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Three weeks of prep is not long for a feature film, but that is the amount of time Erica Tremblay’s “Fancy Dance” had before shooting. The film follows a Native woman named Jax (Lily Gladstone) who must balance caring for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) with trying to find her missing sister/Roki’s mother Tawi (Hauli Sioux Gray) and surviving the meddling influences that might tear the family apart. It takes place on the fragile edges of Late Stage Capitalism, gas stations and creek beds, Walmart parking lots and staged houses for lease. No one in the film, frankly, has the time to shop for clothes.

Nonetheless, costume designer Amy Higdon needed to craft looks that tell us what’s important to these characters and who they’re trying to be to each other. And she needed to do it fast. The costume team had only two chances...

The parade of smaller independent features continues to bump up against the blockbusters as the Summer continues to sizzle. Here’s a quirky drama that has similar themes to the modestly budgeted period piece from last weekend The Bikeriders. In that film, a group of motley outsiders in the early 60s forged a family via a motorcycle club. Family is at the forefront of this film, though it’s set in the modern day, and rather than Windy City bikers, we’re given a look inside Native American culture. Oh, and as in the former flick, the principals are often living on the “wrong side” of the law, having to dodge the authorities, giving an added meaning to its title, Fancy Dance.

The story takes us inside the world of thirty-something Jax (Lily Gladstone) and her teenage niece Roki (Isabel DeRoy-Olson) who share a home on the Seneca-Cayuga Nation Reservation in Oklahoma.

Film-maker Erica Tremblay tells a thoughtful tale about a woman’s battle to care for her niece against backdrop of the authorities’ ambivalence towards Native American peoples

In Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone made a deep impression with her stillness and controlled presence. This is different; in a fiction-feature debut from Native American documentary-maker Erica Tremblay, Gladstone’s performance is looser, more open, less reserved. Simply put: she does more acting, and gives strength and substance to a dense, knotty family drama which though maybe anticlimactic in the final act – and too reliant on a handgun plot-point – is fluent and heartfelt.

Gladstone plays Jax, living on Oklahoma’s Seneca-Cayuga Nation reservation, trying to put behind her a life of dealing drugs but still on the fringes of crime. She has been looking after her teen niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson), since the disappearance of Roki’s mother Tawi,...

The upcoming Apple TV+ film Fancy Dance, now playing in theaters before its streaming release on June 28th, is the type of unromanticized character study that should be celebrated. Seen through a double feminist and cultural safety lens, Fancy Dance is patient in the way the character study unfolds, sneaking up on you with its modern-day tale of colonialism still ongoing in America today.

Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress Lily Gladstone is at the center of the story. The Indigenous actress gives a convincing performance as a woman who embodies strength and resilience with an unwavering and calm demeanor when seen. However, when alone, she displays the type of private vulnerability that packs a poignant punch to a sometimes stagnant story.

Lily Gladstone in Fancy Dance (2024) | Image via Apple TV+

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After stealing the show among Killers Of The Flower Moon’s star-studded lineup, it feels like all eyes are on Lily Gladstone, and for good reason. Following another standout role in Under The Bridge, they take center stage in Fancy Dance, a drama from director Erica...

Erica Tremblay’s Fancy Dance is a sunshine noir set on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation of the filmmaker’s people in Oklahoma. The place is a food desert where there are few jobs for people, who have tense relations with nearby non-indigenous communities. Economic precarity and the residents’ uneasy relationship with federal governance is legible just about everywhere you look, and Tremblay’s granular attention to place makes sure that you take note.

The reservation’s residential areas mostly consist of mobile homes or Levittown-style basic housing, and the interiors of those spaces look frozen in the 1980s: all thick carpet, bulky furniture, and cathode-ray televisions. Carolina Costa’s stark, brightly lit cinematography calls attention to the harsh conditions of life on the reservation, with run-down stores littering dusty, inarable land like outposts of a frontier long ago mapped and exploited of resources by others. It’s a place so sparsely...

Apple TV+ entered into the streaming game pretty late but because of the quality of their originals, they are quickly becoming everybody’s favorite. After the success of shows like Ted Lasso and Slow Horses, the Apple-owned streaming service is showing no signs of slowing down and releases new brilliant TV shows and movies every month to expand its impressive content library. So, here are the best new movies and shows coming on Apple TV+ in June 2024.

