The Locket (2011)

Actors: Patrick Shanahan (writer), Patrick Shanahan (producer), Patrick Shanahan (actor), Chris Kaiser (writer), Chris Kaiser (editor), Chris Kaiser (director), Anna Dodd (actress), Charles B. Allen (actor), Michael A. Strode (actor), Michael A. Strode (actor), Michael A. Strode (producer), John Luke Lewis (actor), Craig Reed (producer), Cry Wolf (composer), Craig Reed (actor),

Plot: James Harrison is an All-American runner on his way towards the Olympics. He finds solitude on the track and through his relationship with his sister, Karla. Once faced with a horrific family tragedy he is pushed to the brink. James is forced to make a decision whether to take matters into his own hands or face the injustice inflicted upon his family. The events that unfold will define him for the rest of his life.

Genres: Drama, Short,

Ragged (2011)

Actors: Nick Mann (producer), Dallas Box (editor), Dallas Box (producer), Dallas Box (writer), Dallas Box (director), Kenneth Andrews (actor), Kent Ohler (actor), Ryan Aivalis (producer), Trish Needom (actress), James Ayre (writer), Duy Hoang (miscellaneous crew), Dave Billingsley (composer), Larry Macneil (miscellaneous crew), Jason Stewart (miscellaneous crew), Vicki Box (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Horror, Short,

Una vida mejor (2008)

Actors: Bill Gillane (producer), Bill Gillane (actor), Joshua Ligairi (producer), Torben Bernhard (producer), Holly Tuckett (producer), Andrew James (editor), Andrew James (writer), Andrew James (director), Andrew James (producer), Marissa Bernhard (producer), Niki Nielsen (actress), Nani Rodriguez (actress), Jolyn Schleiffarth (producer), Bill Gillane (producer), Joe Martinez (actor),

Plot: Welcome to America. The U.S. government has mandated the construction of a 2,000-mile long wall along the U.S./Mexico border and many Americans sport bumper stickers on their vehicles with slogans like, "Stop the Invasion." Una Vida Mejor (A Better Life) follows three families, each participating in the American experience, and each searching for their own version of the American dream. Two of the families have crossed the Mexican border illegally, and entered the United States in the midst of this social and political unrest. The film beautifully weaves the lives of these families together, forming a uniquely American tapestry of love, loss, and hardship. As the drama unfolds, the individual humanity behind the stark statistics and political rhetoric of the immigration issue is revealed and we find that the border between "right" and "wrong" is hopelessly blurred.

Keywords: accident, accidental-killing, america, american-dream, armed-robbery, beating, bedroom, blood, california, cell-phone
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: Welcome to America

Weight (2004)

Actors: John Nizzari (writer), John Nizzari (director), John Nizzari (producer), John Nizzari (actor), Tye Alexander (actor), Tye Alexander (miscellaneous crew), Kenn Bell (editor), Natasa Warasch (actress), Kenn Bell (producer), Natasa Warasch (producer), Natasa Warasch (writer), Jeff Gomez (producer), Andre Nizzari (composer), Chrysoula Artemis (producer), Tsu Tsu Stanton (producer),

Genres: Drama, Short,

Cons (2000)

Actors: John Bianco (actor), Glenn Berman (actor), Christian Reeve (actor), Erzen Krivca (actor), Gerry Birnbach (actor), Lord Kayson (actor), Marisa Simpson (editor), Víctor Rojas (actor), David Blanc (actor), Arthur Colombino (actor), Ralf Hahn (writer), Nicholas D. Wrathall (actor), Oleg Ferdman (actor), Jeff Millstein (actor), Ralf Hahn (editor),

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,

Beyond Rangoon (1995)

Actors: Spalding Gray (actor), Frances McDormand (actress), John Boorman (producer), John Boorman (director), Patricia Arquette (actress), Hans Zimmer (composer), Pauline Hume (miscellaneous crew), Pat Rambaut (miscellaneous crew), Victor Slezak (actor), Jean-Pierre Vincent (miscellaneous crew), Charley Boorman (actor), Kelley Baker (miscellaneous crew), Sean Ryerson (producer), Sean Ryerson (producer), Dave Bennett (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she is left on her own for a few days, during which time she falls in with students fighting for democracy. She and their leader, U Aung Ko, travel through Burma, whilst witnessing many bloody acts of repression by the dictatorship, in an attempt to escape to Thailand. Based on a true story.

