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New Artists Alliance
New Artists Alliance is an American independent film production company. It was founded in 2007 by Gabriel Cowan and John Suits, who met at film school. It focuses primarily on genre films. In order keep costs down, New Artists Alliance share profits with cast and crew, and they request more recognizable actors work for scale. In 2014, they signed a deal with XLrator Media XLrator Media is an American film distributor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The CEO is Barry Gordon, who founded the company in April 2010. In 2014, they began offering film production services in partnership with other companies. ... to co-produce three pictures. Filmography References External links * Mass media companies established in 2007 Companies based in Los Angeles Film production companies of the United States {{US-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution, and actors. Though the expense involved in making films almost immediately led film production to concentrate under the auspices of standing production companies, advances in affordable filmmaking equipment, as well as an expansion of opportunities to acquire investment capital from outside the film industry itself, have allowed independent film production to evolve. In 2019, the global box office was worth . When including box office and home entertainment revenue, the global film industry was worth in 2018. Hollywood is the world's oldest national film industry, and largest in terms of box office gross revenue. Indian cinema is the largest national film industry in terms of the number of film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extracted
''Extracted'', also known as ''Extraction'' in the UK, is an independent 2012 American science fiction thriller directed and written by Nir Paniry. Sasha Roiz stars as a scientist whose consciousness becomes trapped in the mind of a convict (Dominic Bogart) who volunteered to be a part of an experimental procedure. Plot Tom, a scientist, invents a machine that can insert a person into the subconscious mind of another person. Desperate for funding to complete his prototype, he is forced to accept money from an anonymous investor. When the investor threatens to pull out, Tom reluctantly agrees to a demonstration a month ahead of schedule. The investor turns out to be an official at the Department of Corrections who wants to use the machine to extract involuntary confessions from convicts. Initially repulsed by the idea, Tom's friend, an entrepreneur, convinces him to proceed, and Tom enters the mind of Anthony, an addict who is suspected of having killed his girlfriend Adrienne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Media Companies Established In 2007
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementary particles, theoretically with the same amount of matter, have nonetheless different masses. Mass in modern physics has multiple definitions which are conceptually distinct, but physically equivalent. Mass can be experimentally defined as a measure of the body's inertia, meaning the resistance to acceleration (change of velocity) when a net force is applied. The object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram (kg). In physics, mass is not the same as weight, even though mass is often determined by measuring the object's weight using a spring scale, rather than balance scale comparing it directly with known masses. An object on the Moon would weigh less ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandemic (film)
''Pandemic'' is a 2016 American science fiction thriller film directed by John Suits and written by Dustin T. Benson. Rachel Nichols stars as a doctor who leads a group to find survivors of a worldwide pandemic. The film is shot in a first-person POV, similar to first-person shooter video games. Plot Lauren Chase, a doctor from New York, comes to Los Angeles to find survivors of a worldwide pandemic. She is assisted by her team, which includes Gunner, Denise, and Wheeler. Cast * Rachel Nichols as Lauren Chase/Rebecca Thomas * Alfie Allen as Wheeler * Paul Guilfoyle as Doctor Greer * Danielle Rose Russell as Megan Thomas * Missi Pyle as Denise * Mekhi Phifer as Gunner Production Suits came upon the script, which was initially named ''Viral'', at the Blood List, a repository of unproduced horror and thriller scripts. Suits does not consider the film to be found footage and instead says, "Rather than a found footage movie, I consider it more as a POV first-person movie." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Days (film)
''400 Days'' is a 2015 American science fiction film written and directed by Matt Osterman and starring Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Ben Feldman, and Dane Cook (also serving as executive producer) as astronauts sent on a 400-day-long simulated mission to a distant planet, to test the psychological effects of deep space travel. In the United States, the film premiered in theaters, on-demand, and digitally on January 12, 2016. Plot Four astronautsCaptain Theo Cooper, Dr. Emily McTier, Bug Kieslowski, and Cole Dvorakbegin a 400-day-long simulation on Earth intended to study the long-term effects of space travel. As their time underground grinds on, the crew begins to deal with extreme psychological effects like paranoia and hallucination. The team settles deeper into their separate spaces, until a disheveled man finds his way into their simulated space ship. After his escape, the crew decides to exit and explore the surface world, which they discover is now dark, windy, desolate, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Before I Go
''Just Before I Go'', previously entitled ''Hello I Must Be Going'', is a 2014 American black comedy drama film directed by Courteney Cox, in her second directorial effort (following her debut with the Lifetime original film ''TalhotBlond''), from a screenplay written by David Flebotte, starring Seann William Scott, Elisha Cuthbert, Olivia Thirlby, Garret Dillahunt, and Kate Walsh. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2014, and it was released in select theaters on April 24, 2015. Plot After his wife leaves him, Ted Morgan spirals into depression and decides to commit suicide. First, he wants to tie up some loose ends. He moves in with his brother Lucky and his family, and confronts his elderly seventh grade teacher, who made his life hell - even though she is suffering from dementia in a home for the elderly. He meets her granddaughter Greta. He confides his plan to her and she takes an interest. She wants to document his life leading up to his suicide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scribbler (film)
