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Published: Oct. 21, 2022, 5:26 p.m.

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In this weeks episode we welcome our fantastic guest Emmy Award Winning writer/director Matthew Gentile!

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He was kind enough to let us review his new noir crime thriller American Murderer! 

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Based on a true story, this riveting thriller follows Jason Derek Brown (Tom Pelphrey), a charismatic con man bankrolling his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown\\u2019s trail: LanceLeising (Ryan Phillippe), a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind bars. When Brown\\u2019s funds run low and his past catches up with him, he plots his most elaborate scheme yet,pitting himself against Leising in a deadly game of cat and mouse\\u2014and becoming the most unlikely and elusive fugitive on the FBI\\u2019s most-wanted list.

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Featuring an all star cast including - Tom Pelphrey, Ryan Phillippe, Idina Menzel, and Jacki Weaver.

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Directors Statement

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Why do we fall for con artists? Is it that they\\u2019re smart and the victims are gullible, or is itsomething deeper? This is the question at the heart of AMERICAN MURDERER.As a kid, I was obsessed with crime--so much so that I would browse the Top Ten MostWanted list, hoping to help the FBI catch a fugitive. One of them made a distinct impression onme: Jason Derek Brown, a surfer dude with spiky blonde hair and a smirk on his face. Comparedto Osama Bin Laden and Whitey Bulger, he just didn\\u2019t fit the profile.On the surface, AMERICAN MURDERER is a cat-and-mouse thriller about a fugitive and the FBIagent who has been tasked with bringing him to justice. But what fascinates me about Jason\\u2019sstory isn\\u2019t the crime itself; it\\u2019s how he impacted the people who loved him. That\\u2019s why I choseto tell his story through multiple perspectives. Whether the audience likes Jason or not\\u2013by theend of the film, they will get a 360-degree view of who he was.With AMERICAN MURDERER, my intention is to guide the audience to look directly into theeyes of a dark soul and shine a light on how he became this way. Thus the film poses anotherquestion: can we take a human being who is rotten to the core and move an audience to aplace of compassion? I believe that we can.

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-Matthew Gentile

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