“Gee,” you’re thinking, “How the hell did I miss this one?” Sarcasm aside, “Of Unknown Origin” received almost no attention during its theater run. My initial viewings were limited to a few times on HBO in the mid-80’s. It was never released on DVD and is out of print on VHS. There are still some copies available online at retail sites and for those of you with the brass balls required to buy videotapes on eBay....
Hell’s Coming For You begins with the retirement party of Liam Hell (Dillion Dilligaf). All his associates are there, including best friend Eddie (Tim Chizmar), Kandy (Trista Robinson), Sinn (Nicholas Cvjekovich), and Dwarf (Jeremiah Benjamin). Also in attendance is Liam’s neighbor from across the street, Amanda (Tonya Todd), and her son Zach (Legend Adams). As a welcoming gesture, Amanda baked Liam a pie. The two have a lovely chat and immediately form a bond....
“Loma Lynda” ^ A performance group fuses indie aesthetics, cinematic genres, and technology to create emotionally intense and moody soundscapes to interpretive film. ^ DIRECTOR: Jason Bognacki “The Missing” (North American premiere) ^ One day, in the park, a grandmother loses her grandson sending her into a tailspin of anxiety. That same day, a teenager learns his grandfather is missing. (Taiwan) ^ DIRECTOR & WRITER: Kang-sheng Lee ^ CAST: Yi-ching Lu, Tien Miao “Tarnation” (world premiere) ^ Jonathan Caouette plays himself, a young gay man forced to leave behind his partner, his acting career, close friends and freedom, to return to his childhood home in rural Texas and care for his schizophrenic mother....
The film starts in New York City in 2019, following improv comedian Connor Ratliff at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. This is where he performs monthly live talk shows as Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas. Ratliff, his sidekick Griffin Newman (portraying the naturally absurd Phantom Menace character Watto), and producer Patrick Cotnoir bring on real showbiz guests such as SNL cast member Heidi Gardner, actor/writer Mo Rocca, among others. Connor plays Lucas with a referential wink and a nod as an optimistic character instead of making fun of the man he idolized as a child....
We open with a de-aged Harrison Ford back to his classic whip-wielding Indy ways during the final days of WWII. Jones and his partner Basil Shaw (Toby Jones) are sneaking into a Nazi camp in search of the Lance of Longinus, the fabled blade that pierced Christ and is said to have extraordinary power. After fighting through legions of soldiers and realizing the Lance is a fraud, the two soon discover something much more powerful, the Archimedes Dial....
Ray (the great John Magaro) is a classic noir schlub — the very definition of a pushover. His older brother, Junior (Matthew Del Negro), treats him like an inferior even though the two supposedly own equal shares in the hardware business they inherited from their parents. One day, Ray learns that his wife, Stacy-Lynn (Megan Stevenson), is having an affair. This soul-crushing revelation is delivered to him by Skip (Steve Zahn), a low-rent private detective good ol’ boy whose attire is a bolo tie and black cowboy hat that completes his wannabe badass look....
00:01 – Kate’s not hiding her British accent. This is a good thing since to me that accent just makes her sexier. 00:02 – And there’s the scene of her dropping off the building from the trailer. It seems to me like there are some movies where certain scenes are shot specifically for the trailer and later inserted somewhere sort of appropriate in the movie. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for the great trailer to crappy movie ratio....
Pratfall follows the eccentric Eli (Joshua Burge), a quintessential city slicker plagued by insomnia. While wandering Central Park one day, he comes across the airy Joelle (Chloé Groussard), a French tourist with her own set of troubles. Despite an idiosyncratic first meeting, the two resolve to traverse the city together, taking in the sights as well as searching for answers to unasked existential questions. Foremost, Burge is a remarkable selection as Eli....
After a seven-hour drive to the red rocks of Sedona, the girls begin the challenge with the nutty Hermes (Joe Filippone) guiding their way. They have no phone service, they are fasting, and they are bitchy as the journey goes into some dark places. Another goofy spiritual guide, Inanna (Campbell Crates), introduces the group to the interdimensional power of Sedona’s famed vortexes. Things start getting very trippy, with an encounter with a man (Tim Sauer) and a woman (Cheree Ramon) hiking and getting into a face-melting frequency....
