Opening Day Announcement For "MACBETH" Available on VOD and Digital December 15 -- See Trailer HERE!

 

**OPENING DAY** 

"MACBETH"

Available on VOD and Digital December 15

 

SYNOPSIS:

A bold and artistic adaptation of Shakespeare’s tale of unchecked ambition, soured friendships, lost intimacy and a descent into nihilism.

WATCH THE OFFICIAL TRAILER:

 

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Release Date: December 15, 2020 (Digital and VOD)
Directed By: Kit Monkman
Written By: Judith Buchanan, Thomas Mattinson, Kit Monkman, Tom Wexler
Produced By: Alan Latham, Thomas Mattinson
Starring: Mark Rowley, Al Weaver, Wunmi Mosaku, Charlie Hamblett
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
Production Company: Goldfinch
Genre: Drama
Rating: N/A
Language: English
Runtime: 121 Min

IMDB

Opening Day Announcement For "MACBETH" Available on VOD and Digital December 15 -- See Trailer HERE!

New Trailer & Poster! "GETAWAY" -- Meta Slasher Flick Starring Emma Norville, Danielle Carrozza, Kyle Mangold

 

We Invite You to Check Out the New Trailer & Poster For...

"GetAWAY"

Available on VOD on December 22, 2020


Devastated by a sudden break-up, young actress Maddie (Scout Taylor-Compton) needs a getaway from campus to help mend her broken heart.

Her best friend lands her a role in the student slasher flick shooting this weekend at a camp deep in the Virginia forest. It’s the perfect place to unwind, but no matter how far into the woods she goes, her problems keep sneaking up behind her.

Before the film’s crew can shoot their first frame, their production gains an unwelcome new crew member…and he’s out for blood! Props go missing, equipment is stolen, and the bodies pile up. A crazed maniac has zeroed in on the students of this film class, but nothing is truly as it seems in GetAWAY. 

 

WATCH THE TRAILER HERE:

The cast and crew turn on each other as they fight for their lives trying to escape the slaughter. And the bloodthirsty psychopath shoots each grisly demise for his own perverted movie.

A terrifyingly twisting meta-slasher film within a film within a film, that'll keep you guessing until the shocking, horrific conclusion.

Directed by: Blayne Weaver
Starring: Emma Norville, Danielle Carrozza, Kyle Mangold, Franchesca Contreras, Joshua Cody, Jon Rust


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New Trailer & Poster! "GETAWAY" -- Meta Slasher Flick Starring Emma Norville, Danielle Carrozza, Kyle Mangold

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Sleeping Upside-Down" (video)

 

A Stooge sleeps in a bed upside down...

...with his feet at the head of the bed...

...and his head at the bottom of the bed.

(threestooges.net)

HOLD THAT LION (1947)
PARDON MY CLUTCH (1948)
GOOF ON THE ROOF (1953)

I neither own nor claim any rights to this material.  Just having some fun with it.  Thanks for watching!

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Sleeping Upside-Down" (video)

PROP STORE: Film & TV Memorabilia Sold For An Incredible £4.3M ($5.8M) At Auction

 

OVER 900 LOTS OF ICONIC FILM & TV MEMORABILIA

SOLD FOR AN INCREDIBLE £4.3M ($5.8M) AT PROP STORE’S AUCTION


Prop Store – one of the world’s leading film and TV memorabilia companies has today announced the results from the largest annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia in the UK, with items on offer fetching in excess of £4.3m ($5.8m).

Prop Store’s unique Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction was held over two days (Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd December 2020) at their UK headquarters in Hertfordshire.

Hundreds of bidders from around the world took part in the auction, which achieved outstanding results over 20 hours of exciting and intensive bidding. Over 900 rare and iconic lots were sold during Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction.

 

Notable sales included (sale prices are inclusive of buyer's premium):

    Obi-Wan Kenobi's (Ewan McGregor) Hero Lightsaber from STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) sold for £150,000 ($201,000)
    H.R. Giger-designed Special Effects Mechanical Alien Head from ALIEN (1979) sold for £62,500 ($83,750)
    Joker's (Jack Nicholson) Fedora from BATMAN (1989) sold for £37,500 ($50,250)
    James Bond's (Daniel Craig) MI6 Training Suit from JAMES BOND: SKYFALL (2012) sold for £18,750 ($25,125)
    Pete "Maverick" Mitchell's (Tom Cruise) Bomber Jacket from TOP GUN (1986) sold for £50,000 ($67,000)
    Jareth's (David Bowie) Crystal Ball, Autographed Photos, Tickets and Card from LABYRINTH (1986) sold for £20,000 ($26,800)
    Buck Russell's (John Candy) Bowling Ball from UNCLE BUCK (1989) sold for £28,125 ($37,688)
    Light-Up Remote-control R2-S8 Droid from STAR WARS: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018) sold for £150,000 ($201,000)
    Neo's (Keanu Reeves) Complete Costume from THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003) sold for £62,500 ($83,750)
    Vivian Ward's (Julia Roberts) Boots from PRETTY WOMAN (1990) sold for £31,250 ($41,875)
    Tyler Durden's (Brad Pitt) Photo-Matched Red Leather Jacket from FIGHT CLUB (1999) sold for £40,625 ($54,437)
    Captain Jack Sparrow's (Johnny Depp) Pirate Hat from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (2011) sold for £20,000 ($26,800)
    Captain Miller's (Tom Hanks) Cast-autographed Hero Helmet from SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) sold for £20,000 ($26,800)
    Marty McFly's (Michael J. Fox) 2015 Jacket from BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II (1989) sold for £23,750 ($31,825)
    Maximus' (Russell Crowe) Stunt Arena Shield from GLADIATOR (2000) sold for £8,750 ($11,725)
    David Dunn's (Bruce Willis) FSU Security Costume from UNBREAKABLE (2000) sold for £11,875 ($15,913)
    Joker's (Heath Ledger) Neck Tie from THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) sold for £16,250 ($21,775)
    Katniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence) Combat Costume and Disguise Cloak from THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2 (2015) sold for £6,250 ($8,375)
    Peter Banning's (Robin Williams) Pan Costume from HOOK (1991) sold for £15,000 ($20,100)
    Hero Dagger of Megiddo from THE OMEN (1976) sold for £68,750 ($92,125)
    Eva Perón's (Madonna) Hat from EVITA (1996) sold for £2,500 ($3,350)
    Ramirez's (Sean Connery) Katana from HIGHLANDER (1986) sold for £50,000 ($67,000)

