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Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.”

13th October 2020 by Sarah

“To know [women did these stunts] 100 and something years ago erases the question of ‘can they do it now?’ Well of course they can do it now. Look at what they did back then.” April Wright Women have been jumping from moving motorbikes onto moving trains for our movie pleasure since the 1910s. April… Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.” Read More

Filed Under: Featured Bottom 3, Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: AAA, april wright, heidi moneymaker, jadie david, jeannie epper, julie ann Johnson, lafaye baker, renae moneymaker, stuntwomen, stuntwomen the untold hollywood story

Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

25th September 2020 by Sarah

The inspiring untold story about the unsung professionals, their struggles on screen to perform at the highest level, and their fight off-screen to be treated fairly and equally. Julie Ann Johnson’s entry into the stunt world in the 1960s in some ways sums up the assumptions faced by stuntwomen in one tiny anecdote: a casting… Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Stunts Tagged With: stand up for stunts, stunts, stuntwomen

INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum

16th May 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“The notion that Wick is a Sambo guy is super cool. Sambo players around the globe should be jazzed about that!” Stephen Koepfer The John Wick franchise is known for its creation of an underground world of assassins and fighters, an off-kilter parallel universe that carries on around us, occasionally bumping our lives. John Wick 3, as well… INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum Read More

Filed Under: Featured Bottom 3, Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: action movie, angelica huston, chad stahelski, john wick, john wick 3, john wick parabellum, keanu reeves, martial arts, sambo, Stephen koepfer

“Intensive Care” director Jared Bentley: “it’s been a long road. Finally I just said this is dumb, let’s get a movie made”

31st January 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Amid a career spanning filming The Jacksons on world tours to making videos for Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango, Jared Bentley recently made his first feature film – the action crime comedy Intensive Care. Made for only $75,000 and with a very tight two week shoot, the film stars hugely successful stuntwoman Tara Macken in her… “Intensive Care” director Jared Bentley: “it’s been a long road. Finally I just said this is dumb, let’s get a movie made” Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts, Support Indie Film Tagged With: filmmaking, indie films, jacksons, special effects, stunts

Stuntwoman & actress Tara Macken: “Every stunt performer in some capacity has to act”

30th January 2019 by Sarah Leave a Comment

It’s customary to start an interview with a stunt performer by telling the reader that while you may not recognise them, you’ve almost certainly seen them in movies. But when it comes to Tara Macken, her blossoming acting career means you’ll soon be recognising her on screen too. Watching new indie comedy action thriller Intensive… Stuntwoman & actress Tara Macken: “Every stunt performer in some capacity has to act” Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: intensive care, stand up for stunts, stunt performers, stunts, stuntwoman, tara macken

New York’s Stunt World – Training, Hustling… Oscars?

12th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I spent four EXHAUSTING hours in a comfy chair in Breakfall Studios’ Manhattan gym, watching superfit stunt performers training: backflips, cartwheels, throwing themselves to the ground and practicing disarming each other with prop weapons. Everyone was lovely and if I ever need to be thrown out of a window, or have a bottle smashed over… New York’s Stunt World – Training, Hustling… Oscars? Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: Breakfall Studios, paul varacchi, stand up for stunts, Stephen koepfer, stunt coordinators, stunt performers, stunt training, stuntmen, stunts, stuntwomen

Ilyana Eberhardt – stuntwoman

12th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“Stunt coordinators are so creative – they are given new things and they just have to figure it out for themselves how to make it work… and still find a safe way to do it.” Ilyana Eberhardt, 24 1, What was your first experience performing a stunt on screen and what other shows have you… Ilyana Eberhardt – stuntwoman Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: ilyana eberhardt, purge election year, stunt performer, stunts, stuntwoman

Jared Blake DiCroce – stuntman, director, producer

12th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“We try to hide our faces just so we can be recycled and work again!” Jared B DiCroce, 34 1, How did you get into stunt performing? I had a long journey. I started as an actor, I’ve been in SAG (Screen Actors Guild) for years. I worked on The Sopranos and I did a… Jared Blake DiCroce – stuntman, director, producer Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: blacklist, jared bdicroce, jared blake dicroce, jared dicroce, stunt performer, stuntman, stunts

Noah Schultz – stuntman

12th October 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“You’d never want to lie in this industry because it could kill you” Noah Schultz, 35 1, I hear you were in Baby Driver? I loved that film! What were you doing? Yes I doubled for Academy Award winning musician Paul Williams (Rainbow Connection) who was playing The Butcher, so it was the warehouse scene where… Noah Schultz – stuntman Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: baby driver, baby driver stunts, edgar wright, noah Schultz, Paul Williams, stunt performer, stuntman, stunts

Fire, Fear, & Favourite Stunts – Interview With Stuntwoman Jo Lamstein

6th February 2017 by Sarah 2 Comments

“There’s a strange bond when you’ve done some crazy stuff together that ordinarily might get another maimed, and you’ve gotten each other out of it unscathed… you sort of just ‘get each other’. That is everywhere.” As a stunt performer for film and TV, Joanne Lamstein has been set on fire, fallen backwards through windows, been attacked by guard dogs,… Fire, Fear, & Favourite Stunts – Interview With Stuntwoman Jo Lamstein Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: full burn, jo lamstein, Joanne Lamstein, partial burn, safety, stunt double, stunt safety, stunts, stuntwomen

Coming Out Of The Shadows – interview with director & rookie stuntman Steve Koepfer

21st January 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Check out my later interview with Stephen about his work on John Wick 3: Parabellum *** “A film set is a living organism. Something as simple as slowly driving a car 20 feet as part of this constellation of activity can be very intimidating if you have never functioned in that space before.” Steve… Coming Out Of The Shadows – interview with director & rookie stuntman Steve Koepfer Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Stunts Tagged With: concrete and crashpads, documentary, falling, fighting, film, interview with a stuntman, john wick 2, martial arts, new york, SAG-AFTRA, short film, steve koepfer, stunt coordinator, stunt work, stuntman, stunts, stuntwomen, tv

Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York (Short Film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

18th January 2017 by Sarah Leave a Comment

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“We are the shadow warriors”, says stuntman Mack Kuhr in this fascinating documentary short from directors Stephen Koepfer and Matthew Kaplowitz. A comment which pithily demonstrates how vital they are to a film while staying in the background, not only allowing the star to shine, but giving them that added sparkle. I’m not one for deliberately causing myself pain, though I… Concrete And Crashpads – Stunts in New York (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Stunts, Support Indie Film Tagged With: Anthony Hoang, concrete and crashpads, concrete and crashpads review, Federico Berte, film stunts, Joanne Lamstein, Mack Kuhr, Matthew Kaplowitz, new york, NYC, short film, Stephen koepfer, stunt coordinator, stunt documentary, stunt men, stunt performers, stunt women, stunts, tv stunts

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Reviews

Netflix and chill: the film club discusses The Pale Blue Eye 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

See How They Run 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Maneater 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

The Reef: Stalked 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Persuasion 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

GATLOPP: Hell Of A Game 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Jurassic World: Dominion 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Top Gun: Maverick 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Senior Year 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

H20h no! The Film Club watches Black Water: Abyss 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Operation Mincemeat 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Reed’s Point 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Let The Wrong One In 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Death On The Nile 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Deep Water 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Moonfall 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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