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Sick Girl feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Sick Girl (2009)

cast : Leslie Andrews, Stephen Geoffreys, John McGarr, Charlie Trepany, Chris W. King
director : Eben McGarr
producer : James Keitel
writer : Eben McGarr
cinematography : John Carreon

Horror

There s nothing wrong with hurting things smaller than you, provided you also take on things bigger than you . . . Young Izzy (Leslie Andrews) is a girl with issues. Her parents may be dead. Her older brother is fighting in Iraq and she s raising her younger brother, Kevin, all by herself. Things are tough but, with the help of her motorcycle-riding friend Barney, she deals with her situation the best she can. Unfortunately, Izzy isn t exactly stable… and her way of dealing with life s problems includes finding people to torture and kill in the barn near the family home! When a trio of bullies picks on her brother Kevin at school, all hell breaks loose. The two that die are the lucky ones… This sick and twisted independent film from director Eben McGarr is filled with black humor, excellent performances and shocking scenes of extreme gore. SICK GIRL is low budget cinema at it s best (IMDB.COM) and will have horror fans laughing and screaming with delight!

Harder They Fall feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Harder They Fall (2008)

cast : Joshua Lamboy, Johnny Vieira, Mirtha Michelle
director : Lee Cipolla
producer : Rona Freeman

Action, Drama

Two 20-year-old kickboxers from opposite ends of Miami, Max and Jesus, battle for triumph in sport and their own identities in this coming-of-age action/drama.

Coming from opposing sides of the tracks, like trains headed for a collision, the two contend for the South Florida title. However, an unexpected event extends their combat zone from the ring to the streets. A war is declared that gives birth to two heroes; though it can yield but one champion.

Know Thy Enemy feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Know Thy Enemy (2008)

Urban, Hip-Hop

As a young artist with great aspirations, Nate Harris was determined to get rich or die tryin’; he is driven to be somebody… KNOW THY ENEMY chronicles one man’s rise from the streets of “the 305″ (AKA Miami) to the top of the billboard music charts. Nemesis (Nate) is pressured into becoming a stereotypical gangsta rapper in order to get signed and achieve success. Fame quickly follows, but at a price; inundated with drugs, sex, guns and money, his life is at stake and he questions if getting rich and winning the game is worth dying for.

Fighting Words feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Fighting Words (2007)

cast : C. Thomas Howell (E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial / The Outsiders / The Hitcher), Fred Willard (WALL·E / Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy / Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Fred Williamson (Starsky & Hutch / From Dusk Till Dawn / MASH), Tara D’Agostino, Jeff Stearns
director : E. Paul Edwards
executive producer : Robert Zaytoun
producer : Alan Roberts, Paul Ferguson

Drama, Romance, Slam Poetry

“An engrossing tale about the surprisingly cutthroat world of competitive poetry. Edwards brings alive this special world of competitive poetry along with creating unapologetically intelligent key characters. The stars are solidly supported by C. Thomas Howell as Jake’s ferociously unscrupulous rival; Williamson as Gabriel, Jake’s no-nonsense mentor; Michael Parks as one of Gabriel’s regular customers, unscrupulous behind a garrulous old codger facade; Albert as Marni’s overly prissy boss; and Fred Willard as the witty, energetic host of an important poetry slam. Edwards proves a skilled writer of depth and ingenuity – e.g., he punctuates the progress of Jake and Marni’s story with apt recitations by actual poets of their work – and his unpretentious style builds to a climactic sequence of deeply involving suspense.” – Kevin Thomas, LA Times

“A loquacious recasting of the underdog Rocky tale set against a fresh, contemporary backdrop, Fighting Words is about one man’s quest to locate the requisite courage and discipline to match his passion”. – Brent Simon, LA Film Critics Association

“…exciting and innovative… Brimming with the same passion for wordplay, expression and connectivity that its characters display, Fighting Words features fine work from a diverse cast…” – Cinema Art Magazine

“…a treasure. Solid film marking the resurgence of C. Thomas Howell…” – Digital Pimp

“…the poetry in Street Poet is actually pretty good, the best being a bit from Howell…” – C. Null – Filmcritic.com

The Far Side of Jericho feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Far Side of Jericho, The (2007)

cast : Patrick Bergin (Patriot Games / Sleeping with the Enemy / Mountains of the Moon), James Gammon (The Iron Giant / Cold Mountain / Major League), C. Thomas Howell (E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial / The Outsiders / The Hitcher)
director : Tim Hunter
producer : Tom Shell

Western

During the Wild West era, three widows of a recently executed gang of outlaw brothers are forced to flee their homes as they are pursued by a posse of vigilantes and villains seeking the whereabouts of their dead husbands’ buried treasure. On the perilous journey that includes run-ins with Indians, Pinkerton agents, and even a few surly ghosts, they have the opportunity to become better friends if they manage to survive. The woman must find the courage to trust, care and kill for one another, while blazing the trail to their own destiny.

