Gano Grills Movies
- 2008
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This documentary charts the career of the successful hip-hop act The Wu-Tang Clan. The filmmakers utilize archival footage to show how this large group of people came together thanks to a mutual love of music and martial-arts to form a creative unit that sold millions of albums over the course of a decade. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 2003
Sarah Rogacki's debut feature, Rhythm of the Saints, tells the story of 15-year-old Rena (Daniella Alonso) who, perhaps accidentally (perhaps not), kills her sleazy stepfather. With the help of a Santeria priestess, Rena may be able to avoid being found responsible for the death. Rhythm of the Saints was an official entry in the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sarita Choudhury, Daniella Alonso, (more)
A young man with a troubled past expresses himself through street art in this independent drama. Anthony (Mark Webber) is a 19-year-old kid living in New York City who was introduced to "bombing" -- graffiti art sprayed on public walls when the cops aren't looking -- by his older brother. When his brother died, Anthony took up bombing himself, and with the help of his pals Justin (Gano Grills) and Kevin (Jade Yorker) he does murals under the street name "Blest," while struggling to avoid the NYPD's anti-graffiti Vandal Squad. Anthony's mother (Donna Mitchell) is after him to quit bombing and attend art school, while his girlfriend (Jaclyn DeSantis) wants to get out of New York, and would like him to join her. However, it takes a run-in with Bobby Cox (Al Sapienza), a Vandal Squad cop with a hair-trigger temper, to push Anthony into making a decision about his life. Bomb the System was the first feature film from writer and director Adam Bhala Lough, who was only 23 years old when the picture was made. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mark Webber, Gano Grills, (more)
- 1996
Using computerized records, detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) try to determine time of death for a woman found murdered in an elevator. The next step is to identify the body and track down the perp. Assistant D.A.'s McCoy (Sam Waterston) and especially Ross (Carey Lowell) have difficulty pursuing the case in court thanks to an imperious and verbally abusive judge (Jerry Adler) -- leading to an extremely difficult decision for D.A. Schiff (Steven Hill). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
