We are very excited to launch our all new Indie Film column, The 5Ws & How, aimed at increasing awareness of completed independent films and how you can see them by getting the most basic info that journalists look for (hence our movie journalists and reporters on the column’s banner).

First up we talked to Evan Bass, who wrote, produced, and acted in the independent thriller, The Eve.

Who?
The Eve stars Al Thompson (Scott), Miranda Noelle Wilson (Lacey), Maria DiDomenico (Jenn), Rick Estabrook (Joey), and is written by and also stars Evan Bass (Harry). It is deftly directed by Ritchie Steven Filippi in his directing feature film debut and released by Indie Rights.

What?
The Eve is the story of a group of late-20-something friends who used to be close in college but have grown apart over the years since. They decide to reconnect by spending New Year’s Eve on Martha’s Vineyard at one of the group’s family’s house. Unfortunately, it is not as blissful a reunion as they would have liked and tensions take a turn and an unwanted presence turns celebrating the New Year into surviving the night. It is a mix of classic thriller with homages to past movies and small humorous nods to the genre throughout.

Where?
The film takes place on Martha’s Vineyard, of course, down a secluded dirt road at a house by the water. The Eve was shot on location in Martha’s Vineyard, and one subtle horror nod within the film is a scene filmed in Menemsha on the same dock that one of the original Jaws scenes was filmed.

When?
Like all indie filmmaking, The Eve took a while to go from initial filming to completion and distribution. Principal photography for the film was shot in January of 2011, with additional photography in April of that same year. The film was released on VOD in April of 2015.

Why?
With indie filmmaking there is always a many-fold reason for a project. For The Eve, we wanted to make a film that was different than the normal gore porn and late teens/early 20s frolicking on the beach type films, and make one with a little more character development. With that, we tried to focus on grounding the film in a reality that the viewer could believe is credible and would allow an audience member to be with the characters every step of the action. We also just wanted to make a film and do it justice. A lot of the crew and behind-the-scenes members working on this project stepped up a level to work on this production. For many, this was either a larger role in a feature or a challenge they were taking on — and we did film an entire feature in the middle of winter on an island whose weather changed by the hour.

How?
The Eve can be seen on iTunes, Vudu, xBox Live, Playstation Networks, Amazon, Google Play, and YouTube Rentals. The movie will be further shopped around for distribution at this year’s AFM and more in-depth information can always be found at TheEveMovie.com.

Check out these links to purchase The Eve:

• iTunes
• Vudu
• xBox Live
• Playstation Network
• Amazon
• Google Play
• YouTube Rentals

Here they are, the 2015 Emmy Award winners…

DRAMA
•Game of Thrones

COMEDY
•Veep

LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE
•Olive Kitteridge

ACTRESS – DRAMA
•Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder

ACTOR – DRAMA
•Jon Hamm – Mad Men

ACTRESS – COMEDY
•Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep

ACTOR – COMEDY
•Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

Read the rest of this entry »

Tonight at 8pm et is the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy awards. Here are the nominees across categories:

DRAMA
•Game of Thrones
•Mad Men
•Downton Abbey
•Orange is the New Black
•Homeland
•House of Cards
•Better Call Saul

COMEDY
•Louie
•Modern Family
•Transparent
•Silicon Valley
•Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
•Veep
•Parks and Recreation

LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE
•American Crime
•Olive Kitteridge
•American Horror Story: Freak Show
•Wolf Hall
•The Honorable Woman

ACTRESS – DRAMA
•Taraji P. Henson – Empire
•Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder
•Robin Wright – House of Cards
•Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men
•Claire Danes – Homeland
•Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black

ACTOR – DRAMA
•Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
•Jon Hamm – Mad Men
•Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom
•Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
•Kyle Chandler – Bloodline
•Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan

ACTRESS – COMEDY
•Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback
•Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
•Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation
•Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie
•Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie
•Amy Schumer – Inside Amy Schumer

ACTOR – COMEDY
•Louis C.K. – Louie
•Anthony Anderson – black-ish
•Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
•Matt LeBlanc – Episodes
•William H. Macy – Shameless
•Don Cheadle – House of Lies
•Will Forte – Last Man on Earth

Read the rest of this entry »

What do you do when life gives you a cheating husband/ boyfriend? According to the new movie The Other Woman, you’re supposed to have some fun while planning an incredible revenge for the filthy liar. Also you have to become friends with the other women of your lover. Sounds not so fun? Well, it is actually a very good remedy for the women who are thinking they will just crash in pieces and get into a huge depression if their husband will cheat on them.

The Other Woman is produced by LBI productions in collaboration with 20^th Century Fox. It is written by Melissa Stack and directed Nick Cassavetes known for legendary movies like The Notebook, Alpha Dog and Face/Off.  The movie has an extremely talented cast, including very talented actors like Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Don Johnson, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Taylor Kinney, the rap queen Nicki Minaj and the bikini bombshell Kate Upton. As you see, this movie has a 100% chance of making you fall in love with it. The women are gorgeous, the jokes are funny and the subject is just so common, what else can you expect from a good movie? Because that’s what The Other Woman is. It is a really good romantic comedy, involving funny characters played by incredible, talented people.

The Other Woman is going to premiere in movie theatres this April. Take your girlfriends or your boyfriend and go the cinema. Watch, feel and laugh. Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann are the perfect partners in crime. They know their man the best and they are about to give him a really mad revenge.

After watching the movie, you will immediately think about what you would do if you were one of “the other women”. That’s what this movie can do to you, it will make you feel the main emotion and reflect on what would your actions be like, in case you’re the one who suffers because of a cheater.

So, what do you do when life gives you lemons? And by lemons, I mean, a cheating lover… You become friends with the other woman and plan to revenge on the main liar of the game.

