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Tycoon John Alexander (the ever sedate and totally sane Klaus Kinski) has found himself in a marriage with the comely Helen (Margaret Lee) who gets the seven year itch five years t early and begins an affair with her friend Liz. John gets wise to this but Helen soon finds herself tits up as her car crashes due to an explosive device planted on the vehicle. How does our hero deal with his never-ending grief at his wife’s demise? Why by attending one of those “hippie parties” that the kids are so into these days, with a chick that decided to take up residence at his pad while he was away. At that soiree John featuring a chick (sporting a veil) with the same ring and scar Helen had! John then attempts a mad quest to find the woman… Since Double Face contains elements of murder and mystery, and was directed by Italian Riccardo Freda, you may expect this flick
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This July Lionsgate Home Entertainment is set to release Rock Paper Scissors (formerly known as Rock Paper Dead) on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. From legendary director Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child’s Play), and writers Kerry Fleming (interview) and Victor Miller (Friday the 13th, interview) comes this thrilling film about a released serial killer and a mission of revenge. Luke Macfarlane, Michael Madsen, and Oscar winner Tatum O’Neal (1973, Best Supporting Actress, Paper Moon) star. “Released from a mental hospital, Peter (Macfarlane) is haunted by memories of childhood abuse and murder victims while being menaced by the cop who put him away (Madsen). His only friend is pretty neighbor Monica, who says she wants to interview him for a book. But does she have a more sinister motive in mind?” Rock Paper Scissors (review) arrives on Blur-ray, DVD, and Digital on July 23, 2019, from Lionsgate.
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Kareem Mortimer’s award-winning thriller Cargo, starring Warren Brown (”Strike Back”) and Jimmy Jean Louis (”Heroes”), arrives in theaters this May from Artist Rights Distribution. A fisherman transforms into a prolific human smuggler to pay his debts in “a must-see film,” inspired by true events. “When his income as a fisherman proves woefully insufficient to cover his son’s school fees, Kevin turns to human smuggling in order to raise desperately needed funds. Kevin finds that he’s good at this dangerous yet profitable vocation—good enough to trust himself with smuggling his own girlfriend and her son to the US. But when faced with having to abandon refugees at sea far from Miami shores, Kevin is suddenly forced to reassess his responsibilities. Inspired by true events, Cargo examines the world’s refugee crisis from a very local perspective. The largest Bahamian film project to date, this latest feature from Kareem J. Mortimer is a thrilling, vital call for empathy in troubled times.” Written and
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Artsploitation Films has announced the DVD and Digital release of Aik Karapetian‘s (The Man in the Orange Jacket) Lavian thriller Firstborn, a subtle and quietly devastating thriller about a man whose masculinity is put in question by his wife after his feeble reaction to a mugging. He then feels compelled to exact revenge on his attacker. Maja Doveika, Kaspars Znotins, Dainis Grube, and Kaspars Zale star in the film written and directed by Karapetian. In the intense yet coolly observed psychological thriller, Francis is a meek middle-aged architect trapped in an unhappy with his younger wife Katrina. After a party, the childless couple is robbed by a thuggish young motorcyclist. Disappointed by her husband’s feeble reaction to the attacker, their relationship further deteriorates. The bespectacled Francis, his long-dormant masculinity now ignited, seeks and finally confronts the man, an encounter which ends in the accidental death of the thief. The violent outcome seems to bring the two together and the wife
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From writer-director Keith Sutliff, comes a non-stop thrill ride through the streets of Los Angeles inThe Refuge, opening in theaters this June. A getaway driver finds himself in harm’s way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money in the adrenaline-charged new crime thriller from Keith Sutliff. KS Pictures presents The Refuge, starring Keith Sutliff (The Mason Brothers, interview), Julien Cesario (Close Range), Matthew Webb (127 Hours), Reine Swart (The Lullaby, interview), Stefanie Estes (Bethany), Demetrius Stear (Death Pool, interview), Martin Copping (“Hawaii Five-O”) and Cheyenne Buchanan (A Dark Place). The Refugee arrives in theaters on June 28th.
