Another Boring Celebrity Arrest

As you can clearly see, I don't often update this blog anymore. I started it years ago during a long illness that kept me from working or doing much of anything else for several months, and then life went on, I went back to work, and a bunch of blogs fell mostly off my radar.

Every once in a while, though, something catches my attention--through a flurry of targeted visits. Over the past couple of days, a long-ago post called "Is Richard Grieco on Drugs?" has been getting a surge of Google traffic, so I knew that either Richard was in some kind of trouble or (more commonly for this sort of surge) had appeared on some gossip site looking like hell.

This time, the big scandal was an airport arrest for public intoxication. The dramatic story behind the headlines appears to be that the mixture of a prescription anxiety medication (verified by law enforcement) and a couple of drinks caused an agent at the airport to conclude that Grieco was intoxicated and deny him entry onto the flight. He got belligerent. Police came. An arrest followed. An arrest, I might add, for public intoxication and not for any of the interesting things that so often accompany that particular charge, like threatening anyone or property damage or resisting arrest.

Nothing to see here.

Watch Richard Grieco in Minutes to Midnight

If you're a fan of independent movies, you know the wheels turn slowly in that industry--so slowly that you may sometimes forget about a film you'd heard referenced or assume that it wasn't moving forward.

It's been more than five years since I first talked to writer Christopher Don about his film, Minutes to Midnight, and the role he reformulated specifically for Richard Grieco. (Here's a refresher, in case you've forgotten what this film is all about and why you want to see it.)

Since that time, the film has gone through some cast changes, a change in production companies, and more. But, it's finally here.

Here's the new trailer:

   

You can watch Minutes to Midnight TODAY on iTunes or Amazon, and a DVD version will follow in September. There's no reason to hold back: if you're eager to check out Don's New Year's Eve-based horror film, go ahead and rent it. Now. You can still buy the DVD when it becomes available.

Richard Grieco DVDs for Sale

I'm selling some hard-to-find Richard Grieco movies on DVD, starting with this e-bay listing for Rebel Run, Final Payback and Harold Robbins' Body Parts.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272842221391?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Here's a pic from Final Payback to remind you how much you want to see the movie:



More to come.

20th Century Fox Brings Booker Back

Unfortunately, that's all the information I have at the moment.

Richard tweeted this picture today, along with a note that 20th Century Fox had a Booker movie in the works and he would be reprising the role.

I'm sure this is big news to any Grieco fan, since most encountered him for the first time as Booker and (in my view, at least), he did some of his best work in that role.

Stand by--I'll be watching out for more information and harassing Richard for details in the coming days and will share whatever I can.

Minutes to Midnight Trailer

I've been unforgivably delinquent in bringing you this one, which has been out for nearly a year.

 

The delay is especially bad in view of the fact that I've talked to writer Christopher Don about this film multiple times, through a false start and then the actual shooting. Don even talked about how he'd long wanted to work with Richard Grieco and had tailored the role for Richard.

The trailer, with its bright, sunshiny opening scenes and a bunch of pretty young people arriving for a stay in the woods brought A Cabin in the Woods to mind, but Don set me straight on that in no time. Minutes to Midnight is no parody: Don is an old school horror fan and that's the kind of film he's going to bring you.

The cast has changed a bit since the first iteration, losing Kane Hodder and gaining William Baldwin. No worries, though: the hot wrestler is still with us. And, of course, the man you're all here to read about, playing the Sheriff.

A House is Not a Home Available on DVD

It's been nearly three years since we saw the trailer for Christopher Olen Ray's A House is Not a Home and the film made a splash at the Burbank International Film Festival.

Now, after a limited theatrical release, you can pick up the movie on DVD...pretty much anywhere, including Amazon and your local Walmart.

If you don't find it on the shelf in the store, consider asking them to order it for you; maybe they'll pick up an extra copy or two when they're putting in your order.

In case you've forgotten or you missed it the first time around, here's the trailer again. Or, you could just skip right over it and let the story be a surprise when you pick up your copy.

The Green Fairy at the Arena Cinema This Week

If you're in or near Hollywood and you've been looking for an opportunity to see Dan Frank's "docu-fantasy" about absinthe, narrated by Richard Grieco, your moment has arrived.

The Green Fairy is showing from Friday, September 9 through Thursday, September 15 at the Arena Cinema in Hollywood. The Arena's scheduling is a little unusual, so be sure to check the calendar: The Green Fairy shows at a different time each day during its week-long run.

It's been a long time since I wrote about this film, so here's the trailer in case you need a refresher:




It's going to be a busy season for Richard Grieco fans--Christopher Olen Ray's A House is Not a Home will be available on DVD and digital platforms later this month (more to come on that). It's been almost exactly three years since A House is Not a Home received the Best Horror Film designation at the Burbank International Film Festival, so it's about time the rest of us got to see it!