Premier a success!

On October 27th, the premier for The Big Something took place and let me tell you, it was phenomenal and a packed house! I was honoured by the amount of people who showed up and gave their support! Everyone raved about the film afterward when they poured into the lobby to have a meet and greet with the actors and crew members of the film. It was like being on cloud 9, truly. I got to meet many amazing fellow actors, fellow cinephiles and just downright good people. I thank everyone who came out to support the film and I am so glad you all have a fantastic time :)

Here are two more reviews about The Big Something:

This article was written by Pete Petrisko from magazine AZ Kaos: Pete Petrisko's Review on T.B.S.

This article was written by John Gaspard interviewing Travis Mills: John Gaspard's Interview

We also had another review by Chris Coffel via a podcast: Podcast Review of T.B.S.

Again, thank you everyone for your support and admiration for our work! Also if anyone has any pictures floating around from that night please forward them to me :)

Cheers!

Reviews on The Big Something

Hey everyone!

I'm so pumped about this! TWO reviews came in about the movie The Big Something, which premiers this Thursday October 27th at Tempe Pollack Cinemas. If you are in Arizona, please get a ticket and come out to see this hilarious film! You can purchase your tickets at http://www.runningwildfilms.com/store/ and click on the golden ticket for $5 or purchase the night of at the door for $8.

Please come out and support local AZ work so we can build up this market!

*Trivia question* Did you know that Flagstaff was originally meant to be the original "Hollywood"? According to the popular myth, Cecil B DeMille's wanted to shoot in Flagstaff, but there was a storm so relentless, the cast and crew decided to continue out west until they settled in Hollywood.

It's never too late to get this back!

Chris Coffel's Reivew on T.B.S.

William Pierce's review on T.B.S.

Arizona Action

I recently watched a film called “The Last Lullaby” and ever since I’ve watched it I can’t get it off of my mind. It was an amazing film in all categories. The mains actors in this film noir psycho-thriller are Tom Sizeman and Sasha Alexander and it was directed by the very talented and visionary Jeffrey Goodman. I don’t want to give away any information, but the story bounces between a hitman, his target and their interaction between each other as stories unveil themselves around them. The subtle acting between Tom and Sasha kept me on the edge of my chair the entire time. They’re sooo unbelievably talented at acting it was refreshing to watch. The story line was ‘messed’ up, but it’s my style of writing; a mix between Tarantino and the Coen brothers with its own twist. The locations used in this film were also spot on. Whoever did the scouting for this film deserves two thumbs up.

The world works in a mysterious way. Let me explain. I heard this film via a recommendation of my friend/director Travis Mills. He’s an encyclopedia with films and I trust his judgment. Watched it, was blown away. Then the very next day, I’m looking at film breakdowns and I see an audition for an upcoming hitwoman psycho-thriller. My heart skipped a beat because I have been so pumped about this whole genre and felt it was serendipitous. I sent in my headshot and resume for consideration and within hours receive contact to come in the next day for an audition.

I receive the sides and prepared. I don’t like to go into details about auditions ahead of time in case I don’t receive a call back, but I felt so excited about this one that I feel it’s acceptable to break my rule. I met up with the director, the producer and the DP in a quaint studio in the heart of Phoenix where I was warmly greeted. There I went in with my A-game about the character (which, like many characters has aspects of myself in them) and performed to my fullest. Everyone was very positive and very kind, which is a great environment to audition in. It would be a real treat to be able to earn this role because it would yet again challenge me in a new way and…well….it’s just a lot of fun to have an action/murder/spy/thriller role. I’m lovin’ the projects happening in Arizona. We are living in fortuitous times.

Untitled film shoot with Nathan Phelps

As I mentioned previously I'm in the middle of an untitled film shoot with talented director Nathan Phelps. He actually found me through another director I worked with on the music video for Hollywood Yates, Brandon Smith. After he watched the video he asked Brandon who I was and then contacted me explaining the script and vision he had and, well, here we are today. I like stories like that.

The story is sort of about a love that is lost and it's shown through the eyes/mind of the male lead, and I play his wife. It shows the pain from both sides of the characters and it's dealt with inner monologues and letters written. It's really good, I'm not going to even sugar coat it.

I love Nathan's style of directing too. He's very soft spoken and has a calm demeanor, but he knows what he wants. His products are full of life and colour and are very eye appealing. When I saw his work, I was flattered he contacted me to be honest!

This was the Hollywood Yates' music video Nathan found me on:

Hollywood Yates: Like Father, Like Son, Like Hell
Music Video

This was the short by Nathan that sold me on working with him:
The Poet And The Lynx

Here are some of the photographs taken during our film shoot. It was taken place at the beautiful and secluded location of the Xeros Residence and all the photographs were taken by D.P. Zach Smif








Brandon Smith (actor/cinematographer)



Nathan Phelps, thee director

Shooting from outside through window





There are tons of other pictures from the shoot that you can check out on my Facebook if you want to see more:

Mina Marie Mirkhah FB

A Stray wrapped

Howdy friends, how is the Fall treating you?

Since the last blog, I've wrapped filming for the project A Stray and have begun working on another untitled film project with director Nathan Phelps and his crew. However, before I go into details about that project let me discuss filming for A Stray. As I expected, it was fantastic and challenging! Everyone (cast and crew alike) were so kind and so professional is was a breeze to be on set. Working with Joe Flowers, the male lead, was the best because he's a) talented b) professional c) fun and d) knows how to bring out what's needed from the scene and that my friends is a coveted trait!

All in all it was a wonderful experience and I am sad that the project has wrapped, however I am excited and eager to see the finished project. From what I saw in the play backs, we've got a killer story.

Here are some pics from the shoot:


From left to right: Hayden, David, Jarrod


Joe, David, BJ


I love how epic this pic looks: BJ, me, Yessenia, Joe, Colleen


Yessenia, Colleen, David, BJ

All these photos were captured by either Brad Garner, Mandie Smith or Brittany Blades.