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Simon Pegg is most well known for his funny, good guy roles like in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Star Trek, but now he’s gearing up for a serious role, as the villain in the upcoming action-thriller Becky. Pegg will star alongside Annabelle: Creation‘s Lulu Wilson, Deadline reports. The film “centers on Becky (Wilson), a rebellious 13-year-old who is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father in an effort to reconnect after her mother’s death. The trip takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Pegg), invades the lake house. Becky decides to take matters into her own hands.” Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, Becky is from Yale Productions and BoulderLight Pictures.
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In the wake of humanity’s extinction, a teenage girl is raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news in the Netflix sci-fi thriller I Am Mother, arriving this June. Starring Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne, and Hilary Swank, I Am Mother centers on a teenage girl (Rugaard), who is the first of a new generation of humans to be raised by Mother (Byrne), a robot designed to repopulate the earth after the extinction of humankind. But the pair’s unique relationship is threatened when an injured stranger (Swank) arrives with news that calls into question everything Daughter has been told about the outside world and her Mother’s intentions. I Am Mother was produced by Timothy White and Kelvin Munro, with a screenplay by Michael Lloyd Green, based on a story by director Grant Sputore and Michael Lloyd Green. I Am Mother will premiere on Netflix June 7th.
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Mark Wahlberg (Instant Family) is teaming up with the genre heavy hitter Jason Blum (Us) for the adaptation of New York Magazine’s article “The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence“. Written by Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh, the story of young men and women at the Sarah Lawrence college as they were charmed by Larry Ray, the manipulative father of a classmate. The father moved into the dorm along with his daughter after he was released from prison. He cooked for the group of friends and beguiled them with tales of his time as a CIA operative. After bringing them to a New York apartment for the summer, he turned the students against their parents and began to control their lives and abuse them mentally and physically. Blumhouse acquired the rights soon after the story was published on April 28th. Wahlberg will produce alongside Steven Levison under their banner Closest to the Hole, along with Blumhouse. There is no word
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New cast members have been announced for Robin Pront‘s The Silencing, including “Wynonna Earp” actress Melanie Scrofano and Zahn McClarnon of “Westworld”. Scrofano and McClarnon join previously announced cast members Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Shaun Smyth (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland), and actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who starred as Jamie Lannister in “Game of Thrones. Penned by Micah Ranum, the film centers on a reformed hunter (Waldau) who becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff (Wallis) set out to hunt a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter several years prior. Anova Pictures’ Cybill Lui is producing with Matt Code of Wilding Pictures co-producing. XYZ Films is executive producing The Silencing.
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Director Dave Palamaro’s Agatha Christie inspired thriller Murder Made Easy had a successful festival run and is now headed to Blu-ray from Scream Team Releasing. The Special Collector’s Edition Blu-ray is packed with extras including Audio Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Rehearsal Footage, Bloopers, Trailers, 5.1 Surround Sound and more. In the film, “Best pals Joan and Michael host an elaborate dinner party for their closest friends on the anniversary of the death of Joan’s husband. But as each guest arrives they find their very lives are on the menu to protect a secret that links them all.” .” Christopher Soren Kelly (“Fargo”, “Infinity Chamber”) and Jessica Graham (“BnB Hell”) star alongside Shiela Cutchlow (“The Wire”, “True Detective”), Edmund Lupinski (“Hello My Name Is Doris”), Daniel Ahearn (“SMILF”), Emilia Richeson (“Psycho Sleepover”), and Paul Rose Jr. (“Bones”, “Castle”). The film score was composed by Sean Spillane (“The Woman”, “Jug Face”, “Tales of Halloween”). Murder Made Easy was produced by Dave Palamaro, Jessica
