“The Ride” begins with a scene of unexpected brutality, engineered by a racist, feral kid. Even so, its “inspired by a true story” promise at the start rings a little tinny. And early on, the BMX-meets-“love wins” drama about a boy whose white supremacist roots and abusive home life land him in juvenile detention has an afterschool-special veneer, albeit somewhat gritty. The over-emotive score, particularly at the outset, punctuates the violence and the sentiment unnecessarily.
But the movie, streaming on Amazon, gains emotional traction when seven years later, John McCord finds himself released to an interracial foster couple. The reason for the film’s emotional resonance owes less to the screenplay — which teases too many easy tropes — than it does to the slow-burn chemistry between Shane Graham, who plays John of the set jaw and racist quips, and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, who portrays the foster father who has seen a lot worse.
But the movie, streaming on Amazon, gains emotional traction when seven years later, John McCord finds himself released to an interracial foster couple. The reason for the film’s emotional resonance owes less to the screenplay — which teases too many easy tropes — than it does to the slow-burn chemistry between Shane Graham, who plays John of the set jaw and racist quips, and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, who portrays the foster father who has seen a lot worse.
- 11/15/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
"Did you think it was going to be easy?" Roadside Attractions has debuted another new official US trailer for an indie drama titled The Ride, from filmmaker Alex Ranarivelo, about the life of a pro BMX rider from Glasgow, Scotland. This originally premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2018, and we featured a promo trailer back then. The Ride, also known as just Ride, is about BMX pro John Buultjens, as played by Shane Graham in the film. Raised by a white supremacist family, John spent most of his youth locked up in a juvenile detention center. He eventually gets introduced to a foster family, only to discover his new father is black, but together they work through to overcome his racism and "form a bond that helps thrust him down the path to BMX glory." Also starring Ludacris, Sasha Alexander, Blake Sheldon, Jessica Serfaty, Ali Afshar, Nic Luken,...
- 11/5/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Wonderful Trailer For The Film Ride which Tells the Inspiring True Story of BMX Rider John Buultjens
I've got a trailer here for you to watch for a great looking indie film called Ride. It co-stars Ludacris and it tells the true story of BMX rider John Buultjens from Glasgow, Scotland.
Buultjens, who is played by Shane Graham, was raised by a white supremacist family and he got into a lot of trouble growing up. He spent a lot of his youth locked away in a juvenile detention center. He eventually came under the care of a foster family, the father of which is African American. As they overcame the challenges of racism, they ended up forming a bond and in the process, John learned how to be one hell of a talented BMX athlete!
The film tells a powerful story and it looks like it's actually a great film! Ever since I was a kid I've enjoyed the sport of BMX riding and it's cool to...
Buultjens, who is played by Shane Graham, was raised by a white supremacist family and he got into a lot of trouble growing up. He spent a lot of his youth locked away in a juvenile detention center. He eventually came under the care of a foster family, the father of which is African American. As they overcame the challenges of racism, they ended up forming a bond and in the process, John learned how to be one hell of a talented BMX athlete!
The film tells a powerful story and it looks like it's actually a great film! Ever since I was a kid I've enjoyed the sport of BMX riding and it's cool to...
- 4/19/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"I promise not to quit if you don't." Check out this trailer for a little indie film profiling the life of a BMX rider from Glasgow, Scotland. Ride is about BMX pro John Buultjens, played by Shane Graham. Raised by a white supremacist family, John spent most of his youth locked up in a juvenile detention center. He eventually gets introduced to a foster family, only to discover his new father is black, but together they work through to overcome his racism and "form a bond that helps thrust him down the path to BMX glory." The cast includes Ludacris, Sasha Alexander, Blake Sheldon, Jessica Serfaty, Ali Afshar, Nic Luken, Christina Moore, and Zaire Adams. This is premiering at the Newport Beach Film Festival, and should hit theaters later this summer. This looks very good, featuring a sport we don't usually see on the big screen. Here's the first official...
- 4/17/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
This is The Voice! The second night of the Playoffs follows the coaches as they tackle the daunting task of slimming their teams down for the live shows. Jennifer Hudson and Blake Sheldon have already trimmed each of their groups to three artists a piece. Next up, Adam Levine is in the hot seat.
As the competition moves along, any mistake made can honestly change the game as we've previously seen. Luckily, we aren't the ones changing these people's lives. We have the luxury of judging from the comfort of our homes!
As the competition moves along, any mistake made can honestly change the game as we've previously seen. Luckily, we aren't the ones changing these people's lives. We have the luxury of judging from the comfort of our homes!
