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Brian May and Sophia Lucia Parola play a couple spending a romantic evening on the beach. Sophia’s character must get the last bottle of wine after losing a game of rochambeau. On the way back, she is attacked by a horde of zombies. Brian’s character has to make a split-second decision to either save his love or save himself. Glass Eyes is a straightforward zombie story. Meyers sets the stakes of this loving relationship between Brian and Sophia beautifully as it leads to the aftermath of Brian’s choice....

In a world where almost all black Hollywood actresses have straight, flowing hair, it’s difficult to realize that none of them were born like that. During production, Rock meets girls as young as three getting their hair permed in salons across the country–which seems pretty crazy after a scientist shows the effects of the chemicals used in perms on aluminum cans. Just so you know…they burn through metal. Have fun rubbing that on your head....

It’s evident that filmmaker Ken Tipton has no love lost on Citizens For Decency, the religious watchdog group that allegedly targeted his St. Louis based video store chain during the early eighties. According to the film’s web site, Tipton raised CFD’s censorship-happy hackles by carrying Martin Scorsese’s “Last Temptation of Christ” and other controversial movie titles on his shelves. Tempers escalated, sides were taken, and Tipton found himself enmeshed in boycotts, court battles, depression – and ultimately, an ironic form of redemption....

Narrated by filmmaker Shasha, Heaven Rain Flows Sweetly is a poetic journey of her life. She has lived for years in Oregon and returned to her homeland in southern China after fleeing the devasting Almeda forest fire in 2020. Shasha Li returns to her home village of Lijiang and her Nakhi heritage. During her time away, her humble country village has transformed in ways unimaginable. When she arrives in Lijiang, Shasha visits her grandmother, who grabs a bucket of collected rainwater and waters her plants....

The Iranian in question is Behrani(wonderfully played by Ben Kingsley),a former high-ranking Iranian Colonel now reduced to petty labor here in America as he works odds jobs – he moonlights at a convenience store – all the while hiding this from his wife(Shohreh Aghdashloo)and son(Jonathan Ahdout)while he plots to achieve financial independence. Then, as if the devil had constructed the chain of events himself, a wonderfully tranquil-looking house becomes available at auction for a bargain basement price....

Farrell, who has written extensively on high-tech subjects for such outlets as Salon and National Review, has just published Digital Movies with QuickTime Pro (Charles River Media, $49.95, 362 pages). The book, which comes with a companion DVD-ROM to enable visual examples of what is being discussed, literally covers the whole gamut of digital video production. Designed for both Windows and Mac users, the book highlights every possible aspect of the QuickTime Pro technology in crisp, user-friendly language....

It takes a particular love of stop-motion animation to make a stop-motion animation film. Sammy Verni has that love, and his heart and soul just shine from start to finish. What’s clear in Low Down Larry Versus the Giant Reptile is that Verni understands his limitations regarding budget and resources and has a plan to overcome them. Low Down Larry Versus the Giant Reptile is chock full of dino-puppets. One battle between T-Rex and Stegosaurus reminds me of that iconic scene in Walt Disney’s Fantasia....

In the first episode, Amir (Ben Buehler), the Deputy Director of the City Bureau, is notified of the “biohazard” material found in the city offices. Amir’s been on the phone all morning, much to the dismay of his partner Greg (D’Vonte Robinson). But there’s a bigger problem as Greg believes Amir no longer cares about the ordinary citizen enough to attend a local protest for the latest victim of police brutality....

Well for those who dig the segment, here’s a quick bit of news — DVDuesday will now be on Attack of the Show twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Yeah, you heard me — TWICE A WEEK! That’s two-times the DVDs and two-times the Gore! Tuesdays segment will basically be the same with reviews of the latest DVDs hitting store shelves that day. Then there will be a whole new segment on Fridays with recommendations of various kinds of DVDs worth checking out....

The almost half-hour-long film tells the tale of a young Ukrainian girl named Sarah (Helena Aviv Perez). She raises a Siberian Tiger cub named Mushka while trouble and adventure ensue as he grows up. It starts with Sarah enjoying life with her grandmother (Kelly Hoover). Unfortunately, her grandma falls and is placed in the hospital, so Sarah is shipped off from Kyiv to the countryside to live with her rugged, non-talkative father (Tanner Beard)....