Presumed Innocent Season 1 (June 12)

Presumed Innocent is a legal drama miniseries created by David E. Kelley. Based on a 1987 novel of the same name by Scott Turow, the Apple TV+ series follows the story of a prosecutor with a picture-perfect life who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of one of his colleagues. Presumed Innocent stars Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role with Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, Elizabeth Marvel, Renate Reinsve,...

Apple Original Films has debuted the trailer for the Lily Gladstone-led ‘Fancy Dance’.

Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) has cared for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) by scraping by within their Tribal Land. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. At the risk of Jax losing custody to Roki’s grandfather, Frank (Shea Whigham), the pair hit the road and scour the backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow.

What begins as a search gradually turns into a far deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world while at the mercy of a failed justice system.

Directed by Erica Tremblay, the cast includes Lily Gladstone, Isabel Deroy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning with Audrey Wasilewski and Shea Whigham.

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The official trailer for Apple TV+’s Fancy Dance sees Lily Gladstone’s Jax on a mission to find her missing sister, as the risk of losing custody of her niece, Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson), looms.

Following her sister’s disappearance, Jax and Roki have been scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma, according to the film’s description. As Roki prepares for the upcoming powwow, the women hit the road to try to find Roki’s mother in time for the event.

“What begins as a search gradually turns into a far deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world while at the mercy of a failed justice system,” the logline reads.

Gladstone and Deroy-Olson star alongside Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning, Audrey Wasilewski and Shea Whigham.

Fancy Dance premiered to critical acclaim at 2023’s Sundance Film Festival but didn’t receive distribution until over a year later.

Today, Apple Original Films unveiled the trailer for Fancy Dance, the acclaimed Sundance Film Festival selection from Confluential Films starring Lily Gladstone, the Killers of the Flower Moon award-winning and Academy Award-nominated lead actress.

The movie marks the feature directorial debut for Erica Tremblay, who also co-wrote and produced the film. Fancy Dance will premiere in select theaters on June 21, 2024, ahead of its global debut on Apple TV+ on June 28, 2024.

Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Gladstone) has cared for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma.

Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow.

At the risk of Jax losing custody to Roki’s grandfather, Frank (Shea Whigham), the pair hit the road and scour the backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow.

What begins as a...

Apple Original Films has released a new trailer for Fancy Dance. The film stars Academy Award-nominee Lily Gladstone and Isabel Deroy-Olson and will premiere in select theaters on June 21, 2024 before its global debut on Apple TV+ on June 28, 2024.

Synopsis: Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) has cared for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. At the risk of Jax losing custody to Roki’s grandfather, Frank (Shea Whigham), the pair hit the road and scour the backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow. What begins as a search gradually turns into a far deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world while at the mercy of a failed justice system.

Lily Gladstone’s “Fancy Dance” is finally set to debut to a wide audience.

After Gladstone championed the indie film at the 2023 IndieWire Honors, the feature was acquired by Apple Original Films. Erica Tremblay co-wrote and directed “Fancy Dance,” which follows Jax (Gladstone) and her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma. Jax is searching for her sister, Roki’s mother, after Roki’s grandfather Frank (Shea Whigham) has filed to take custody in her absence. Jax and Roki embark on a roadtrip to find Roki’s mother in time for a powwow. The search becomes a “deeper investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Indigenous women moving through a colonized world while at the mercy of a failed justice system,” per the film’s synopsis.

Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning, and Audrey Wasilewski also star.

“Killers of the Flower Moon” Oscar nominee Gladstone executive produced the film along with Forest Whitaker,...

"Everybody's out looking for me, who's looking for my sister?" Apple TV has finally unveiled the official trailer for a film titled Fancy Dance, which has been stuck in release limbo for the last year or more. This originally premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, a full six months before Lily Gladstone's Killers of the Flower Moon premiered in Cannes. Many critics say her performance in Fancy Dance is even better, but it hasn't ever been released since 2023. Now it's finally set for a theatrical + streaming debut this summer. The bond between an Indigenous girl and her aunt proves stronger than ever when their loved one goes missing. Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact. Starring the award-winning Lily Gladstone as Jax,...

Just before Killers of the Flower Moon set her on the path towards an Oscar nomination / robbery, Lily Gladstone debuted another film concerning conflicts between Indigenous and white communities. Erica Tremblay’s 2023 Sundance premiere Fancy Dance is arriving some 18 months later from Apple, who stream it on June 28, and with this comes a trailer.

