Chicago – The cinema scene is vital and growing in Chicago and it has to do with local innovators and contributors like film editor Ana Christian. Along with her husband Ryan Stemple, they have built a post production biz called Journeywork Entertainment, and Ana has recently finished directing her first short film, “Baby.”
Ana Christian
Photo credit: JourneyworkEnt.com
Ana Christian is from North Carolina, but relocated to Chicago after getting her undergrad at Notre Dame (2014) and Masters of Cinema Arts at DePaul University (2018). She met her husband and business partner Ryan Stemple in 2018, and they were married in 2023, while at the same time establishing Journeywork Entertainment … a “marrying” of Ryan’s Quicksilver Color and Ana’s Anachrony Post. Ana’s recent editor credits include 2023’s “Good Guy with a Gun” and “Reporting for Christmas,” and the upcoming “Single Car Crashes.” She wrapped filming recently on her first solo directing project,...
Ana Christian
Photo credit: JourneyworkEnt.com
Ana Christian is from North Carolina, but relocated to Chicago after getting her undergrad at Notre Dame (2014) and Masters of Cinema Arts at DePaul University (2018). She met her husband and business partner Ryan Stemple in 2018, and they were married in 2023, while at the same time establishing Journeywork Entertainment … a “marrying” of Ryan’s Quicksilver Color and Ana’s Anachrony Post. Ana’s recent editor credits include 2023’s “Good Guy with a Gun” and “Reporting for Christmas,” and the upcoming “Single Car Crashes.” She wrapped filming recently on her first solo directing project,...
- 1/30/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – When a locally filmed romantic Christmas movie was released last week on Hulu, the audience comfort and joy for this genre was proven once again by its Top Ten trending status on the streaming service. The merry elf director behind “Reporting for Christmas” is Chicago-based Jack C. Newell.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
It’s the Christmas season, and Mary (Tamara Feldman) is an idealistic reporter from Chicago, assigned a sponsor puff piece from her producer Hank (D.B. Sweeney). So she travels to a small Iowa town, to profile a toy manufacturer famous for their signature “Mistle-Toad” collectible. While preparing her story, she runs into Blake (Matt Trudeau), a toymaker exec who shares her idealism but is reluctant to appear on camera. It will take more that a Mistle-Toad to get these holiday sparks flying.
’Reporting for Christmas,’ Directed by Jack C. Newell
Photo credit: Hulu/Nicely Entertainment
The film is smart, funny and breezy,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
It’s the Christmas season, and Mary (Tamara Feldman) is an idealistic reporter from Chicago, assigned a sponsor puff piece from her producer Hank (D.B. Sweeney). So she travels to a small Iowa town, to profile a toy manufacturer famous for their signature “Mistle-Toad” collectible. While preparing her story, she runs into Blake (Matt Trudeau), a toymaker exec who shares her idealism but is reluctant to appear on camera. It will take more that a Mistle-Toad to get these holiday sparks flying.
’Reporting for Christmas,’ Directed by Jack C. Newell
Photo credit: Hulu/Nicely Entertainment
The film is smart, funny and breezy,...
- 11/9/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Reporting for Christmas is a light-hearted romance directed by Jack C. Newell. The film has a very Christmassy vibe, making the entire mood of the film very festive. The story involves a news reporter who has been assigned the task of making a documentary on a toy factory in Brunswick. Initially, she looks at it from a professional point of view, but the welcoming city and the handsome toymaker fill her heart with warmth, and she starts developing an emotional bond with the factory and its past legacies. The brilliant cast includes Tamara Feldman, Matt Trudeau, and others. How will Mary’s story affect her bond with Blake? Will he realize that she had no hand in commercializing the story? Let us find out!
Spoilers Ahead
What Assignment Was Given To Mary Romero?
Mary Romero, a successful news reporter, was given the assignment to make a documentary on Johnson Toys,...
Spoilers Ahead
What Assignment Was Given To Mary Romero?
Mary Romero, a successful news reporter, was given the assignment to make a documentary on Johnson Toys,...
