You only get one chance to release your film on VOD, so you want to make sure you don’t mess it up. And the best way to not mess it up is to have a checklist for your VOD release campaign. Then make sure you follow it! Dr. Atul Gawande is a surgeon and writer who has built a cottage industry around advocating for checklists. And for good reason. His checklists save lives....
Denise (Tanna Frederick) is in a constant struggle. Her roommate is evicting her from a small corner of the apartment to make room for a new companion. Denise’s love for poetry and her choice of footwear are hindering her job prospects. She also refuses to take the anti-nausea medicine that could ease her discomfort in this strange world. But the most distressing part is that only Denise can see the catastrophe in the sky....
At home, she dotes on her little sister Lou (Katie Bezilla), who suffers from an array of serious health issues. They both speak fluent French with the father, Guy (Dimi Bissig), who met their mother, Michelle (Amy Davis), when she was in Europe. One evening, Michelle and Guy ask Nicole to sit down as they have something they need to discuss with her. Michelle proceeds to lay on her something very heavy about the family, so heavy that Nicole is asked to keep it from Lou, as she isn’t old enough yet....
Rita (Kate Micucci) is a fragile woman who finds herself mere inches on the right side of sanity. While at her local laundromat, one of Rita’s socks goes missing, and as she waves its orphan pair, Rita becomes suspicious of the other patrons. The annoyed onlookers tell her to look again. Bent over through the dryer door, Rita is sucked through and transported to a parallel universe where dolphins reign supreme....
Various ex-members are interviewed about their time living there under the direction of their leader, Father Osiris (Raul Delarosa), with his collection of exotic birds. This charismatic old man convinced several young people to give up all of their worldly possessions to him to go live in what one member described as a “summer camp with an Egyptian theme.” All the buildings in the woods resemble ancient temples with hieroglyphics and statues of gods everywhere....
Rahul’s personal life is also in turmoil as his girlfriend waltzes back into it. This confuses the young man, as Tina (Kristine Zedek) walked out on him a week ago. Everything coming at him so fast sends the lead on an inner quest to figure himself out better. His journey culminates in meeting the enigmatic Stranger (Keith Dallison), who seeks to help Rahul in a most unusual way. The Stranger is billed as “dialogue-driven....
Let me keep this brief, since thinking about the film makes me ill. Madame Souza, a tiny club-footed elderly lady, has adopted her grandson Champion; the absence of his parents is never explained. The roly-poly boy is constantly and hopelessly morose, and not even the gift of a puppy christened Bruno can cheer him. When Madame Souza discovers Champion has a fondness for bicycle racing, she buys him a tricycle and he is besides himself with joy....
McCay is best known for Gertie the Dinosaur, the wonderfully lumbering brontosaur who somehow found her way into modern society. The 1914 “Gertie the Dinosaur” can still charm with its gentle humor and McCay’s wonderfully sincere depiction of the oversized yet playful creature. An animal of a very different nature is “The Pet” (1921), a strange little mammal adopted by a well-meaning housewife. The creature’s absorption of food is mirrored with sudden spurts of growth, to the point that it towers over skyscrapers and brings out a military response to its destructive rampage....
Set in a small town in Columbia, Margarita (Saray Nohemi) is a young woman who feels out of place. She has a man to go home to but feels alive and free at the local salsa dance club. Hitchhiking herself across the country is Liana (Isabelle Troup). She also feels out of place. Not just because she is a foreign traveler but also because she is deaf. When Liana and Margarita meet, they make a connection beyond the vibrant and lively salsa music....
Bastards of Soul was on the brink of global fame. As a Dallas, Texas, band, they were a tight group and loved to play their music their way, and it worked. However, an unforeseen turn of life had another plan for the Bastards of Soul, with the loss of its frontman and lead singer, Chadwick Murray. Unbeknown to him, Chadwick Murray, a mega talent in the making, who offstage was a sweet, loveable man and husband, loyal band member, and soon-to-be-father, would fall ill and succumb to a rare respiratory illness at 45 in 2021....