As John Fink said in his review, “Fancy Dance is a rich character study that explores the contemporary impact of permanently marginalizing a community with limited options. Other communities and economies emerge and potentially entrap someone like Roki who, as a teen, tries reconciling a sense of foundation while having little to grab onto. Above all, this is a well-written drama that feels like an authentic, at times painful exploration of a community from a filmmaker that knows this place all too well.”

Find the preview below, also featuring Shea Whigham and Isabel Deroy-Olson:

Since her sister’s disappearance,...

Apple Original Films has landed the global rights to “Fancy Dance,” which made its debut at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The drama, starring Lily Gladstone, marks the feature directorial debut for Erica Tremblay, who also co-wrote and produced the film.

“Fancy Dance” will debut in theaters and on Apple TV+ this year. The announcement comes on the heels of Gladstone’s Oscar nomination for her performance as Mollie Burkhart in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” also from Apple.

“Our film ‘Fancy Dance’ has found the perfect home with Apple, and I am thrilled to share this beautiful story of two Seneca-Cayuga women with a global audience.” Tremblay said in a statement. “As a Native American filmmaker, seeing my community included in the rich tapestry of cinema is a dream come true.”

The story, written by Tremblay and Miciana Alise, follows Jax (Gladstone) on the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation in...

Apple Original Films said Tuesday that it has landed global rights to Fancy Dance, the indie drama that stars Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon actress Lily Gladstone alongside Isabel Deroy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Shea Whigham, Crystle Lightning and Audrey Wasilewski. The 2023 Sundance selection marks the feature directorial debut of Erica Tremblay, who also co-wrote the script with Miciana Alise.

A 2023 Sundance Film Festival selection, Fancy Dance is set to make its debut in theaters and on Apple TV+ later this year.

Tremblay’s film offers a nuanced account of the human costs of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic and the possibilities of healing for those left behind.

“Our film Fancy Dance has found the perfect home with Apple, and I am thrilled to share this beautiful story of two Seneca-Cayuga women with a global audience,” Tremblay said. “As a Native American filmmaker, seeing my community included in the...

For over a year, director Erica Tremblay’s acclaimed Sundance drama “Fancy Dance” went undistributed without a means to see it. Its star Lily Gladstone, Oscar-nominated for another Native American-led film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” has taken time from her awards campaign to champion the film and urge anyone in Hollywood to support it and give it a home.

Today, that effort has finally paid off. Apple Original Films has acquired the global rights to “Fancy Dance” and will release it both in theaters and on Apple TV+ later this year. A release date was not specified, and terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“Our film ‘Fancy Dance’ has found the perfect home with Apple, and I am thrilled to share this beautiful story of two Seneca-Cayuga women with a global audience.” Tremblay said in a statement. “As a Native American filmmaker, seeing my community included in the...

Apple Original Films is back in business with Oscar-nominated Lily Gladstone and has acquired global rights to Sundance 2023 selection Fancy Dance.

Erica Tremblay’s feature directorial debut starring Gladstone, a star of Apple’s Oscar-nominated Killers Of The Flower Moon, will get a theatrical release prior to debuting on Apple TV+ this year.

Fancy Dance follows Jax, a woman living on the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation in Oklahoma, who investigates the disappearance of her sister while caring for her niece Roki as the youngster prepares for a ceremony.

Amid a growing custody dispute, Jax and Roki take off and scour the backcountry...

In solid, Cherokee-centric drama “Fancy Dance” — a project supported by the Sundance Institute across multiple development labs — writer-director Erica Tremblay gives audiences a glimpse into Native culture, focusing on a family devastated by the indifference of the world beyond the reservation. Thirteen-year-old Roki’s mom has gone missing, and society has a funny way of showing its concern, to the extent that law enforcement seems more motivated to find a white fisherman’s stolen truck than to address the latest in an alarming number of disappearances.

That leaves any detective work up to Roki (promising newcomer Isabel Deroy-Olson) and her aunt Jax (Lily Gladstone) in a film that’s only nominally more interested in solving the case than the ambivalent authorities. Like recent Cannes Camera d’Or winner “War Pony” (which screens alongside “Fancy Dance” at this year’s SXSW film fest), Tremblay’s hardscrabble debut offers an unvarnished look at life on the rez,...

