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Time Trap (2017)

Time Trap is an honest effort from directors Ben Foster and Mark Dennis, who clearly have enthusiasm for this story. Unfortunately, the film never lives up to its potential. We spend so much time with characters who are stupider than we are that you'll become bored and frustrated waiting for them to catch up to you.

Professor Hopper (Andrew Wilson) has been searching for his missing parents and sister for years. After discovering their abandoned vehicle, he claims to have solved the mystery of what happened to them. When he vanishes as well, his students - Taylor (Reiley McClendon), Jackie (Brianne Howey), and Cara (Cassidy Gifford), her sister Veeves (Olivia Draguicevich), and Veeves' friend Furby (Max Wright) go investigate the site.

As Professor Hopper enters a cavern near his parents’ van, he spots what looks like a cowboy, frozen still up ahead. Not frozen as in ice, frozen as in he doesn’t move. After taking a couple of steps, the rancher begins moving normally while the daylight behind Hopper flickers rapidly from light, to dark, light, to dark, over and over. What could it mean?

If you haven’t guessed, it’s pretty obvious when you see it in action. Professor Hopper has stepped through a time barrier. Inside, time passes by so slowly that to those watching outside, it looks like you’re standing still. The mystery is obvious even if you don’t know the film’s title. I realize the characters in the movie don’t know they’re in a movie but it takes them an eternity to put two and two together, even when they receive camera footage from Furby that show him wondering where they went, waiting for them to return overnight, and then descending into the same cave in which they disappeared even though to them, they've only been gone for a few minutes.

The problem isn’t that it takes long for the students to realize what they’ve walked into; it's that the film makes it too obvious to those watching. There’s plenty of strange happenings: ropes suddenly snapping, phones being unable to contact that surface, artifacts from the past in pristine condition, etc. In any other movie, these would draw you in. Here, they make you restless. Within minutes, it’s clear too much time has passed. Even if the party gets back to the surface, so much time has passed that everyone they know has been reduced to dusty bones and memories. Escape is almost pointless except for the fact that you can’t live underground.

Time Trap is 95 minutes long and it’s about an hour before the non-mystery steps aside so the plot can begin. It gets pretty silly and inconsistent from there. Magic is introduced for no reason except to force a happy ending in a movie that shouldn’t have one. Villains show up out of nowhere. The characters jump to wild conclusions. Meanwhile, you’re still stuck asking questions about this time cave. If the time barrier has been there for millions of years, shouldn’t the place be filled to the brim with random bugs and debris that’s been blown in by the wind? What about rain?

Time Trap is a concept and nothing more. It either needed to keep its cards closer to its chest - and even then, that ending desperately needed a re-write - or do something worthwhile with its idea of people forced into the future against their will. There’s got to be a movie that handles this idea better. Even if there isn’t, not enough about this film works for me to recommend it. (July 16, 2021)

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There's no stronger bond than family!

On Tuesday, the trailer for the upcoming Prime Video drama series, The Baxters, was released -- and it's full of heartbreak, hope and redemption.

Picture-perfect parents Elizabeth (Roma Downey) and John Baxter (Ted McGinley) pose with their five adult children, before realizing they will have to come together to support one of their own.

Elizabeth and John rally their children to step up, as their daughter, Kari (Ali Cobrin), reveals that her husband is having an affair with one of his students. 

Kari turns to her siblings, Ashley (Masey McLain), Luke (Josh Plasse), Erin (Reilly Anspaugh) and Brooke (Emily Peterson) for advice and guidance as she navigates the next steps in her marriage. 

Eventually, Kari also leans on an old friend, Ryan -- and begins to fall for him -- but her husband returns and asks if she is willing to make their marriage work. 

The Baxters is based off of the New York Times bestselling book series, Redemption, by Karen Kingsbury. 

According to a press release, "Season one of The Baxters centers on Elizabeth and John’s daughter, Kari, who learns the shocking truth that her professor husband, Tim, has been secretly having an affair with one of his college students. As her relationship is tested, Kari must seek comfort in her faith and family to discover if love is truly a choice and if her marriage can be redeemed. In this deeply moving faith-based journey, The Baxters must come together as a family to work through the challenges of life."