When talking about movies in this category, one cannot forget “Casino,” directed by the renowned Martin Scorsese. Premiered in 1995, “Casino” tells the story of power, greed, and deceit in the 1970s’ Las Vegas. The movie follows Sam “Ace” Rothstein, played excellently by Robert De Niro, a professional gambler managing the Tangiers Casino. This character’s journey through organised crime and murky casino politics paints a picture of corruption and danger....
Simple is the best way to describe Blue. It uses simple animation to tell a simple story. Thanks to our old pal, the computer, producing an animated short film can be a relatively easy process. Easy compared to hand drawing 12 frames per second for a 4-minute short. When you look at Farahzadi’s final product, it’s clear that she refused to take shortcuts and she had specific ideas in mind for art direction and kept it consistent throughout....
After being split apart in Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, the family came back together in the Palestinian village of Deir Hanna. From here, Abbass fled to Paris to pursue acting, saying she felt suffocated. So Soualem grew up speaking French and only knew a little Arab from her mother. Her only awareness of this side of her family was from visiting Die Hemme to see her grandmother, Nemat Tabari Abbas....
From an obscure term in the past, Bitcoin has become an accepted and normalized payment method worldwide with a growing number of users. Whether you are considering investing, buying online, or making a bitcoin casino deposit with credit card, this article will provide a concise exploration of the advantages of Bitcoin in online transactions. History and Development of Bitcoin The experiment with digital money started even before the occurrence of Bitcoin, with prominent examples of ecash protocols, b-money, or bit gold, to name a few....
WHY IS IT LOST? Once the footage was shot, Buchanan tossed it away because he didn’t want Ruby in his film. He came to rue that decision after Ruby’s next foray in front of the cameras in November 1963. Some conspiracy theorists insist Lee Harvey Oswald was also in the lost Ruby footage, but Buchanan denied Oswald’s presence in the club during the shoot. 7. “No, No Nanette” (1930). This early talkie adaptation of the Broadway musical followed the adventures of a Bible salesman whose infatuation for a scatterbrained chorus girl leads him away from Christ’s path to Broadway, where he winds up backing a show designed to make her a star....
Brent Ziff (Abe Goldfarb) is an internet shock jock located in middle America — Denver, Colorado. His gimmick is to take caller conspiracies head-on with his liberal brand of pragmatism. I suppose his appeal is a no-nonsense approach to everything with an air of “let me tell you how it really is.” His callers are so obsessed with Ziff’s contrarian attitude and egotism that he believes he’s living “Brent-free” in their heads....
We then flash over to a gas station Jim (Zachary Quinto), who is negotiating with Willard (Christopher Guyton) over the price of an auto repair. He needs to get back on the road to get to Chicago in the next couple of days. On the way, he picks up Bobby, who is hitchhiking. Bobby is wild and sort of a hothead, but he snaps to attention when he finds out who else is riding with him and Jim....
Nine stories, including the wrap-around, make up this anthology, for which Disparrow plays the role of The Host. It might be unfair to compare anyone to the likes of Corman and others; however, look at what is on the screen. This 90-minute affair comes across as uneven and cliché in moments, but it features some good practical effects considering the low budget and engaging narratives on display. Horror Stories opens with people attending a book reading....
But in the absence of cinema that gets to play with fire, the modern independent documentary can holster lightweight cameras and take us into the heart of all kinds of crazy. Case in point here: Hotshot. Two hours within spitting distance of the biggest wildfires in North America. Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann’s documentary on Hotshots, or forestry technicians, is never far from fire for much of its running time. And the footage he captures is really out of this world....
Pickles (Bethany Stolar) is a teenage girl making $2 an hour in a ghost town in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania. Breezy (Claire Haller) is another teen who has to relocate there due to events beyond her control. In their naivete, the two strike an unlikely friendship and decide to escape their miseries and move to Mars. What does Mars mean to them, and how do they plan on escaping this provincial life?...