Cloaking a family drama in crime-film conventions, the plot of Native American filmmaker Erica Tremblay’s exceptional directorial debut concerns a young woman’s disappearance from an Oklahoma reservation and her family’s urgent attempts to locate her. At the same time, Fancy Dance presents a broader narrative that emphasizes the connections that sustain families, communities and tribal nations, even when confronted with a legacy of disenfranchisement. Tremblay’s film validates the varied expressions of that experience with an affirming account of resilience and hope that sparkles with authentic performances, sensitive scripting and a genuine sense of place that resonate well after the final credits roll.

Fancy Dance finds its grounding in two standout turns from Lily Gladstone (Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon) and newcomer Isabel Deroy-Olson (Amazon Prime’s Three Pines) as two women struggling to hold out hope...

The Sundance Institute has released its lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The annual festival will take place January 19-29 in Park City, Utah and will feature the “upcoming year’s most impactful independent stories.”

To kick off the event, IMDb will present “Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance” to raise funds for the organization, in addition to “Day One Features” which will show 11 features and a short film program. Over the course of the festival, the Institute will show 101 feature films which were selected from over 15,000 submissions, both from the U.S. and internationally. The films fall into a number of categories.

Tickets for the festival can be purchased here.

Here is the lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, as announced by The Sundance Institute:

U.S. Dramatic Competition

Presenting 12 world premieres of fiction feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers audiences a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film.

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s lineup of 101 feature films includes contributions from 23 countries. The Sundance Institute notes 28 of the festival’s slate comes from first-time feature filmmakers, and 94 of the films will be making their world premieres at the 2023 festival.

More than 4,0000 feature films were submitted for consideration.

“Maintaining an essential place for artists to express themselves, take risks, and for visionary stories to endure and entertain is distinctly Sundance,” said Robert Redford, Sundance Institute Founder and President. “The Festival continues to foster these values and connections through independent storytelling. We are honored to share the compelling selection of work at this year’s Festival from distinct perspectives and unique voices.”

The 2023 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 19-29th. 2022’s festival was canceled due to a surge in Covid-19, but barring any setbacks, the 2023 event will once again return to in-person screenings. Some films will also be available online...

Setting the stage for the year in cinema, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will take place January 19-29, both in person in Utah as well as virtual viewings kicking off five days into the festival. Ahead of next month’s festivities, the festival has now unveiled its features lineup, which features 99 films.

Initial highlights of the lineup include Ira Sachs’ Passages, starring Franz Rogowski, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Ben Whishaw, William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth follow-up Eileen, Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, produced by Barry Jenkins, Bad Behaviour, the directorial debut of Jane Campion’s daughter Alice Englert, Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth, Nicole Holofcener’s’ You Hurt My Feelings starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and more.

U.S. Dramatic Competition

The 12 films in this section are all world premieres. All 12 will be available to stream online.

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On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Today’s Free Movie of the Day is writer/director Mel House’s horror film Mystery Spot, which was just given a worldwide digital and VOD release by Terror Films last month. You can check it out over on the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Mystery Spot has the following synopsis: A number of lost souls find refuge in a small motel in the middle of nowhere, its only distinguishing characteristic being the ruins of an old Mystery Spot — a long-dead roadside attraction with strange metaphysical powers. Nathan and Rachel find solace in one another, both attempting to escape dark pasts that seem to be using the...

Writer/director Mel House assembled a cool trio of genre regulars to lead the cast of his upcoming horror movie Mystery Spot: Graham Skipper (The Mind’s Eye), Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master), and Debbie Rochon (Tromeo and Juliet). On October 7th, Terror Films will be giving Mystery Spot a worldwide digital and VOD release, and with that date just a couple weeks away we’ve gotten our hands on the film’s trailer. Check it out in the embed above!

Mystery Spot has the following synopsis:

A number of lost souls find refuge in a small motel in the middle of nowhere, its only distinguishing characteristic being the ruins of an old Mystery Spot — a long-dead roadside attraction with strange metaphysical powers. Nathan and Rachel find solace in one another, both attempting to escape dark pasts that seem to be using the Mystery Spot...

Fresh from his Emmy nomination for guest actor in a drama series for his appearance in “Euphoria,” Colman Domingo is set to executive produce P.J. Palmer short “North Star,” in which he also stars.

In “North Star” Domingo plays a patriotic and hardworking rancher and one half of a middle-aged, same-sex couple. His other half Craig (played by Tony award nominee Malcolm Gets) is dying. Tensions arise when Craig’s sister Erin (“Mad Men’s” Audrey Wasilewski) arrives unannounced to whisk him off to see out his final days with his “real” family.

