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Chinese Hit Thriller ‘Sheep Without A Shepherd’ Getting A US Release

Artsploitation Films has acquired the thriller Sheep Without a Shepherd, the Chinese hit film that grossed over $192,000,000 during its theatrical run in 2019. Malaysian director Sam Quah‘s debut feature film is a big-budget noir thriller as well as a remake of the 2013 Indian film, Drishyam. It follows a family man and self-described movie-geek who is thrown into a battle of wits with the law after his daughter accidentally kills a fellow student who was blackmailing her. The dead boy’s mother (Twin Peaks’ Joan Chen) is the morally “flexible” police chief determined to find her son’s killer. Joan Chen, Yang Xiao, Zhuo Tan, Philip Keung, Audrey Hui, Tianyang Bian, Xiran Zhang, Paul Chun, Ming-Shuai Shih, Jerry Chih-Wei Huang, Yang Gu, and Julian Chen star in the film written by Kaihua Fan, Jeethu Joseph, Sheng Lei, Peng Li, Yuqian Qin, Weiwei Yang, and Pei Zhai. This inventive tale of blackmail, murder and corruption, and a quest for justice will be

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 16, 2021

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Pandemic Thriller ‘Tyger Tyger’, Starring Dylan Sprouse, Unleashed This February

Writer-director-producer Kerry Mondragon‘s timely pandemic thriller Tyger Tyger is set to spread this February, Variety reports. Starring Dylan Sprouse (“The Suite Life on Deck”, Dismissed) the film follows a frustrated woman named Blake (Sam Quartin), who robs a pharmacy for life-saving medication while awaiting her test results during a pandemic. She ditches her loser boyfriend (Max Madsen) and makes a deal with a drug addict named Luke (Sprouse) to help distribute the stolen meds to those who need them. Mondragon produced the movie under his Uninflected Pictures banner, alongside producer Salvatore Sclafani. Mondragon also served as an executive producer with Mary Rose Costello, Casey Mondragon, Shane Jerominski, Phil Batlin, Akshay D’souza. Co-producers include Jack Nielsen, Kaly Ngo, and Joe D’augustine. Tyger Tyger’ is a personal and magical story about love and drug addiction in the midst of a pandemic,” Mondragon said. “Though we shot this story before the events of 2020, we know both the timeliness and universal themes in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 16, 2021

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Blu-ray Review: Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America (2003)

Family Portraits: A Trilogy Of America is an arcane anthology, so let’s see what each story has to offer our eerie eyeballs before we get a lil’ of that sweet, sweet overview action, shall we boils n’ ghouls? The first story up is Cutting Moments: As is the way of suburbia in Anytown U. S. of fuckin’ A., a wife and mother (Nicca Ray in a solid performance that runs the gamut from doubt to absolutely batshit purpose) plays homemaker while her sicko of a hubby (Gary Betsworth) is playin’ the Chester the Molester bag with their young son. Our heroine gets the idea that she should be the one getting her husband’s attention so she starts to try and bring him around with a lil’ make-up, a sexy dress, some self-mutilation… you know, the usual stuff. Well, this is a pitch-dark way to kick tings off and let me tell ya cats n’ creeps this one does indeed shock

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Jan 15, 2021

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Survival Thriller ‘Red Dot’ Aims To Debut Exclusively On Netflix Next Month

The Swedish survival thriller Red Dot is coming to Netflix just in time for Valentine’s Day. In the film, David and Nadja attempt to rekindle their relationship on a romantic hiking trip to the North of Sweden. But the trip quickly turns into a nightmare when a red laser dot appears in their tent, and they are forced to flee into the unforgiving wilderness pursued by an unknown killer. Directed by Alain Darborg and co-written by Per Dickson, Red Dot stars Anastasios Soulis, Nanna Blondell, and Johannes Kuhnke. Red Dot aims to leave your heart pounding when it premieres exclusively on February 11, 2021, on Netflix.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 15, 2021

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Mary Shelley Brings Frankenstein To Life In ‘A Nightmare Wakes’

When Mary Shelley created Frankenstein she forever secured her place in history. Just days after the upcoming 170th anniversary of her death on February 1, 1851, writer-director Nora Unkel‘s new vision A Nightmare Wakes takes us into Shelley’s world. In the film, “While composing her famous novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley descends into an opium-fueled fever dream while carrying on a torrid love affair with Percy Shelley. As she writes, the characters of her novel come to life and begin to plague her relationship with Percy. Before long, she must choose between true love and her literary masterpiece.” An unsettlingly intimate portrayal of a brilliant artist at her most troubled, the thriller traces the tortured birth of a timeless masterwork and the rightful ascension of its creator to stand alongside her creation. “With her Creature and Creator, Mary Shelley created science fiction as an entire genre and transfixed 1800s Europe in ways never thought possible. Shelley’s struggle with love, loss, abandonment

