Monday, February 19, 2007

April, 2007 Hidden Gem Titles

Wolfe's "3 Needles" - starring Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stochard Channing, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis. "3 Needles" tells the moving story of how the harshest tragedy can sometimes bring out the best in people, and is a tale of bittersweet hope and of finding redemption in the unlikeliest of places. Im China, Ping is a pregnant young woman running a black market blood collection scam that creates a mini-epidemic in a rural village. In Montreal, Denys is a porn actor hiding his positive HIV status in order to continue working and supporting his mother, who herself goes to extreme lengths to provide for the family's future. And, in Africa, Sister Clara is a young novice nun driven to convert the rapidly dying Africans to Catholicism before it's too latewho makes a desperate bargain with a corrupt plantation owner to help prevent the spread of HIV in the region.

Echo Bridge's "Third Wish" - starring Jenna Mattison, Sean maguire, Armand Assante, Betty White. A rags to riches story for Maggie Malone, an aspiring writer who finds a First Edition copy of Great Expectations in the bookstore she works in. The seemingly magical book grants her three wishes, or so Maggie thinks. The true magic is being orchestrated by a mysterious benefactor from maggie's past. A handsome Oxford lawyer is her guide thru a Cinderella like transformation that in the end makes her believe in love and the fairytales she writes about. Truly a feel good magical tale.

Genius' "Bottom Feeder" Stars Tom Sizemore, Amber Cull, Wendy Anderson, Joe Dinicol, and Martin Roach. Streets 4-3-2007. Oozing with slick gyesome creature effects,Sizemore stars as a maintenace worker who, along with his crew, is hunted and terrorized by an indestructible monster mistakenly created by the military.

Vivendi's "L.A. Dicks" - starsAnthony Guidera, Dean Aliota, Sarah Wynter, and
Michael Madsen. Streets 4-10-2007. Welcome to the twisted and comedic
underground world of L.A. private detectives. In between pitching their cases to
studio executives in hopes of getting a movie deal and competing against rival
detectives. Jude and Harold find themselves undercover at a psychic parlor.
When the psychic gives them a surprising reading about their own lives, their universe is turned upside down as the cryptic predictions unfold.