Laura Innes (“Deep Impact”) and Kevin Bacon (“Footloose”) also star, playing televangelists who “push shame, fear, and division as the cornerstones of faith.”

“The Maze Runner’s” Chris Sheffield rounds out the cast.

P.J. Palmer (“The Grapes of Wrath: An American Story”) wrote and directed the short. He was previously series producer on Amazon Prime LGBTQ+ drama “Anyone But Me.

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Burbank, CA – Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, in partnership with DC, are currently in production on five new DC Showcase animated shorts for release in 2019-2020.

Inspired by characters and stories from DC’s robust portfolio, the all-new series of shorts will be included on upcoming DC Universe Movies releases, with exception of an innovative Batman: Death in the Family long-form animated short, which will anchor a compilation set for distribution in late 2020.

Each of the five shorts – entitled Sgt. Rock, Adam Strange, Death, The Phantom Stranger and Batman: Death in the Family – opens with a new, live-action branding sequence that features a few Easter Eggs specially added for observant fans.

Sgt. Rock is executive produced and directed by Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series) from a script by award-winning comics writers Louise Simonson & Walter Simonson and Tim Sheridan (Reign of the Supermen). The original tale finds battle-weary Sgt.

While the SXSW Film Festival is kicking off in Austin this week, the Tribeca Film Festival will continue to shine a spotlight on upcoming genre films in April and May, including Joe Begos' Bliss, Ant Timpson's Come to Daddy (starring Elijah Wood and Stephen McHattie), and Something Else (directed by Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella).

From the Press Release: "New York – March 5, 2019 – The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by At&T, today unveiled its feature film lineup. Continuing its tradition of elevating exceptional storytelling rooted in today’s global film communities, the 18th annual Festival will showcase debut works from emerging talent and new works from notable filmmakers. The program includes discoveries, comedies, music-centered, political and social films. The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival takes place April 24 - May 5.

The feature program includes 103 films from 124 filmmakers. The films selected in the three competition sections consist of 50% women directed films. The lineup includes 81 World Premieres,...

Exclusive: Filmmaker Joe Begos, whose horror pics Almost Human and The Mind’s Eye made their world premieres during the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness sections, has announced his next supernatural thriller, Dragged Into Sunlight.

Dora Madison, Tru Collins, and Rhys Wakefield will topline this story about a brilliant painter who is facing the worst creative block of her life (Madison). She turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hell scape of drugs, sex, and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles. Pic, directed, written and also produced by Begos, reps the third in his canon and was shot in 16Mm using practical effects.

Josh Ethier also produces with Begos for Channel 83 Films. George Wendt (Cheers), Abraham Benrubi, Chris McKenna, Graham Skipper and Jeremy Gardner also star. Financing was arranged through Lyle Kanouse (Sequence Break), Audrey Wasilewski (Sequence Break), and Terry Shaikh. Madison, Skipper, and Caroline Metz also serve as producers.

Begos made his feature debut with the 2014 alien abduction slasher Almost Human, which made its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section at Tiff back in 2013. Pic was distributed by IFC Midnight. His second film, the telekinetic revenge thriller The Mind’s Eye, world premiered at 2015 Tiff before winning Begos the Best Horror Director at Fantastic Fest. Rlj Entertainment distributed the film two years ago.

Madison is repped by Grandview. Collins is repped by Insurge-Ent and Cobalt Sky. Wakefield is repped by ICM Partners and Grandview. Begos is repped by attorney Wayne Alexander of Alexander, Lawrence, Frumes & Labowitz.

Stars: Chase Williamson, Lyle Kanouse, Fabianne Therese, Audrey Wasilewski, Johnny Dinan | Written and Directed by Graham Skipper

Note: With Sequence Break finally hitting DVD this week, here’s a reposting of our review of the film from its Fantasia screening last summer.

Oz (Williamson) is an antisocial loner who only finds solace in his love for ’80s arcade games, refurbishing and restoring them to their former glory. That is, until he meets Tess (Therese). The two quickly become romantically entwined, but their budding romance is slowly threatened by a mysterious game that seems to be drawing the two deeper and deeper into its void of slime and Cronenbergian horror. Amid the strange occurrences, a cryptic vagabond also appears, lurking around the arcade workshop at night. The dilapidated madman shouts about doom and destruction as the couple cling to the remnants of their normal lives. Oz soon finds himself facing off...

