be resurrecting another lovely piece of shortfilm worth viewing for those not in the know. Right now and as the script usually goes, we kick the festivities off with a playlist full of entertaining reels full of stunts and action by some of today’s talented performers. Actor and stuntman Eric Jacobus starts it off with a continuation of his epic journey through Katsuhiro Harada’s Tekken gameverse with a movelist attributed to the Dark Talon of Death himself, Raven. Following that is a reel from actress Jessica Wolff who has been on my radar for the last few years having worked with indie filmmaking familiars like Fernando Jay Huerto of Jabronie Pictures, and Mikko Löppönen whom I had the pleasure of helping promote his 2015 shortfilm, Eliza. Aside from being a recording […]

THE HIT LIST – June 8, 2015

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This week’s Hit List load is choc-filled with goodies; there was one that I absolutely LOVED and if you’re a fan of Star Wars, Batman and Marvel, you’re going to be absolutely fulfilled by what you’re about to see. Ah, and there is music too! That said, crack a bag of good eats open and put this playlist below on full screen, because it only gets more spectacular by the end. Team Cascade’s own Ben Milord kicks things off with his newest stunt reel followed by that of Kendall Wells thereafter (more on him later), and other reels from Lauren Okadigbo, Lang Yip, Jayden Irving, Damien Buffard, Jerry T. Adams, Korey Fackler, Mike Needham and Geoff Samuels. The list completes itself with two solid fight choreography reels from Peter Berube and the one and only Philip Silvera! Next up is a series of still, some of which have already gone […]

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

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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 […]

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'Hunger Games' Fan-Film, MOCKINGJAY: BURN Comes Tomorrow!

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Fans and moviegoers alike are just five months away from Lionsgate’s forthcoming finale of the hit franchise, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. If you feel that’s too long a waiting period, then you needn’t look further than the fanbase itself, where one of its own, multifaceted actress Kristen Brancaccio, whose own efforts have been brewing in well over a year now for the upcoming release of her latest fan-attributed short, Mockingjay: Burn, following a successful crowdfunding campaign earlier on. Since then, a few updates have granted viewers some exhilarating footage with Brancaccio lending her iteration of screen heroine Katniss Everdeen to the battlefront with director Leo Kei Angelos at the helm. It’s nothing short of a stellar and fitting representation of its Hollywood counterpart and I’m hard-pressed to believe some folks at the studio weren’t the least bit impressed. Granted, the shortfilm itself is coming out this Tuesday, and […]

Action Ensues In The New Pilot Trailer For DRAGON BALL Z: THE LIGHT OF HOPE

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Back to feed the fires of live-action manga/anime fanfare, followers of indie film group Robot Underdog got a little treat of their own with the latest promising trailer for Dragon Ball Z: The Light Of Hope. The new footage reveal marks a milestone for the team who began their efforts to develop a webseries based on author Akira Toriyama’s highly popular manga, which will center on the future timeline of Trunks, the titular half human Saiyan son of Bulma and Vegeta. The series is still in production, and as far as independent productions go, not a day goes by that the team can use the support of fans, as well as ample financial backing to deliver their pilot and subsequent series much sooner. So, things are still developing, and you can check it all out at the official Facebook page for Robot Underdog to learn all you need. In the […]

Katniss Responds To President Snow For The New Fan Short, MOCKINGJAY: BURN

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Fans and followers of “The Hunger Games” books by author Suzanne Collins, as well as Lionsgate’s two-part finale theatrically releasing between this November and next year have likely caught on to the first official teaser for Mockingjay: Part 1. If you missed it, you can check it out here and watch President Snow setting the grim tone in his newest PSA to the people of Panem, and it is exactly the kind of build up that gets fans intrigued to find out just what our lead heroine, actress Katniss Everdeen will say or do in response. Well, while Lionsgate’s own efforts to illustrate that will soon fall into place, the fans over on the set of their new independent, non-profit fan film project, Mockingjay: Burn have a message from the Girl On Fire herself: Mockingjay: Burn is still in production with an expected duration of ten minutes. Independent director favorite Leo […]

Jonny Caines Dominates THE MONKEY VAULT!

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Action fans can look forward to what Canadian stunt performer and Team 2X member Jonny Caines has in store for his upcoming reel, in addition to his expected appearance in the crowdfunded action comedy shortfilm, Fist Plus Face, among other things. To add to his visual resumè this week however, folks can now check him out in high-flying fashion in his latest group fight practice performance from independent filmmaker Leo Kei Angelos. The video was filmed at a parkour training facility in Toronto, The Monkey Vault (hence the title) where Caines takes the liberty of showcasing one of several interesting ways one could feature action choreography in a gym designed specifically for dynamic stunt performance, aided by great camerawork from Angelos who is currently in Canada planning some other things as well to kick off the new year. Check out the clip below, also featuring (in order of appearance) Aaron Jones […]

Jessie Luck: My Interview With Stuntwoman And Producer, JESSIE GRAFF

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My journey here as a writer has been quite fruitful, as seeing and watching, and just observing the online action community has allowed me to talk to, and share insight a lot of talented and gorgeous stuntwomen who can do incredible things. Jessie Graff is one of them. A competitive athlete multifaceted in such sports as track and field, coupled with years of martial arts training, trapeze artistry, and a drive to become an entertainer, Graff has gone well on her way, becoming a full-fledged professional stuntwoman for TV and film, and recently, the first female contestant in the history of television’s American Ninja Warrior to win the qualifying round. Moreover, although her strengths mainly lie in professional stuntwork, Graff is also leaving little gems for online action fans, most recently bringing filmmaker Leo Kei Angelos on board for her latest, highly acclaimed, live-action Family Guy spin off shortfilm, Epic Chicken Fight, […]

FOX's 'Family Guy' Takes A Live-Action Twist In The New Short Adaptation, EPIC CHICK FIGHT

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Filmmaker Leo Kei Angelos is out with a new inspired look into one of the most memorable features of the hit animated TV series, Family Guy, starring stunt actress Tree O’Toole, along with co-star Jessie Graff who headed the project. The good news is, if you have been sticking with the show long enough to understand the comedic shock value, hilarity and spectacle the show brings, then you are probably already familiar with the epic fight that occur between the lead character, Peter Griffin (O’Toole), and Ernie (Graff), a life-sized, conniving, violent chicken. This week, Angelos‘s latest crowdfunded project takes you on that very same journey through a live-action installation, delivering the classic, explosive, perilous, brutally comedic, bone breaking, head bashing, public property damaging action emanated from Seth McFarlane‘s highly successful creation with the help of none other than the Best Of The Best himself, stunt coordinator Simon Rhee designing the marvelous […]

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Actress Hailey Bright Delivers Justice In The New Shortfilm, FIRST IMPRESSIONS

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Need anymore proof that the independent filmmaking industry is upping its game? You need not look further than the latest shortfilm from the folks at Intelligent Artists and indie filmmaker Leo Kei Angelos titled First Impressions, produced and co-written by George H. Ruiz. The project began earlier this year with the stunt professionals over at Thousand Pounds Action Company training lead actress and YouTube personality, Hailey Bright. I initially wanted to tease some of this earlier on, but unfortunately I wasn’t allowed to as things were still developing. Conclusively though, it was worth the wait, thanks in part to solid editing, and the incredible action direction from stunt coordinator Darren Bailey, and choreographers Vonzell Carter, Alvin Hsing and Brendon Huor. First Impressions follows Bright who takes the helm as the lead action heroine, Diana, alongside co-star Chester See, as they are confronted by a horde of thugs led by a mysterious villain portrayed by […]