- 11/5/2023
- by Debjyoti Dey
- Film Fugitives
Streaming services are now trying to ration their upcoming original content due to the ongoing actors strike and the only recently-resolved writers’ strike, so we’re going to see a thinning-down of new releases across the board over the next six months at least. Hulu will be adding a lot of library TV shows and movies in November, but there are only a few new major original projects hitting the streamer this month.
Hulu’s spotlight streaming series in November is Black Cake, which is based on the bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson. Part family drama, part murder mystery, the show features a globetrotting story that will cover decades of events after a bereaved family find a flash drive that contains some shocking secrets about the hidden history of their late matriarch.
Also dropping on Hulu this month is the original film Quiz Lady, starring Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, Jason Schwartzman,...
Hulu’s spotlight streaming series in November is Black Cake, which is based on the bestselling book by Charmaine Wilkerson. Part family drama, part murder mystery, the show features a globetrotting story that will cover decades of events after a bereaved family find a flash drive that contains some shocking secrets about the hidden history of their late matriarch.
Also dropping on Hulu this month is the original film Quiz Lady, starring Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, Jason Schwartzman,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Hulu Unveils List of Titles Coming In November 2023: 'The Holiday,' 'Shallow Hal,' 'Twister' & More!
Hulu has released it’s full list of what will be added to it’s library throughout the month of November 2023!
The streaming service revealed all of the TV shows and movies that are coming to it’s platform, including quite a few fan favorite movies and some holiday features as the holiday season kicks off.
Get more info inside…
Among the movies being added include The Holiday, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Pacific Rim, Shallow Hal, Twister, Men in Black, Armageddon and many more.
On the television side, Hulu will be adding the new original series Black Cake and Drive with Swizz Beatz, season two of Arthdal Chronicles, LA Law, Wahlburgers season five, and Spellbound season 1B.
There will also be many Christmas movies from Hallmark and A&e being added!
Keep reading below to see the complete list of what’s being added to Hulu in November 2023…
November 1
Arthdal Chronicles...
The streaming service revealed all of the TV shows and movies that are coming to it’s platform, including quite a few fan favorite movies and some holiday features as the holiday season kicks off.
Get more info inside…
Among the movies being added include The Holiday, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Pacific Rim, Shallow Hal, Twister, Men in Black, Armageddon and many more.
On the television side, Hulu will be adding the new original series Black Cake and Drive with Swizz Beatz, season two of Arthdal Chronicles, LA Law, Wahlburgers season five, and Spellbound season 1B.
There will also be many Christmas movies from Hallmark and A&e being added!
Keep reading below to see the complete list of what’s being added to Hulu in November 2023…
November 1
Arthdal Chronicles...
- 10/19/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Hulu Acquires Two New Holiday Movies, Including Denise Richards’ ‘A Christmas Frequency’ (Exclusive)
Hulu is once again decking the halls. The streaming service has acquired two new movies, “A Christmas Frequency” and “Reporting for Christmas,” produced by Nicely Entertainment, coming this holiday season. Both are set to premiere Nov. 1.
“A Christmas Frequency” stars Denise Richards as a morning radio show host, who is struggling in both her personal life — secretly separating from her husband (James Hyde) — and at work, with the ratings of her show dropping. When she’s set up on a series of blind dates as a way to save the show, things get interesting with one man (Jonathan Stoddard) is both a man she’s actually interested in and someone who has also applied to be her date.
“A Christmas Frequency is directed by Lindsay Hartley. Vanessa Shapiro executive produces; producers are Richard Switzer and Dave Hickey.
“Reporting for Christmas” follows Mary (Tamara Feldman), a serious reporter forced to take...
“A Christmas Frequency” stars Denise Richards as a morning radio show host, who is struggling in both her personal life — secretly separating from her husband (James Hyde) — and at work, with the ratings of her show dropping. When she’s set up on a series of blind dates as a way to save the show, things get interesting with one man (Jonathan Stoddard) is both a man she’s actually interested in and someone who has also applied to be her date.
“A Christmas Frequency is directed by Lindsay Hartley. Vanessa Shapiro executive produces; producers are Richard Switzer and Dave Hickey.
“Reporting for Christmas” follows Mary (Tamara Feldman), a serious reporter forced to take...
- 10/11/2023
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
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