Your Next Chance to Catch ADOPTING TERROR This Saturday

If you missed the world premiere earlier this month of The Asylum's latest thriller, Adopting Terror, you're in luck, because the ratings-topper is being re-aired this weekend.

That's right, the film - starring Sean Astin, Brendan Fehr and Samaire Armstrong, directed by Micho Rutare from a script he wrote with Nik Frank-Lehrer - about a couple who adopt the wrong dude's baby, will play again on Lifetime, Saturday night, April 28th, at 6 p.m.

I really enjoyed this one - big shock, I know - but objectively, it isn't often The Asylum does a straight-up, so-called "real-life" thriller; Born Bad was an awesome example that dominated this year's Looney Awards. I have a suspicion Adopting Terror's name could come up a few times at year's end. Good acting, good writing, good movie. See for yourself this Saturday night.

Your Second Chance to See BORN BAD Comes This Weekend!

In case you missed it this last Monday, The Asylum's latest production - Jared Cohn's Born Bad starring Michael Welch, Bonnie Dennison, Meredith Monroe and David Chokachi - will be airing again this weekend, Saturday night, to be exact, at 9pm on the Lifetime Network. If you like gritty psychological thrillers with enough sex and violence to really make you sit up and notice, then you'll love Born Bad. If you miss it this time, you might not get another chance until the film's November DVD release, and while the wait is worth every minute, do yourself a favor and carve out a little time this weekend for Born Bad,

In the meantime, get acquainted with the cast and crew of the film through my Inmate Profiles: 

Michael Welch

Bonnie Dennison

Meredith Monroe & David Chokachi

Then, dig my exclusive interview with writer/director Jared Cohn.

And finally, to whet your appetite even more, check out my spoiler-free notes on the film.

Saturday. 9pm. Lifetime. Born Bad. Show The Asylum some love.

Born Bad Gets a Promo! Film Airs Monday Night!

The latest Asylum offering, Born Bad, may not be on DVD until November, but this coming Monday, July 11th at 8pm on the Lifetime Network, it's getting its World Premiere, and the network just put out the first promo, a.k.a. our very first look at Michael Welch, Bonnie Dennison, Meredith Monroe and David Chokachi, the stars of Born Bad. Dig this clip, then tune in Monday night, 8pm, Lifetime, for the real deal.

inmate profile: Bonnie Dennison

Continuing to shine the Committed spotlight on the creative talent behind Born Bad, premiering on Lifetime Monday, July 11th at 9p.m., today we take a look at actress Bonnie Dennison, the female lead who falls for a guy born bad, thus subjecting her entire family to a wave of terror.

Actress of film, television and stage, Miss Dennison is most-recognized for her work as a series regular on NBC's paramedic-drama Third Watch on which she appeared in 43 episodes, and the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, on which she played "Daisy Lemay" for 286 episodes.

As far as the silver screen is concerned, Miss Dennison has appeared in such films as Black Irish with Melissa Leo, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Angarano and Emily VanCamp, and the upcoming Stake Land with neo-scream-queen Danielle Harris and Kelly McGillis.

Born Bad marks Miss Dennison's first work with the Asylum, and seems to continue her transition towards more mature roles. I'll admit I'm not too familiar with her work - I'm a General Hospital kind of guy - but Stake Land looks like it could be fun, and Born Bad should serve as a fine showcase for her acting chops; boy-crazy teens in love terrorized by said love offer a broad emotional spectrum. My bet is, Miss Dennison knocks it out of the park. 

Tune in Monday, July 11th, on the Lifetime Network at 9p.m. and see if I'm right.

inmate profile: Michael Welch

With 2012 Ice Age now on DVD (and hopefully in your hot little hands), it's time to turn the Committed spotlight towards the studio's next production, Born Bad. Now, I should elaborate: Born Bad won't be on DVD until November, and technically the studio's next DVD release is Barely Legal at the end of July (and don't worry, I'll get to that), but Born Bad gets its world premiere on the Lifetime network on July 11th at 9 p.m., marking the studio's first appearance on Television for Women, and also marking the first time I will have watched the network non-ironically. This is a big, talented cast helmed by writer/director Jared Cohn, and I'm going to get to all of them, including an exclusive interview w/ Cohn himself, but today I thought we'd start with the film's lead, the man playing the man who was presumably born bad, one hell of an actor and one hell of a coup for The Asylum, one Michael Welch.

Welch is no newcomer to the film industry. Beginning his career at age 10 - his first role was as "Young Niles" on an episode of Frasier; too awesome - Welch has appeared in 20+ films and has had guest spots or starring roles on a plethora of TV shoes, most notably "Joan of Arcadia" - that "girl-can-talk-to-god-oh-wait-maybe-it's-lyme-disease" show with the exquisite Mary Steenburgen and the delightful Amber Tamblyn - on which he played younger brother "Luke" for the show's two seasons. 

And, of course, it should be noted that the dude has a significant role - "Mike Newton" -  in the world's largest film franchise at the moment, the Twilight thing. 

But for me - having not seen a lot of his two notable works - it's Welch's other films that made him a standout to me, including The United States of Leland, Day of the Dead and, most so, the incredible, wonderful, amazing and criminally-unseen horror-thriller from Johnathan Levine, director of The Wackness and upcoming 50/50: All The Boys Love Mandy Lane.

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane is just badass-filmmaking, rife with talent -  Welch, Amber Heard, Anson Mount - but for some reason or another, in the five years since it was made, the film has yet to get an American DVD release, only getting its second US screening last year at Comic-Con (the first was four years ago at SXSW). I myself obtained a copy of the film from a friend who received it in a wholly unethical and despicable way, and I gotta tell you, Michael Welch, for all his good-guy reputation, plays one hell of a psycho. He was GREAT in this, like, iconic great - calmly chilling, confidently cruel, viciously subtle and savagely focused. 

Bottom line: if Born Bad is Welch's return to playing that kind of nuanced madman, we are in for a real fucking treat. And he's just one facet of a well-built creative machine...keeping coming back to Committed all next week for more on the cast and crew of Born Bad, premiering Monday, July 11th, at 9p.m. EST/PST, only in the Lifetime Network