Jacqueline Toboni is a senior at the University of Michigan whose acting dreams came true after meeting "Grimm" producers Jim and Lynn Kouf. She's now a pivotal new member of the show's cast and... well, just listen to her explain it!
In the first video below, Ms. Toboni discusses the nontraditional casting process that brought her to the world of "Grimm," and next she describes her role as Portland's newest Grimm, Trubel.
Related Story: Find Some Trouble in these Stills from "Grimm" Episode 3.19 - "Nobody Knows the Trubel I've Seen"
For more info visit "Grimm" on NBC.com, check out some InstaGRIMMS on Instagram, "like" "Grimm" on Facebook, and follow "Grimm" on Twitter.
"Grimm" Episode 3.19 - "Nobody Knows the Trubel I've Seen" (airs 4/25/14; 9-10Pm)
A Lethal New Presence Comes To Portland – Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) investigate a dangerous female suspect (guest star Jacqueline Toboni) leaving a...
In the first video below, Ms. Toboni discusses the nontraditional casting process that brought her to the world of "Grimm," and next she describes her role as Portland's newest Grimm, Trubel.
Related Story: Find Some Trouble in these Stills from "Grimm" Episode 3.19 - "Nobody Knows the Trubel I've Seen"
For more info visit "Grimm" on NBC.com, check out some InstaGRIMMS on Instagram, "like" "Grimm" on Facebook, and follow "Grimm" on Twitter.
"Grimm" Episode 3.19 - "Nobody Knows the Trubel I've Seen" (airs 4/25/14; 9-10Pm)
A Lethal New Presence Comes To Portland – Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) investigate a dangerous female suspect (guest star Jacqueline Toboni) leaving a...
- 4/22/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
A dirty dozen wad of cons hijack a prison transport plane in "Con Air", a high-flying actioner fueled by equal parts schmaltz and high explosives that is likely to pack high-altitude grosses for Buena Vista among younger viewers and action fans.
Starring Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich as the respective white hat and black hat, "Con Air" carries a first-class load of hardened con players -- Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, M.C. Gainey, Danny Trejo -- that would give the guests at Marion the heebie-jeebies. While this Jerry Bruckheimer blaster is likely to knock down big international grosses as well, don't look for it on your next flight to Cannes.
The main con here is not Hannibal the Cannibal, but rather Cyrus the Virus (Malkovich), a cerebral slime who has masterminded an escape plan to take place during a transport of the country's most vile criminals to a new superprison.
The plane itself is a virtual flying prison, with all the amenities one would expect for its last-class passengers. In addition, to the sadistic Cyrus, prisoners include a serial killer (Steve Buscemi), a multiple rapist (Danny Trejo), a black militant (Ving Rhames), a crackhead (Renoly), a berserko killer (Nick Chinlund), as well as some other dudes who, rap sheets aside, are just plain mean and ugly. And there's one ringer in the deck, a sweet-natured parolee, Cameron (Cage) who has served seven years on a bum rap, and who's en route to reunite with his wife and child (Monica Potter, Landry Allbright).
The takeover is swift, sadistic and successful as Cyrus and his group of crazy cons commandeer the plane to a secret destination where they'll be whisked away to the sandy beaches of nonjurisdictional waters. Their daring has essentially flummoxed the flatfoots on the ground who don't even have a contingency plan for such an event -- so unlikely is its occurrence.
Only Cameron stands between them and umbrella drinks: Does the young husband risk his life to serve a system that has screwed him or does he just settle in for the ride? Hint: "Die Hard" in the sky.
Packed high with explosive action and loaded with high-stakes jeopardy, "Con Air" charts a generally sound narrative course, although it hits some story turbulence before it hits its climactic jackpot. Despite a descent into generic action pyrotechnics, Scott Rosenberg's screenplay is juiced with dry, witty dialogue and recharged with some preposterously apt comedy.
Director Simon West keeps things on course and aloft with a tight, in-your-face style that rarely loosens its grip; at times, however, the percussively charged story loses wallop in technical overkill -- the fiery explosions are piled too high, and the music, or so the bombastic thundering is called, is a deadening overkill.
Still, the tech credits, especially cinematographer David Tattersall's kinetic compositions and visual effects supervisor David Goldberg's high-tech blendings, stoke the story.
It's the well-chosen cast, however, that make this thing fly. As the parolee who risks his life to thwart the cons, Cage exudes bravery of the decent Everyman who rises to the occasion. With his flowing locks, scrabby beard and beatific gaze, Cage exudes a Jesus-on-the-cross sacrificial persona, albeit a Christ who pumped iron.
Oozing bile, Malkovich is highly menacing as the sociopathic sadist Cyrus, while Rhames is chilling as a murderous militant. As an intelligent serial killer, Buscemi's buggy performance is easily the film's eeriest -- Bundy, Gacey and Dahmer rolled into one.
On the ground, John Cusack is well-cast as a brainy U.S. marshal and Colm Meaney is entertaining as a loathsome good guy. Mileage plus awards to cast members Mykelti Williamson as Cameron's diabetic cellmate and Rachel Ticotin as a guard.
