Rio 2 (2014)

Actors: Jesse Eisenberg (actor), John Powell (composer), Will i Am (actor), Rodrigo Santoro (actor), Anne Hathaway (actress), Rita Moreno (actress), Tracy Morgan (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), John Leguizamo (actor), George Lopez (actor), Kristin Chenoweth (actress), Leslie Mann (actress), Carlos Saldanha (writer), Carlos Saldanha (writer),

Plot: It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids in RIO 2, after they're hurtled from that magical city to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all - his father-in-law.

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family,

Quotes:

[from trailer]::Eduardo: [In the jungle, after meeting Eduardo]::Blu: Kids, go easy on old Pop-pop::[Everyone shuts up]::Eduardo: You call me sir.

[from trailer]::Jewel: We are not people, Blu; we're bird. Let's be birds.

[from trailer]::Tiago: Yeah! We're going to the Amazon!

Kissed by the Devil (2011)

Actors: Frank Mosley (actor), Larry Jack Dotson (actor), Dennis O'Neill (actor), Victor Williams (actor), Victor Williams (producer), Jena Waldron (actress), Gwendolynn Murphy (actress), Jim Blumetti (actor), Jim Blumetti (producer), Denise Lee (actress), Karen Malina White (actress), Grover Coulson (actor), Karen Malina White (producer), M. Legend Brown (director), M. Legend Brown (producer),

Plot: Kissed by the Devil is an emotional and riveting drama that tears at your heart-strings. Although Oakland Hill is a well known, late night radio personality, her life is far from storybook. She spends most of her time caring for her mentally ill brother Michael, who witnessed their father commit an unimaginable act. Oakland searches for answers to what really happened. She turns to her brother, who dismisses her in fear of the truth. Unable to find the understanding she's looking for, Oakland decides to take matters in her own hands. She visits her father days before he is to be executed and what she learns will change her life forever.

Genres: Drama, Short,

Rio (2011)

Actors: Rodrigo Santoro (actor), Thomas F. Wilson (actor), Nicholas Guest (actor), Will i Am (actor), Thomas F. Wilson (actor), Wendy Cutler (actress), Tracy Morgan (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Rif Hutton (actor), Judah Friedlander (actor), George Lopez (actor), Rodrigo Santoro (actor), Jesse Eisenberg (actor), Jane Lynch (actress), Anne Hathaway (actress),

Plot: In Rio de Janeiro, baby macaw, Blu, is captured by dealers and smuggled to the USA. While driving through Moose Lake, Minnesota, the truck that is transporting Blu accidentally drops Blu's box on the road. A girl, Linda, finds the bird and raises him with love. Fifteen years later, Blu is a domesticated and intelligent bird that does not fly and lives a comfortable life with bookshop owner Linda. Out of the blue, clumsy Brazilian ornithologist, Tulio, visits Linda and explains that Blu is the last male of his species, and he has a female called Jewel in Rio de Janeiro. He invites Linda to bring Blu to Rio so that he and Jewel can save their species. Linda travels with Blu and Tulio to Rio de Janeiro and they leave Blu and Jewel in a large cage in the institute where Tulio works. While they are having dinner, smugglers break into the institute and steal Blu and Jewel to sell them. Linda and Tulio look everywhere for Blu, who is chained to Jewel and hidden in a slum. Meanwhile, Jewel and Blu escape from their captors and befriend a group of birds that help them to get rid of the chains. It is Carnival and the smugglers and mean cockatoo, Nigel, do not intend to give up Blu and Jewel, and chase the birds through the crowded streets.

Keywords: animal-sanctuary, animal-smuggling, battle, beach, beach-volleyball, bird, bird-cage, bird-nest, bird-versus-monkey, bookstore
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical,
Taglines: 1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers. Join the party! He's going to the wildest, most magical place on earth ... home. This turkey can't fly Party fowl (character poster) Love at first fight (character poster) Drool meets cool (character poster) If looks could kill (character poster)

Quotes:

Jewel: Aw, this is great. I'm chained to the only bird in the world who can't fly! Is there anything else I need to know?::Blu: Yes. I can't fly, I pick my beak, and once in a while I pee in the birdbath!

Fernando: [from trailer] You two are coming with me.::Jewel: In your little monkey dreams.

Blu: Maybe we could find a bus schedule or something?

Rafael: [Flying alongside trolley, whispering to Blu] Down here! Just tell her: "you have beautiful eyes".::Blu: That's good! Great idea! [to Jewel, with confidence] I have beautiful eyes.

Jewel: Luiz is a bulldog?::Luiz: You got something against dogs?::Jewel: I do when they're drooling on me.::Luiz: It's a medical condition!

Pedro: Yippie-ki-yay, monkey-man!

Nigel: [singing] I'm a feathery freak with a beak, a bird murderer. You think you're badder than me? I never heard o' ya!

Blu: Yeah sounds great, it's not like were just throwing ourselves off of a mountain... right?::Rafael: Actually, that was pretty much my entire plan.

Rafael: If our featherless friends can do it, how hard can it be?::Man on glider: No wait! [screams] Mommy!::Rafael: Fun right?::Blu: Yeah... fun

Blu: You see, who needs flying?::Jewel: Birds! Birds need flying. Flying is... err... freedom, and, and not having to rely on anyone. Don't you want that?::Blu: Hmm, I don't know. Sounds a little lonely.