 

 

 
Some of the least expensive lots in the auction included a set of Christopher Lee On-set Photographs from James Bond classic, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974) which sold for £500 ($670), and a Combined Continuity Script from ROCKY (1976) sold for £563 ($754).

Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO commented on the auction: “After what has been an uncertain and unpredictable year, we are absolutely thrilled with the results of our seventh annual Live Auction. It is clear that the love for the classic films has not diminished and we saw some spectacular results across both days. We are looking forward to seeing what our next event in Los Angeles next Spring will bring.”


About Prop Store

Prop Store sells original movie props and costumes and related memorabilia, regularly hosting live and online prop and costume auctions. Over 8,000 items are also available for sale at fixed price on www.propstore.com.

Operating since 1998, Prop Store founder Stephen Lane’s love for movies led him to begin hunting for the same props and costumes that were used to create his favourite films. He found that he could not only provide collectors with access to their most coveted pieces, but also establish archival standards for a new, pop-culture hybrid of fine art and memorabilia collecting – prop art. Prop Store handles prop disposal, sale, archive and auction services to production companies and distributors as well as fixed price item sale on its website.

 

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PROP STORE: Film & TV Memorabilia Sold For An Incredible £4.3M ($5.8M) At Auction

TROMPIE -- DVD Review By Porfle

 

A milestone in "bratty kid" cinema, the South African comedy TROMPIE (IndiePix, 1975) features one of the most bratty kids ever to slime his way across a movie screen.

This lone adaptation of author Topsy Smith's popular "Trompie" book series is an entry in South Africa's Apartheid-era independent film industry of the 70s and 80s, whose works have long fallen into obscurity save for those few that IndiePix has managed to restore and re-release for not just their entertainment value, but for their historical  and novelty value as well.

An early entry in the genre, this one is different from later ones I've seen in that the production values are quite good and the cast is predominantly white. Yet it retains all the earmarks of pure independent filmmaking with a modest budget and an overall casual atmosphere.

 

The focus is on young scalawag Trompie (Andre Laubscher) and his mates Blikkies, Rooie, and Dawie, who form a neighborhood gang they call the "Boksombende." They're the typical rough-housing, trouble-prone little kid types who like to play army or cowboys and Indians in the woods when not causing a ruckus during some adult social situation or scheming to get out of school and domestic chores.

Trompie, however, carries it several steps further by being one of the most obnoxious, spoiled, selfish jerks in all of children's cinema. It's hard to empathize with the little twerp when he shows no empathy for anyone else, no regret for his actions when caught, no self-awareness whatsoever, and no sign of any redeeming qualities of any kind.

What the resolutely slow-paced film does offer is a pleasingly nostalgic, rustic sort of quality as the boys cavort amidst sunlit natural surroundings, carefree and uninhibited, when they aren't stuck in the daily drudgery of school and having to stay after class for acting up.

 

Trompie's misadventures include messing up his older sister's social life, disrupting a school play (after which a classmate is unjustly punished for his own actions), and stealing the local pastor's pet baboon, all of which he lies his way out of or blames on someone else.

Laubscher's performance as Trompie is fairly good, and it isn't his fault the part is written to be so unlikable--so much so, in fact, that it comes as a genuine relief when, in the final minutes of the story, we're allowed to feel some sympathy for him when he develops a deep attachment to a dog belonging to the family gardener's visiting brother and begs the man to leave the dog behind before departing.

Not sure this is enough to save TROMPIE from being an overall unpleasant experience, however, unless one enjoys watching a rotten kid do all kinds of rotten things and get away with them without ever learning anything positive or growing as a person. Maybe I'm being too picky about what is basically just a mildly entertaining kids' movie, but by the end I was fervently wishing Trompie would get eaten alive by wild animals or something.


Release date: December 15, 2020
Available from Amazon on DVD and Prime Video

    Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
    Media Format : NTSC
    Run time : 1 hour and 24 minutes
    Release date : December 15, 2020
    Actors : Andre Laubscher
    Studio : Indiepix
    ASIN : B08FTF9Z82
    Number of discs : 1

 

TROMPIE -- DVD Review By Porfle

37 Years In The Making: "GRIZZLY II: REVENGE" Release Date Announced -- See Official Poster and Trailer HERE!

 

GRAVITAS VENTURES TO RELEASE

"GRIZZLY II: REVENGE"

JANUARY 8, 2021


Los Angeles, CA (December 2, 2020) — Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired thriller, GRIZZLY II: REVENGE sequel to 1976’s William Girdler film Grizzly.  GRIZZLY II: REVENGE is directed by André Szöts, written by David Shaldon and Joan McCall and stars George Clooney, Laura Dern, Charlie Sheen, Louise Fletcher, John Rhys-Davies, and Steve Inwood. The thriller is slated to release in select theaters and on demand on January 8, 2021. 

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All hell breaks loose when a 15-ft grizzly bear, reacting to the slaughter of her cub by poachers, seeks revenge and kills anyone that gets in her way. In the 3 days before the major concert, the gigantic grizzly has brutally attacked campers, a poacher and a park ranger. The terror doesn’t end there as the giant grizzly bear finds its way to the concert grounds to go on a killing spree.

