Posts Tagged ‘Dylan Playfair’

NEWSTALK 1010: ‘The Father’s’ Florian Zeller + Dylan Playfair + Georges St Pierre!

This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast we meet Florian Zeller, the Oscar nominated director of “The Father.” He discusses his personal connection to the material and what it was like working with Anthony Hopkins.

Then, Dylan Playfair, co-star of the Disney+ show “Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” stops by to talk about how playing hockey prepared him for a career as an actor.

Then, “Falcon and the White Soldier” co-star (and MMA legend) Georges St-Pierre talks about why he never enjoyed fighting.

Finally, we ask our panel, stand up comedian Debra DiGiovanni, Second City alum Darryl Hinds and Just for Laughs co-founder Andy Nulman, to discuss influences in comedy.

Listen to the whole thing HERE!

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CTV NEWS AT 11:30: MORE MOVIES AND TV SHOWS TO STREAM THIS WEEKEND!

Richard speaks to “CTV News at 11:30” anchor Andria Case about movies on VOD to watch this weekend including the intriguing documentary series “The Vox: Nxivm,” the cerebral thriller “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” on Netflix, the remake of “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and the hockey drama “Odd Man Rush” on VOD.

Watch the whole ting HERE! (Starts at 19:37)

RICHARD’S CTV NEWSCHANNEL WEEKEND MOVIE REVIEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 4!

Richard sits in on the CTV NewsChannel with host Marcia MacMillan to have a look at the new movies coming to VOD, streaming services and theatres including the new Disney+ look at the classic story of “Mulan,” the cerebral thrills of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” and the hockey movie “Odd Man Rush.”

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CFRA IN OTTAWA: THE BILL CARROLL MORNING SHOW MOVIE REVIEWS!

Richard sits in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show with guest host Matt Harris to talk the new movies coming to theatres, VOD and streaming services including the live-action remake of the animated “Mulan,” now on Disney+, the cerebral Netflix head-scratcher “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” the Pepe the Frog VOD documentary “Feels Good Man” and the hockey flick “Odd Man Rush.”

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ODD MAN RUSH: 3 STARS. “universal questions of dream fulfilment.”

Based on Bill Keenan’s bestselling hockey memoir of the same name, “Odd Man Rush,” available digitally and on demand, stars Jack Mulhern as a hockey player with NHL dreams who ends up in Sweden’s minor pro league.

Mulhern is Bobby Sanders, a hockey obsessed young man whose dreams of bigtime sports stardom are dashed by injury. Despite surgeries and being banged up, he plays in Europe on the periphery of pro hockey and is eventually traded to a team in Sweden. He’s living his dream but a relationship with Elin (Elektra Jannson Kilbey), a woman he meets at the local market. His love of the game never subsides but Elin and problems with an old injury make him re-evaluate his priorities and just who he would be without a stick in his hands and a puck to shoot at a net.

“Odd Man Rush” is an ode to everyone who has ever put on pads with dreams of NHL glory dancing about in their heads. Which is pretty much everyone who has ever played hockey. Sanders is the guy we don’t hear about very often, the grinder who wasn’t destined for greatness. That point of view differentiates “Odd Man Rush” from most other sports stories.

It’s a movie that loves the underdog and loves the game. Hockey kids like Trevor Gretzky and Alexa Lemieux, daughter of Mario Lemieux, make appearances alongside cameos by former NHL player and referee Paul Stewart and Edmonton Oilers associate coach Jim Playfair add authenticity to the storytelling.

Filmed in some of the same locations as 70’s sweary hockey-film “Slap Shot,” “Odd Man Rush” spends a great deal of time on the ice but like so many sports films it’s not actually about the game. It explores universal questions of dream fulfilment and how much of oneself you give to that dream, thoughts most of us have had whether we’ve ever played shinny or not.