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Tycoon John Alexander (the ever sedate and totally sane Klaus Kinski) has found himself in a marriage with the comely Helen (Margaret Lee) who gets the seven year itch five years t early and begins an affair with her friend Liz. John gets wise to this but Helen soon finds herself tits up as her car crashes due to an explosive device planted on the vehicle. How does our hero deal with his never-ending grief at his wife’s demise? Why by attending one of those “hippie parties” that the kids are so into these days, with a chick that decided to take up residence at his pad while he was away. At that soiree John featuring a chick (sporting a veil) with the same ring and scar Helen had! John then attempts a mad quest to find the woman… Since Double Face contains elements of murder and mystery, and was directed by Italian Riccardo Freda, you may expect this flick
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This July Lionsgate Home Entertainment is set to release Rock Paper Scissors (formerly known as Rock Paper Dead) on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. From legendary director Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child’s Play), and writers Kerry Fleming (interview) and Victor Miller (Friday the 13th, interview) comes this thrilling film about a released serial killer and a mission of revenge. Luke Macfarlane, Michael Madsen, and Oscar winner Tatum O’Neal (1973, Best Supporting Actress, Paper Moon) star. “Released from a mental hospital, Peter (Macfarlane) is haunted by memories of childhood abuse and murder victims while being menaced by the cop who put him away (Madsen). His only friend is pretty neighbor Monica, who says she wants to interview him for a book. But does she have a more sinister motive in mind?” Rock Paper Scissors (review) arrives on Blur-ray, DVD, and Digital on July 23, 2019, from Lionsgate.
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Kareem Mortimer’s award-winning thriller Cargo, starring Warren Brown (”Strike Back”) and Jimmy Jean Louis (”Heroes”), arrives in theaters this May from Artist Rights Distribution. A fisherman transforms into a prolific human smuggler to pay his debts in “a must-see film,” inspired by true events. “When his income as a fisherman proves woefully insufficient to cover his son’s school fees, Kevin turns to human smuggling in order to raise desperately needed funds. Kevin finds that he’s good at this dangerous yet profitable vocation—good enough to trust himself with smuggling his own girlfriend and her son to the US. But when faced with having to abandon refugees at sea far from Miami shores, Kevin is suddenly forced to reassess his responsibilities. Inspired by true events, Cargo examines the world’s refugee crisis from a very local perspective. The largest Bahamian film project to date, this latest feature from Kareem J. Mortimer is a thrilling, vital call for empathy in troubled times.” Written and
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Artsploitation Films has announced the DVD and Digital release of Aik Karapetian‘s (The Man in the Orange Jacket) Lavian thriller Firstborn, a subtle and quietly devastating thriller about a man whose masculinity is put in question by his wife after his feeble reaction to a mugging. He then feels compelled to exact revenge on his attacker. Maja Doveika, Kaspars Znotins, Dainis Grube, and Kaspars Zale star in the film written and directed by Karapetian. In the intense yet coolly observed psychological thriller, Francis is a meek middle-aged architect trapped in an unhappy with his younger wife Katrina. After a party, the childless couple is robbed by a thuggish young motorcyclist. Disappointed by her husband’s feeble reaction to the attacker, their relationship further deteriorates. The bespectacled Francis, his long-dormant masculinity now ignited, seeks and finally confronts the man, an encounter which ends in the accidental death of the thief. The violent outcome seems to bring the two together and the wife
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From writer-director Keith Sutliff, comes a non-stop thrill ride through the streets of Los Angeles inThe Refuge, opening in theaters this June. A getaway driver finds himself in harm’s way when he gets caught up in a job involving casino heist money in the adrenaline-charged new crime thriller from Keith Sutliff. KS Pictures presents The Refuge, starring Keith Sutliff (The Mason Brothers, interview), Julien Cesario (Close Range), Matthew Webb (127 Hours), Reine Swart (The Lullaby, interview), Stefanie Estes (Bethany), Demetrius Stear (Death Pool, interview), Martin Copping (“Hawaii Five-O”) and Cheyenne Buchanan (A Dark Place). The Refugee arrives in theaters on June 28th.