CON AIR
Buena Vista
Touchstone Pictures
A Jerry Bruckheimer production
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer
Director Simon West
Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg
Executive producers Chad Oman,
Jonathan Hensleigh, Peter Bogart,
Jim Kouf, Lynn Bigelow
Director of photography David Tattersall
Art director Edward T. McAvoy
Visual effects supervisor David Goldberg
Costume designer Bobbie Read
Music Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin
Casting Victoria Thomas
Sound designer Christopher Boyes,
David Farmer
Color/stereo
Cast:
Cameron Poe Nicolas Cage
Larkin John Cusack
Cyrus the Virus John Malkovich
Garland Greene Steve Buscemi
Billy Bedlam Nick Chinlund
Bishop Rachel Ticotin
Malloy Colm Meaney
Swamp Thing M.C. Gainey
Diamond Dog Ving Rhames
Baby-O Mykelti Williamson
Johnny 23 Danny Trejo
Sally Can't Dance Renoly
Tricia Poe Monica Potter
Casey Poe Landry Allbright
Running time -- 110 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Starring Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich as the respective white hat and black hat, "Con Air" carries a first-class load of hardened con players -- Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, M.C. Gainey, Danny Trejo -- that would give the guests at Marion the heebie-jeebies. While this Jerry Bruckheimer blaster is likely to knock down big international grosses as well, don't look for it on your next flight to Cannes.
The main con here is not Hannibal the Cannibal, but rather Cyrus the Virus (Malkovich), a cerebral slime who has masterminded an escape plan to take place during a transport of the country's most vile criminals to a new superprison.
The plane itself is a virtual flying prison, with all the amenities one would expect for its last-class passengers. In addition, to the sadistic Cyrus, prisoners include a serial killer (Steve Buscemi), a multiple rapist (Danny Trejo), a black militant (Ving Rhames), a crackhead (Renoly), a berserko killer (Nick Chinlund), as well as some other dudes who, rap sheets aside, are just plain mean and ugly. And there's one ringer in the deck, a sweet-natured parolee, Cameron (Cage) who has served seven years on a bum rap, and who's en route to reunite with his wife and child (Monica Potter, Landry Allbright).
The takeover is swift, sadistic and successful as Cyrus and his group of crazy cons commandeer the plane to a secret destination where they'll be whisked away to the sandy beaches of nonjurisdictional waters. Their daring has essentially flummoxed the flatfoots on the ground who don't even have a contingency plan for such an event -- so unlikely is its occurrence.
Only Cameron stands between them and umbrella drinks: Does the young husband risk his life to serve a system that has screwed him or does he just settle in for the ride? Hint: "Die Hard" in the sky.
Packed high with explosive action and loaded with high-stakes jeopardy, "Con Air" charts a generally sound narrative course, although it hits some story turbulence before it hits its climactic jackpot. Despite a descent into generic action pyrotechnics, Scott Rosenberg's screenplay is juiced with dry, witty dialogue and recharged with some preposterously apt comedy.
Director Simon West keeps things on course and aloft with a tight, in-your-face style that rarely loosens its grip; at times, however, the percussively charged story loses wallop in technical overkill -- the fiery explosions are piled too high, and the music, or so the bombastic thundering is called, is a deadening overkill.
Still, the tech credits, especially cinematographer David Tattersall's kinetic compositions and visual effects supervisor David Goldberg's high-tech blendings, stoke the story.
It's the well-chosen cast, however, that make this thing fly. As the parolee who risks his life to thwart the cons, Cage exudes bravery of the decent Everyman who rises to the occasion. With his flowing locks, scrabby beard and beatific gaze, Cage exudes a Jesus-on-the-cross sacrificial persona, albeit a Christ who pumped iron.
Oozing bile, Malkovich is highly menacing as the sociopathic sadist Cyrus, while Rhames is chilling as a murderous militant. As an intelligent serial killer, Buscemi's buggy performance is easily the film's eeriest -- Bundy, Gacey and Dahmer rolled into one.
On the ground, John Cusack is well-cast as a brainy U.S. marshal and Colm Meaney is entertaining as a loathsome good guy. Mileage plus awards to cast members Mykelti Williamson as Cameron's diabetic cellmate and Rachel Ticotin as a guard.
CON AIR
Buena Vista
Touchstone Pictures
A Jerry Bruckheimer production
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer
Director Simon West
Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg
Executive producers Chad Oman,
Jonathan Hensleigh, Peter Bogart,
Jim Kouf, Lynn Bigelow
Director of photography David Tattersall
Art director Edward T. McAvoy
Visual effects supervisor David Goldberg
Costume designer Bobbie Read
Music Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin
Casting Victoria Thomas
Sound designer Christopher Boyes,
David Farmer
Color/stereo
Cast:
Cameron Poe Nicolas Cage
Larkin John Cusack
Cyrus the Virus John Malkovich
Garland Greene Steve Buscemi
Billy Bedlam Nick Chinlund
Bishop Rachel Ticotin
Malloy Colm Meaney
Swamp Thing M.C. Gainey
Diamond Dog Ving Rhames
Baby-O Mykelti Williamson
Johnny 23 Danny Trejo
Sally Can't Dance Renoly
Tricia Poe Monica Potter
Casey Poe Landry Allbright
Running time -- 110 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
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