- 11/14/2017
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Did you enjoy the closing ceremonies for the Olympics? Let’s hear it for Carnival! Stunning colors and costumes, great music – and not a single “wardrobe malfunction”! Early on, NBC did a special video celebrating the American female athletes, because they won over half the medals for the Us – including gold medals! Is this an omen for The Voice coaches Blake Sheldon and Adam Levine? As you’ll see, The Voice 2016 Preview Show review, it looks like the women may be ahead in The Voice games as well! Yes, I said the women. This season there are two female coaches
The Voice 2016 Preview Show is a Real Tease! Is it September Yet?...
The Voice 2016 Preview Show is a Real Tease! Is it September Yet?...
- 8/22/2016
- by Joy D'Angelo
- TVovermind.com
Recently, CBS delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 11 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Byzantium," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting stuff go down when the FBI's newest psychic star is so damn good that the FBI will think he just might be the killer they're looking for, and more! In the new, 11th episode press release: Jane is going to need to determine if he's finally met a real psychic or a cunning killer. Press release number 2: A young man claiming to have psychic powers, will offer his help to the FBI in solving a pair of murders, but when he leads them to additional victims, Jane and the team will begin to suspect that he is in fact the killer they're hunting. Guest stars feature: Alex Saxon (Gabriel Osbourne), Anastaia Phillips (Ree Osbourne), Toni Trucks...
- 2/4/2015
- by Megan
- OnTheFlix
The battle is on for the winner of season 7 of "The Voice" -- with Team Blake Sheldon's Craig Wayne Boyd and Team Adam Levine's finalists Damien Lawson, Matt McAndrew and Chris Jamison all vying for the title.On Monday night, all four artists hit the stage three times each, singing a coach's pick, a duet with their coach and an original song. And after their stellar performances, all bets are off as far as who might take home the crown and launch their career with a recording contract and a check for $100,000. toofab's Rachel Hoffman caught up with the Maroon 5 crooner and his team to get their final predictions for who will be named "The Voice" this evening.Levine praised all three of his finalists, revealing that the finale was all about having fun. "This is it. Tonight was the night to have fun, and not worry...
- 12/16/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
The Independent Filmmakers' Showcase (Ifs) Film Festival rolls into Los Angeles on May 27 with some of the year's best indie films in tow. Opening the festival at the Beverly Hills Music Hall is Jordan Harris and Andrew Schrader's The Age of Reason which has been awarded the festival's Best Directors and Best Supporting Actor prize (the latter going to Tom Sizemore). The teen angster follows a baseball pitcher who struggles to leave his suburban town after his career is sabotaged by his alcoholic father. Myles Tufts, Blake Sheldon, Megan Devine, Avi Lake, and Lochlyn Munro also star in this sophomore feature by Harris and Schrader. Ifs Fest features numerous shorts and features from some of the up and coming names on the film...
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- 5/21/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Jake Barker and Stevie Jo were so impressive crooning "Higher Love" on "The Voice" Monday night that Adam Levine, Shakira and Blake Sheldon all battled to get Barker on their teams. (Jo was already in Usher's camp.) Maybe you believe that was the best crooning turn of the show, but, hey, the live audience was obviously wowwed by Sisaundra Lewis singing "Do What U Want" and Dani Moz belting out "My Kind of Love." Do you have another favorite performance from "The Voice" on Monday night? Of the nine artists moving on to another round, which one was your favorite. Vote in our poll below. -Break- Related: Three steals shock first night of 'The Voice' battle rounds Who was the best performer on Monday's 'The Voice'?...
- 3/18/2014
- Gold Derby
When Shakira, Adam Levine, Usher and Blake Sheldon get together in a room, it doesn't seem to matter if there's a video camera rolling. The group, joined by executive producer Mark Burnett, host Carson Daly and "social media correspondent" Christina Milian, quickly settled into a grove of ribbing one another. When asked about scripted versus unscripted content, Burnett shrugged, "It just matters that it's good," which inspired Daly to start the joking around. "It's no 'Bible,'" he said. "But second place is pretty good. It's Jesus, then Mary Magdalene, then 'The Voice.' The judges talked about their easy rapport on the...
- 4/23/2013
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
When I first read this news, I mistakenly thought Ryan Murphy had added another popular singer who appears on the The Voice, Blake Shelton, to act in FX’s American Horror Story. Thankfully, that is not the case.
Instead, Blake Sheldon (In Time) has been hired to fill two roles, named Devon and Cooper, in the second season of the horror anthology (Spoiler TV). Could he be playing twins or something more devious and sinister? We’ll have to find out in October.
Sheldon becomes perhaps the last to join what has become a massive cast for the second season, including such varied names as Jessica Lange, Adam Levine, Joseph Fiennes, James Cromwell, Zachary Quinto, Chloe Sevigny, Evan Peters, Britne Oldford, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe and Chris Zylka.
Instead, Blake Sheldon (In Time) has been hired to fill two roles, named Devon and Cooper, in the second season of the horror anthology (Spoiler TV). Could he be playing twins or something more devious and sinister? We’ll have to find out in October.