Graham Skipper's directorial debut is Sequence Break. A trailer for this sci-fi thriller was released late last year. In the film, a video arcade repairman, becomes trapped within one of the games he is working on. Sequence Break stars: Chase Williamson (The Guest), Fabianne Therese (Southbound), Lyle Kanouse, and Audrey Wasilewski. This title will debut exclusively on the horror subscription service Shudder, this May. A preview of the film's upcoming launch is hosted here. There are similarities between the promotional material of Sequence Break and David Cronenberg's Existenz (1999). Both films deal with video games and characters being pulled into the game's story. Reality is altered. And, both films involve characters having their bodies melded with a game. Biology and technology join together in Skipper's debut film! Sequence Break will show on Shudder, this May 24th. Horror fan can sign up for a Shudder subscription nearly pain free, at the link below.

In Sequence Break, the mind-bending directorial debut of Graham Skipper, a reclusive video arcade repairman (Chase Williamson) experiences bizarre biomechanical mutations and Cronenbergian hallucinations when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop.

Reality itself threatens to fracture as the young man works to solve its mystery - and overcome the new chaos that has entered his life.

Sequence Break stars Chase Williamson (The Guest), Fabianne Therese (Southbound), Lyle Kanouse (HBO's "Big Love"), and Audrey Wasilewski (AMC's "Mad Men").

The film...

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment have revealed the next animated movie in the Lego DC Super Heroes franchise, The Flash, which is set for release next year – which is also set to introduce a plethora of new DC characters to the series, including some famous superhero pets!

In Lego DC Super Heroes: The Flash, Reverse-Flash manipulates the Speed Force to put The Flash into a time loop that forces him to relive the same day over and over again – with progressively disastrous results, including losing his powers and being fired by the Justice League. The Flash must find a way to restore time to its original path and finally apprehend his worst enemy before all is lost for The Flash … and the world!

Along the route, The Flash encounters numerous new characters being introduced to the popular DC Super Heroes series, including The Atom; B’dg, a squirrel-esque Green Lantern; a...

With a hit CW series and a recent appearance in the Justice League‘s first silver screen outing now under his belt, one could say that everything’s coming up Flash. In fact, not only is the Flashpoint movie said to be still in some phase of production, but the Scarlet Speedster will soon headline an animated flick in the form of Lego DC Super Heroes: The Flash.

Now, it should be noted that much like his aforementioned solo movie or the animated film that was based on the very same source material, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, the next direct-to-video Lego offering won’t afford Barry Allen the luxury of starring in a motion picture entirely free of his heroic cohorts. But the fact that Warner Bros. are allowing him to be the central focus is still nothing to shake Weather Wizard’s wand at.

When it comes to the plot itself,...

Stars: Chase Williamson, Lyle Kanouse, Fabianne Therese, Audrey Wasilewski, Johnny Dinan | Written and Directed by Graham Skipper

Oz (Williamson) is an antisocial loner who only finds solace in his love for ’80s arcade games, refurbishing and restoring them to their former glory. That is, until he meets Tess (Therese). The two quickly become romantically entwined, but their budding romance is slowly threatened by a mysterious game that seems to be drawing the two deeper and deeper into its void of slime and Cronenbergian horror. Amid the strange occurrences, a cryptic vagabond also appears, lurking around the arcade workshop at night. The dilapidated madman shouts about doom and destruction as the couple cling to the remnants of their normal lives. Oz soon finds himself facing off against the eight-bit portal to the cosmos, to both save himself and his newfound love.

Having already appeared in Almost Human and The Mind’s...

Saving Grace B. Jones is a suspenseful tale that takes you to a 1950's small town in the Midwest, where a gentle family man, Landy (Michael Biehn), and his wife, Bea (Penelope Ann Miller), fight to release his sister Grace from a state asylum for the insane. Grace (Tatum O'Neal) was sent there after a horrible incident on her wedding day 20 years before left her mentally deranged. Landy brings her home but the local townspeople are distrustful of this damaged woman who alternates between quiet acceptance and wild rants. They soon have bigger problems when a horrific rainstorm threatens to flood the town. In the midst of this natural disaster, Grace experiences a crisis and sets out on a deadly rampage to destroy those who cross her. The unrelenting rain masks the true pathological extremes of an unhinged woman bent on revenge. We have your exclusive look at the DVD box art and poster,...

