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Send us Fan Mail Mark O'Brien is an actor whose filmography includes "Ready or Not", "Marriage Story", "Bad Times at The El Royale" and "Arrival." Mark's newest film, "Hammer" is available June 5th. Meet: Mark O'Brien.   Welcome to Monday Morning Critic Podcast! Instagram: Monday Morning Critic Twitter: @mdmcritic Facebook: Monday Mo...

Send us Fan Mail Marcus LaVoi is best known for his roles on shows like Gone, Touch (TV Series) and as well as in Den of Thieves and Maternal Instinct TV Movie as Police Officer. He has also portrayed the role of “Commander Porter” in the Power Rangers Time Force. In his early years, he has worked as security guard on film sets. He started his career as a security guard. He made his movie debut wi...

Send us Fan Mail Cara Pifko is a Canadian born actor and currently has a recurring role on Better Call Saul, Seasons 2-5.She was a winner as Leading Female for LA's Stage Raw Award and a Gemini Award (Canadian Emmy). She's had roles in blockbuster movies, including the Steven Spielberg directed "Ready Player One" Meet the very kind and talented: Cara Pifko!   Welcome to Monday...

Send us Fan Mail Harry Waters, Jr. is most famous for his portrayal of Marvin Berry in the movie Back to the Future, which earned him a Gold Record for his rendition of “Earth Angel.” Television acting credits include Adventures in Wonderland, among other guest-starring roles. He worked as an actor on and off Broadway, and continues to teach acting today. Meet the Iconic: Harry Waters Jr.    Monda...

Send us Fan Mail Vikas Swarup is a diplomat and a well known writer. He is the current Secretary (PCV) at the Ministry of External Affairs in India and previously as High Commissioner of India in Canada. He is best known as the author of the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire. The winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes and BAFTA.  Meet the v...

Send us Fan Mail James DuMont is an American actor and producer who played Hal Osterly in Jurassic World. Other notable films DuMont has appeared in include Speed, Primary Colors, War of the Worlds, Ocean's Thirteen, Dallas Buyers Club and Deepwater Horizon. You can also find James in Spenser Confidential on Netflix, The Righteous Gemstones on HBO and The Banker on Apple TV+ Meet the very coo...

Send us Fan Mail Coming from a musical background (he is Benjamin Britten’s godson), Martin read drama at Manchester University. Fortunately for the acting profession, he decided to concentrate his energies on writing music. Since scoring his first TV drama, Eureka Street, in 2002, he has won 2 BAFTAs & 5 Ivor Novello Awards, and gone on to write music for many of the most interesting series o...

Send us Fan Mail Keith Richards first role, (Uncut Gems) is an absolutely legendary one. Senior Film writer (Vince Mancini) at Uproxx.com describes Keith's performance... "Phil, one of the terrifying mob guys to whom Adam Sandler’s Howard Ratner owes money. Played by Keith William Richards, with creased skin, piercing blue eyes, and a voice like a rock polisher, Phil instantly became one...

Send us Fan Mail In 1958, 34-year-old Marlon Brando got great notices for his complex and layered performance as Nazi officer Lt. Christian Diestl in Edward Dymtryk’s Oscar-nominated World War II drama, “The Young Lions.” Like Brando in “Lions,” 36-year-old Mexican actor Harold Torres’ turn as dirty soldier Sgt. Manuel Contreras in Amazon’s limited narcoworld series “ZeroZeroZero” has sent writers...

Send us Fan Mail Michelle Wilson was last seen in the New York Theater Workshop's critically acclaimed production of The House That Will Not Stand by Marcus Gardley. Michelle is best known for her Tony nominated performance in the Pulitzer-Prize winning play Sweat. Wilson played long-time factory worker Cynthia, a role she originated off-Broadway at the Public Theatre before the show transiti...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Del Negro was born in Mount Kisco, New York, as the youngest of three children. He grew up in Westchester County. After graduating Boston College, Del Negro began to study acting, and after appearing in several minor commercials and independent films, he was cast as Brian Cammarata on The Sopranos. His filmography includes "Wind River", "City on a Hill"...

