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Interview: Spencer King on his new film Nickels, Rob Riggle’s dramatic turn and the signs we find in grief

Rob Riggle may be best known for his comedic work, but in Nickels, the actor taps into a far quieter and more dramatic register as Tom Monroe, a successful entrepreneur and devoted family man still carrying the grief of losing his older brother as a teenager. When, three decades later, his neighbour’s son Mitch (Aaron…

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Film Review: Nickels; Rob Riggle finds dramatic weight in a quietly affecting story of grief and second chances

Nickels is the type of film that could have very easily overwhelmed itself. A story about grief, possible reincarnation and the signs we attach meaning to could have exploded into melodrama or lengthy monologues about faith. Instead, director Spencer King approaches the material with admirable restraint, allowing uncertainty to hang over the film and trusting…

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Interview: Hunter Doohan and The Wilderness director Spencer King on respecting nature and trusting one another

Both rising forces in the film and television industry, expressing their passions for emotional, captivating storytelling, director Spencer King and actor Hunter Doohan have joined for the survivalist drama The Wilderness. Detailing a group of troubled teenage boys who are kidnapped from their homes and taken deep into the unforgiving Utah desert, where they are…

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Time Now skewers a tried and true narrative with a surprise unconventionality: Austin Film Festival review

A descent into grief and an examination on the affects of re-opening old wounds, Time Now, from writer/director Spencer King, is a tragic thriller that implements an unreliable narrator to maintain a certain intrigue as it navigates its central tragedy. Jenny (Eleanor Lambert, daughter of Diane Lane and Christopher Lambert) is feeling secluded and alone…

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