“Grizzly II is one of those true, diamond-in-the-rough projects. It is a gem unearthed from a different moment in film history and we could not be more excited to be part of its continued journey through decades of culture. We tip our hats to Suzanne C. Nagy, who did what any good producer would do and coaxed this film to its finish line,” Said Nick Royak, Senior Acquisition Manager at Gravitas Ventures.

 
About Gravitas Ventures

Gravitas  Ventures,  a  Red  Arrow  Studios  company,  is  a  leading  all  rights  distributor  of independent  feature  films  and  documentaries.  Founded  in  2006,  Gravitas  connects independent filmmakers and producers with distribution opportunities across the globe. Working  with  talented  directors  and  producers,  Gravitas  Ventures  has  distributed thousands of films into over a hundred million homes in North America - over one billion homes worldwide. Recent releases include The Secret: Dare to Dream, directed by Andy Tennant and starring Katie Holmes; End of Sentence starring Logan Lerman and John Hawkes; Looks that Kill; Tread; Loopers: The Caddie’s Long Walk, narrated by Bill Murray; Colin Hanks’ All Things Must Pass; and the upcoming Our Friend starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, and Jason Segel.  For more information, please visit gravitasventures.com, and follow @GravitasVOD on Twitter and @gravitasventures on Instagram.

About Red Arrow Studios

Red Arrow Studios is one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of entertainment content, comprised of an acclaimed network of international production companies and labels in seven territories; world-leading digital studio, Studio71, based in six countries; and global film and TV distributors Red Arrow Studios International and Gravitas Ventures. The group’s significant output includes scripted, non-scripted and formatted content and IP, from TV and film to short-form and branded content, made for an array of global networks and platforms. Red Arrow Studios is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, one of Europe's leading media groups. Redarrowstudios.com

37 Years In The Making: "GRIZZLY II: REVENGE" Release Date Announced -- See Official Poster and Trailer HERE!

UPONDO & NKINSELA -- DVD Review by Porfle

 

During Apartheid, South Africans who were denied access to mainstream entertainment would go to their local theaters to see a variety of very modest, very low-budget movies that were made just for them.

These films quickly sank into obscurity and most are now lost, but a handful have been rescued from oblivion and released by IndiePix under their "Retro Afrika" DVD label.

While some were so amateurishly made as to barely qualify as feature films, others manage to rise above the rest of the pack and are quite watchable and sometimes quite entertaining.  This is especially true in the case of the raucous comedy UPONDO & NKINSELA (1984), perhaps my favorite of all the Retro Afrika films that I've seen so far.

 

Composed of 13 short vignettes, it's the story of a mismatched duo named Upondo and Nkinsela (played with unpolished but energetic aplomb by Ndaba Mhlongo and Masoja Mota) who bumble their way through life trying to either succeed in various unlikely occupations or get the better of some gullible mark (which invariably backfires on them).

Tall, lanky Upondo, he of the missing front teeth and ever-present trenchcoat and fedora he inherited from his father's grandfather's grandfather, usually gets the two into trouble while the short, relatively smarter Nkinsela (who reminds me of a young Redd Foxx) struggles to get them out of it.

The vignettes are basically blackout sketches with simple plots and hardly any resolutions--they show our heroes getting in hot water for awhile before moving right on to the next one--and are so slapstick silly, with such over-the-top performances, that they can't help but generate a fair amount of genuine hilarity at times. 

 

The first segment introduces us to the guys as Upondo tries to pass his driving test but is defeated by the parallel-parking task. Next, we see them with their own taxi service, as an attempt to transport a bride and groom to their wedding on time ends in mud-splattered disaster.

Subsequent misadventures include a stab at hairstyling, failed efforts to become television repairmen and door-to-door shoe salesmen, performing in a talent show, and an attempt to earn some quick cash as pool sharks.

Other tales involve Nkinsela getting his finger stuck in a cigarette machine and a harrowing brush with gangsters in which they end up out in the woods digging their own graves at gunpoint.

 

 

Technically, the film is slightly below the standards set by Ed Wood, yet compared to most films of its genre it's quite well done. The pace is never allowed to lag as we go briskly from one segment to the next and the main characters are always likable and sympathetic even at their most obnoxious.

If you've never seen one of these Retro Afrika films, UPONDO & NKINSELA is an ideal place to start. If you're already a fan of this unusual and often fascinating brand of rock-bottom-budget filmmaking, chances are this one will become one of your favorites too. 

Release date: December 15, 2020
Available from Amazon on DVD and Prime Video

    Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
    Media Format : NTSC
    Run time : 1 hour and 12 minutes
    Release date : December 15, 2020
    Actors : Various
    Studio : Indiepix
    ASIN : B08FTHQBBS
    Number of discs : 1

UPONDO & NKINSELA -- DVD Review by Porfle

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Tap-Tap-Tap PING!" (video)

 

To find a bad tooth in a patient's mouth or a diamond in a patient's stomach...

...a doctor taps a hammer around the patient's teeth/stomach...

...until he hears a loud dinging sound.

(threestooges.net)

ALL THE WORLD'S A STOOGE (1941)
PARDON MY CLUTCH (1948)
CRIME ON THEIR HANDS (1948)
THE TOOTH WILL OUT (1951)

I neither own nor claim any rights to this material.  Just having some fun with it.  Thanks for watching!

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Tap-Tap-Tap PING!" (video)

Cyber Monday Sale At Icarus Films! 50% off Blu-rays and Box Sets!

 

Cyber Monday Sale!
50% OFF BOX SETS AND BLU-RAYS!

SALE BEGINS MONDAY, 11/30
MUST ORDER BY THURSDAY, 12/3!

Blu-rays and box sets from Chris Marker,
Chantal Akerman, Patricio Guzman, and more!

