Two Handed Warriors

Television and Screenwriters

Jessica Rieder, Writer for Leverage (TNT) and Hawaii-Five-O (CBS): Culture Makers Who Influenced the Culture Makers of TV

Jessica Rieder, Writer for Leverage (TNT) and Hawaii-Five-O (CBS): Culture Makers Who Influenced the Culture Makers of TV

With this week’s wrap of TNT’s long running series Leverage, we thought we’d repost our interview with one of the writers who helped Leverage gain such popularity. Jessica Rieder lists the writers, shows, films, and musicians who have most deeply influenced her life.

Children of Men: Alfonso Cuarón’s Christmas Story set in Apocalyptic Future, by Ashley Arielle

Children of Men: Alfonso Cuarón’s Christmas Story set in Apocalyptic Future, by Ashley Arielle

While Alfonso Cuarón’s film adaptation of P.D. James’ novel strips most of the overtly Christian images from the story, there is no missing the fact that we are confronted the tale of a miraculously pregnant unwed mother and her reluctant protector set amidst the most horrific violence an empire can throw at them: in short, the Christmas story.

Support Biola’s Student Filmmakers at 12/12/12 Premiere of AWAY

Support Biola’s Student Filmmakers at 12/12/12 Premiere of AWAY

Biola Cinema and Media Arts program is considered one of the top film schools for young filmmakers of faith. Their goal is to prepare our students spiritually, intellectually, and professionally to become exceptional visual storytellers who can compete and succeed with the best of the best in the areas of film, television, and digital media.
Join the student filmmakers of Biola University’s Cinema and Media Arts Department for the premiere of their student film, “AWAY.”
Doors open at 7PM at the historic Whittier Village Cinema in uptown Whittier, with a dessert reception to follow.
And don’t miss Biola CMA grad Zach King’s cool video “IPad Hologram Setting,” It just passed 1.7 million views.

LOS TRAFICANTES: When a Drug Lord Finds Faith, Can His Movie Find an Audience? by Kurt Tuffendsam

LOS TRAFICANTES: When a Drug Lord Finds Faith, Can His Movie Find an Audience? by Kurt Tuffendsam

Writer/producer Kurt Tuffendsam describes his new film following the most unlikely convert in the most unlikely of places. ‘Los Traficantes’ retells the incredible true story of Esteban Mendoza Cruz, former Mexican drug lord, who in 1999 experienced a major transformation after finding redemption through faith in Christ while serving a 33-year sentence in La Mesa prison in Tijuana.