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26 February 2009
| The Streamtv and
Renee's Shoutouts |
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 This
is just hysterical to watch. Renee is so cute trying to do the
shoutouts after the hour long interview with Jeff from FilmNut at
thestreamtv.com
Click here to watch
Watch the full interview on
thestream.tv
Talk about Renee's interview on TheStream.tv at
AUSXIP Talking Xena
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| Renee's Filmnut
Interview - Excellent Interview! |
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FilmNut - Episode 313 - Renee O'Connor
Aired Live: 25 February 2009
Round 2 with Renee O'Connor did not disappoint! Fans around the
world tuned in and got what they expected, a passionate, sincere,
fun loving artist sharing her filmmaking and life experiences. We
covered her just completed dramatic short, "Words Unspoken" in which
O'Connor acts, writes and directs. This is a heartfelt piece about a
man fulfilling his father's dying wish that makes you think and
inspires debate. In addition we touched on an upcoming web series
"Ark" in which she stars. Her son Miles makes his screen debut in
Words Unspoken and that was a great topic as as well as many other
that came up. A lot of fan questions got asked too... After the show
we had some fun having Renee to some crazy shoutouts.
Filmnut - Renee O'Connor
Watch This Episode on
www.theStream.tv
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| Monster Ark in the
UK 28 February on Sky Movies |
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ROC's Monster Ark is getting its first showing in the UK on
Saturday 28th at 23:15 to 00:50 on Sky Movies Premiere, with
numerous repeats to follow (see image below).
Many thanks to Jan for the
news
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24 February 2009
| New Renee Charities
Subsite |
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19 February 2009
| Renee To Be
Interviewed For FilmNut Again... |
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17 February 2009
| New Message From
Renee |
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 Renee
has posted a new message and is reaching out to her friends in
Australia with the horrific bushfires.
Check out her message
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15 February 2009
| Happy Birthday
Renee! |
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13 February 2009
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| Ark Series - New
Interview with Director |
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There's an article about Renee's new series Ark here, which includes
the trailer and an interview with Trey Stokes. There's no release
date set yet, apparently.
Tubefilter: Tell me a bit about
the casting. How did you end up with Renee O’Connor?
Stokes: If you’ve seen the
trailer, you’ve met the whole cast. Renee O’Connor, Adam Cardon and
Marjo-Riikka Makela are our actors, though Ark has at least one more
character who never really appears on screen but plays a key role.
No, it’s not a HAL-like ship computer, that’d be far too easy.
Getting Renee on board was just
the luckiest of lucky breaks. We had no plans to go out to any
“names”, but as it turned out, she found us. She heard about the
project and was interested. So we met with her, even though I
couldn’t imagine somebody with her experience would want to do our
web series. In fact, I spent most of the meeting trying to talk her
out of it. I kept talking about our tiny budget and ridiculously
short schedule, because I didn’t want her to get mad later and kill
me with a stick. She’s trained in that.
But it turns out Renee directs and
produces her own short films, she’s even done her own low-budget
feature. So she was completely on board with our
hey-gang-let’s-make-a-webseries attitude. And about halfway through
the meeting it finally dawned on me that she was perfect for the
role. So I gave up on trying to talk her out of it and just started
hoping she’d do it.
So Renee came on board somewhat
unexpectedly, but Adam and Marjo-Rikka came to us the old-fashioned
way, they showed up at the casting call and nailed the audition. The
three of them made my job easy - most of the time I just got out of
their way and said “action”. And Renee didn’t kill me with a stick,
so I guess it worked out all right.
Read full interview
News contributed by Barbara Davies
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12 February 2009
| New Renee Subsite:
Words Unspoken |
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Renee premiered her new short film which she wrote and directed at
the 2009 Xena Convention called Words Unspoken.
I watched this short film at the convention and I was very
impressed. I wrote a review and also created a new subsite for the
movie.
Click here to view site
Click here to read review
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11 February 2009
| Renee Pictures -
2009 Xena Convention |
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6 February 2009
| Renee at Bitch Slap
Panel |
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Renee was a surprise panelist at the Bitch Slap panel at the 2009
Xena Con. I wasn't present at the event until I received a text
message saying to get myself down there quick smart because Renee
was there. Broke a speed record (I'm sure) getting from my room to
the con hall...I think I did a personal best :)
Unfortunately in my haste to get there quickly I had forgotten my
card for my camera. Luckily there were more than enough cameras to
chronicle Renee's hilarious time on stage as Sister Batril. To her
credit she stayed in character the whole time. Renee was having such
a great time.
Click here to view Earl's Photos
You can also check out the two YouTube Videos -
Part 1 and
Part 2 which are absolutely hysterical.
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3 February 2009
| XIV. Annual Xena
Con Photos by MaryD |
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| Christie Keith's
Words Unspoken Interview with Renee |
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| AE's Xena Con Blog
updated |
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Christie Keith's Xena Con Blog has been updated with great
photos and snippets about the entire weekend, including the panels
of Lucy, Renee, Claire, Hudson, Victoria Pratt, Tony Todd, The Widow
Twanky, Jennifer Ward-Leland, Jacquelin Kim, the Bitch Slap Panel
and Sister Batril.
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2 February 2009
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| Review: Words
Unspoken |
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Words Unspoken
Review by MaryD
Renee premiered her new short film which she wrote and directed at
the 2009 Xena Convention. It would be very true to say that those in
attendance were spellbound and moved by the film. It's not a light
hearted movie. It's short, sharp and deeply emotional.
The movie is about a man who takes his father on one last journey to
fulfil his father's dying wish. I sat there and was absolutely
spellbound by the depth of this story. Without giving away the
ending (it would
be a disservice to Renee and the rest of her team to do so), I
thought it was very powerful. The theme of parental abuse and the
repercussions to the abused is a powerful statement about how the
characters handle the betrayal of trust.
Renee has grown as a director (her acting is as fantastic as ever)
and her writing was so deep. I was very impressed by her writing. It
was powerful and it made you feel; that is the goal of any writer -
if your reader or in this case your audience has a reaction to what
they see, then you have achieved your goal.
Many in the audience could relate to Charles, the main character
played by Jed Sura, and the feelings brought to the surface
by this film was raw and heartfelt. Renee's son, Miles, was also in
this film as Charles as a young boy. He did a very good job in
his first acting role.
I found it personally very difficult to watch and yet couldn't look
away. It touched a raw nerve that stayed with me hours after I had
seen it.
Words Unspoken will force you to question, to debate and to feel
deeply.
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1 February 2009
| Mini Xena Con
Report |
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Renee O'Connor's movie Words
Unspoken premiered at the convention, ready for the film
festival circuit. It is a wonderfully acted piece that will no doubt
get the recognition it deserves. Two clips were shown from the
upcoming web-series The Ark,
looks like an engaging mysterious scif-fi with a lot of potential. |
Mini Xena Con Report
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Added a new subsite - Renee Supported Charities.