A Kiss of Chaos (2009)

Actors: Paul Calderon (actor), Michael K. Williams (actor), André Des Rochers (miscellaneous crew), Carol A. Compton (miscellaneous crew), Manny Perez (actor), Adam Rodriguez (actor), Tracy Utley (miscellaneous crew), J.W. Cortes (actor), Tyson Hall (actor), Michael Rivera (actor), Ricardo Sean Thompson (writer), Ricardo Sean Thompson (director), Ruperto Vanderpool (actor), Lloyd DeLeon (actor), Ricky Garcia (actor),

Plot: A Latino thriller wherein an emotionally conflicted artist's life is dragged into a vortex of Chaos when both her bullet wounded thieving ex-boyfriend and HIV positive sister end up on her door steps and back in her life the same day, and the events that unfold putting her life in grave danger.

Keywords: chaos, latino, sister-sister-relationship
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,

Lifelike (2005)

Actors: Paula M. Froehle (producer), Rob Riley (actor), Annabel Armour (actress), Leigh Jones (producer), Nate Theis (editor), Ericka Frederick (producer), Kat White (producer), John Besmer (producer), John Besmer (writer), John Besmer (director), Brian Hamman (actor),

Genres: Drama, Short,
Taglines: A Story Of Life, Death, and Taxidermy

The Battle for L.A. (2004)

Actors: Carlos Aguilar (actor), Darren Doane (producer), Darren Doane (director), Shane C. Drake (editor), Shane C. Drake (producer), Josh Karchmer (producer), Natalie Doane (producer), Jason Petty (actor), Julio Cesar Rivas (actor), Zane Reynosa (actress), Leon Anthony Clayborne (actor), Johnson Barnes (actor), Dax Reynosa (producer), Terrence Cedrics (actor), Albert Olguin (actor),

Plot: Filmmaker Darren Doane ("42K") and a camera, hit the streets of L.A. in an almost guerilla-like fashion and interviews a number of DJs, rappers and dancers. Not only do they give their take on what hip-hop is, what it represents on a personal and social level, but he also attends what is termed "battles" between rappers. While such battles are known to get aggressive from time to time, it is often a way for people to blow off some steam, express themselves, strut their stuff and compete.

Genres: Documentary, Music,
Taglines: There is a war being fought in the streets everyday. Sharpen your skills. Earn your respect.

The Nights of Blue (2004)

Actors: Marek Vasut (actor), Hana Maciuchová (actress), Varhan Orchestrovich Bauer (composer), Daniel Cerny (director), Daniel Cerny (editor), Daniel Cerny (writer), Nicholas DiNardo (actor), Marielle Tepper (costume designer), Michaela Hráská (actress), Malvína Rezácová (producer), Eduard Bern (actor),

Plot: 'Nights of Blue' explores the dark and gritty world of two outcasts of society, both living in Prague. One, an American hustler called BLU; the other a Czech stripper named LENKA. Together they search for the impossible; love in the midst of the sex business. Both BLU and LENKA yearn for an escape from their bleak existence. In each other they search for their dreams and question whether or not these dreams could ever become a reality...

Keywords: daniel-cerny, male-prostitute, marek-vasut, nights-of-blue
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Short,

The Wager (2003)

Actors: Geoff Levin (composer), Mitchell Welch (actor), Henry Crum (writer), Henry Crum (director), Henry Crum (producer), Chuck Butto (actor), Jacob Sidney (actor), Davah Avena (editor), Marita De Leon (actress),

Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,

Whoa (2001)

Actors: Michael A. Pinckney (miscellaneous crew), Anslem Richardson (actor), Adetoro Makinde (producer), Marcuis Harris (actor), Eddie Steeples (actor), Maurice A. Dwyer (writer), Maurice A. Dwyer (director), Reginald Mervilus (miscellaneous crew), Charles Anthony Burks (miscellaneous crew), Passion (miscellaneous crew), Jaymes Jorsling (miscellaneous crew), Janel C. Scarborough (miscellaneous crew), Jeanine Meyers (miscellaneous crew), Allison Moore (miscellaneous crew), Connie James (composer),

Plot: Harlem's mean streets. As the soundtrack plays "Watch Ya Back," a young man runs through the streets, glancing back, afraid. In a flashback that same day, we see him walk past three young toughs who watch him enter a convenience store. They stare in after him. When he leaves, they give chase and he runs for his life. Why are they chasing him? What's he done? What waits at the end? Whoa.

Keywords: assassination-attempt, beating, escape-attempt, flashback, independent-film, man-on-the-run, misunderstanding, new-york, slow-motion-scene, social-commentary
Genres: Action, Drama, Short,
Taglines: ... what a difference a day can make.

Identity (1998)

Actors: Edrick Browne (actor), Damon Diddit (writer), Damon Diddit (director), Natural Langdon (writer), Natural Langdon (director), Keet Davis (actor), Kinya Shakur (actor),

Plot: Jamal, a former criminal, tries to be a responsible husband and father while his faithful friend, Blu, wants him to assist in committing a robbery. After a series of events, Jamal realizes that no one knows him, leaving him in search of himself. Once finding the solution to his problems, Jamal goes home-only to find that Blu has assumed his identity.

Keywords: independent-film
Genres: Drama, Short,