Keywords: army-deserter, bloody-body-of-child, border-crossing, buddhist, buddhist-monastery, buddhist-monk, buddhist-temple, bullet-wound, burma, car-trouble
Genres: Action, Drama,
Taglines: Truth has a witness

Quotes:

[On whether men and women are equal]::Laura Bowman: Did you say completely equal?::U Aung Ko: Oh, yes! A woman can even become a Buddha; but for that she must first come back as a man.::Laura Bowman: Ah, there's always a catch.

U Aung Ko: We will need to make an offering.::Laura Bowman: What kind of offering?::U Aung Ko: That would depend on how much good karma you want for your next life.::Laura Bowman: Hmm, I can't plan that far ahead.::U Aung Ko: Then some fresh fruit from the market will do.

[last lines]::Doctor: Who the hell are you?::Laura Bowman: I'm a doctor, do you need any help?::Doctor: Are you kiddin', how long can you stay?::Laura Bowman: As long as it takes.

U Aung Ko: We are taught that suffering is one promise that life always keeps. So that when happiness comes we know it is a gift, and it is ours only for a brief time.

[first lines]::Laura Bowman: The trip was Andy's idea. It was easier to say yes than argue. Always that way with my sister. She meant well. Touch of the exotic east would get me away from all the things that reminded me of what happened. But it didn't. Where ever I looked, I saw only the moment when my life ended.

Laura Bowman: Isn't that illegal?::U Aung Ko: In Burma, everything is illegal.

U Aung Ko: [about her dead husband and son] They are shadows as we are shadows, briefly walking the earth and soon gone.

Game of Survival (1993)

Actors: Gilbert Glenn Brown (actor), Danna Liebert (miscellaneous crew), Tom Forrest (actor), Ali A. Wahhab (actor), Kirk Johnson (actor), Stretch (actor), Albert Massiah (miscellaneous crew), Stretch (composer), Stretch (writer), David C. Dean (actor), K. Low (composer), Maj (composer), K. Low (actor), K. Low (writer), Maj (actor),

Genres: Crime, Drama, Music, Short,

Blood Beach (1980)

Actors: Burt Young (actor), Read Morgan (actor), Harriet Medin (actress), Gil Melle (composer), Dan Perri (miscellaneous crew), John Saxon (actor), Ian Abercrombie (actor), Gary Gero (miscellaneous crew), Run Run Shaw (producer), Stefan Gierasch (actor), Judi Rosner (miscellaneous crew), Mary Jo Catlett (actress), Gary Griffin (editor), Irwin Yablans (producer), Jeffrey Bloom (writer),

Plot: Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.

Keywords: attempted-rape, beach, blob, blood, death, independent-film, investigation, monster, police, sand
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: It's a nice place to visit, but you don't want to die there. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water - you can't get to it. The five people believed to have drowned here never even made it past the sand! ...where the water is the safest place to be!

Quotes:

Pearson: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, you can't get to it.

[after finding a single eyeball on the beach]::Sergeant Royko: Hey, Harry! What color eyes your stewardess have... had?

Demented (1980)

Actors: Harry Reems (actor), Alex Rebar (writer), Alex Rebar (producer), Robert Brooks Mendel (actor), Robert Brooks Mendel (actor), Robert Brooks Mendel (miscellaneous crew), Rick Whitfield (producer), William J. Waters (miscellaneous crew), William J. Waters (editor), Sharyon Reis Cobe (producer), Stephen Blood (actor), Sallee Young (actress), John Green (actor), Vivienne Kove (miscellaneous crew), Jolie Kramer (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: A woman is gang-raped in a horse's stable, and even though the rapists are caught and imprisoned, she is harassed many moons later by ghastly visions of her tormentors, while her husband philanders and every little thing frightens her out of her wits.

Keywords: assault, castration, cheating-husband, extramarital-affair, female-nudity, female-protagonist, gang, gang-rape, hallucination, home-invasion
Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller,
Taglines: Revenge is sweet... and deadly.

Quotes:

Joker: Boy this is a switch, I thought you'd be mad as hell at me.::Linda Rodgers: Mad? Definitely not! Let's just say I'm able to handle the situation. [He goes to remove his mask] No no, leave it for now! It turns me on.::Joker: Lady, you are definitely weird.::Linda Rodgers: I *know*.

Mortal (1976)

Actors: Daria Ramirez (actress), Anita Linda (actress), Rosanna Ortiz (actress), Tita De Villa (actress), Odette Khan (actress), Orlando Nadres (actor), Dindo Fernando (actor), Alicia Alonzo (actress), Soxy Topacio (actor), Bert Olivar (actor), Joe Jardy (actor), Lino Brocka (actor), Joel Lamangan (actor), Mario O'Hara (writer), Lolita Rodriguez (actress),

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