Send us Fan Mail Will Ropp is an American Actor. He is a Connecticut native and attended the University of Michigan . His phenomenal portrayal of "Kenny Dawes" in "The Way Back" is one of the best performances I've seen this year. Please meet the immensely talented, Will Ropp. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Edu has shot movies and commercials around the world with very unique directors, developing a beautiful eye, an honest smile and a very personal style. Born in Barcelona in 1981, Edu Grau studied filmmaking in ESCAC (Spain) and the NFTS (UK) specializing early as a Director of Photography. At 23, when he was not ready for that, and after the Sundance winning short "LA RUTA NA...

Send us Fan Mail Jack Cunningham was an HS basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.   Darek Thomas reviews "The Way Back". Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Adam Kownacki is a Polish professional boxer. As of February 2020, Kownacki is ranked as a top ten heavyweight boxer by The Ring magazine. He is currently 20-0. Kownacki draws a big, largely-Polish contingent to Barclays Center in his hometown of Brooklyn. In September 2018, he won a unanimous decision over former world champion Charles Martin (25-2-1, 23 KOs) in an all-out brawl...

Send us Fan Mail When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a small South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy (Academy Award (R)-winner Forest Whitaker) resolves to do everything in his power to prevent long-simmering racial tensions from boiling over. But the members of Kennedy's congregation are shocked to discover that his plan includes sheltering Mike Burden (Garrett H...

Send us Fan Mail "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez" is Directed by award-winning documentarian Brian Knappenberger, the six-part documentary bares the horrific life and death of little Gabriel after repeated abuse by his mother Pearl Fernandez and her boyfriend Isauro Aguirre. The Los Angeles boy was found naked, with a cracked skull and severe burns at his family’s home in Palmdale on Ma...

Send us Fan Mail Nigel Bluck is a New Zealand born Cinematographer whose work includes all three "Lord of the Rings" movies, "True Detective" and most recently "The Peanut Butter Falcon" Meet the very talented, dedicated and kind, Nigel Bluck. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Some brief "Pregame" thoughts on the Academy Awards and My Top 5 Movies of 2019. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Balkovec was hired in November  as a minor league hitting coach, believed to the first woman hitting coach employed by a big league team. "She was really impressive. I really look forward to having more conversations with her," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday after talking with Balkovec at the winter meetings. "She has a really good understanding, es...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan O’Callaghan grew up in Redding, CA where he earned a full ride football scholarship to the University of California. After entering the NFL draft out of college, Ryan played in the NFL for six seasons for the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs. After retiring from football in 2012, Ryan gained the courage to be honest with himself and then the world about his sexuali...

Send us Fan Mail Jackie Martling was the Head Writer on the Howard Stern Show for over 20 years, changing the face of radio forever. Jackie is also in the movie "Private Parts" and has been doing Stand Up Comedy for over 40 years.   Meet the kind and talented: Jackie Martling. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Dustin O’Halloran is a composer based in Los Angeles. He founded indie rock band Devics with singer Sara Lov, who he met while studying art at Santa Monica College. In 2004, he released his first record as a solo artist, Piano Solos. He has since released three more solo records, the latest of which is Lumiere (2011), which featured contributions by Peter Broderick and Adam Wiltzi...

Send us Fan Mail Vince DiCola is an American composer, keyboardist and arranger best known for his work on the "The Transformers:The Movie," "Staying Alive" and "Rocky IV" soundtracks. DiCola also pioneered the use of sequencers on hissoundtrack recording for "Rocky IV,"one of the first to exploit the Fairlight CMIand Synclavier II computers' sequencing...

Send us Fan Mail William Sadler is an iconic actor whose filmography includes Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Bill and Ted Face the Music (August 2020), Die Hard 2, The Green Mile and his absolutely phenomenal performance as "Heywood" in the best movie in the history of cinema, The Shawshank Redemption.  Meet: The very cool, kind and supremely talented, William Sadler. Support the sho...