Dante’s Inferno feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Dante’s Inferno (2007)

cast : Dermot Mulroney (Flash of Genius / Burn After Reading / Zodiac), James Cromwell (Spider-Man 3 / Surrogates / I, Robot / W.), Martha Plimpton
director : Sean Meredith
producer : Sean Meredith, Paul Zaloom

Comedy, Animation

Melding the seemingly disparate traditions of apocalyptic live-action graphic novel and charming Victoria-era toy theater, Dante’s Inferno is a subversive, darkly satirical update of the original 14th century literary classic. Retold with the use of intricately hand-drawn paper puppets and miniature sets, and without the use of CGI effects, this unusual travelogue takes viewers on a tour of hell. And what we find there, looks a lot like the modern world. Sporting a hoodie and a hang-over from the previous night’s debauchery, Dante (voiced by Dermot Mulroney) wakes to find he is lost – physically and metaphorically – in a strange part of town. He asks the first guy he sees for some help: The ancient Roman poet Virgil (voiced by James Cromwell), wearing a mullet and what looks like a brown bathrobe. Having no one else to turn to, Dante’s quickly convinced that his only means for survival is to follow Virgil voyage down, down through the depths of Hell.

Salud feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Salud (2007)

director : Connie Field
executive producer : C. William Keck, Peter G. Bourne
producer : Connie Field, Gail Reed

Documentary

“Of all the so-called developing nations, Cuba has by far the best health system.  And their outreach program to other countries is unequaled anywhere.”
Former President Jimmy Carter, appearing in Salud!

A FILM ABOUT WIPING OUT THE DISEASES OF POVERTY AND MAKING HEALTH CARE A BASIC RIGHT.

A feature documentary directed by Academy Award nominee Connie Field and co-produced by Gail Reed, SALUD! spans three continents to portray the philosophy and health professionals that place Cuba on the map in the worldwide movement for health.

The film’s cameras travel to The Gambia, rural South Africa, coastal villages of Honduras and river settlements in the Amazon, where a Cuban is often the first doctor a poor community has ever seen.  In some nations they staff entire health systems.

Shira: Vampire Samurai feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Shira: Vampire Samurai (2006)

cast : James Lew (Traffic / Collateral / Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End), Adrian Zmed (Bachelor Party / Grease 2 / The Craving Heart / T.J. Hooker), Chona Jason
director : Jeff Centauri
executive producer : Tony Kandah

Action, Adventure, Martial Arts

SHIRA: The Vampire Samurai casts an impressive list of talent, in a high adrenaline of action and adventure that spawns for over 400 years, and the fate of mankind rests on one woman!

Shira (Chona Jason), a half-human, half-vampire female warrior trained in the ways of the samurai and developed her own deadly fighting skills.

Kristof (Adrian Zmed) has been searching for centuries for Shira, who has been prophesized in the legendary book of Kitano as the key to start a new breed of “daywalking” vampires.

Now, Kristof has finally found Shira and will stop at nothing to capture her. Shira, along with Xu (James Lew) and a small band of Vampire hunters must defeat Kristof and his legion of vampire army and prevent him from starting a new race that would conquer the world.

Horrors of War feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Horrors of War (2006)

cast : Jon Osbeck, Joe Lorenzo
director : Peter John Ross, John Whitney
executive producer : Tony Kandah
producer : Phil Garrett, Sean Reid

War, Horror, Creature

Feeling the pressure from Allied advance, Hitler unleashes his secret weapons. Throughout the European theatre of WWII, Lieutenant John Schmidt comes face to face with these “weapons” which terrorize U.S. soldiers fighting the Third Reich. The Office of Strategic Services (The O.S.S., precursor to the C.I.A.) initiates missions behind enemy lines to find the source of these weapons, a mysterious scientist by the name of Dr. Schaltur. Schmidt is joined by Captain Joe Russo and his group of war-hardened GIs who have experienced for themselves the all-too-real horrors of war in battle. Together, they must find the Dr. Schaltur and stop him before Hitler’s horrific vision can be fully realized.

