Posts Tagged ‘ReelHeart Film Festival’

I recently dived into a fantastic film called Knuckle Draggers, a delightful romantic comedy

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Clifford Kiyabu – aka TCW My Thoughts: What makes a man a man? Is it measured in his self confidence, his successes or his toughness and arrogance, or is a man’s true worth of being attractive to the opposite sex measured in his inner sensitivity? whatever the answer may be the one that most men look to is: what do women really want in a man? The answer isn’t as simple as men would hope, nor is it any easier the other way around for their female counterpart which is what really divide men and women into being opposites, men want apples and women want oranges simple as that, right? WRONG! nothing is ever that simple when swimming through these waters, but as the saying goes, ‘opposites attract!’ … READ MORE

ReelHeART Film Festival, Knuckle Draggers wins BIG!

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

The Knuckle Draggers film won the following awards…

“Best Editing” – Alex Ranarivelo
“Best Feature Film” – Places 2nd Alex Ranarivelo
“Best Actor” – Paul J. Alessi

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Paul J. Alessi Interview: Knuckle Draggers Producer

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Fresh off his “Best Actor” award at the Reel HeART International Film Festival in Toronto this past Saturday night (June 27th), Knuckle Draggers Producer/Actor Paul J. Alessi was gracious enough to take the time to answer a few questions for our readers in this exclusive interview Q&A. Alessi plays the co-lead role as Kyle, an abrasive divorced man who offers his “expert” advice on relationships to his struggling brother Ethan (Ross McCall).

Knuckle Draggers is an independent film with a talented ensemble cast (undoubtedly several future stars of film will come out of this group) that is currently… READ MORE

Paul J. Alessi won the ‘Best Actor’ award

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Paul J. Alessi won the ‘Best Actor’ award at the Reel HeART Film Festival 2009 for his role in the Knuckle Draggers film.

Award-winning indie comedy Knuckle Draggers to screen at Toronto’s ReelHeART Film Festival

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The indie comedy Knuckle Draggers will be screening at the ReelHeART Film Festival as an official closing night film this Saturday, June 27th, at 7:15pm.

The indie comedy – which has already nabbed two “Rising Star” awards at the DelRay Beach Film Festival – stars Ross McCall, Jillian Murray, Omar Gooding, Jennifer Alden, Melissa Ordway, Justin Baldoni, Sarah Laine, Danielle Nicolet, Lisa Waltz, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Katrina Law, Tom Kiesche, Sara Sanderson, Amie Barsky and Karrie MacLaine.

Knuckle Draggers was writer and directed by Alex Ranarivelo, and produced by Paul J. Alessi, who plays the main character’s misogynist brother Kyle in the film.

Here’s the synopsis for Knuckle Draggers:… READ MORE