From Sleepless to lesser known flicks: 134 movies where Seattle is the co-star
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American singer, actor Elvis Presley and Philippine actress Vicky Tiu on the set of It Happened at the World s Fair directed by Norman Taurog. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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From “Tugboat Anne” to “Say Anything” to “Fifty Shades Darker,” Seattle’s streets, shores and houses have featured in plenty of films. And not all of them starred either Jeff Bridges or Mark Duplass.
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Seattle might not have the same Tinseltown glam as LA nor would we want it but a surprising number of blockbuster movies have been shot here in the Evergreen State, many at iconic Seattle locations.
Hulu true crime doc Sasquatch investigates whether Bigfoot murdered three NorCal cannabis farmers
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The most interesting true crimes are often the ones that sound so unlikely that they verge on fiction, spiraling from headlines into myths. Hulu’s new series “Sasquatch” covers that type of crime, investigating rumors that three cannabis farmworkers were murdered in a gruesome fashion attributed to legendary forest monster Sasquatch.
Directed by Joshua Rofé (“Lorena”), the Hulu series follows gonzo journalist David Holthouse as he investigates an anecdote he heard at a cannabis farm in Northern California in the 1990s. The area best known as a hotbed of cannabis cultivation has gained a reputation in popular culture as a particularly dangerous region, partially due to the Netflix series “Murder Mountain.” While the series has been criticized as sensational, its sentiments are echoed by the longtime cannabis farmers interviewed in “Sasquatch.”
Broadcast Signal Intrusion Review: Down A Rabbit s Hole of Paranoia, Hacking and Obfuscation
Harry Shum Jr. searches for his missing wife in this atmospheric but finally frustrating narrative labyrinth.
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Director: Jacob Gentry
With: Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack, Justin Welborn, Chris Sullivan, Jennifer Jelsema, Steven Pringle, Michael B. Woods, Arif Yampolsky, Madrid St. Angelo, Richard Cotovsky, Preston Tate Jr.
Running time: Running time: 104 MIN.
Courtesy of SXSW
It’s tricky to pull off the kind of cryptic mystery labyrinth that “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” attempts, and Jacob Gentry’s film only works to a point whatever point at which the viewer decides this thriller’s elusive menace is just too vague to generate sufficient urgency or suspense. As long as the promise outweighs the frustrating lack of payoff, however, it’s an intriguing and atmospheric puzzle, with “Glee” star Harry Shum Jr. chasing down a
ViacomCBS will enter the streaming wars with Paramount Plus on March 4
Steven Zeitchik, The Washington Post
Feb. 24, 2021
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And then there was Frasier.
ViacomCBS on Wednesday announced its beefed-up streaming service Paramount Plus, highlighting a dizzying mix of existing content, new shows and revivals of long-owned properties like the Seattle-set sitcom, in the latest bid by a media company to win streaming dollars. This is a big day, a new day - a new beginning, said ViacomCBS chairman Shari Redstone, speaking from a virtual presentation on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles.
The company is betting that renaming and supercharging CBS All Access - its existing service -with a vast supply of new content will help it compete with Disney s Hulu, Comcast s Peacock, Warner Media s HBO Max and, to a lesser extent, Netflix and Disney Plus.