“Eddie Franks is a former criminal who attempts to help his family by reconnecting with his daughter and clearing his brother’s debt. Despite his efforts, he is drawn back into a criminal way of life, with devastating consequences.”
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Cinephellas Podcast – Episode 68 (Interview with Neasa Hardiman)
On this episode of the Cinephellas Podcast, Logan Myerz interviews the writer/director Neasa Hardiman about her new film Sea Fever that’s currently available On Demand and Digital!
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“The crew of a West of Ireland trawler, marooned at sea, struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.”
GUNPOWDER & SKY’S SCI-FI LABEL DUST TO HOST THE FIRST-EVER LIVE STREAM PREMIERE!
DUST to host a live screening, with a fully interactive Q&A with director Neasa Hardiman and the cast led by Connie Nielsen, of the critically acclaimed sci-fi, horror film Sea Fever.
Gunpowder & Sky, a fast growing independent global entertainment company, through its sci-fi label DUST, will bring audiences the ultimate at-home experience to be the first to participate in the live stream premiere of SEA FEVER, followed by a Q&A with the film’s stars Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman 1984, Gladiator) and BAFTA award-winning director Neasa Hardiman (Happy Valley, Jessica Jones),
The live stream event will take place on https://seafever.watchdust.com on Thursday, April 9 at 5pm PT / 8pm ET. For a small pay-per-view fee, fans can tune in to watch the official film premiere together, post their comments in a chatroom, and have their questions answered by the cast and crew via a moderated Q&A following the credits. The event will kick-off SEA FEVER’s On Demand and Digital release on April 10th.
Cinephellas Podcast – Episode 65 (Interview with Addison Riecke)
The Cinephellas are here to help you get through the Coronavirus and the days of quarantine with the Cinephellas Podcast . On this episode, Nile Fortner interviews actress Addison Riecke of the raunchy teen comedy film, Banana Split. A movie about the friendship of two teenage girls and one of them is dating the others ex. Nile Fortner and Addison Riecke discuss what it’s like for Riecke being a young actress, what older viewers can still get out of this movie, real-life situations that inspired the movie, and more on this podcast episode.
Banana Split comes from first time director Benjamin Kasulke, a script by Joey Power and Hannah Marks (2006’s Accepted and Daniel Isn’t Real) who plays April in the film, and Banana Split is in select theaters and VOD on March 27, 2020.
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THE QUARRY – In Select Theaters April 17th!
From the novel by Damon Galgut comes this searing thriller, a tale of sin and redemption set in the wilds of Texas. After murdering a traveling preacher, a fugitive drifter (Shea Whigham, Joker) travels to a small town and poses as the man he killed. Though the congregation loves the drifter’s sermons of forgiveness, the local police chief (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water) is suspicious of the man. Soon a gruesome discovery at a local quarry forces the killer to fight for his freedom.
**Official Trailer and Poster** SEA FEVER – In Theaters April 10th
“Siobhán’s a marine biology student who prefers spending her days alone in a lab. She has to endure a week on a ragged fishing trawler, where she’s miserably at odds with the close-knit crew. But out in the deep Atlantic, an unfathomable life form ensnares the boat. When members of the crew succumb to a strange infection, Siobhán must overcome her alienation and anxiety to win the crew’s trust, before everyone is lost.”
WAITING FOR ANYA – (Interview with Ben Cookson)
Henry Hill interviews the director of Waiting for Anya, Ben Cookson, and learns about what inspired him to make the film, and how he recovered from the devastation of a project that fell apart to turn this life-changing project into a reality.
Review – Daniel Isn’t Real (2019): Fantasia International Film Festival!
My only screening on Day 14 of the Fantasia International Film Festival was a late selection for me, the Canadian Premiere of the US fantasy/horror thriller film Daniel Isn’t Real. The film had its World Premiere at SXSW back in March, where the poster you see above (designed by an artist named Jock) won the Excellence in Poster Design in the SXSW Film Design Awards section. The film has also played in many other festivals since then.
Review – Porno (2019) : Fantasia International Film Festival!
Alright, so I was convinced by a friend who had an extra free ticket to check my fourth film of the day on Day 3 of the Fantasia International Film Festival . This was totally unplanned, my butt is going to be numb after all this sitting but what the hell, Fantasia is Christmas in July!
Review – Come To Daddy (2019) : Fantasia International Film Festival!
My third film on Day 3 of the festival was the Canadian Premiere of the thriller Come to Daddy, a co-production between New Zealand, Canada, and Ireland. The film had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival back in April. It played in several other festivals before landing in Montreal and it has upcoming screenings at the FrightFest in London, UK in August and at the Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya in Sitges, Spain in October.
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