New Films Cinema has provided us with an exclusive clip from Saving Grace B. Jones, director Connie Stevens' drama that is currently available through VOD formats before its theatrical release December 14. Michael Biehn stars as a Missouri man in the 1950s who is dealing with the aftermath of a deadly flood. His life becomes even more chaotic when his sister Grace (Tatum O'Neal) moves in after spending some time at a mental hospital. Take a look at this scene where Grace explains what the hardest thing about being crazy really is.

Saving Grace B. Jones - Exclusive Roof

In the heartland of America, during one of the most disastrous floods in history, the lives of one couple become chaotic when the man's sister comes to live with them after being released from a local insane-asylum.

Saving Grace B. Jones was released December 14th, 2012 and stars Michael Biehn, Tatum O'Neal,...

Sunday July 15th is the last day of Comic-Con 2012, and most of us will be completely worn out looking like Spider-Man in the image above. Chances are he's asleep under that mask. Sunday has always been a cool down day for us, we kind of just try to relax a little bit more and enjoy it. That doesn't mean their isn't anything to see or do though!

We've got a Fringe screening and Q&A, Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer 20th Anniversary, Sons of Anarchy, the annual Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical screening, and more! I've always wanted to go the Buffy musical sing-a-long, but am usually trying to leave San Diego before it starts.

Just a little reminder, we will be having our annual GeekTyrant meet up this year to meet our readers, which is something we always enjoy doing! That will take place on Wednesday night, and...

The organizers of San Diego Comic-Con have released the official schedule of events for Sunday, July 15 which you can now view below.

San Diego Comic-Con – Sunday, July 15

10:00-11:00 Comic-Con How-to: Publishing Industry: From Manuscript to Industry — So you have the desire to write a book and get it published, but what does that really mean? Agents, editors, publishers, reviewers, self-publishing, traditional publishing, print on demand, ebooks, foreign language-the list goes on. What does it mean to “write for profit,” and what are the pitfalls to watch out for? Award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake gives you some insights into the real world that is the Publishing Industry. Warning: this seminar is not for the weak of spirit. Room 2

10:00-11:00 Spotlight on Jason Shiga — Comic-Con special guest Jason Shiga is best known for his interactive comics, including Meanwhile and Knock Knock. He will present a career retrospective detailing...

Writer-director Spencer Susser discusses his feature debut Hesher, assembling this terrific ensemble cast, securing Metallica's music, future projects, and more.

Like many filmmakers trying to break through in Hollywood, writer-director Spencer Susser began his career by making short films. Like many excellent filmmakers, those short films became long films, and Spencer Susser made his feature directorial debut with the fantastic indie Hesher, which hits the shelves on Blu-ray and DVD on September 13. Hesher is still one of my favorite movies of the year thus far, centering around a grieving, broken family (Rainn Wilson, Devin Brochu, Piper Laurie) whose lives are given a bizarre jolt when a mysterious long-haired rocker named Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) makes his way into their lives... and their garage. I recently had the chance to speak with director Spencer Susser (who co-wrote the script with Animal Kingdom writer-director David Mich&#244d) over the phone to discuss his directorial debut.

We have an exclusive outtakes reel from the upcoming home video release Hesher, which hits store shelves on Blu-ray and DVD September 13. Click on the video below to watch Rainn Wilson and Devin Brochu reference other fictional characters in this great gag reel.

Click to watch Exclusive: Outtakes!

Loud music. Pornography. Burning s*%t to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of Tj (Devin Brochu) and his father Paul (Rainn Wilson) when he takes up residence in the garage uninvited. Grief stricken by the loss of Tj's mother in a car accident, Paul can't muster the strength to evict the strange squatter and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher's anarchy shakes the family out of their grief and helps them embrace life once more.

Lionsgate has announced that the rock-and-roll dramatic comedy Hesher will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 13. The standard DVD will be priced at $28.98 Srp, while the Blu-ray will cost just a dollar more at $29.99 Srp. Take a look at the cover art and special features details for both titles below.

