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Viggo Mortenson's most famous movie role, by far, is the heroic Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings films, and his son, Henry Mortenson, even appeared in two separate cameos. Throughout Peter Jackson's award-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, Aragorn, from the race of Men, is one of Frodo's (Elijah Wood) companions who embarks on the perilous quest to destroy the One Ring in Mordor. Though lives are lost along the way, Frodo and co. are successful on their mission, and Aragorn in particular gets a happily ever after, marrying Arwen (Liv Tyler) and becoming King of Gondor.

Henry Mortensen was born on January 28, 1988, to father Viggo and mother Exene Cervenka, who is best known for singing in the California punk rock band, X. As a young boy, Henry had a few small parts in movies, playing "Homeless Child" in Floundering (1994) and Darin Hayes in Blue Tiger...

Almost a decade in the making, Henry Mortensen's Skating Polly: Ugly Pop documentary is finally finished and ready for its online premiere. The movie will be screened in its entirety for the first time at the 2021 deadCenter Film Festival. Written and directed by Henry Mortensen, the film takes a deep-dive into the ugly pop band Skating Polly and its versatile members Peyton Bighorse, Kelli Mayo and Kurtis Mayo, three siblings who hail from Oklahoma and have been delivering genre-shattering music to the masses for more than ten years.

"Peyton Bighorse and Kelli Mayo are step-sisters from Oklahoma who founded their band, Skating polly at the ages of 14 and 9, respectively. They call their style of music, "Ugly Pop": infectious melodies, but with real-life blemishes still showing. This film is a documentary exploring the early years of Skating Polly. Peyton and Kelli get their first tastes of success, and try...

Dario Argento's stunning debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, flies onto 4K Uhd for the first time through Arrow Video, and that's only the beginning! Also coming this summer is an incredible box set of Italian crime films called Years of Lead featuring Like Rabid Dogs, Savage Three, No, The Case is Happily Resolved, Colt 38: Special Squad, and Highway Racer. Add to those a limited edition Blu-ray set of Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee, and Masumura Yasuzo's Irezumi, and The Stylist, director Jill Gevargizian's gorgeous debut, it's going to be an expensive month for collectors.  Thankfully, the entirety of the June slate is going to be available in the US, Canada, and UK, so no importing necessary in those territories! Check out the details...

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After realizing the Japanese auto market has an opening for a sports car, two competing manufacturers race to the market to reveal their latest project. However, in the competitive industry with high stakes, the two opposing companies employ spying, blackmail, and other dirty tactics to try to reveal the others plans to market. Directed by prominent figure of the Japanese New Wave, Yasuzo Masumura, Black Test Car launched a series of similarly themed “Black” films.

With an opening sequence that shows a test on the new car gone wrong, with subsequent credits framed by the burning wreckage, Yasuzo Masumura masterfully sets up the bleak and chaotic narrative of the production. After the credits finish, we get newspaper flashes that show that Tiger motors test car crashed, and soon learn that the secret trial was recorded by the opposing and more established automotive giant, Yamoto. To this degree,...