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In Hollywood, a lot of directors have built their careers on their twist endings, from M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense to Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects. These endings can make the audience leave the movie still thinking about its themes and message years after seeing it. Unfortunately, not every movie achieves this, and there's no shortage of criticism of directors who try too hard to be subversive, only to undermine their film.

A good twist should compel the viewer to immediately want to revisit the story to pick up on small details and clues as they go. For a variety of reasons, some movies simply aren't good enough to warrant that second viewing. Sometimes, it's the twist itself that hurts the film, while others are just too weak for another watch regardless of how good the twist is. Either way, these movies show that subverting expectations doesn't...

Madrid (Spain), Aug 8 (Ians) Federico Bahamontes, the celebrated Spanish cyclist, passed away on Tuesday. He was 95.

Recognised as the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France in 1959, with subsequent second and third-place finishes in 1963 and 1964 respectively, and claiming the best climber’s jersey six times, Bahamontes earned the moniker “Eagle of Toledo.”

Carlos Velazquez, the Mayor of Toledo, announced the news of his demise, Xinhua reported.

Bahamontes also holds the distinction of being the first cyclist to win the mountain jersey in all three Grand Tours: France, Italy, and Spain. In 2013, a panel organized by the ‘L’Equipe’ sports newspaper dubbed him the greatest climber in Tour de France history.

“We deeply mourn the passing of Federico Martin Bahamontes, the Eagle of Toledo: an iconic figure in sports who raised our city’s name to unparalleled heights. The first Spaniard to win the Tour de France, he is etched in...

Screen Media handles international sales on John Suits’ film about a crew on a spaceship who battle an evil force.

Saban Films has snapped up North American rights from producer Danny Roth to the Bruce Willis sci-fi Breach.

Screen Media handles international sales on John Suits’ film about a crew on a spaceship who battle an evil force.

Roth produced through Almost Never Films with Corey Large and Edward Drake.

Executive producers include Danny H Chan of Almost Never, Mike Donovan, Ryan Charles Griffin, and Mary Aloe and Roger Dorman for Aloe Entertainment, Carlos Velazquez, Benjamin Krause, Stephen Eads, Johnny Messner...

Dean Devlin’s fledgling Us distribution operation has taken all North American rights for The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea starring Jason Sudeikis, Jessica Biel and Maisie Williams. Content Media represents international rights in Cannes.

The film premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival last month and is set for a theatrical release later this year. The story centres on a grieving father who rediscovers his faith in life when he helps a young girl on a quest.

Electric Entertainment’s head of domestic distribution Zac Reeder brokered the deal with vice-president of development Ben Kim and Wme Global on behalf of the film-makers.

The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea will mark the second film to go out via Electric’s domestic distribution arm after Blackway, which will debut day-and-date theatrically and on VOD on June 10.

Bill Purple directed from a screenplay he wrote with Robbie Pickering. Michelle Purple, Biel, [link...

Stars: Jason Patric, Louisa Krause, Mark Margolis, Ezra Knight, Lou Carbonneau, Massiel Hernandez, Henry Kelemen, Brandon Kieffer, James Murtaugh, John Sampson, Carlos Velazquez | Written by Ido Fluk | Directed by Eytan Rockaway

Looking to get her life back on track, desperate mom Streak (Louisa Krause) takes a job as an overnight security guard in a grand but abandoned (The Abandoned being the film’s original title) apartment complex. Trapped with no-one to talk to but asshole colleague Cooper (Jason Patric), Streak is in for a long night.

The awful company and terrible hours aren’t the only thing Streak has to worry about – there’s the sinister homeless guy, the CCTV not working properly and, well, whatever it is that’s lurking in the building’s corridors, stalking her and Cooper from the shadows. Already on edge, Streak is pushed to her limit and beyond by supernatural (?) terrors, both real and...

Heading into Cannes the company has bulked up its sales slate with international rights to the drama starring Jason Sudeikis and Jessica Biel.

Content will show first footage to the film, which is currently in post and also stars Maisie Williams from Game Of Thrones, Orlando Jones, Paul Reiser and Mary Steenburgen.

Bill Purple directs The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea from a script he wrote with Robbie Pickering about love, friendship, grief and laughter. Justin Timberlake will score the film.

Biel produces via her Iron Ocean Films label with partner Michelle Purple alongside Mike Landry and Carlos Velazquez of C Plus Pictures and Chuck Pacheco of Nine Nights. CAA represents Us rights.

Longtime Content collaborator Ross M Dinerstein of Campfire is executive producer with Kevin Connolly, Robert Ortiz, Bill Purple and Gregory P Shockro.

“Jason and Jessica really tug at our heartstrings, making us laugh and cry and laugh again – and Maisie is just wonderful...

Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up, it is indeed the most wonderful, panic-filled and nerve racking time of the year. The 31st edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 22nd with Park City and Salt Lake City playing host to some of the more innovative, thought-provoking narrative and non-fiction films of 2015. Last year, a Jenga tall order of 4,057 features and 8,161 shorts were submitted. Now let’s think about those numbers for a second.

Twenty years ago, Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb claimed the Grand Jury Prize Documentary award, Living in Oblivion‘s Tom Dicillo was honored with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and Edward Burns’ micro-budgeted The Brothers McMullen (there is a read-worthy, lively, eleventh hour account on how it was submitted to the fest in Ted Hope’s “Hope...

I originally took notice of the project when the trades announced that the oft-used supporting indie starlet Louisa Krause (non-related pic above — who we interviewed back in the day for Martha Marcy May Marlene) was the featured “potential screamer” lead on this project. Filmmaker Jordan Galland has flirted with Park City before, his debut Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009) received a special screening status at Slamdance. Along with his sophomore film item Alter Egos (2012), the summer shot Brooklyn set Ava’s Possessions basically informs us that the musician slash filmmaker’s interests lie within the framework of the horror genre. Certainly the addition of supporting players include Lou Taylor Pucci, Jemima Kirke, Stella Schnabel (You Wont Miss Me) and John Ventimiglia amps up the end product, and Galland’s ongoing creative collaboration with musician Sean Lennon might earmark the project as an appointment with the occult that avoids trappings of...

Young Adult and Martha Marcy May Marlene star Louisa Krause is set to join Cathy Moriarty, Lou Taylor Pucci (Evil Dead), and more for the supernatural thriller Ava's Possessions from director Jordan Galland (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead).

Whitney Able, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, John Ventimiglia, Waris Ahluwalia, Jemima Kirke, Stella Schnabel, Geneva Carr, Alysia Reiner, and Tarik Lowe co-star in the film, which will shoot in NYC this summer.

As per Deadline, musician Sean Lennon has signed on to score the film, having previously scored and co-starred in Galland's movie Alter Egos, which was released via Kevin Smith's SModcast Presents banner.

Maren Olson of Traction Media is producing with Carlos Velazquez of C Plus Pictures.

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Louisa Krause (“Young Adult”) will star in the supernatural thriller “Ava's Possessions,” written and directed by Jordan Galland (“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead”). The ensemble cast includes Cathy Moriarty, Lou Taylor Pucci (“Thumbsucker”), Whitney Able (“Monsters”), Annabelle Dexter-Jones, John Ventimiglia (“The Sopranos”), Waris Ahluwalia, Jemima Kirke (HBO's “Girls”), Stella Schnabel, Geneva Carr, Alysia Reiner, and Tarik Lowe. Also read: James Badge Dale to Star in Legendary's Supernatural Thriller ‘Spectral’ (Exclusive) Maren Olson of Traction Media is producing with Carlos Velazquez of C Plus Pictures. Production will start this summer in New York City. Musician Sean Lennon has signed on to score the film,...

Sometimes digging around for the truth can lead to unmentionable horrors. Thankfully in our genre people who do this are in abundance and always on hand to be dispatched in ludicrously violent ways. Speaking of which... read on for your first word on The Confines.

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Mike Landry and Carlos Velazquez of C Plus Pictures announce Louisa Krause (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Jason Patric (The Lost Boys, My Sister’s Keeper), and Mark Margolis (The Wrestler, "Breaking Bad") will star in the psychological thriller The Confines, written by Ido Fluk and directed by Eytan Rockaway. The film was formerly known as “Lot 451” and marks Rockaway’s feature film directorial debut.

Shooting just wrapped in New York. Mike Landry and Carlos Velazquez produced the film along with co-producers Ryan Charles Griffin and Claudia Bellante and executive producers Allen Loeb, Jeff Hoffman, and Luigi Ghilardi II. Arclight Film’s...

Production has wrapped in New York on C Plus Pictures’ psychological thriller starring Louisa Krause, Jason Patric and Mark Margolis. Arclight handles international sales.

Eytan Rockaway directs the film formerly known as Lot 451 from a screenplay by Ido Fluk.

The Confines is set in a vast vacant residential complex where a single mother bullied by her boyfriend and his friend must confront the mystery of the building.

C Plus Pictures’ Mike Landry and Carlos Velazquez produce and the executive producers are Allen Loeb, Jeff Hoffman and Luigi Ghilardi II.

Traction Media’s Maren Olsen and CAA’s Nick Ogiony represent North American sales.