Bigfoot at Holler Creek Canyon feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Bigfoot at Holler Creek Canyon (2006)

cast : Anna Bridgforth, Justin Alvarez, Melisa Breiner-Sanders, Ron Jeremy (Crank: High Voltage / The Boondock Saints / Ronin)
director : John Poague
producer : Chanda Fuller

Creature, Horror, Comedy

A group of friends embark on a camping adventure to an idyllic location in the mountains.  The horror begins as, one-by-one, they become the prey of Holler Creek Canyon’s newest resident.  The question is “IS IT MAN OR BEAST?” Bigfoot!

Holla feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Holla (2006)

cast : Shelli Boone, Michael Bergin (Baywatch / The Fine Line Between Cute and Creepy / Starforce), Young Sir , Kali Hawk (Couples Retreat), Melissa-Anne Davenport
director : H.M. Coakley
producer : Camille C. Irons, Michael Z. Gordon

Horror

Monica St. John, star of the popular sit-com “Baby Gurl” and six of her closest friends stuff into her SUV and head for a weekend escape at Camp Diamond Creek, a remote cabin in the mountains. Along the way, the gang spots Troy, Monica’s boyfriend Dwayne’s ex-con cousin hitch-hiking and reluctantly picks him up. As the gang arrives at the cabin, Monica’s agent also arrives uninvited with his date hoping to convince Monica to renew her contract.

Soon after the gang settles in, a severe thunder storm moves in. Dwayne proposes to Monica and the gang plans a small celebration. Troy is asked to retrieve a bottle of champagne from the kitchen. While away, a news story seems to implicate Troy in connection with a brutal murder. Dwayne tries to reassure the gang that Troy may be a thief, but he isn’t capable of murder. Just as Dwayne professes Troy’s innocence, the lights go out and folks start dying. Is it Troy the convict, Greg the agent, Dwayne the boyfriend, or one of the “hater” friends? Who knows. . . whose next?

Say Uncle feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Say Uncle (2005)

cast : Peter Paige (Queer as Folk / Childstar), Kathy Najimy (WALL·E / Sister Act / Hocus Pocus), Gabrielle Union (Bad Boys II / The Honeymooners / Meet Dave), Melanie Lynskey (Up in the Air / The Informant! / Leaves of Grass), Lisa Edelstein (Daddy Day Care / What Women Want / House M.D. (TV series)), Anthony Clark (The Rock / Yes, Dear (TV series))
director : Peter Paige
producer : Christopher Racster

Comedy

Portland-based artist Paul Johnson (Peter Paige), who happens to be gay, returns from his telemarketing job one day to some very distressing news – his closest friends, the Fabers, are moving to Japan, and they’re taking Paul’s two year-old godson Morgan with them. Shifting into serious denial mode, Paul misses their final departure, but ultimately faces the truth that the Fabers are gone and aren’t coming back.

When Paul’s friend Russell (Anthony Clark) convinces him to “get back out in the world,” Paul ventures out to play with some kids at the local playground. Inspired to find creative ways to maintain the youthful exuberance he feels, Paul begins to explore every opportunity that might afford him contact with children: working in a toy store, babysitting, advertising himself as a nanny (aka “manny”), even considering adoption.

Watching Paul’s natural, playful chemistry with the children, one local mother, Maggie Butler (Kathy Najimy), wonders who this amazing “Super Dad” is. Upon further investigation, she determines that maybe Paul is up to no good and decides to rally her neighbors to take action.

Thus begins a comic clash of suspicion, fear, and misunderstanding in this “not-quite-black” comedy. Truly, the suburbs are about to get hysterical.

Backslash feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Backslash (2005)

cast : Gretchen Akers, Laura Bruner, Bart Shattuck
director : Kevin Campbell
executive producer : Mark Steven Grove
producer : Victor Zorba, Kevin Campbell

Horror, Comedy

A college student making a cheap slasher movie discovers that his beautiful stars end up really dead, the victims of a brutal killer who attacks while he’s filming.   Each murdered girl was also featured on his website, the “Hottest Girls on Campus.’   Soon the rumor spreads: if you end up on the website, you soon end up dead!

