Movies – Mustang

Eline Powell – Early Film Appearances

Pixel Fifty-One — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 03:13:26 +0000

Powell’s first film appearances, described below, were in “For Elsie”, “Private Peaceful”, “Anita B.”, and “Quartet”. On television, she starred as the mermaid Ryn in in 36 episodes of the Freeform series SIREN. Powell’s first TV role was as Lule …

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You Live Your Life in the Songs You Hear

Pixel Fifty-One — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:25:29 +0000

BANG BANG BABY – a musical fantasy by Jeffrey St. Jules (limited spoilers) ⁓ Stepphy Holliday (Jane Levy) lives with her alcoholic father George (Peter Stormare) in Lonely Arms, a fictional Canadian town fifteen miles from the US border, somewhere …

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Hope is the Only Way to Guide Us Home

Pixel Fifty-One — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:58:10 +0000

THE WANDERING EARTH – Directed by Frant Gwo – SPOILERS ⁓ The science might be a bit outré, but this is really the story of Station Commander Liu, his father-in-law Han Zi’ang (Ng Man-Tat), his son Liu Qi (Qu Chuxiao), …

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Blue Jean and the Midnight Oil

Pixel Fifty-One — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:11:59 +0000

PEELERS – directed by Sevé Schelenz – SPOILERS ⁓ Peelers is a riveting tale, skillfully assembled. The blood, gore, and dismemberment is muted enough to allow the characters to become interesting, and the film is, by turns, funny, campy, and …

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Pursuits of the Wireless Mind

Pixel Fifty-One — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:27:48 +0000

INCONTROL – a film by Kurtis David Harder – SPOILERS ⁓ Samantha J Collins (Anja Savcic) is a mousey intellectual with an allergy to peanuts. She has a crush on Mark (Levi Meaden) who is romantically attached to Marissa (Sarah …

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The Photographer’s Daughter

Pixel Fifty-One — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:24:35 +0000

LOOKING IS THE ORIGINAL SIN – a film by Gail Harvey ⁓ It probably wasn’t a good idea for writer/director Gail Harvey to say upfront that the film was inspired by the life of Diane Arbus. Quibbles about things un-Arbus-like …

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Shoplifting Is Always Revolutionary

Pixel Fifty-One — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:37:05 +0000

GERONTOPHILIA – a film by Bruce LaBruce – (limited spoilers) ⁓ The opening scene, which could stand alone as a short film, has Désirée (Katie Boland) in an intense make-out session with Lake (Pierre Gabriel Lajoie). While they kiss, she …

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A Party Full of Strangers

Pixel Fifty-One — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:21:03 +0000

PEOPLE HOLD ON – directed by Michael Seater ⁓ It is an engaging story, but watching it is like being alone at a party full of strangers. One is forced to pick the most entertaining folks to focus on. For …

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Love in the Shadow of Jupiter

Trente-trois — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:01:31 +0000

STRANGE FRAME: LOVE & SAX, a sci-fi musical ⁓ STRANGE FRAME is a story of thwarted love that turns into a quest for reunion. At the start of things, saxophonist Parker C. Boyd (Claudia Black) introduces us to singer/songwriter Naia …

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