The series also stars Cassidy Gifford, Kathie Lee Gifford, Brandon Hirsch, Jake Allyn, Damien Leake and Orel De La Mot. The series is directed by Rachel Feldman and Tony Mitchell.

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This movie may be flawed in a few places... but I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.

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Moore backers stand by their man

By MAGGIE SEVERNS

11/13/2017 10:00 AM EST

Updated 11/13/2017 08:55 AM EST

2017-11-13T08:55-0500

With Daniel Strauss

FALLOUT IN ALABAMA — “Moore backers stand by their man,” by POLITICO’s Daniel Strauss, reporting from Birmingham, Ala.: “Roy Moore’s supporters are shocked and angry. But it’s not Moore they’re upset with. … Moore, the Republican nominee in Alabama’s Senate special election, made his first campaign stop on Saturday since The Washington Post published the women’s accounts [of having relationships with Moore when they were teenagers] including one by Leigh Corfman, who said that Moore undressed her and touched her over her underwear when she was 14. Moore denied the allegations before an audience of about 100 at the Mid-Alabama Republican Club in Vestavia Hills, drawing applause while casting the accounts as part of a conspiracy among the media, Democrats and the Republican establishment.” Full story here.

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— “Alabama polls show close race after Moore accusations,” by POLITICO’s Steven Shepard: “Since The Washington Post published a story online Thursday afternoon in which four women accused Moore of making romantic or sexual advances on them when they were teenagers, four polls — all conducted using less expensive methodologies — have showed the candidates roughly neck-and-neck. The most recently released survey, an automated poll from the Republican-leaning firm JMC Analytics and Polling, shows the Democrat leading by 4 percentage points.

“Jones leads Moore in the JMC Analytics poll, 48 percent to 44 percent, with 8 percent undecided or favoring another candidate in Alabama’s Dec. 12 special Senate election. The poll was conducted last Thursday through Saturday. The previous JMC Analytics survey, conducted in late September and early October, showed Moore ahead by 8 points. JMC conducts landline-only polls administered by an automated interviewer.” Full story here.

GUN SHOW — “Giffords poll: Gun policy crucial to Northam win,” by POLITICO’s Kevin Robillard: “A new Virginia poll from a leading gun control group shows Democratic Gov.-elect Ralph Northam’s support for more restrictions on gun rights likely helped him in his election win over Republican Ed Gillespie. Exit polling showed 17 percent of voters named gun policy as their top reason for voting, and those voters split equally between Northam and Gillespie: 49 percent to 49 percent, with two percent backing Libertarian Cliff Hyra. The split is noteworthy: While public polling typically shows strong public support for various gun control measures, the intensity is typically on the side of gun rights supporters.

“A new poll commissioned by Giffords, the gun violence prevention group named after and run by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, found a similar result. In the poll, conducted by Democratic IVR pollster Public Policy Polling, 60 percent of voters said gun laws in America should be stronger, while 26 percent said they should stay the same and 13 percent said they should be weaker. Fifty-three percent said they trust Democrats more on the issue of guns, while 43 percent trusted Republicans more. Full story here.

Days until the 2018 election: 358.

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NEW HIRE — “DSCC brings on new political director,” by Strauss: “Devan Barber is joining the DSCC as its political director, succeeding Dan McNally, who is going to work for the Democratic media firm Shorr Johnson Magnus. Barber comes to the DSCC from the End Citizens United PAC, where she was political director. She previously served as research director for DSCC in the 2016 cycle and for then-Sen. Kay Hagan’s 2014 reelection campaign. Barber also worked on Hagan’s 2008 campaign and former President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign.” Full story here.

IT’S MITT — “Utah state senator launches PAC to draft Romney,” by POLITICO’s Maggie Severns: “A Utah state senator is spearheading a new effort to rev up support for a Mitt Romney U.S. Senate bid. The state legislator, Dan Hemmert, filed paperwork with the FEC last week to create a new PAC called Recruit Romney. The PAC has some pledged donations, but its goal is not to raise millions but rather to gather signatures and names of supporters who would like to see Romney make a bid for Senate, Hemmert said.” Full story here.

LAUNCHING TODAY — Democrat Mahlon Mitchell, the president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, is launching his campaign for governor today. Mitchell plans to hold events in Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay. Per a press release, at “each event, Mitchell will be joined by local supporters — from fellow fire fighters to workers, educators, students, and small business owners who believe it’s time for change in Wisconsin.”