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 14, 2021

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Revenge Thriller ‘Adverse’ Hunts Down A Release Date

The exciting new trailer is here for the award-winning revenge thriller Adverse, featuring an all-star cast that includes Thomas Nicholas (“Red Band Society), Mickey Rourke (Girl), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), Lou Diamond Phillips (“Prodigal Son”), and Penelope Ann Miller (Birth of a Nation). In this gritty, intense urban thriller, one man is on a quest for revenge. Struggling to make ends meet, rideshare driver Ethan (Nicholas) learns his sister Mia is deep in debt to a sleazy drug dealer. When Mia goes missing, Ethan discovers that crime boss Kaden (Rourke) is behind the act, and to get close to him Ethan takes a job as Kaden’s driver. One by one Ethan hunts down members of Kaden’s crew to wreak bloody vengeance as he prepares to confront Kaden himself. Black Jellybeans Productions will release Adverse, from writer and director Brian Metcalf (Living Among Us), in select theaters on February 12, 2021. The film will also be available on Digital,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 14, 2021

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Murder Thriller ‘Goodbye, Butterfly’ Lands This Month

Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, the upcoming release of the richly nuanced thriller Goodbye, Butterfly, a captivating, performance driven psychological thriller, and the screenwriting and the feature film directorial debut of Asian American filmmaker Tyler Wayne. Shot in a style reminiscent of David Fincher and The Coen Brothers, the film will appeal to much of the same audiences who turned Se7en and Mindhunter into successful cult classics. “Ryan Olsen (Adam Donshik) is a loving family man with the perfect life… until the day his five-year-old daughter is murdered. When the official police investigation hits a dead end, Ryan has a chance encounter with Stan Granger (Andy Lauer ), an oddball neighbor from down the street, and becomes convinced that Stan is the killer. But, after the police ignore his suspicions, Ryan’s obsession with Stan quickly turns violent and, as he takes the law into his own hands, he must ultimately decide how far he’s willing to go in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 10, 2021

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‘The Woman In The Window’ Sets Its Sights On A Netflix Release

20th Century Studios was set to release director Joe Wright‘s (Hanna, Darkest Hour) new suspense thriller The Woman in the Window back in May but like a horde of other movies, it got delayed. Now, a new release date has been announced but the movie but it will no longer be heading to theaters, instead, it’s coming to Netflix sometime in the first half of this year, EW reports. Entertainment Weekly quotes Wright as saying: I’m very interested to see how people respond to the film and I can’t wait for its release,” Wright told Entertainment Weekly. “What I hope people will take away from this is a sense that our own fears can incarcerate us. And this is a story about a woman who manages to overcome her own fears, and leave them behind her.” In the film, listed as a psychological suspense thriller, an agoraphobic child psychologist befriends a neighbor across the street, only to see her own

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 8, 2021

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Witness The Trailer For Post Apocalyptic Thriller ‘Go/Don’t Go’ Ahead Of January Release

Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, have let loose the full trailer for the post-apocalyptic psychological thriller, Go/Don’t Go, ahead of its release this month. Written and directed by first time filmmaker and actor, Alex Knapp, the film in which Knapp also stars, features Olivia Luccardi, Nore Davis, Bettina Skye, Tom Essig, and Zoey Wagner. After an unknown cataclysm, Adam (Alex Knapp) is alone. The sole inhabitant of a vacant, unchanged world, or so he thinks. While attempting to stay grounded in the desolate landscape, visions come to him—the fateful night his best friend Kyle (Nore Davis) introduces him to the love of his life, K (Olivia Luccardi). As Adam’s mental state starts to unravel, he is plagued by lingering questions and uncertain realities about his world. His grip on what’s left starts to slip away—sending him spiraling towards a series of unforeseen consequences and unexpected truths. A combination of “forgotten love story and inescapable paranoia,”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 5, 2021

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Micro Budget Outbreak Thriller ‘Breakdown’ Now On Amazon

Thomas Haley makes his feature directorial debut with Breakdown. It also marks the feature film debut for his production company H2 Crew Productions. Breakdown is Haley’s passion project and has been in the works for a few years. Its release is well-timed given the current pandemic and shares similarities with the film’s grim reality. In the film, “a mysterious virus has wiped out much of the world’s population, with the remaining sick being corralled in quarantine zones, as one man fights to find a cure to save humanity, and himself.” Haley also stars in the film described as, “his most intense role released to date,” carrying much of the film’s heavy themes. He is surrounded by a stellar supporting cast including rising scream queen Brooklyn Haley (Paranormal Arracion, Camp Twilight, Slice and Dice), Corey Sorenson (Chicago Fire, Patchwork, Palo Alto), Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare, Silent Night, All Through The House), and John Marror (Envy, Desert Moon). Described as a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 1, 2021

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