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Simon Pegg is most well known for his funny, good guy roles like in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Star Trek, but now he’s gearing up for a serious role, as the villain in the upcoming action-thriller Becky. Pegg will star alongside Annabelle: Creation‘s Lulu Wilson, Deadline reports. The film “centers on Becky (Wilson), a rebellious 13-year-old who is brought to a weekend getaway at a lake house by her father in an effort to reconnect after her mother’s death. The trip takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts on the run, led by the merciless Dominick (Pegg), invades the lake house. Becky decides to take matters into her own hands.” Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, Becky is from Yale Productions and BoulderLight Pictures.
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In the wake of humanity’s extinction, a teenage girl is raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news in the Netflix sci-fi thriller I Am Mother, arriving this June. Starring Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne, and Hilary Swank, I Am Mother centers on a teenage girl (Rugaard), who is the first of a new generation of humans to be raised by Mother (Byrne), a robot designed to repopulate the earth after the extinction of humankind. But the pair’s unique relationship is threatened when an injured stranger (Swank) arrives with news that calls into question everything Daughter has been told about the outside world and her Mother’s intentions. I Am Mother was produced by Timothy White and Kelvin Munro, with a screenplay by Michael Lloyd Green, based on a story by director Grant Sputore and Michael Lloyd Green. I Am Mother will premiere on Netflix June 7th.
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Mark Wahlberg (Instant Family) is teaming up with the genre heavy hitter Jason Blum (Us) for the adaptation of New York Magazine’s article “The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence“. Written by Ezra Marcus and James D. Walsh, the story of young men and women at the Sarah Lawrence college as they were charmed by Larry Ray, the manipulative father of a classmate. The father moved into the dorm along with his daughter after he was released from prison. He cooked for the group of friends and beguiled them with tales of his time as a CIA operative. After bringing them to a New York apartment for the summer, he turned the students against their parents and began to control their lives and abuse them mentally and physically. Blumhouse acquired the rights soon after the story was published on April 28th. Wahlberg will produce alongside Steven Levison under their banner Closest to the Hole, along with Blumhouse. There is no word
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New cast members have been announced for Robin Pront‘s The Silencing, including “Wynonna Earp” actress Melanie Scrofano and Zahn McClarnon of “Westworld”. Scrofano and McClarnon join previously announced cast members Annabelle Wallis (The Mummy), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Shaun Smyth (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland), and actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who starred as Jamie Lannister in “Game of Thrones. Penned by Micah Ranum, the film centers on a reformed hunter (Waldau) who becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff (Wallis) set out to hunt a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter several years prior. Anova Pictures’ Cybill Lui is producing with Matt Code of Wilding Pictures co-producing. XYZ Films is executive producing The Silencing.
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Director Dave Palamaro’s Agatha Christie inspired thriller Murder Made Easy had a successful festival run and is now headed to Blu-ray from Scream Team Releasing. The Special Collector’s Edition Blu-ray is packed with extras including Audio Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Rehearsal Footage, Bloopers, Trailers, 5.1 Surround Sound and more. In the film, “Best pals Joan and Michael host an elaborate dinner party for their closest friends on the anniversary of the death of Joan’s husband. But as each guest arrives they find their very lives are on the menu to protect a secret that links them all.” .” Christopher Soren Kelly (“Fargo”, “Infinity Chamber”) and Jessica Graham (“BnB Hell”) star alongside Shiela Cutchlow (“The Wire”, “True Detective”), Edmund Lupinski (“Hello My Name Is Doris”), Daniel Ahearn (“SMILF”), Emilia Richeson (“Psycho Sleepover”), and Paul Rose Jr. (“Bones”, “Castle”). The film score was composed by Sean Spillane (“The Woman”, “Jug Face”, “Tales of Halloween”). Murder Made Easy was produced by Dave Palamaro, Jessica
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