ICYMI — “Pro-Trump group courts donors with Cabinet access,” by Severns: “Energy Secretary Rick Perry will headline an intimate gathering of high-powered business executives in Texas [this] week for the pro-Trump outside group America First Policies, the first in a series of ’roundtable discussions’ giving donors face time with top Trump officials.

“The Houston event featuring Perry, detailed in an invitation sent to a Republican donor and obtained by POLITICO, will include roughly 30 people and cover topics from energy policy to the Trump administration’s broader agenda, America First spokeswoman Erin Montgomery said. Perry will not solicit donations from the attendees at the Monday event, which would be a violation of federal law — but America First officials plan to ask for contributions after Perry leaves the room.” Full story here.

AROUND THE MAP — Quick takes from across the country:

SENATE

Massachusetts: Entrepreneur Shiva Ayyadurai plans to run for Senate as an independent rather than a Republican, Boston Magazine reports.

HOUSE

NH-02: Republican Jack Flanagan will not run for Congress in New Hampshire 2nd District, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.

TX-21: Former San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz announced over the weekend she’s running for Congress as a Republican in Texas’s 21st District, via Community Impact Newspaper.

GOVERNOR

California: The question of how to handle Gov. Jerry Brown’s legacy is a top issue in the California governor’s race, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Kansas: Both Democrats and Republicans are making the case that a moderate should be the next governor in Kansas, the Topeka Capital-Journal writes.

Texas: Democrats don’t have a “flagship candidate” to run for governor in Texas next year, the Houston Chronicle writes.

CODA — QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Look, I’m sorry, but even before these reports surfaced, Roy Moore’s nomination was a bridge too far,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) tweeted over the weekend.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of Morning Score misidentified End Citizens United. It is a PAC.

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Prime Video has picked up the family drama series The Baxters, from LightWorkers Media, the faith and family-focused company founded by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey which is owned by Amazon MGM Studios through Amazon’s the acquisition of LightWorkers parent MGM.

The six-episode series, based on the best-selling book series by Karen Kingsbury, is executive produced by Downey who stars as the family matriarch, Elizabeth Baxter, alongside Ted McGinley as John Baxter. The Baxters, which is slated to stream spring 2024 exclusively on Prime Video, was filmed in 2018. Also executive produced by Will Packer, it was originally intended to stream on LightWorkers Media’s platform.

The Baxters follows Elizabeth and John Baxter and their five adult children. Season 1 centers on Elizabeth and John’s daughter, Kari, who learns the shocking truth that her professor husband, Tim, has been secretly having an affair with one of his college students. As her relationship is tested, Kari must seek comfort in her faith and family to discover if love is truly a choice and if her marriage can be redeemed. In this deeply moving faith-based journey, The Baxters must come together as a family to work through the challenges of life.

“With over 25 million fans of the Baxter series books we know audiences are going to love this family drama brought to life, and I am personally so excited to bring more inspirational content to Prime Video,” Downey said.

Additional cast include Ali Cobrin (American Reunion) as Kari Baxter Jacobs, Masey McLain (On Fire) as Ashley Baxter, Josh Plasse (iCarly) as Luke Baxter, Cassidy Gifford (God’s Not Dead) as Reagan Decker, Reilly Anspaugh (Chauncey) as Erin Baxter, Emily Peterson (Chicago P.D.) as Brooke Baxter, and Brandon Hirsch (Atlanta) as Tim Jacobs.

Downey and LightWorkers Media originally acquired the rights to Kingsbury’s The Baxter Family novel series for television eight years ago.

“Since the day Roma Downey asked for my blessing in making the Baxter family literary series into a televised show, I have dreamed that it might find a home on Prime Video,” Kingsbury said. “Many millions of readers are going to be thrilled over this news. It is a dream come true.”

The Baxters is produced by LightWorkers Media, Will Packer Media, and Haven Entertainment. Jessie Rosen serves as showrunner and executive producer. Executive producing alongside Downey, Rosen and Packer are Kevin Mann, Brendan Bragg, and Jaime Primak Sullivan. Karen Kingsbury and Rick Christian are consulting producers.

#omg it finally got a home!! #karen kingsbury #the baxters