Two freshman girls, bookish Martha and beautiful party-girl Amie, find themselves the target of the killer and the unwilling new stars of the film.   They’re trapped in a brutal “reality movie” where they must struggle to outwit a killer who loves publicity as much as ripping.   Can Martha and Amie save themselves from the ultimate slasher movie ending?

The Wickeds feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Wickeds, The (2005)

cast : Ron Jeremy (Crank: High Voltage / The Boondock Saints / Ronin), Justin Alvarez, Anna Bridgforth
director : John Poague
executive producer : Jean Poague
producer : John Poague

Horror, Comedy

It started off as the ultimate way to spend Halloween. Seven teenagers travel to an old, decrepit house, the site of a horror movie set and rumored to be haunted. But when two grave robbers arrive seeking refuge from an army of the living dead, it becomes the ultimate fight for survival.

Starforce feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Starforce (2004)

cast : Michael Bergin (Baywatch / The Fine Line Between Cute and Creepy / Starforce), Amy Weber, Vernon Wells (Commando / Mad Max 2 / Innerspace)
director : Tony Kandah
producer : Tony Kandah

Science Fiction, Action

On a distant planet, a brutal intergalactic massacre leaves two survivors-a soldier named Temetrian and a toddler called Zed. Marooned, the soldier raises the boy the only way he knows. As a warrior.

Years later, Temetrian and Zed are rescued and returned to the hustling metropolis of Alexandrius space station. Zed enlists in the elite Starforce commandos, even though his upbringing makes him an outcast among his bioengineered comrades. But when Zed proves himself in a dogfight against enemy raiders, he earns a special assignment to deliver medical supplies to remote mining colony at the edge of the galaxy.

Arriving at desolate, waterless Planet Osmar, Zed finds his ship sabotaged, half the colonists murdered, and the remaining humans-especially ex-convict Dahlia-deeply suspicious. What Zed doesn’t realize that the miners have discovered rich deposits of tritium, the universe’s most precious fuel. And that someone wants to grab it all and put the blame on Zed.

When Temetrian leads a rescue mission, Zed narrowly escapes a trap sprung by power hungry Commander Jankwo and his squad of Starforce turncoats. With Temetrian dead, Zed and dahlia are left to fight the galaxy’s most fearsome commandos in an alien wasteland crawling with paranoid miners, carnivorous insects, and ruthless killers. Zed’s battle propels him from the blazing heat of Planet Osmar to the icy void of outer space-where Zed finds a powerful warship waiting to deliver the final surprise.

Graduation Night feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Graduation Night (2003)

cast : Adrian R’Mante (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (TV series)), Abigail Spencer (Angela’s Eyes (TV series) / Mad Men (TV series) / All My Children (TV series)), Kevin Alejandro (Southland (TV series) / Shark (TV series) / Ugly Betty (TV series))
director : lpesh Patel
producer : Taylor MacCrae

Comedy

“Graduation Night” is a coming-of-age comedy about four high school seniors and their wild adventures on graduation night. Life has many unexpected twists and turns in store for each of them, including lessons about revenge, rejection, and unrequited love as the night winds towards dawn, when their lives will forever be changed.

Redemption feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Redemption (2003)

cast : Brian J. White (The Cabin in the Woods / Fighting / I Can Do Bad All by Myself), T.J. Storm, Tracey Stone
director : Sean Reid
producer : Sean Reid

Drama

Redemption is the gripping story of a middle-class, African-American actor’s struggle with Hollywood’s temptations and his own integrity.

A college track star, handsome, popular Christian Rayne (Brian White) suffers a severely broken leg at the Olympic trials, abruptly ending his athletic dream. Raised by his well-known actress mother and self-made entertainment executive father, Christian’s second love — acting — seems like a natural. Despite his parents’ misgivings, Christian quits college determined to be an actor — without leveraging his family name.

Christian’s school buddy Melique (T.J. Storm) supports his friend’s decision until the temptations of Hollywood, drugs and selling-out, transform Christian. Christian falls in love with Claire (Tracey Stone), a white, performance-artist with a mysterious past. Her violent ‘special friend’ Trent (Dwayne Chattman) challenges Christian physically and emotionally as his career ambitions fade into Hollywood frustrations fueled by substance abuse.