This March, the new movie The Grand Budapest Hotel premieres in cinemas. It is written by Stefan Zweig and directed by the legendary Wes Anderson. As we see in The Grand Budapest Hotel trailer, this movie looks almost like a fantasy. Everything is just so colorful and it all plays with our eyes and imagination.

The new film recounts the adventures of M Gustave and Zero Moustafa. Gustave H is a famous concierge at this famous European Hotel, Zero is the lobby boy. Many distinguished people are visiting the hotel because of the charming concierge, because, he can conquer the heart of any old, rich lady within seconds. This is a secret dirty passion of his. This is why, our main hero gets into some troubles and together with his true friend Zero, they experience some unbelievable adventures. The young lobby boy is the one who shows what a true friendship means. Next to them, there are a bunch of other characters. All of them will make the public laugh and experience some really nice time.

The Grand Budapest Hotel has an absolutely splendid cast, starring stars like Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray, Jude Law, Adrien Brody, F.Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Tony Revolori, Owen Wilson and many others. Ralph Fiennes looks simply fantastic as M Gustave. Such great actors – no wonder why this movie is going to be huge.

Brought to us by 20th Century Fox and produced by Scott Rudin Productions and Indian Paintbrush, The Grand Budapest Hotel is going to make the audience fall in love with its characters and laugh really hard. There is a lot to see and a lot to laugh about. The critics all around the world say that the humor in this movie gets up to high points.

The visuals are simply amazing, as everything looks magical, but at the same time authentic. Do not miss the opportunity to be next to M Gustave and Zero Moustafa in their adventures. This spring, watch the new comedy/drama The Grand Budapest Hotel and feel the incredible story coming alive.

The film is based on a documentary book by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter. It is all about the greatest treasure hunt in history. Events unfold in the years of World War II, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He visited Italy and was just amazed at the beauty of this city. Perhaps at this time he decided to assemble the largest collection of art objects. Whatever it was, his art critics were secretly conducting an inventory of museum treasures from various European cities. Well, everyone knows about what happened to these values ??in the future: the agents of the Third Reich did not disregard any museum or private collection.

However, The Monuments Men (2014) movie tells not about them, but the heroes of the war who are rarely mentioned in history books. This is the story of the art critics who voluntarily put on uniforms to move with the army often being on the front line to save the works of Rubens and Vermeer, Rembrandt and Van Dyck. The search for these treasures demanded from them not only courage, but also exceptional detective abilities. That is why the film based on the documentary book (very wittily written), turned out to be more fascinating than any thriller. Great cast, interesting directorial finds, beautiful camera work – this is something that is worth watching. It is one of the most important productions proposed in 2014. And it’s not just the artistic merits of the movie. It brings us back to one of the most important topics about which lately is not often remembered and used to say quite rare. Well, the story about courage – this is true in any era.

The Monuments Men is based on true events about the greatest worldwide hunt for precious treasures in the whole history. In those days when there was a severe war, some people who were engaged in a variety of art and artifacts would come together in a few groups in order to save at least something. For example, works of art of the greatest painters that somehow were stolen by the Nazis and the best part was specifically destroyed, but not all objects of art were destroyed, and before the Nazis have time to destroy them, they need to hurry. A small group of people need to have time and patience to find and to pick up all the expensive artifacts as quickly as possible.

George Clooney has left only the most famous masters: Michelangelo, Picasso, Rembrandt – in short, only recognizable “brands”. Clooney’s art critics behave as if they are not scientists, but enthusiastic amateurs: we won’t hear any curious and original thinking about the art. And when you consider that Clooney caricatured the stereotypes concerning his nationality in each character, it becomes clear that the film in front of us is intended to be a hit of the movie world. No more and no less.

One day the main character of Starred Up movie gets in custody not even trying to fight for liberation, but why? Maybe he knows that no one will rescue him? Or does he really feel guilty? The man was accused in the death of some of his close friends, but he is confident and knows that all this is just a coincidence. But now it does not matter, because he does not care where to live now – in prison or at liberty, because he has no close friends, they all died. The guy is serving his time in jail, but in the meantime he may rethink his whole life and make plans for the future. All of this will only be in the case if he successfully leaves the walls of the prison and be able to achieve something. At the moment, our hero can only remember some of the moments of his life, as well as condemn himself for not being able to help the ones he loved.

Starred Up Trailer tends to be promising that the film will be very interesting, with a complex plot. The movie tells the story of a teenager who went to jail and became friends with a man who turned to be his father. Young Eric was able to develop a good interaction with the corrupt British police. However, this does not save him from falling into a real prison where he first encounters with his father. Because of its unbalanced and ill nature, instead of a youth custody center young offender Eric gets in the same prison with his father Neville. A volunteer psychotherapist Oliver who sees great potential in the guy helps Eric to avoid conflict with the security and cellmates here. While cultivating his own abilities, Eric comes to the conclusion that he should forgive his father until it was too late… It is definitely an interesting look at the English prison and the former street kids in it…

The World premiere of the British drama was held on September 9, 2013 in Canada as a part of the film festival in Toronto. Then the film was released in France on December 15, 2013, and it will be released in UK theaters in March, 2014. Starred Up was directed by David Mackenzie, produced by James Atherton, Katherine Butler, Sam Lavender, Jan Pace, Peter Hampden and Gillian Berrie, and stars Jack O’Connell, Peter Ferdinando, David Ajala, Sam Spruell, Anthony Welsh, Ben Mendelsohn, Ashley Chin, David Avery, Rupert Friend, Sian Breckin, Raphael Sowole, Gilly Gilchrist.