The problem is if the boys want some action, there needs to be a third. Unfortunately, their buddy is a no-show. Fortunately, their dweeby friend, Stanley (Grant Terzakis), is available as a last-minute replacement. When the party starts, let’s just say the dudes are ready to make out, but the girls insist on dinner and a game. The game of the night is the newly purchased Quest for Truth. It’s going to be guys against girls....

Why are Race Movies so Popular? Just the sound of engines revving, the exhilarating rush of adrenaline as speed pushes the limits of physics, it’s no wonder racing movies remain in such high demand! But why? What is it about watching cars hurtle around a track that sparks such excitement and keeps us glued to the screen? The answer, like the finish line, lies in a confluence of factors. Racing as a sport already offers so much excitement and entertainment that all over the world, you’ll find avid fans....

The Iron Claw is a straightforward account of the Von Erich brothers sans any of this flashback nonsense. Eldest son Kevin Von Erich (Zac Efron)…well second eldest…is following in the professional footsteps of his legendary father, Fritz Von Erich (Holt McCallany). Fritz is the owner of World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and the creator of the deadly submission move, the Iron Claw. To say the Von Erich family was dysfunctional would be an understatement....

Written by Nayla Al Khaja, Ben Williams, John Collee, and Masoud Amralla Al Ali, the movie follows Ahmed (Saud Alzarooni). He’s a young boy who is close to his mother, Maryam (Faten Ahmed), and aunt Noora (Noura Alabed). Due to a stutter and his mom being divorced, which is highly frowned upon in Muslim culture, he is bullied in his Western school. So, when Ahmed begins to experience persistent headaches and hearing voices, Maryam assumes it is due to these issues....

Tobias (Edward Williams III) is an everyday person who is tormented by his illnesses that were brought on by isolating during COVID-19. Shot with the camera as an interloper/guest in his home, Tobias speaks directly to the viewer about his problems and perceptions. Willams III is outstanding in his voice inflections and subtle facial expressions as Tobias becomes a victim of various uncontrolled emotions. It is important to know that Tobias: Dark Hallway is not a filmic version of mental illness....

Our story begins with a middle-aged couple, Ina and David Steiner, who ran an e-commerce blog dating back to Y2K. One day, Ina received a threatening email warning her to stop disparaging the e-commerce community. Of course, the threats came from anonymous social media accounts, but ignoring them wouldn’t work. Soon, threats of doxxing and harassment turned into reality when they received notice of the shipment of a pig fetus....

You’re not new to the filmmaking scene, so please let us know: Who are you, what’s your background, what films have you already made? My name is Andrew James and I have directed two feature films, the most recent being the documentary, “Cleanflix.” Before that, I wrote and directed a small fiction film called “Una Vida Mejor” which played a few festivals and won the special jury prize at Cinequest back in 2008....

“The future … the past. Old friends long gone.” MJ Simpson, in his review of “Wamego Strikes Back”, had a point to make about the three act structure of “Empire”. He talked about a “back-to-front” narrative which detracted from the enjoyment of the film for him, and that “A New Hope” was the superior “Star Wars” movie (humble beginnings, character development, triumphant conclusion). “Empire’s” structure is classic three-act, but in reverse order with the great battle occuring at the beginning of the movie, character development filling the second act, and then a scattering of the characters as a lead-in for “Return of the Jedi”....

Filmmaker Tim Skousen has created a very unique documentary about prison-life that moves as swiftly and fluidly as the finest of narratives. What makes “Zero Percent” so accessible on a multitude of levels, is its ability to grasp the human side of those locked inside one of the oldest and toughest prisons in the United States. With compelling candor, Skousen shows us the great strides being made in rehabilitation, through Hudson Link—and that education really can unlock the most tightly barred doors, and save lives....

What was your first film? I made a “simulated” gay porn for a film class at the University of Arizona. It got me kicked out for 10 days. It was called “Silence of the Gams” about a guy who wore a body stocking during sex. There was no slapping sound. Hence the title. Why’d you stick with filmmaking, especially after getting kicked out of the University? It was more lucrative than standing on Willshire Boulevard in cut-off jean shorts and a half-shirt that read “One Ck Is Not Enough” Let’s talk about “Hacks....

