Kelly Mackey has joined Harbor’s L.A. studio as executive producer, VFX and finishing.
Mackey launched her career at Refinery NYC and Poetica, then moved on to BlueRock where she quickly rose to oversee and produce large automotive accounts including Toyota for Saatchi & Saatchi. Since then, Mackey has produced for blue-chip boutique post houses including Nomad Editorial, WAX, and Uppercut. She has served premium accounts including Urban Decay, Volvo, Adidas, Vans, Google, Peloton, Wells Fargo, and Under Armour. Kelly has also overseen top-tier pharmaceutical campaigns for such clients as Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and AbbVie, and network branded content for Viacom and Bloomberg Media Group.
Harbor maintains operations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and London. Harbor’s work spans live-action, dailies, creative and offline editorial, design, animation, visual effects, CG, sound, and picture finishing.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie โ a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More