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Icarus Films is here to make your holiday shopping a little easier and safer with our Blu-rays and box sets sale! We are digging deep and offering 50% off some of our most popular titles. 

Experience Patricio Guzmán beautiful and award-winning new film THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS, check out four unforgettable works by a legend in cinema with CHANTAL AKERMAN, FOUR FILMS, or explore Chris Marker's celebration of philosophy and ideas with our smash hit THE OWL'S LEGACY. All this and more!
 
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12 Days: Three Films by Raymond Depardon
Bill Morrison: Collected Works
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On behalf of all of us at Icarus Films, be safe and well, and happy holidays!

Cyber Monday Sale At Icarus Films! 50% off Blu-rays and Box Sets!

"Cyber Dynamite" -- Virtual Napoleon Dynamite Cast Reunion To Benefit The Hunger Project

 

"Cyber Dynamite"

Virtual Napoleon Dynamite Cast Reunion

To Benefit The Hunger Project

 

Key cast members of the 2004 comedy film "Napoleon Dynamite" will be reuniting virtually in a special pre-recorded program available at 5:00 pm PST/8:00 pm EST on December 4 on YouTube. The hosted reunion will be the first time many of the cast have interacted since the film first burst out of the Sundance Film Festival and became an international smash.

 

Jon Heder (Napoleon), Efren Ramirez (Pedro), Jon Gries (Uncle Rico), Tina Majorino (Deb), Haylie Duff (Summer) and, Shondrella Avery (LaFawnduh) are joined by several other surprise cast members for the program. The event will also serve as a fundraiser for The Hunger Project (thp.org) to end hunger worldwide.

 

Entitled "Cyber Dynamite" due to its virtual nature, the online reunion follows in the footsteps of other recent pop culture online reunions, and while it will be free to view, donations are being sought to support The Hunger Project. In addition, a select group of special items from some of the cast will be available by raffle to donors contributing $75 or more. Item descriptions are available on The Hunger Project's event page: 

https://thp.org/events/cyber-dynamite-napoleon-dynamite-benefit-reunion/

 

About Napoleon Dynamite:

The quirky 2004 comedy directed by Jared Hess was purchased by Fox Searchlight after its Sundance Film Festival debut and grossed over $46 million on a $400k budget. The film became a cult classic and spawned an animated series on Fox in 2012.

 

About The Hunger Project:

The Hunger Project is an organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. It's community-led programs in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, reaching 16.5 million people who have been mobilized to lead themselves out of hunger and poverty. Their work prioritizes progress in gender equality, health, education, nutrition and income generation in rural areas. 

"Cyber Dynamite" -- Virtual Napoleon Dynamite Cast Reunion To Benefit The Hunger Project

PORFLE VS. NETWORK TELEVISION EXECUTIVES -- Fiction By Porfle

 

When I was approached by the three major television networks to do a series, my first thought was: "What unmitigated gall these silly bastards have--daring to address me as though they were equals." My indignance was temporarily assuaged when they referred to me as "Your Holiness", but then I noticed that they were merely on their knees instead of sprawled out facedown in total supplication to me. This really irked me, and I was compelled to release several gallons of molten lead that I keep handy in large swiveled urns around the house. Panic-stricken, they screamed and backed into corners and onto the furniture to keep from being incinerated, which I found so amusing that I actually decided to entertain their pathetic pleas for my participation in some sort of television program. But the first subject on the table, of course, would be my list of demands.




"First of all," I firmly announced, "I want peanuts. All kinds. Salted, unsalted, dry roasted, boiled, raw, all shapes and sizes. I want a variety of every kind of peanuts in the entire world at my disposal at all times. Every time I hold out my hand, even if I have my eyes closed, I should be able to grab a handful of peanuts. Do you get that? Peanuts! PEANUTS!"



Vincent Buggatti, head of programming for ABC, was the first to hastily jot this down in his notepad. This seemed to be a point in ABC's favor until I noticed that Phyllis van Buren, head of programming for NBC, was already on her cell phone to the CEO of the World Peanut Federation, ensuring me a perpetual lifetime supply of peanuts, truckloads of them, twenty-four hours a day, delivered by movie stars and prostitutes. I made a mental note of this.



Meanwhile, Brendan Gilhooley, the boy genius of CBS who had turned the network from a boring wasteland of old-people shows into a fantasy wonderland of brain-rotting crap for teenagers to watch while getting stoned and whacking off, was still struggling with the concept. "Peanuts?" he muttered with a perplexed look. "Why? With the whole world at your demand, with anything you could possibly ever dream of merely a wish away, why in god's name would you ask for something as trivial and inconsequential as--"



Taking the liberty of interrupting him by releasing a horde of rabid, flesh-eating warthogs, I watched with mild interest as Gilhooley scrambled for his life, first by trying to outrun the carniverous fiends, and then by leaping onto a chandelier and dangling precariously over the slavering beasts for dear life, screaming in mindless terror.



"What do you think about peanuts now?" I asked.



"Yes! YES!" he screamed. "They're GREAT!!!"



"I thought so." With a casual wave of my hand, the warthogs obediently retreated through their secret sliding wall panels. Gilhooley nervously climbed down from the chandelier as Buggatti and van Buren smirked at him like schoolchildren.



"My second demand--"



At this, all three instantly sprang to attention in front of me, their notepads, cell phones, and laptops at the ready. I opened my mouth to speak, and van Buren hastily croaked into her phone, "He's opening his mouth to speak!" The unbearable suspense caused Gilhooley to have a massive heart attack and croak right there on the spot. Buggatti, meanwhile, was having an out-of-body experience and was observing the scene from somewhere near the ceiling.



