March 10, 2025

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News Spotlight: LANSING MOTORCYCLE SHOOT: Hello all future cast members!

Rina Risper04 mins

Hello all future cast members!

 
The two days of the shooting are coming up on us quickly so as promised, here are some specifics of our shoot. Please read everything as it will include what to bring, parking information and call times. Also, please feel free to contact Tim Whalen | Senior Graphic Designer | MessageMakers 
whalen@messagemakers.com - 517.482.3333 with any questions that you might have.

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Movie Review: “Red”

Rina Risper03 mins

Studio:   Summit Entertainment

Plot:     A team of retired secret agents embark on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies in government history.
Cast:     Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ***
 
 
By Laurence Washington
 
Die Hard Bruce Willis stars as an ex-CIA agent Frank Moses who has been tagged as “RED,” which refers to his alert level (“retired: extremely dangerous”) by the agency. The film, which attempts to answer the question, is older better, opens up with a black ops hit team invading Moses’ home at night. Although, there are about 10 members of the hit squad trying to kill him, they don’t stand a chance, because in Die Hard fashion, Moses eliminates them one-by-one.

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Movie Review: “Piranha 3D” – 9-17

Rina Risper05 mins

“Piranha”  shows its teeth.

Studio:     Dimension Films
Plot:     An earthquake tears open the bottom of a lake releasing millions of carnivorous piranhas.
Cast:     Ving Rhames, Richard Dreyfuss, Steven R. McQueen, Elisabeth Shue
Rating:     R   Bottom Line:     ***

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Movie Review: “Salt”

Rina Risper04 mins

Studio:     Columbia Pictures
Plot:   CIA officer Evelyn Salt sets out to clear her name after a Russian defector claims she’s a double agent.
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Live Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl, Andre Braugher
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ****

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Movie Review: The Karate Kid

Rina Risper04 mins

“The Karate Kid”  featuring Will Smith’s son, Jaden Smith.

Studio:   Columbia

Plot:     A remake of a beloved 80’s classic about a teenage boy befriended by an old man who teaches him martial arts.
Cast:     Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Han Wenwen, Wang Zhenwei, Taraji P. Henson
Rating:  PG
Bottom Line:     **

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Blackflix Movie Review: Who Do You Love? 9-7

Rina Risper04 mins

Studio:   International Film Circuit
Plot:     The life story of legendary record producer Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records, the label that helped popularize Blues music during the 1950s.
Cast:     Jon Abrahams, Alessandro Nivola,  Chi McBride, David Oyelowo
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     **1/2
 

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Movie Review: Repo Men – 9-6

Rina Risper06 mins

Studio:     Universal

Plot:     In the near future, humans prolong their lives with artificial organs purchased on credit, but if you can’t make your payments, the organs are reclaimed by repo men with extreme prejudice. Remy, one of the best organ repo men suffers a near-fatal injury and awakens to find himself fitted with as top-of-the-line heart replacement…as well as a hefty debt.
Cast:   Jude Law, Forrest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Live Schreiber,The RZA
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ***

 

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Blackflix.com – Shutter Island – 9-4

Rina Risper07 mins

Studio:   Paramount

Plot:     Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
Cast:     Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Sir Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow
Rating:     R
Bottom Line:     ****

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Freedom of Information Act – Your Right to Know

Rina Risper09 mins

Journalists and citizens who file Freedom of Information Act requests often expect delay or denial, unfortunately, that can impact  your daily life. Oftentimes, the lack of information provided by governmental agencies limit the ability to investigate issues, protect individuals or open the doors of justice. istockphoto

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