Loud music. Pornography. Burning s*%t to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of Tj (Devin Brochu) and his father Paul (Rainn Wilson) when he takes up residence in the garage uninvited. Grief stricken by the loss of Tj's mother in a car accident, Paul can't muster the strength to evict the strange squatter and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher's anarchy shakes the family out of their grief and...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Hesher, a strange longhaired rocker who has decided to take up residency in an unfamiliar family's garage. Spencer Susser directs this wicked new dramatic comedy, which also stars Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson, and Piper Laurie. Ryan J. Downey recently caught up with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as well as Spencer Susser and Rainn Wilson, for a provocative look behind-the-scenes at Hesher. To watch our exclusive interviews, click on the clips below.

Click to watch Exclusive: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Interview!

Click to watch Exclusive: Rainn Wilson Interview!

Click to watch Exclusive: Spencer Susser Interview!

Hesher was released May 13th, 2011 and stars Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, John Carroll Lynch, Piper Laurie, Devin Brochu, Frank Collison, Audrey Wasilewski. The film is directed by Spencer Susser.

Hesher is hardcore. That's for sure, but I was still intrigued by Spencer Susser's film, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Also in the cast of the drama which opens May 13th is veteran Piper Laurie who starred alongside Paul Newman in The Hustler, as well as Audrey Wasilewski and Lyle Kanouse. The Wrekin Hill Entertainment release is produced by Natalie Portman's Handsomecharlie Films, as well as The Last Picture Company, CatchPlay, Corner Store Entertainment and Filmula, in association with Dro Entertainment. Loud music. Pornography. Burning stuff to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of 13-year-old Tj (Devin Brochu)...

Hesher is hardcore. That's for sure, but I was still intrigued by Spencer Susser's film, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Also in the cast of the drama which opens May 13th is veteran Piper Laurie who starred alongside Paul Newman in The Hustler, as well as Audrey Wasilewski and Lyle Kanouse. The Wrekin Hill Entertainment release is produced by Natalie Portman's Handsomecharlie Films, as well as The Last Picture Company, CatchPlay, Corner Store Entertainment and Filmula, in association with Dro Entertainment. Loud music. Pornography. Burning stuff to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of 13-year-old Tj (Devin Brochu)...

Hesher is hardcore. That's for sure, but I was still intrigued by Spencer Susser's film, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Also in the cast of the drama which opens May 13th is veteran Piper Laurie who starred alongside Paul Newman in The Hustler, as well as Audrey Wasilewski and Lyle Kanouse. The Wrekin Hill Entertainment release is produced by Natalie Portman's Handsomecharlie Films, as well as The Last Picture Company, CatchPlay, Corner Store Entertainment and Filmula, in association with Dro Entertainment. Loud music. Pornography. Burning stuff to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) brings into the lives of 13-year-old Tj (Devin Brochu)...

NewMarket Films has release two brand new clips from the upcoming indie drama Hesher, which hits theaters on May 13. Click on the video players below for one scene involving Joseph Gordon-Levitt's title character trying to climb a telephone pole, and another featuring Hesher pushing Natalie Portman's character into a pool. We also have a new photo gallery from Hesher, which you can browse through below the clips.

Click to watch Can I Help You?!

Click to watch Dirty and Wet!

Hesher: Movie Pictures Gallery++++++See All 11 Photos »

Hesher comes to theaters May 13th, 2011 and stars Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rainn Wilson, John Carroll Lynch, Piper Laurie, Audrey Wasilewski, Frank Collison, Devin Brochu. The film is directed by Spencer Susser.

See images from Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Spencer Susser directs as well as writing the screenplay alongside David Michod for the release which opens May 13th. Also in the cast of Hesher are Devin Brochu,, Audrey Wasilewski and Lyle Kanouse. Hesher premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and is produced by Lucy Cooper, Scott Prisand, Spencer Susser and Matt Weaver. Loud music. Pornography. Burning sh*t to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon Levitt) brings to the lives of Tj (Devin Brochu), Paul (Rainn Wilson), and Nicole (Natalie Portman) when he takes up residence in Tj's garage uninvited...

See images from Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt, Natalie Portman and Rainn Wilson. Spencer Susser directs as well as writing the screenplay alongside David Michod for the release which opens May 13th. Also in the cast of Hesher are Devin Brochu,, Audrey Wasilewski and Lyle Kanouse. Hesher premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and is produced by Lucy Cooper, Scott Prisand, Spencer Susser and Matt Weaver. Loud music. Pornography. Burning sh*t to the ground. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher (Joseph Gordon Levitt) brings to the lives of Tj (Devin Brochu), Paul (Rainn Wilson), and Nicole (Natalie Portman) when he takes up residence in Tj's garage uninvited...