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BEND — At the Hollywood Music in Media Awards ceremony, nominees normally spend the evening at the Avalon, walking the red carpet and steeping in Hollywood glam. This year, however, the ceremony on Jan. 27 was virtual. Nominee and film composer Chris Thomas stayed home in Bend wearing pajamas, wrapped in a blanket. He sat with his wife, Brigitte, their cat between them on the couch, waiting for the winner of the Outstanding Score short film category to be announced. When Thomas’s name...

Interview: Composer Chris Thomas discusses scoring Nick Sasso’s Haymaker Muay Thai meets globe-trotting romantic drama is the theme of Nick Sasso’s new film, Haymaker, which is now available on VOD. Sasso’s debut feature is quite ambitious, taking place in five different countries and starring many familiar faces such as Zoë Bell (Death Proof), Udo Kier (Blade) and D.B. Sweeney (Taken 2) to name a few. Sasso also leads the cast as Nick Malloy, a retired Muy Thai fighter, who is now looki...

Movie theaters are slowly reopening, but most of the new releases are headed to streaming services rather than the big screen. Whether you're staying at

Movie theaters are slowly reopening, but most of the new releases are headed to streaming services rather than the big screen. Whether you're staying at

Exclusive: Listen to two tracks by composer Chris Thomas from action-drama Haymaker Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures’ new action-drama Haymaker doesn’t come out until Friday, but we have a special sneak peek of the film’s score by composer Chris Thomas. You may be familiar with Thomas’s work, as he just scored Jeffrey Reddick’s horror film Don’t Look Back in October. That film, along with Thomas’s score is now available digitally. Some of Thomas’s other credits include ...

By: Sean Crose “Rocky really wasn’t about the action,” director Nick Sasso tells me. He’s right. One of the numerous interesting things about Sasso, whose

Zoe Bell Talks Tackling a Number of Roles for Haymaker ✖ A key component of being a stunt double is that you shouldnt draw too much attention to yourself when youre doubling for a films star, as you want to maintain the illusion that the character is the one undergoing extreme activities. While stunt performer Zoë Bell largely mastered this skill, her work doubling for Uma Thurman on Quentin Tarantinos Kill Bill films was so riveting, he enlisted Bell to star in his film Death Proof, allow...

By: Sean Crose Stuntwoman turned stunt-coordinator turned movie star Zoe Bell is perhaps most famous for her memorable roles in Quentin Tarantino films

1.5k Views Nomi Ruiz is a woman of many talents. Her career as a singer-songwriter truly kicked off with the release of her 2005 debut album  Lost in Lust. In the following years, she’s proven herself as a diverse musician whose inspirations range from 70s disco to electronic pop to the films of Dario Argento (giallo fans will be pleased to know her group Jessica 6 was originally known as  Deep Red). So it’s not surprising that her trajectory as an artist has also led her to the world o...

Interview: Nick Sasso Talks Haymaker (Exclusive) By Nick Sasso as Nick in the action-drama film, ‘Haymaker,’ a Gravitas Ventures and Kamikaze Dogfight release. Photo courtesy of Gravitas Ventures and Kamikaze Dogfight. While many people remain divided because of their superficial differences, the recent resurgence of the fight to eliminate social and racial injustice during the COVID-19 pandemic has powerfully reminded the world that humanity needs to unite and form authentic connections in...