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*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Monarch Home Entertainment. Director: Christian Charles. Writer: Ryan Oxford. Cast: Charlotte Rae, Matthew Settle, M. Emmet Walsh and Katia Winter. Love Sick Love received a theatrical release in several major markets in April, 2013, before moving to home entertainment formats in May. This title was marketed as a thriller, but there are more romantic-comedy tones here, compared to anything else. Much of the excitement from the trailer is missing in this fairly short film endeavour. The comedy improves through the film's second half; yet, Love Sick Love seems like a cautious outing, with few surprises. The film can best be described as Misery (1990) meets Fatal Attraction (1987), in story. But, the tension, mystery and unpredictability from these two films is missing here. Instead, central character Norman (Matthew Settle) simply goes along with his psycho girlfriend's plans to visit an isolated home.

Spring and love are in the air, but let's face it... so are heavy doses of pollen and broken-hearted misery, too. I mean, you can't force anyone to love you, right? Well, maybe... at least that's the case in the new flick Love Sick Love!

From the Press Release

Amid a cinema landscape of syrupy rom-coms and warm bodied zombies that live happily ever after, director Christian Charles (Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedian, Cheech & Chong’s Hey Watch This) in his latest film Love Sick Love offers up a film for the romantically challenged. In the spirit of Fatal Attraction and Swimming with Sharks but for the dating world -- a New York businessman’s fling turns deadly when he is teamed with a psychotic serial romantic in this boy meets girl thriller that propels the term "love hurts" to a whole new level. The film will be available on DVD...

When a film mashes up two seemingly unlike genres, we're too quick to praise the hybridization as a "fresh twist" or subversion of formula, even if those disparate elements aren't engaging each other thematically or aesthetically. (For instance, has anyone married zombie horror with comedy as flavorfully as Shaun of the Dead?) The fourth feature from director Christian Charles—following the Jerry Seinfeld doc Comedian, the teen dramedy Full of It, and a Cheech and Chong reunion concert—attempts to transform meet-cute romance into an absurdist fatal-attraction thriller, but ends up neither fish nor fowl. A shallow, womanizing Manhattan businessman (Matthew Settle) is warned by an office sidekick (Jim Gaffigan) that he's leading on his hot new girlfriend ...

Love Sick Love is an upcoming horror thriller comedy which comes from director Christian Charles and has quite interesting cast on board. It is the tale of love gone bad, or if you prefer – a complex and suspenseful journey into the darker side of passion (that explaines this loves me not part of the story). Today, we’re here to share the first trailer & poster for the whole thing, hope you’ll enjoy! Christian Charles directed the film from a script written by Ryan Oxford, which centers on a boy meets girl romance that quickly turns into a twisted thriller. In other words, the movie... Related posts: Watch: The New Trailer For Roman Coppola’s Charles Swan With Bill Murray, Charlie Sheen First Images, Concept Art & Promo Poster For Christian Sesma’s Sci-Fi Thriller Lost Time! First Roman Coppola’s A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III Teaser...

Love Sick Love is a dark comedy from director Christian Charles. Distribution house Monarch Home Entertainment will begin releasing this title in May on DVD. The film focuses on a troubled young couple, where murder might be on the menu. More specifically, the film's story deals with serial (killer) dater, Dori (Katia Winter). She is enamoured with her new boyfriend, Norman (Matthew Settle). However, Dori's family and Winter retreat is made-up of a family of misfits. Norman is soon heading for the door and Dori is demanding that he stay, in a violent and comedic fashion. The first trailer for Love Sick Love is available below. And, fans of both comedy and horror will find something of interest in this clip. Release Date: April, 2013 (Video-on-demand) and May 21, 2013 (DVD). Director: Christian Charles. Writer: Ryan Oxford. Cast: Lindsay Rose Binder, Jim Gaffigan, Dean Kapica, Megan Raye Manzi, Charlotte Rae and Matthew Settle.

Wow, the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival already has been amazing!

Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il

The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.

http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012

Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Thursday, November 15th

Shorts Program 8: Quirky Relationships

Shorts Program 8: Quirky Relationships plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre

Shorts that give romance a twist.

Boo! (Rupert Reid, Australia, 2012, 5 min.): An aging married couple keep their love alive by staying one step ahead of each other. Coffees (Alex Beh, U.S., 2012, 11 min.): As a last-ditch effort, Mikey decides to go to his ex...

Review by Dana Jung

Just when you thought it was safe to settle back and enjoy a nice indie romantic comedy full of witty and insightful commentary on the nature of modern relationships, along comes the new film Love Sick Love. This is a movie that goes from plot twist to plot twisted.

The story begins with Dori, an attractive woman in the big city, phoning her current love interest, Norman. It is immediately established (with some humorous assistance from a co-worker played by comedian Jim Gaffigan) that Norman is a player. He has an eye for the ladies, is sleeping with his ex, and regards Dori as ‘casual sex’. as the cliche goes. Dori obviously feels differently, and invites Norman away to a secluded country home for the weekend. Ignoring Dori’s clear signals of attachment, Norman accepts and is soon plunged into a single man’s nightmare of dating and demented holiday celebrations.