"My second demand," I continued, " is that everyone else who works at the network of my choice, whether in an acting or production capacity, must walk around stark naked all day--"



The two surviving network executives instantly began tearing their clothes off. After a few moments of ripping sounds and flying scraps of material they both stood there naked as jaybirds, bug-eyed and hyperventilating as they trembled in anticipation of my next utterance.



"--and they must also hop around clucking like chickens."



"BAAAAAWK!!! BWAAAAAWK!!!" they shrieked while hopping jerkily around the room, hands lodged in their armpits as they made flapping motions and darted their heads back and forth. With a bright smile of childlike amusement, I reached into a bag of chicken feed that I kept handy for such occasions and spread a few handfuls on the floor. "BWAAAAARK!" Buggatti and van Buren cried in unison as they sprawled onto the meticulously-polished teak floorboards and started pecking hungrily at the chicken feed, their bare butts bobbing up and down in the air.



Suddenly, Gilhooley opened his eyes and sat up groggily. "Oh my god," he said, his voice filled with wonder. "I just died, and...and experienced the afterlife..." As he spoke, a heavenly light seemed to shine down and cast his face in its otherworldly glow. "Everyone was there," he said wistfully, "beckoning me to join them...it was b-beautiful..." Tears streamed down his cheeks. "And then...a deep, wonderful voice said to me, 'Brendan, it isn't your time yet.' And, and then..." He looked around and saw what was going on. "Oh, SH**!" he cried, ripping his clothes off and joining the others as they clucked insanely and pecked at the chicken feed. "BAAAAAWK! BWAAAAAWK!" he shrieked.



Well, needless to say, I had no intention of participating in some stupid television program, but I'd found it momentarily entertaining to toy with these network executives for a brief time until they became boring and I had all three summarily ejected from my home by burly armed bodyguards. They were hesitant to leave at first, but the warthogs soon encouraged them to scramble into their limosines, still stark naked and covered with chicken feed. In the desperate hope that I might change my mind, they were still hopping around in their seats naked and clucking as loudly as possible out the open windows as their chauffeurs drove them away. After that, I made a salami and cheese sandwich and watched my hidden camera videos of the whole thing, which of course would be posted on the Internet the next day, before I grew tired of this and popped in a "Howdy Doody" DVD. It had been quite a nice day, and as I drifted peacefully off to sleep that night, I dreamt of human chickens.

PORFLE VS. NETWORK TELEVISION EXECUTIVES -- Fiction By Porfle

Olive Films Is Proud To Announce The Following December 2020​ Release: "NELSON ALGREN LIVE" (2016) - DVD/BD

 

Olive Films is proud to announce the following December 2020​ release:

NELSON ALGREN LIVE (2016) - DVD/BD

WILLEM DAFOE
BARRY GIFFORD
RUSSELL BANKS
RICK KOGAN
MARTHA LAVEY
RANDALL NEWSOME
KATHY SCAMBIETERRA
DAN SIMON
 
Directed by
OSCAR BUCHER
 
YEAR: 2016
GENRE: PERFORMANCE DOCUMENTARY
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH (with optional English subtitles)
LABEL: OLIVE FILMS
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 72 min
RATING: N/R
VIDEO: 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio; Color / B&W
AUDIO: 5.1 SURROUND
 
SPECIAL FEATURES

    Essays by Barry Gifford & Dan Simon
    Photo essay by Art Shay
    Trailers 

 

 

One of the most neglected American writers and also one of the best loved, novelist Nelson Algren wrote about the dark underbelly of post-war America before it was ever fashionable to do so.

Best known for the novel The Man with the Golden Arm, Algren was a bard of the down-and-outer, writing about Chicago—his Chicago—boldly depicting the life of the city’s drunks, pimps, prostitutes, drug addicts, corrupt politicians, and hoodlums.

On what would have been his 100th birthday, a group of actors and writers gathered at the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theater to premiere Nelson Algren Live—an onstage reading and celebration of Algren’s life and work in his own words.

Barry Gifford seamlessly steps into Algren’s voice like he’s putting on an old coat, while Willem Dafoe’s stunning performance of a punch-drunk prizefighter ignites a newly unearthed story.

US+CANADA
PREBOOK: 12/01/2020
STREET:    12/15/2020
 
NELSON ALGREN LIVE  DVD     
CAT:                 OF1426
UPC:       887090142618
SRP:                 $19.95
 
NELSON ALGREN LIVE  BD       
CAT:                 OF1427
UPC:       887090142717
SRP:                 $24.95 

Olive Films Is Proud To Announce The Following December 2020​ Release: "NELSON ALGREN LIVE" (2016) - DVD/BD

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Dyn-O-Mite!" (video)

 

 

The Stooges are the last people in the world...

...who should be handling lit dynamite...

...so naturally, they constantly find themselves handling lit dynamite.

(threestooges.net)

CASH AND CARRY (1937)
THE SITTER DOWNERS (1937)
CACTUS MAKES PERFECT (1942)
SPOOK LOUDER (1943)
THE THREE TROUBLEDOERS (1946)
OUT WEST (1947)
PUNCHY COWPUNCHERS (1950)
BOOTY AND THE BEAST (1953)
BLUNDER BOYS (1955)

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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Dyn-O-Mite!" (video)

"SILENT HILL: ECHOES" NEW 2021 RELEASE DATE -- New Fan Film Based on the Horror Game From Konami

 

SILENT HILL: ECHOES NEW 2021 RELEASE DATE

 New Fan Film Based on the Horror Game From Konami

 

“Silent Hill: Echoes,” a new fan film based on the horror game from Konami, was scheduled for release this November 27th. After a great reaction from fans, the makers of the movie decided to reshoot certain scenes. “We listen to the feedback,” says co-producer Ken Cosentino, “Once we saw how big the audience was, based on their response we knew we could do better and they deserve better. We agree with their input so we went back for reshoots.” Due to a major outbreak of COVID-19 in Western New York, the reshoots were suddenly postponed.