The new trailer as well as the poster are in for Screen Media Films' comedy drama The Lifeguard starring Kristen Bell, Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr, Amy Madigan, Joshua Harto, John Finn, Alex Shaffer, Sendhil Ramamurthy, David Lambert and Paulie Litt. On the verge of her 30th birthday, Leigh (Kristen Bell) leaves her busy life and job in New York City behind for her parents suburban home. Taking her old summer job as a lifeguard, she falls into her teenage life: hanging out, partying in the woods, and coming home late, leading to a dangerous affair that threatens to tear lives apart. Screen Media and Focus World present the film produced by Milan Chakraborty, Liz W. Garcia, Isaac Lefevre, Mike Landry, Joshua Harto and Carlos Velazquez.

Focus World and Screen Media Films have teamed up to acquire U.S. rights to the Kristen Bell starrer The Lifeguard. The film written and directed by Liz W. Garcia made its debut in competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Lifeguard marks Garcia's first feature after working as a writer and producer on such series as Cold Case and co-creating Memphis Beat  with The Lifeguard producer Joshua Harto. Bell (Showtime's House of Lies) stars alongside Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr and Amy Madigan. Story: Kristen Bell Set to Star in Stage Adaptation 'Some Girls,' Animated Feature 'Frozen' (Exclusive) Mike Landry and Carlos Velazquez of C Plus Pictures produced

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Trailer for Jordan Galland's Alter Egos, starring Kris Lemche, Brooke Nevin and Joey Kern Alter Egos takes place in a world in which superheroes have recently lost all government funding and public support. It centers on an underappreciated superhero who jeopardizes a dangerous mission with his own emotional crisis - his girlfriend is cheating on him with his alter ego. Dan Farah, Jordan Galland and Carlos Velazquez produce. The film finds limited venues on October 19th. Other cast names in the mix are Christine Evangelista, Danny Masterson, John Ventimiglia, Carlos Velasquez, Sean Lennon and Jordan Garland.

Trailer for Jordan Galland's Alter Egos, starring Kris Lemche, Brooke Nevin and Joey Kern Alter Egos takes place in a world in which superheroes have recently lost all government funding and public support. It centers on an underappreciated superhero who jeopardizes a dangerous mission with his own emotional crisis - his girlfriend is cheating on him with his alter ego. Dan Farah, Jordan Galland and Carlos Velazquez produce. The film finds limited venues on October 19th. Other cast names in the mix are Christine Evangelista, Danny Masterson, John Ventimiglia, Carlos Velasquez, Sean Lennon and Jordan Garland.

Exclusive: Kristen Bell will star in The Lifeguard, the film written and to be directed by Liz W. Garcia. Bell, who stars in Showtime’s House Of Lies, will star with Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr, Alex Shaffer, Joshua Harto and Amy Madigan. The film, which was packaged by CAA (the agency is selling domestic rights), will shoot in Pittsburgh this month. Bell will play Leigh, a reporter on the verge of 30 who abandons her life in New York City, returns home to get her high school job as a lifeguard, and starts a dangerous relationship with a 16-year-old delinquent. The film is being produced by Mike Landry and Carlos Velazquez of C Plus Pictures, along with Harto and Garcia of La Pistola, Inc. The co-production is in association with Attic Light Films, Wild Invention and Houndstooth. Bell will next be seen in Hit And Run. Garcia and Harto created Memphis Beat for TNT.

Berry Meyerowitz, President & CEO of Phase 4 Films, announced today that the company has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to writer-director Jordan Galland's superhero comedy Alter Egos. The film is to be released under the company's new "Kevin Smith's SModcast Pictures Presents" banner. Scheduled to premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival July 24th, the film stars Kris Lemche (Final Destination 3), Brooke Nevin (Breakout Kings), Joey Kern (Super Troopers, The Crow), with John Ventimiglia (The Sopranos) and Danny Masterson (That '70s Show, Men at Work). Musician Sean Lennon, who previously collaborated with Galland on the score of Galland's film Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, contributed an original musical score for the film, and also plays the role of a super villain.

The film was produced by Jordan Galland, Carlos Velazquez, Dan Farah of Farah Films (Relativity's reboot of The Crow, Screen Gem's Armored), Milan Chakraborty of Attic Light Films,...

Alter Egos Trailer. Jordan Galland‘s Alter Egos (2012) teaser trailer stars Kris Lemche, Brooke Nevin, Joey Kern, and Danny Masterson. Alter Egos’ plot synopsis: “At a time when superheroes have lost government funding and public support, a superhero meets a girl who can help him overcome his own emotional crisis.”

This film reminds me of Vs but without the edge. I can’t believe the main hero’s name is Fridge. That is almost as stupid as Splash Down from The Incredibles.

My favorite part of the Alter Egos teaser trailer:

You’ve got some nerve. Breaking up with me in an email. Who do you think you are? Batman?

So funny. His girlfriend was cheating on him with himself…his alter ego.

Alter Egos also stars Christine Evangelista, John Ventimiglia, Adam LeFevre, Kristina Klebe, Sean Lennon, Geneva Carr, Marina Squerciati, Carmen Goodine, Daniel Sauli, and Carlos Velazquez.

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