Christian’s strained relationship with his father (Darrow Igus) deteriorates further when Christian becomes increasingly more agitated about his father’s disappointing values and insincerity. With his ambitions crushed by failure, and his support system crumbling beneath him, Christian’s frantic pleas for help are left echoing unheard — leaving him a desperate young man in a city not known for compassion.

Forbidden Fruit AKA Adam and Eve feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Forbidden Fruit AKA Adam and Eve (2002)

cast : Nadia Mansouri, Michael Kremko
director : Izidore K. Musallam, Donato Baldassarra
producer : Donato Baldassarra

Thriller, Erotic

EVE CAVANAUGH is a nineteen year old freshman in the dance program at a university. Naive, innocent and never been in love before, she enters into a world of passion, lust and sin.  Subconsciously, she is attracted to ADAM ERNHARDT, her choir conductor who happens to be a local Catholic Priest.  Adam believes he is committed to Church and God but unfolding events will prove otherwise.

When Eve’s subconscious urges rise to the surface, she impulsively acts on them, sending both herself and Adam into an uncontrollable, dangerous tail spin.  To complicate matters further, JASON ROE, Eve’s dance professor, enters their lives with his own desires and temptations.

As the love triangle between Adam, Eve and Jason develops, the story plays on the classical, biblical tale of Adam and Eve with Jason as the modern day snake, tempting both Eve and Adam.

Adam is tortured and tormented by his crisis of faith.  Eve is tormented by the reality of her love for Adam and its seeming impossibilities.  Jason is determined to win Adam away from Eve even if he needs to seduce her to prove to Adam that she is not right for him.

On the way to the climax, Eve’s disappointment and heart break leads to betrayal and revenge.  She denounces Adam and chooses to leave the university.  Adam, realizing his love for Eve, decides to face the consequences.  He forgives Eve, overcomes Jason’s deceptions and leaves the Church.

In the end, Adam wins Eve’s love and together, they head off into the real world.

Cheerleader Ninjas feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Cheerleader Ninjas

(2002)

cast : Kira Reed (69 Sexy Things 2 Do B4U Die (TV series) / Sexcetera (TV series)), Jeff Nicholson, Angela Brubaker, Renee Deemer
director : Kevin Campbell
executive producer : Tony Osio
producer : Kevin Campbell , George Fly

Comedy, Cult

When the forces of evil threaten the world, it’s up to the Cheerleader Ninjas to save the day! ControlTrack Productions is giddy to announce the release of its latest sci-fi action comedy, “Cheerleader Ninjas”! It’s a gripping adventure story of cheerleaders and computer geeks battling Catholic reform school girls in a desperate bid to save the world from global Internet zombie domination!

Four perky, clueless cheerleaders from Happy Valley High are mistakenly blamed by meddling Church Ladies for the invasion of “Internet smut” into their children’s bedrooms. The Church Ladies hire Stephen – once rejected by the Cheerleaders and now teaching at the local Parochial Reform School – to show the cheerleaders a lesson in decency. Seeing his chance for revenge, Stephen promptly enlists his slutty, slap happy Kung-Fu Catholic Reform School Girls to fight the same Cheerleaders who had rejected him!

Starring internationally acclaimed actress Kira Reed (Red Shoe Diaries, The Playboy Channel), and Miami Dolphins cheerleader Renee Deemer, “Cheerleader Ninjas” is destined to become a camp comedy kung-fu cult classic.

Feedback feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

30 Sep

Feedback (2002)

cast : Joe Tabbanella , Melissa Pursley, Jesse Harper
director : Teo Konuralp
producer : Mona C. Vasiloiu, Ted Andre

Science Fiction

Feedback is a techno-thriller that takes place a few years from now. Set in a bleak and desolate world, this is the story of three friends caught up in a streak of bad luck. The story opens with Mick dying in a filth-ridden alley after stealing the prototype of a device designed to manipulate time by sending a signal into the past. In a last ditch effort to save himself he “time-calls” Lenny–6 hours into the past–in an attempt to change the chain of events which led him to this unfortunate situation. Convinced that he’s cheated death, Mick convinces Lenny and his girlfriend Sarah of the capabilities of the prototype. Desperate and on the run, each from their personal demons, they embark on an ill-conceived plan to outrun their destinies. As they try to cheat time, they find themselves in a race against their past and the inevitable future.