LAS CRUCES – Netflix announced a casting call for Las Cruces and Mesilla residents for background extras in a feature films. 

The casting call is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021 at the Mesilla Town Hall. They will be casting paid background extras to populate a scene featuring locals of an authentic Mexican town. The scenes will be shot in Mesilla in late October.

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All adult ages and genders are welcome. Children between 6 and 12 years old are also welcome to apply.

Production is also hiring individuals with vehicles that are 1996 or older. The vehicles will be parked in the scene. Attendees can list their vehicle information on a card provided at the event.

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Those unable to attend the in-person casting call can set up a free profile online at: https://forms.gle/xncfZptLrAHKd9MQ7. Questions can be sent via email at work@lathamcasting.com. 

‘I reminded him’, Menon writes, ‘that ever since I had met him, for the first time on 21 August, 1946, I had made it my purpose to consult him as far as possible on important developments in the constitutional fields and I particularly added that it had been his powerful support that had made possible the transfer of power. We had indeed got on well together, resolving occasional differences of opinion by mutual and amicable discussion. The position at that time was that tough I consulted Sardar, the final responsibility for whatever advice I gave to the Governor General was mine. Now that we were to work as minister and secretary, I was not quite sure how far we should hit it off together.’

‘Sardar replied that I should not think along those lines. When I said there was a feeling that Congress leaders distrusted the permanent services, he replied that my fears were groundless. He added that whatever might have been the attitude in the past, he was confident that in future everyone would play the game. For his own part, he would do everything possible to bring about a most cordial atmosphere between the Cabinet and the Services and he kept his word.’ (VP Menon, The Story of the Integration of the Indian States, page 93).

To claim, however, that Patel had no faults, that he never erred and his judgment was never wrong is facile at best. The great Sardar, one believes, erred in his assessment of the RSS and other extremist groups. In his letter dated January 5, 1948 to the Chief Ministers, barely 25 days before Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, Nehru warned the nation of the dangers from such quarters.

Mumbai is in the grip of a drug mafia. Teens are falling prey to substance abuse. The existing crime lords of the city don’t seem to be the main culprits. The perplexed police force decides to bring in a specialist to ‘clean up the city’. The latest Salman Khan starrer Radhe, directed by Prabhu Deva, acknowledges that the film is inspired by the 2017 South Korean film The Outlaws.

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But seriously, one needn’t look at international content for a storyline such as this one. There are enough masala films in India that have had similar storylines.

Radhe plays out like The-Outlaws-meets-Darbar-meets-many-masala-movies. Rajveer Shikwat or Radhe (Salman Khan)’s entry will put superheroes to shame. Who needs a Spider-Man or Superman when Radhe enters like a whirlwind and those at the receiving end are left to reconstruct what has just happened, in hindsight. The science-defying entry is meant solely for the massy superhero movies, to be lapped up by cheering fans in theatres.

As theatres remain closed in many parts of the country, Salman keeps his almost annual date with Eid, through ZeePlex this time.

Radhe’s reputation precedes his arrival. He is credited with 97 encounters and has been transferred 23 times. No task is challenging for him and he throws away redundant a punch line ‘ek baar commitment kar diya toh apni bhi nahin sunta’. It’s a role that Salman can sleepwalk through.

If that isn’t enough, Dia (Disha Patani) believes that Radhe is an aspiring model and gives him suggestions for modelling and body language. Ghajini anyone? Disha is saddled with a ‘cute but downright dumb’ character.

Megha Akash and Bharath are relegated to the background as young cops. At least Megha gets two scenes to make her presence felt.

There isn’t much in the film to hold interest, but for the menacing Rana (Randeep Hooda) who proves to be elusive and a tough nut to crack, even for Radhe. But their face-off, especially in the pre-interval segment, falls flat. One can recall several Tamil and Telugu masala films that have gotten these pre-interval clashes right, however repetitive or banal the storylines might have been.