Sheldon becomes perhaps the last to join what has become a massive cast for the second season, including such varied names as Jessica Lange, Adam Levine, Joseph Fiennes, James Cromwell, Zachary Quinto, Chloe Sevigny, Evan Peters, Britne Oldford, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe and Chris Zylka.
- 8/6/2012
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
We have a new casting update for American Horror Story Season 2, which is now officially titled American Horror Story: Asylum.
According to SpoilerTV, Blake Sheldon (Pictured Below) is the latest addition to the cast of American Horror Story and it is said that he’ll be playing the roles of Devon and Cooper. Are they twins or is this someone who has multiple personalities? We’ll find out when American Horror Story returns in October.
The new season (also referred to as a new “cycle”) will feature an brand new story set at an institution for the criminally insane during the 1960′s. Adam Levine, Chloe Sevigny, James Cromwell, Lizzie Brocheré, Jenna Dewan, Clea Duvall, Franka Potente, Chris Zylka, Britne Oldford, Mark Consuelos and Joseph Fiennes make up the rest of the new cast, with Season 1 actors Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Even Peters, and Lily Rabe all returning as new characters.
According to SpoilerTV, Blake Sheldon (Pictured Below) is the latest addition to the cast of American Horror Story and it is said that he’ll be playing the roles of Devon and Cooper. Are they twins or is this someone who has multiple personalities? We’ll find out when American Horror Story returns in October.
The new season (also referred to as a new “cycle”) will feature an brand new story set at an institution for the criminally insane during the 1960′s. Adam Levine, Chloe Sevigny, James Cromwell, Lizzie Brocheré, Jenna Dewan, Clea Duvall, Franka Potente, Chris Zylka, Britne Oldford, Mark Consuelos and Joseph Fiennes make up the rest of the new cast, with Season 1 actors Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Even Peters, and Lily Rabe all returning as new characters.
- 8/5/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Another bit of casting news has come in for Season 2 of "American Horror Story", and no, it's not Blake Shelton, Adam Levine's buddy from "The Voice", but rather newcomer Blake Sheldon, who has been cast in the third episode roles of both Devon and Cooper.
The pair were previously described by Spoiler TV as about 20 years old, very tall, thin, and psychopathic. Twins maybe? Guess we'll see when "Asylum", Chapter 2 of the "American Horror Story" mini-series, premieres on FX this October.
Chapter 2's stars include Jessica Lange, Adam Levin, Sarah Paulson, Zachary Quinto, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Jenna Dewan, Chris Zylka, Franka Potente, Joseph Fiennes, Chloe Sevigny, Clea Duvall, James Cromwell, Mark Consuelos, and Lizzie Brochere.
Set at an East Coast asylum for the criminally insane, the upcoming Chapter 2 revolves around Lange's new character -- a nun -- and her boss at the institution, played by Cromwell, and is...
The pair were previously described by Spoiler TV as about 20 years old, very tall, thin, and psychopathic. Twins maybe? Guess we'll see when "Asylum", Chapter 2 of the "American Horror Story" mini-series, premieres on FX this October.
Chapter 2's stars include Jessica Lange, Adam Levin, Sarah Paulson, Zachary Quinto, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Jenna Dewan, Chris Zylka, Franka Potente, Joseph Fiennes, Chloe Sevigny, Clea Duvall, James Cromwell, Mark Consuelos, and Lizzie Brochere.
Set at an East Coast asylum for the criminally insane, the upcoming Chapter 2 revolves around Lange's new character -- a nun -- and her boss at the institution, played by Cromwell, and is...
- 8/5/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
If the drinking game you were playing during the Academy of Country Music Awards was "drink every time they play a song about drinking," chances are you ended up Sunday (April 1) pretty sloshed.
There were no fewer than four songs about the brain cell-wasting activity during the award show. Chris Young got things started with his tourist trap t-shirt inspired song "Save Water, Drink Beer." The problem with the tune, other than its simplistic theme, is it's completely inaccurate as the main ingredient in beer is water. But that's neither here nor there.
Blake Sheldon then added to the mix (mixer) with his song "Drink on it." The ditty suggests a liquor-fueled discussion of whatever comes to mind. But this was all a prelude to the audience pleaser of the night, Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup."
The party anthem is the only song we can think of that uses...
There were no fewer than four songs about the brain cell-wasting activity during the award show. Chris Young got things started with his tourist trap t-shirt inspired song "Save Water, Drink Beer." The problem with the tune, other than its simplistic theme, is it's completely inaccurate as the main ingredient in beer is water. But that's neither here nor there.
Blake Sheldon then added to the mix (mixer) with his song "Drink on it." The ditty suggests a liquor-fueled discussion of whatever comes to mind. But this was all a prelude to the audience pleaser of the night, Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup."
The party anthem is the only song we can think of that uses...
- 4/2/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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