Creator and DP Codey Dingfield was disappointed but optimistic, saying that it was an easy decision, “At the end of the day we’re bummed because we wanted to roll this out, but the health and wellness of everyone comes first.” Right now Western New York is the virus hot spot of New York State, with parts of Erie and Niagara County in the orange and yellow zones.

 

“It’s no joke here,” says Cosentino with a nod. He’s right - the infection rate for Erie County has reached 20,889 and climbing every day with a 6.9% positive daily rate. The Buffalo-Niagara regional film industry has recently seen a boom in production, from Paramount Pictures “A Quiet Place 2” to Guillermo Del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley.” Cosentino, CEO of Niagara Falls based White Lion Studios, LLC, is no stranger to overcoming adversity on a film set. 

As a veteran filmmaker and alumni of both Troma and The Asylum, Ken is known as a “fixer” and a hired-gun. “This is exactly the kind of shit I expect to happen,” says Cosentino, “On Atlantic Rim we got hit by a hurricane and a bunch of people got sick, plus a lot of other stuff I’m not supposed to talk about.” As for the new Silent Hill fan film, he jokes “We’ll just scrap it and make a whole different movie, one that’s way better.”

“Silent Hill: Echoes” is scheduled for reshoots in the early spring of next year. It will be available on YouTube in 2021.

"SILENT HILL: ECHOES" NEW 2021 RELEASE DATE -- New Fan Film Based on the Horror Game From Konami

Wes Studi, Q'orianka Kilcher and Tatanka Means Join Coerte Voorhees' "CANYON DEL MUERTO"

 

ALL STAR CAST WES STUDI, Q’ORIANKA KILCHER, AND TATANKA MEANS JOIN COERTE VOORHEES’ “CANYON DEL MUERTO”

PRESIDENT JONATHAN NEZ OF THE NAVAJO NATION AND DAVID MIDTHUNDER ALSO JOIN THE CAST WITH PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN ALBUQUERQUE

 
LOS ANGELES (November 19, 2020) – Oscar winning Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves, Hostiles), Q’orianka Kilcher (“Yellowstone,” “The Alienist,” The New World), and Tatanka Means (“I Know This Much Is True,” “The Liberator”) have signed on to star in writer/director Coerte Voorhees’ (The First Line – Now on Netflix) Canyon Del Muerto. Based on the true story of one of America’s first female archaeologists, the film also stars David Midthunder (Hostiles, “Westworld”), alongside previously announced Abigail Lawrie, Tom Felton, Ewen Bremner, Bronson Webb, Elias Koteas, and Val Kilmer.

Edmond and Glessna Coisson, Denny LaVia, Peter & Donna Rice Bahner, Perry Stamatis, John & Jean Savage, Charles & Nubia Benson, Mike & Jan Baum, Jake Chesney, Matt & Heather Hook, Charlie Zine, Andrew Carver, Linda & Erik Thomas, Jennifer Dutton, Mary Lou Chapa, Ed & Michael Garrett, Frank and Cherry Binetti, Daniel Nigg, Daniel Granik, Jim Cather, and Roger & Barbara Blomquist have also signed on as Executive Producers. Voorhees and his brother John are producing under their “A Visionary Film” banner, with “First Line Films” and “The Vladar Company.” Julius Elwood and John Tsosie are the film’s cultural liaisons with the Navajo Nation. Chris Maher is co-executive producing and Roma Kong will Co-Produce along with Alberto Zeni and Omar Blanco.

Lisa London and Catherine Stroud handled casting on the film, which is now in production across New Mexico. The film is shooting on location across the Southwest and the Yucatan with special Covid-19 measures and protocols in place in archaeological and cultural heritage sites throughout North America and Mexico in collaboration with the Navajo Nation, National Park Service, and the Government of Yucatan. The addition of Native American cast and the personal support of President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation emphasizes the importance of telling the indigenous history of North America. President Nez has expressed the importance of showing the resilience of Native people and telling their history that long predates American settlement. Nez is also set to cameo in the film.

Canyon Del Muerto is the true story of Ann Axtell Morris (Lawrie), America's first female archaeologist who spent years uncovering civilizations in the Southwest and Mexico. Ann was married to Earl Halstead Morris (Felton) who, along with the historical character Sylvanus G. Morley (Bremner), served as a primary inspiration for Indiana Jones. The film's screenplay is based on Ann's two novels (Digging in Yucatan and Digging in the Southwest), which was optioned and adapted by Voorhees.

Studi first appeared in Dances with Wolves, followed by a standout performance as "Magua" in The Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves and Heat. He has since appeared in productions including: Scott Coopers Hostiles; Geronimo: An American Legend, Being Flynn, Avatar, Comanche Moon, Streets of Laredo, Mystery Men, “Kings,” Terrence Malick's The New World, Hell on Wheels, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and Seraphim Falls. He also starred in the Robert Redford produced Skinwalkers.

Kilcher emerged into the front ranks of young actresses with her portrayal of Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in Terrence Malick's The New World. She currently stars in Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone,” and is known for roles in TNT’s “The Alienist,” Princess Kaiulani, Color Out of Space and Dora and the Lost City of Gold.

Means currently stars in Netflix’s limited-series “The Liberator”, a rotoscope-animation true story of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, and Haroula Rose’s recently released Once Upon a River. Means previously starred alongside Mark Ruffalo in HBO’s limited series “I Know This Much Is True” directed by Derek Cianfrance, and has appeared in series including “The Son”, “Saints & Strangers”, and films such as The Host and Tiger Eyes.

Kilcher is represented by APA and Anonymous Content; Studi is repped by Domain Talent and Michael Black Management (MBM); Means is repped by Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa Talent Agency (AEFH) and The O’ Agency; and Midthunder is represented by Linda McAlister Talent, The O’Agency and Corner Booth Entertainment.

