Watching HATFIELDS & MCCOYS on History Channel

Tonight is Part 2 of Hatfields & McCoys, History Channel's miniseries about the legendary feud between the two clans that erupted across the hardscrabble of West Virginia and Kentucky in the years following the Civil War. And I'm enjoying the heck out of it! The miniseries that is.Anyhoo, in addition to Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, it also stars Tom Berenger. And...

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ActionFest 2012 reveals official poster and opening/closing films!

ActionFest returns in just over a month to beat the snot out of Asheville, North Carolina (I mean that in a good way). This will be the third year for the world's only film festival devoted to action movies and the people who make them possible. I am thankful to have been at the inaugural event and then last year's festival. And I'm looking forward to being at ActionFest...

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Chris finally recovers enough from ActionFest 2011 to file a report!

I got back from ActionFest late on Sunday afternoon. And I'm still whomp-boggingly exhausted from the sheer awesomeness of it! Part of me wants to crawl back into bed and try to recuperate some more. But being a responsible blogger, I can't do that!So here's my report comin' atcha!!(I said it during my live Twitter-ing from ActionFest and I'll say it again: the girl in...

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Back from ActionFest!

I am... frazzled.But then again, four nearly nonstop days of action movies at the world's only film festival devoted to action movies and the (largely unsung) talented individuals who make them happen, will do that to anyone. Heck, just back-to-back nights of Never Back Down 2, Black Dynamite and Hobo With A Shotgun is enough to pack a wallop!Full report coming soon. I gotta decompress first ...

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Gone to ActionFest in Asheville!

"The Film Festival With A Body Count" is back... BIGGER AND BADDER AND BLOODIER THAN EVER!Yes faithful readers, in a short while I shall depart home for a few days and drive out into the dusk for the mountains of North Carolina. Destination: Asheville. The reason? the second-ever ActionFest! The inaugural festival last year was a huge success (here's the after-carnage...

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Oh yeah, a few more photos from ActionFest!

Filmmaking partner "Weird" Ed Woody and I outside the Carolina Cinemas in Asheville, North Carolina at ActionFest this past weekend. Look at those nifty ActionFest t-shirts! On the back of the shirts has Chuck Norris' classic line from Code of Silence: "When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you."And here is... oh Lord, why didn't I shower and shave that morning?!...

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Chris finally files his ACTIONFEST after-carnage report!

I've more than a gut feeling that this past weekend was but the first of many, many years for ActionFest: the first ever film festival devoted to action movies.It all went down at Carolina Cinemas in Asheville, North Carolina. And your friend and humble blogger was there for most of the spectacle!Several weeks ago my filmmaking partner (and old college roomie) "Weird" Ed...

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I just blew back into town...

...did I miss anything?! :-PHave a friend's wedding on the morrow, but between now and Monday after I get good and refreshed from the past few days I'll share all the awesome good stuff that went down at ActionFest - the first ever film festival devoted to action movies - during the past few days in Asheville.(BTW, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil ROCKS!!! Can't wait to talk more about it ...

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