On the day of his first fight since leaving prison, Mikey (Michael Pitt), once champion boxer, takes a redemptive journey through his past in Jack Huston’s “Day of the Fight”. As Mikey prepares for the most important fight of his life, he reconnects with the people he was closest to and tries to make things right. Mikey’s coach, Stevie Ross, is played by my guest in this segment, the great Ron Perlman (“Hell Boy”, “Sons of Anarchy”). “Day of the Fight” is currently screening in theaters.
Filmwax Radio welcomes —for their first visits— actor Anthony Rapp and filmmaker Vivian Kerr with their film “Scrap“. Beth (Kerr) has recently been laid off and struggles to maintain the appearance of a successful middle-class lifestyle as she bounces around Los Angeles. Hoping to land a new job and change her situation before her estranged older brother Ben (Rapp) finds out, Beth must confront her own pride in order to reconnect with him and provide for her young daughter Birdy. Meanwhile, Ben and his wife Stacy (Lana Parrilla) consider a third round of IVF and Stacy, a successful attorney, must re-evaluate her own conflicted relationship with motherhood. “Scrap” is currently streaming on digital platforms.
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