Before creating a series of shorts called Agent 15, Augusta paid her dues. “What didn’t I do?” she says. “I worked in a ceramics shop, Spencer Gifts, catering, toys and novelties, TLA Video in Philadelphia. When I moved to LA, I tried just about every film position I could, Asst. Director, Boom Operator, Script Supervisor, Art Dept., Wardrobe. I decided to stick with Wardrobe, and I’ve been a Set Costumer for the last 8 years....

Coccio, who had already gained attention for directed several well-regarded short films, used the Columbine attack as the foundation of his first feature. The result is Zero Day, a chilling exploration which uses a video diary format to document two alienated teenagers in their slow but inevitable descent to violence. Unlike Michael Moore’s grandstanding Bowling for Columbine, which points fingers all over the place in trying to assign guilt for the massacre, Zero Day literally zeroes in on the heart and soul of the matter: two troubled boys who are unable to connect with their environment and who come to the horrible conclusion that they have a special mission to rid their world of the problems which they believe are the plague of their existence....

After a Native American slaughtered her parents and left her sister for dead, Cynthia is raised by a Comanche tribe. Now, a grown woman, Cynthia (Larissa Dali), has become deadly with a knife. Her sister, Iris (Brenna Jones), is also most skilled with a weapon, but she’s seeking revenge on the people who destroyed her entire life, who just so happen to be the same tribe that raised Cynthia, now known as Coyote Woman....

Michael (Jerrel O’Neal) is “dressed to the nines” for his weekly date night with his love, Lynn (Fana Tesfagiorgis). As Michael feverishly perfects his home-chef gourmet meal. Lynn makes her entrance in a beautifully flowing yellow gown as if floating on air. The night moves perfectly as Lynn coaxes Michael out of his seat for a dance. Soon, the dance moves to affection. I don’t think it’s a spoiler, but Date Nights is a story of grief as Lynn passed away some time ago in an accident....

THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: Released: April 29th Directed by: Garth Jennings Starring: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell The Lowdown: Don’t Panic… Stick out your thumb to join the most ordinary man in the world on an extra-ordinary adventure across the universe in the hilarious comedy, THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. Earthman Arthur Dent (MARTIN FREEMAN) is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass....

WHY IS IT LOST? “The Betrayal” reportedly ran three hours, and the critics who reviewed the film panned it for being a rickety, badly-made movie. Black audiences were equally unimpressed. Micheaux made no further films and died three years later; “The Betrayal” was forgotten and prints were never retrieved by the Micheaux estate. No copy of the film is known to exist. 2. BEZHIN MEADOW (1937). Following a disastrous sojourn to North America in the early 1930s which resulted in a fruitless stay in Hollywood and the aborted “Que Viva Mexico” in Mexico, Sergei Eisenstein returned to the Soviet Union to begin work on what was supposed to be his first talkie....

Jacob Reed’s Full Picture features actress, comedian, and activist Santina Muha as she undertakes a social experience. Muha uses a wheelchair, but in pandemic life, it is not as noticeable as she engages in Zoom chats with others. The experiment begins by having the actress talk with strangers without indicating or mentioning her wheelchair or disability. The participants then speak about their opinions of her, giving her compliments that Muha can genuinely accept as they are not marked with ableist praise....

After his parents died, Ivy went to live with Aunt Rad (Lea DeLaria), who believes in a good time, not a higher power. This is furthered after Uncle Bill is struck by lightning and killed, and Rad gets cancer. Ivy’s best friend, Surge (Tyler Graham), is a gay anarchist ostracized by their conservative small town. So, Ivy is as far removed from faith as one can be without practicing a different religion altogether....

Bea now finds herself living in her childhood home with her grandmother (Fiona Shaw). When Grandma pulls out Bea’s art supplies, Bea quickly shuts her down, saying she’s not a child anymore and doesn’t do those things. On the way home after visiting her father in the hospital, Bea spots a strange creature following her. Not wanting to be seen, the creature ducks off into the apartment upstairs. When she knocks, she is greeted by Cal (Ryan Reynolds), who tells her she’s seeing things....

While Let It Bleed manages to work in some existential ambiguity regarding events, it doesn’t quite work. Basically, the film strains believability far too much, even if it does leave itself a bit of an out with the ending; if you interpret the ending one way, all other actions that come before it seem to make a bit more sense, but just barely. For example, again, the response to the DVD makes little sense....