In 2003, developers tore down a large swath of abandoned mills inhabited by artists and punk rockers to build a massive shopping mall, Providence Place Mall. Upset at the loss of the creative space and the greed and its seeming thumbed-nose at the local residents, artist Michael Townsend, his wife Adriana, and six of his college students decided to protest the mall by making it their home for as long as they could....
But love it or hate it, “The Bride of Frank” is consistent in tone and character throughout. The main character, “Frank”, is indeed played by ex-homeless man, Frank O’Brien. And his quest throughout the movie is to find himself a bride. Now Frank has a severe anger problem, and the folks populating the world around him are vile, despicable people, most of whom get what they deserve. The movie made cult history with the actual on-screen depiction of Frank tearing off someone’s head and literally shitting down their neck....
These pals have a fun dynamic on and off the field. Unfortunately, bad news hits when they are informed that due to some changes in the department, all four of them are losing their scholarships when the fall semester starts. So the foursome becomes desperate to pay their bills, save for tuition, and have enough for a little bit of fun. Lucky then that they are young, good-looking, and in shape....
The three fishermen are teenagers who use their skills to help each other out to catch “the big pelvis.” Their rival is Other Brad (Beckett Nichols), who is good enough to potentially catch the big pelvis by himself. While trying to catch the fish, Cast Master, Bait Master, and Knot Master scheme to keep Other Brad busy by sending Knot Master to keep him company. The Big Pelvis definitely took some inspiration from iconic films....
LAST SEEN: Available for viewing on several Net sites. AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: Only on public domain dupes. REASON FOR DISAPPEARANCE: Orphaned movie CHANCES OF SEEING A DVD RELEASE: There has been no interest in coordinating a much-needed restoration of this much-maligned film. In the years following World War II, Hollywood finally acknowledged a problem that was evident to African Americans for the previous three centuries: the United States had serious problems with racism....
María is older than Jesús and has just reached a long-desired milestone of having a baby. She is over the moon about being a mother, but Jesús seems less enthusiastic about their new life. While shopping for furniture, Jesús points out that he has very little agency in their day-to-day life. She’s taken absolute control of their environment, having chosen the color of their apartment. Plus, it was her idea to have a child....
Ben wants to make a good impression as Cooper has recently become wealthy in tech and might be able to fund the film he’s been working on. The evening starts cordial and festive when Cooper arrives with his fiance, Kim (Addy Dosunmu). But the subject of their past and Ben’s trauma quickly sours the evening. The Confessional is an example of what we tell emerging filmmakers all the time—make your movie....
Which it is not by a long shot. Don’t get me wrong: It’s a smarter-than-average soap opera with its share of dandy dialogue and fine performances but a glorified soap opera nonetheless. One reason the movie might be mistaken for something more, of course, is the fact that it stars George Clooney. As we learned earlier this year with the release of The Ides of March, however, the actor’s presence is no longer the cinematic Good Housekeeping Seal it once was....
Rachel doesn’t seem to have her responsibilities adequately figured out. She skips work for the day to go bowling with Michael. On top of a poor work ethic, she drinks excessively and is loose with men. The result is a stressful upbringing for Michael. After a night of sleeping in their car, Michael and Rachel are back on the road. While driving late at night, the two get in am accident....
Of course, that’s just the barest of setups. Brett Ryan Bonowicz’s feature film, The Perfect 46, tackles the rise and fall of Perfect 46 by focusing on the personal trials and tribulations of its tortured founder. Told through a clever combination of 60 Minutes-style documentary about Perfect 46, flashbacks and a more immediate narrative conflict (Darden is alone in his home when two men invade and take him prisoner), the film approaches the complexity of its tale via multiple layers....
The film focuses on a small theater production as they audition, prep and eventually perform a new play. Frighteningly on-point (if you’ve ever spent some time around theaters or even small town Summer stock productions), the production routinely wanders into drama due to the writer/director Marco (Wes Tank), and his manic, socially ignorant personality. This is a man who feels that no one truly “gets” his play, eventually forcing his way on stage as the lead actor opposite the only one he seems to have a connection with, Zelphia (Haley Chamberlain)....