Rana goes about slashing anyone who hinders his path. But there aren’t enough cat and mouse games between Radhe and Rana to keep us hooked. It’s a straightforward ‘I will clean up the city’ (there’s even a mention of Swachh Bharat) remark by Radhe and a smirk from Rana.

Radhe’s story is all over the place and you hardly care for what’s happening on screen. Dance numbers are thrown in, including the much-publicised ‘Seeti Maar’ (originally composed for the Telugu film DJ).

One of the biggest puzzles has to do with Jackie Shroff’s character. He plods through the film with ‘the script said so’ demeanour.

Radhe is dreary and listless, with no attempt to do anything innovative within the purview of star-led masala entertainers.

(Radhe can be watched on ZeePlex, the pay per view service of Zee5)

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Updated 12:41 PM ET, Fri October 29, 2021

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Updated 1:12 PM ET, Fri October 15, 2021

We only know three things about Amazon’s Red One, a Christmas movie the company touts will be “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre.” We know the star and the writer—and now that we also know the director, we’re really, really excited.

Red One will be a double reunion for Dwayne Johnson, who is supposedly going to play the biggest, beefiest incarnation of Santa Claus that has ever been put on screen. The script is being written by Chris Morgan, who penned Furious 7, Fate of the Furious, and the spin-off Hobbs Shaw. Now, I want you to just think for a second about a Christmas movie with the energy and action of a Fast Furious movie, but instead of Vin Diesel, it’s Dwayne Johnson in a Santa suit and a fake white beard. Pretty good, right?

Well, according to the Hollywood Reporter, the newest addition is Jake Kasdan, who directed the Rock in the charming Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level movies (he also directed one of my favorite comedies ever, Walk Hard), who’s come aboard as the director. So take that Fast Santa Furious Rudolph movie, and give it the warmth and humor of Jumanji. It’s not like peanut butter and chocolate, it’s like peanut butter and chocolate and a spoon, so you don’t make a big mess everywhere.

Again, there are no other details on the movie other than Amazon thinks it’s going to be huge—so huge that the company announced “this unique concept represents a property that could encompass not only a tentpole film, but could reach beyond entertainment across multiple industries and businesses.” If I may be so bold, I’d like to offer the hypothesis that Santa is Red One, because that’s the code name his eight secret service handlers—who all have reindeer antlers, of course—have given him. The movie’s planned to debut in the holiday season of 2023, so you’ll have plenty of time to brainstorm your own ideas for Red One until then.

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Antlers is a movie we’ve been waiting so long to see it’s almost unbelievable it hasn’t come out yet—but tomorrow, at last, is the big day for the Scott Cooper-directed, Guillermo del Toro-produced supernatural horror tale. The film is coming off a bunch of festival screenings, but to increase the spooky hype that much more, Searchlight Pictures has released a new clip from the film.

The clip shows us middle-school teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) calling on her shy, enigmatic student Lucas (Jeremy T. Thomas) to read the story he’s been working on to the class. He’s a bit of a misfit, but with her encouragement he begins to share. His tale—which he narrates from alarmingly detailed illustrations, not words—stars off a lot like a familiar fairy tale… until it quickly turns dark and frightening.

Obviously Lucas’ story is a thinly veiled description of his own family life, something the sympathetic Julia immediately picks up on. What doesn’t become clear until, presumably, a bit later in the movie is just how monstrous some of the “bears” Lucas is referring to really are, as suggested by the film’s official description: “In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother (Jesse Plemons) become embroiled with her enigmatic student (Jeremy T. Thomas) whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with a legendary ancestral creature who came before them.”

Antlers is based on the short story “The Quiet Boy” by Nick Antosca (Channel Zero), and its cast also features Jesse Plemons as Julia’s brother, the local sheriff, as well as Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, and Amy Madigan. It’ll be in theaters tomorrow.

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Updated 11:18 PM ET, Wed October 27, 2021