With a new documentary about the life of Bill Hicks opening in New York City this weekend, it seemed like a good time to dig deeper into the world of documentaries about stand-up comedians. And, pending an thorough examination, this is what we found: there aren't a lot of good ones. Obviously there are plenty of concert films of stand-ups, just not a ton of docs about stand-ups, and most of the ones that do exist aren't very good. "American," which is smartly edited and constructed, is a fine exception. Here are five more:

"The Comedians of Comedy" (2005)

Directed by Michael Blieden

As "The Comedians of Comedy" opens, Patton Oswalt talks about one of the worst gigs of his life: Yuk-a-Buck Night, six comedians, six bucks, one comedy club. Places like that Yuk-a-Buck joint, with their lowest common denominator expectations and two drink minimums, are the reason Oswalt gathered together Brian Posehn,...

There is no question about it ... Cheech & Chong are comedy legends! The pot-smoking duo began their career as stand-up comics in the early '70s and gained attention for a string of popular comedy albums, which featured hit songs like "Basketball Jones." However, it was their feature film debut in '1978s Up In Smoke that made them icons to stoners all around the world. The two broke up in the mid '80s and with rumors of bad blood between the former friends; fans thought that they would never see they'd see the dynamic duo of dope together again. Chances started to look even slimmer in 2003 when Tommy was unjustly arrested and incarcerated for "conspiring to distribute drug paraphernalia," but upon his release in 2004 rumors started to fly about the two comedians finally reuniting. In 2008, the team publicly announced that they would be reuniting for an upcoming tour, titled...

We reported way back in November 2008 that The Weinstein Company was reuniting the classic comedy team of Cheech and Chong for a brand new concert film and now moviegoers can experience the film this April. The Weinstein Company announced today that Cheech and Chong's Hey Watch This will be released in theaters nationwide, fittingly on April 20.

The film will also be released on that same date on DVD, Blu-ray, video-on-demand (VOD) and digital download as well. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong both star in the concert film, along with Shelby Chong. Both Cheech and Chong wrote the film and Christian Charles directed. Below you can find the synopsis for the film and the first one-sheet poster as well.

Cheech and Chong's Hey Watch This is is a feature film showcasing the duo's hugely successful reunion tour, Cheech & Chong: Light Up America, where they performed together for the first time in over 25 years.

Here's the first teaser trailer for Todd Phillips' upcoming comedy "The Hangover," debuting in theaters June 5, 2009.

The film centers on three best friends who literally lose their best friend during his wild bachelor party in Las Vegas. Together, they have to figure out what went wrong the night before.

As you can see in the preview below, they're facing quite the weird situation: waking up and finding a tiger and a baby in one's hotel room is quite scary indeed...

Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Jeffrey Tambor, Justin Bartha and Ed Helms star. Phillips also helmed "Old School."

Phillips is directing a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, who also wrote Christian Charles’ “Full of It” and Mark Waters’ upcoming romantic comedy “The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.”...

Heather Graham and Justin Bartha have signed on to star in Todd Phillips’ comedy “The Hangover,” which heads into principal photography this week, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The film centers on three best friends who literally lose their best friend during his wild bachelor party in Las Vegas. Together, they have to figure out what went wrong the night before.

Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms are already on board. Bartha plays the lost groom, while Graham stars as a Las Vegas local who encounters the friends and may be able to help them out in one way or the other.

Graham was last seen in “Miss Conception.” She recently wrapped filming for Duncan Ward’s “Boogie Woogie.”

Bartha is known best for playing Riley alongside Nicholas Cage in the “National Treasure” films. He’ll also appear in “New York, I Love You.”

Phillips is directing a script...

Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms are in talks to star in Todd Phillips’ upcoming comedy “The Hangover,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film centers on three best friends who literally lose the groom during his wild bachelor party in Las Vegas.

Phillips is directing a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, who also wrote Christian Charles’ “Full of It” and Mark Waters’ upcoming romantic comedy “The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.”

Cooper will next be seen in Ken Kwapis’ comedy “He’s Just Not That Into You.” He also recently wrapped filming for Peyton Reed’s comedy “Yes Man,” which stars Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel.

Helms can currently be seen in “Meet Dave.” He’s also filming “Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian.”

As for Phillips, he most recently directed “School for Scoundrels.”...

In her feature follow-up to last year's smash Meet the Fockers, Teri Polo has signed on to co-star in New Line Cinema's Nothing but the Truth. The film, to be directed by Christian Charles, centers on Sam (Ryan Pinkston), a 17-year-old with average looks and a corny family who, desperately trying to fit in at his new school, begins to tell outrageous lies that suddenly become true. Polo will play Mrs. Moran, a teacher at the school who is the object of affection for all male students, including Sam. Things take an unexpected turn when he lies to his best friend that Mrs. Moran has the hots for him.