Wes Studi, Q'orianka Kilcher and Tatanka Means Join Coerte Voorhees' "CANYON DEL MUERTO"

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Spiral-Cut Bread" (video)

 

A Stooge cuts a loaf of bread in a spiral motion...

...and when he's finished...

...the bread looks like an accordion.

(threestooges.net)

I CAN HARDLY WAIT (1943)
INCOME TAX SAPPY (1954)

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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Spiral-Cut Bread" (video)

"THE MARK OF THE BELL WITCH" Will Haunt Audiences December 15

 

"The Mark of the Bell Witch" Haunts the Holidays

New Docudrama Comes 200 Years After the Death of John Bell in Tennessee 

Dramatized Retelling of the Bell Witch’s Reign of Terror Lands December 15 on Digital HD

Wadsworth, OH -- Small Town Monsters has announced the Digital HD, Blu-ray and DVD release of their latest investigative docudrama, The Mark of the Bell Witch. Noted urban legend documentarian Seth Breedlove (The Mothman Legacy) describes the film as a dramatized retelling of the entire sordid tale of the merciless spirit who tormented the Bell family from 1817 to 1821 in Adams, Tennessee. 

 

 

The Mark of the Bell Witch arrives just ahead of the 200th anniversary of John Bell’s death, whose mysterious passing in December 1820 cemented the legend of the Bell Witch in American folklore. The Mark of the Bell Witch will be available to rent or own on Amazon Instant Video, Vimeo OnDemand, DVD and VIDI Space starting December 15th. Blu-ray and DVD copies will be available exclusively from the STM Shop.

The Mark of the Bell Witch - Trailer (New Paranormal Ghost Haunting Horror)

 

The Mark of the Bell Witch is the first attempted documentary of the famed piece of Appalachian folklore. The story of the Bell family who encountered mysterious sounds in their home, eventually becoming a full-blown apparition who terrorized them for almost five years, is still taught in Tennessee schools today. Considered to be one of the only known cases of murder committed by a “ghost” in American history, the story of John Bell’s poisoning at the hands of the witch has been the subject of numerous television shows, books, songs, and even a horror film.

However, previous filmed interpretations of the events left out large portions of the legend, or simply adapted the events to their needs. In the hands of Small Town Monsters, there will be a historically minded approach to the telling of the case, as well as a dive into how the haunting has affected the local culture of Adams, Tennessee.

 

The Mark of the Bell Witch is directed by Seth Breedlove and produced by Adrienne Breedlove. Narration is covered by genre actress Lauren Ashley Carter (Darlin’, Pod), with Zac Palmisano in the role of director of photography. Santino Vitale and SRV Films supplied VFX and Brandon Dalo (The Mothman Legacy) provided an original score. Amy Davies and Thomas Koosed headline the film in the lead roles of Elizabeth Bell and John Bell Sr, accompanied by Aaron Gascon, Sue Matzke, Grayden Nance and Mark Matzke. Adrienne Breedlove appears as the Bell Witch.

The Mark of the Bell Witch tells the terrifying, true story of the Bell family of Adams, Tennessee. A family who, for nearly five years, were haunted by an apparition bent on destroying their lives, and murdering the patriarch of the family, John Bell. Beginning in 1817 as a disembodied voice before eventually manifesting into numerous entities and showing her power through horrifying encounters, the Bell Witch has since become a folk legend.

Now, for the first time, learn the truth behind what actually took place during one of the most famous hauntings in American history.

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The Mark of the Bell Witch: English / USA / 85 min 

"THE MARK OF THE BELL WITCH" Will Haunt Audiences December 15

Mark Your Calendar for These December Joe Bob Events!

 

JOE BOB SAVES CHRISTMAS

A Last Drive-in Holiday Double Feature

 

 

 

Hosted by Joe Bob Briggs

Friday, December 11

Streaming only on Shudder

9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific

 

See Joe Bob in person and do some holiday shopping the day after the Last Drive-in special at the Spooky Empire December Pop Up Event! It's December 12-13 at the Wyndham Orlando Resort; tickets are limited and can only be purchased online.

Tickets for Spooky Empire December Pop Up Event

Mark Your Calendar for These December Joe Bob Events!

Saban Films Takes "THE VAULT" Starring Famke Janssen, Sam Riley, Freddie Highmore, and Liam Cunningham

 

SABAN FILMS TAKES “THE VAULT” STARRING FAMKE JANSSEN, SAM RILEY, FREDDIE HIGHMORE AND LIAM CUNNINGHAM

Saban Films will release The Vault in theaters, on demand and digitally January 22nd, 2021


LOS ANGELES (November 12, 2020) – Saban Films has acquired US and Canadian rights to Jaume Balagueró’s The Vault [previously Way Down] starring Famke Janssen (X-Men franchise), Sam Riley (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Maleficent), Golden Globe® Nominee Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, “Bates Motel”), Astrid Bergès-Frisbeyfor (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword) and Liam Cunningham (“Game of Thrones”). Rowan Athale, Michel Gaztambide, Borja Glez. Santaolalla, Andrés M. Koppel and Rafa Martínez penned the action thriller, with Álvaro Augustin, Ghislain Barrois, Freddie Highmore, Eneko Lizarraga and Francisco Sánchez producing.  Saban Films will release The Vault in theaters, on demand and digitally January 22nd, 2021.

The Vault follows Thom (Highmore), a genius engineering graduate whose interest is piqued by the Bank of Spain. It’s safe, built over 100 years ago, has no blueprints, and its security system includes an underground river that floods the safe room if breached. After learning that a legendary treasure will be deposited in the bank's safe, Thom masterminds a meticulous plan along with charismatic art dealer Walter (Cunningham) to break into it.

Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley said, “The Vault is an impressive and well-crafted film that will keep audiences in suspense through every step of the plan.”

Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban Films along with CAA Media Finance on behalf of filmmakers and TF1 STUDIO.

Saban Films recently announced that it has entered the UK market via a partnership with Altitude Media Group.  The company continues to grow its presence in the industry, remaining active in the acquisition, production and distribution space.  Successes have run the gamut from critically acclaimed theatrical films such as The Homesman starring Hilary Swank, to two of the biggest Fathom events with horror icon and heavy metal mastermind Rob Zombie’s 3 From Hell last year and Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, the sequel to the 2001 comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back which the company partnered on after coming onboard at script stage.

Its upcoming slate includes:  Dennis Dugan’s Love, Weddings & Other Disasters starring Diane Keaton, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Grace, Jesse McCartney, Chandra West, Diego Boneta, Andrew Bachelor, and Veronica Ferres; Seth Savoy’s directorial debut Echo Boomers starring Patrick Schwarzenegger, Alex Pettyfer, Oliver Cooper, Lesley Ann Warren and Michael Shannon; Jamie Babbit’s The Stand In with Drew Barrymore in a dual lead role alongside Michael Zegen, T.J. Miller, and Holland Taylor; Josh Duhamel’s directorial debut Buddy Games; the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy Sister of the Groom; John Suits’ Breach starring Bruce Willis, Cody Kearsley and Callan Mulvey; and Twist starring Michael Caine, Lena Headey and Rita Ora.
 

About Saban Films

Saban Films, an affiliate of Saban Capital Group (“SCG”), is a film acquisition and distribution company which acquires high-quality, feature films to distribute in North America.  Focusing on commercial, talent driven films, the company looks at projects in all stages of production for release across multiple platforms, including a day and date theatrical/VOD release strategy. Based in Los Angeles, Saban Films was established by Haim Saban, SCG Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and is led by Bill Bromiley who serves as President, Shanan Becker, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Ness Saban, Vice President of Business Development.

Saban Films Takes "THE VAULT" Starring Famke Janssen, Sam Riley, Freddie Highmore, and Liam Cunningham

Prop Store Announces 1980s Movie Props & Costumes To Be Sold At Auction

 

1980s MOVIE PROPS & COSTUMES TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION

Incredible lots from Batman, Superman, Beverly Hills Cop II and more to go under the hammer in upcoming London auction

 

Superman’s (Christopher Reeve) Tunic and Leggings from Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and a Production-Made Batman (Michael Keaton) Cowl from Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) are expected to sell for £15k-20k ($19.8k-26.4k) and £8k-10k ($10.5k-13.2k) respectively as part of Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd December 2020    

Lots from a some of cinema’s favourite 1980s classics including Uncle Buck (1989), Labyrinth (1986), The Princess Bride (1987) are to be sold alongside over 900 lots of props, costumes and production ephemera as part of the two-day auction, featuring a collection of film memorabilia worth over £4.4 million ($5.7 million)

Stephen Lane, Prop Store CEO, commented on the upcoming auction –  “We’ve got some incredible pieces of 1980s movie nostalgia that will definitely excite movie fans – from superhero classics, Batman and Superman, to comedy gems like The Princess Bride and Uncle Buck, there really is something for everyone! These fantastic lots will be sold as part of Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction on 1st & 2nd December 2020!”

                              

 
Production-Made Batman (Michael Keaton) Cowl from BATMAN (1989). Estimate £8,000 - 10,000 ($10,560 - 13,200), Buttercup's (Robin Wright) Dress from THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987). Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ($7,920 - 10,560), Superman's (Christopher Reeve) Tunic and Leggings from SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (1987). Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ($19,800 - 26,400)

 
 The Prop Store Live Auction will feature:

    John Rambo's (Sylvester Stallone) Hero Bow and Arrows from RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II (1985). Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ($46,200 - 59,400)
    Stop-motion Vermithrax Pejorative Flying Dragon Miniature Puppet from DRAGONSLAYER (1981). Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ($39,600 - 66,000)
    Jareth's (David Bowie) Crystal Ball, Autographed Photos, Tickets and Card from LABYRINTH (1986). Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ($13,200 - 19,800)
    Prince Barin's (Timothy Dalton) Sword from FLASH GORDON (1980). Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ($7,920 - 105,60)
    Ramirez's (Sean Connery) Katana from HIGHLANDER (1986). Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ($7,920 - 10,560)
    Buck Russell's (John Candy) Bowling Ball from UNCLE BUCK (1989). Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ($6,600 - 9,240)
    Axel Foley's (Eddie Murphy) Detroit Lions Letterman Jacket from BEVERLY HILLS COP II (1987). Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ($3,960 - 6,600)

The auction will be live streamed online for fans to track the action and participate in bidding themselves. Bids can be placed online or by phone from anywhere in the world.

Auction lots can be viewed by appointment at Prop Store’s office facility in Hertfordshire, UK. Lots can be viewed by appointment only, please email auction@propstore.com for more details.

Prop Store will hold a virtual preview exhibition event in November via social media, with opportunities to see props from the auction up close and ask questions of the specialists.

Registration is now open and online proxy bids can be submitted here: https://ukm.propstoreauction.com/m/view-auctions/info/id/244


About Prop Store

Prop Store sells original movie props and costumes and related memorabilia, regularly hosting live and online prop and costume auctions. Over 8,000 items are also available for sale at fixed price on www.propstore.com.

Operating since 1998, Prop Store founder Stephen Lane’s love for movies led him to begin hunting for the same props and costumes that were used to create his favourite films. He found that he could not only provide collectors with access to their most coveted pieces, but also establish archival standards for a new, pop-culture hybrid of fine art and memorabilia collecting – prop art. Prop Store handles prop disposal, sale, archive and auction services to production companies and distributors as well as fixed price item sale on its website.

 
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Prop Store Announces 1980s Movie Props & Costumes To Be Sold At Auction