As a short that keys in on a single musical number, you get the feeling that a larger tale could exist, with even more music and characters. Which would be fine, but the sequence nonetheless stands on its own. It’s entertaining, even if the reality of our protagonist’s life is anything but. Like many a musical, I enjoy taking the film as it expresses the rules of its own cinematic universe, but I also like the potential idea that we’re watching a really cheerful short film about a woman who just lost her mind....

Though van den Broek’s non-linear fantasy appears to be set in Victorian England, it clearly transcends time and place in a very credible way; his story is really very simple and universal. It is about an old man named Simeon (Stuart Adams) who is presumably married to a young artist named Celestina (Eloise Black). His love dissipates to jealousy, and then obsession, when Celestina runs off with a young poet and becomes pregnant....

Tomas is a German film director living in Paris with his boyfriend and fellow creative Martin. He is seemingly happy to play second fiddle to Tomas and his selfish antics, hidden behind a guise of artistic genius (at least in his own mind). Their relationship works – until it doesn’t. Frequently disloyal and subject to temperamental outbursts, Tomas strays from Martin. Enter Agathe, an assistant on Tomas’ latest film. After wrapping production, Agathe and Thomas begin a fling, and soon they’re living together....

Lee first came to notice in the 1998 feature “Shopping for Fangs,” which used an Asian-American cast to loop a series of stories which mixed surreal comedy (including a character who convinces himself that he’s a werewolf) with shattering drama (the emotionally isolated wife of a wealthy businessman finds her world crumbling). The movie was noteworthy since it was not a typical (or perhaps stereotypical) examination of Asian-American life. But beyond the non-traditional casting was a vibrant sense of style coupled with a remarkable substance....

Directed and written by Warren Fast, Roadkill turns the genre of action-filled road trip crime/horror films sideways by adding piling bodies and a style so sharp you could shave with it. The work addresses confronting trauma, seeking justice, and overcoming personal hardship, all on a budget. In the opening, shot in black and white, a young, disheveled boy’s mother comes in and verbally and physically abuses him for not eating a sandwich....

It takes place not too long from now in a storm cloud of a dystopian sci-fi civilization. It delves into the “torn from today’s headlines” subject of implanted tech inside the human mind. We meet Grimm (David Bianchi), who has developed the breakthrough cranial processor and is determined to test it on himself. His attempt to self-Frankenstein doesn’t go well, setting him up with a never-ending painkiller habit to deal with the wounds....

Her ex picks up their daughter while Marcella waits for a tow truck. The tow service is run by a woman who warns Marcella that whatever she does in this life, never ever buy a tow truck. So Marcella promptly goes out trying to buy a tow truck as she will need a new job to help support her daughter. She goes about learning the rules of towing by doing everything everyone warns her not to do....

This article critically examines some of the most beloved gambling movies—”Casino Royale,” “Ocean’s Eleven,” and “Rounders”—to assess their accuracy and how well they reflect the intricacies of gambling. Casino Royale Casino Royale often serves as a prime example when discussing the authenticity of gambling scenes. The movie showcases elaborate poker matches where James Bond coolly assesses his opponents amidst the luxury of an exclusive gambling venue. While it captures the tension well, real-life casino operations are vastly more complex and regulated....

Even if one is unfamiliar with the essentials of the plot — the friendship between the titular king and Enkidu or the battle against Humbaba — one has heard the story before. The ancient Mesopotamian tale has provided a narrative structure for sundry quests for millennia. But for the few who are unfamiliar, King Gilgamesh ventures forth to find the secret of eternal life. Along the way, he encounters all manner of friends, foes, and mythological creatures....

The story is pretty much all in the trailer. Barry Allen (Miller) is a district attorney’s forensics specialist. He uses these resources to find evidence to exonerate his father, who was falsely convicted of his mother’s death. In a rage, Barry runs and runs to discover that he can move fast enough to travel through time. He goes back to prevent his mother’s murder, and upon returning to his present, a mysterious figure knocks Barry into a different timeline, where he meets his now alive mother and his younger self....