''The Scribbler'' is a 2014 American science fiction thriller film directed by John Suits and written by Daniel Schaffer, based on his own graphic novel of same name. The film stars Katie Cassidy, Garret Dillahunt, Eliza Dushku, Kunal Nayyar, Michelle Trachtenberg and Sasha Grey. Plot Suki, a young woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder, moves into Juniper Tower, a strange, darkly gothic apartment building, that serves as a halfway house for mental patients who don't need to be institutionalized any longer, but are not completely cured yet. Suki has been given an experimental device that lets her perform a procedure known as ''The Siamese Burn'' on herself. The machine is supposed to "burn" all her extra personalities until she only has one left. At Juniper Tower, Suki reconnects with her friend with benefits Hogan, a man who may fake depression so that he can stay there as the "rooster of the henhouse". She also meets several female tenants and learns that Hogan ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Nights In The Desert
''3 Nights in the Desert'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by Gabriel Cowan, written by Adam Chanzit, and starring Amber Tamblyn, Wes Bentley, and Vincent Piazza. The film premiered on January 4, 2014, at the Palm Springs International Film Festival followed by a screening on October 18, 2014, at the Twin Cities Film Festival. The film will be given a limited release in early 2015. Premise The drama follows three estranged friends who reunite to celebrate turning 30 years old, while also reminiscing about how they almost made it as a rock band. Cast * Amber Tamblyn as Anna *Wes Bentley as Travis * Vincent Piazza as Barry Release The film had a US theatrical release in early 2015 followed by the DVD and VOD release. Festivals ''3 Nights in the Desert'' was selected to screen at the following film festivals: *2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival *2014 Twin Cities Film Fest Reception Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 40% of five surveyed critics g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangoria
''Fangoria'' is an internationally distributed American horror film fan magazine, in publication since 1979. It is published four times a year by Fangoria Publishing, LLC and is edited by Phil Nobile Jr. The magazine was originally released in an age when horror fandom was still a burgeoning subculture; in the late 1970s, most horror publications were concerned with classic cinema, while those that focused on contemporary horror were largely fanzines. ''Fangoria'' rose to prominence by running exclusive interviews with horror filmmakers and offering behind-the-scenes photos and stories that were otherwise unavailable to fans in the era before the Internet. The magazine would eventually rise to become a force itself in the horror world, hosting its own awards show, sponsoring and hosting numerous horror conventions, producing films, and printing its own line of comics. ''Fangoria'' began struggling in the 2010s due to issues arising from the internet, including difficulty in g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Milo!
''Bad Milo!'' is a 2013 American horror comedy film written by Jacob Vaughan and Benjamin Hayes and directed by Jacob Vaughan. The film stars Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Peter Stormare, Stephen Root, Mary Kay Place, and Patrick Warburton. The film had its world premiere at SXSW on March 10, 2013, and was released on video on demand on August 29, 2013, prior to being released in a limited release on October 4, 2013, by Magnet Releasing. Plot A man named Duncan lives with his wife, Sarah, who worries about his constant stress. One day, he schedules an appointment with a gastroenterologist after experiencing a rather serious level of gastric stress the night before. During the appointment, the doctor and nurse spot a large " polyp" in his intestinal tract. After seeing a large amount of stress at a very fast pace from work with his boss placing him in charge of firing employees, where a man his age is in a relationship with his mother, and his wife is making him see a very eccent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheap Thrills (film)
''Cheap Thrills'' is a 2013 American black comedy horror thriller film directed by E. L. Katz in his directorial debut. It starts Pat Healy, Sara Paxton, Ethan Embry and David Koechner. The film follows two friends competing in a series of challenges worth different amounts of money given by a rich couple. It premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 8, 2013, and was acquired by Drafthouse Films and Snoot Entertainment. It was released on March 21, 2014, in the United States. ''Cheap Thrills'' received generally positive reviews from critics but was a box-office bomb, grossing $59,424 against a $100,000 budget. Plot Craig is an auto mechanic who loses his job. He is unable to pay his rent and after seeing the eviction sign, he goes to a dive bar, where he meets an old friend from high school, Vince. After their reunion, they meet a rich couple, Colin and Violet, who appear friendly and benign initially, and after becoming aware of Craig's dire financial situation, offer them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Static (2012 Film)
''Static'' is a 2012 horror film directed by Todd Levin and starring Sara Paxton and Milo Ventimiglia. Plot Jonathan Dade (Ventimiglia Ventimiglia (; lij, label=Intemelio, Ventemiglia , lij, label= Genoese, Vintimiggia; french: Vintimille ; oc, label= Provençal, Ventemilha ) is a resort town in the province of Imperia, Liguria, northern Italy. It is located southwest of ...), a novelist, and his wife Addie ( Shahi) live in a large house in the middle of nowhere. Their three-year-old son died in an accident some time ago and they are having a hard time forgiving themselves and moving on. One night, a strange woman named Rachel ( Paxton) comes knocking on their front door, saying that her car broke down and that she was being followed by strange figures wearing gas masks. Jonathan and Addie are kind and take her in for the night. Some time later, intruders come to the house and take Rachel away. Then they come after Jonathan and Addie. Jonathan and Addie flee from largely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
