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Gravitas Ventures will distribute Freewater Films’ The Republic Of Two from director Shaun Kosta on VOD and iTunes as of June 3. Janet Montgomery, Brent Bailey, Stephanie Nicole Lemelin, Brandon Fobbs and Hallock Beals star.

Romantic movies love to lie. In fact, they make an art out of it without necessarily trying to aspire to any artistic levels. Their number one goal is to feed that beastly organ most of us have been slaves to at one time or another. Yes, the heart is a prickly thing. And sometimes all it wants is to get inoculated with a shot of Hollywood happily ever afters. At other times the heart is, for better or for worse, taking the backseat to reason which always demands something a little more real from its romance. The axiom seems to be that reality elevates romantic movies from the lower depths of guilty pleasures to the slightly higher plains of sophistication. First-time feature writer-director Shaun Kosta tackles romance with both reason and heart in mind and you can't help but respect that kind of reach for truth. “The Republic of Two...

Janet Montgomery of Black Swan and Brent Bailey will star in The Republic of Two indie comedy/drama directed by Shaun Kosta Freewater Films and Boxer Films' production centers on heterosexual cohabitation in Los Angeles, reports Variety. Melanie Blair and Tim Bright produce while John Clark of Boxer Films serves as executive producer. The Republic of Two started lensing in Los Angeles recently and also includes Stephanie Nicole Lemelin, Hallock Beals and Brandon Fobbs Montgomery is up next in the Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother and Bailey's credits include "Californication"...

Janet Montgomery of Black Swan and Brent Bailey will star in The Republic of Two indie comedy/drama directed by Shaun Kosta Freewater Films and Boxer Films' production centers on heterosexual cohabitation in Los Angeles, reports Variety. Melanie Blair and Tim Bright produce while John Clark of Boxer Films serves as executive producer. The Republic of Two started lensing in Los Angeles recently and also includes Stephanie Nicole Lemelin, Hallock Beals and Brandon Fobbs Montgomery is up next in the Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother and Bailey's credits include "Californication"...

Janet Montgomery of Black Swan and Brent Bailey will star in The Republic of Two indie comedy/drama directed by Shaun Kosta Freewater Films and Boxer Films' production centers on heterosexual cohabitation in Los Angeles, reports Variety. Melanie Blair and Tim Bright produce while John Clark of Boxer Films serves as executive producer. The Republic of Two started lensing in Los Angeles recently and also includes Stephanie Nicole Lemelin, Hallock Beals and Brandon Fobbs Montgomery is up next in the Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother and Bailey's credits include "Californication"...