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 9/Tenths Trailer                            9/Tenths Web Site    

 

 

 

 

 

Written and directed by Ian Gurvitz, (Wings, Becker and the recently published “Hello, Lied the Agent, and other bullshit you hear as a Hollywood TV writer”) LA Blues is an independently made dramatic comedy, starring Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club; 16 Candles; The Dead Zone), Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall; Newsradio), Kevin Rahm (Judging Amy), Sean Maguire (The Class), William Ragsdale (American Pie; Brother’s Keeper; Grosse Point), Nicholas D’Agosto (Election), and featuring Dave Baez (Dexter) and Marsha Thomason (Las Vegas). Following in the tradition of Diner, Swingers, and Sideways, LA Blues is a story about guys and the way they communicate, through insults, trash talk and usually burying their true feelings but still, when needed, manage to be there for one another. As the narrator says, “Women share; guys bitch.” 
 
    The movie opens in a Hollywood parking lot on New Years’ eve as a crowd gathers around an ambulance watching a guy being loaded in on a gurney. The story is told in flashback by one of the characters to a female detective who comes on the scene of what may have been an attempted suicide and he unravels the story of a year in the lives of 6 guys who hang out in a blues bar in Hollywood, watch sports, talk trash, and bitch about their lives, as they go through problems ranging from divorce to construction nightmares to gambling addiction, alcoholism, child custody fights, and all the headaches and heartaches men go through in the course of their lives. As the story unfolds, the audience is left wondering which one of these guys ended up in the ambulance, and why.
 
The blues soundtrack is true to the nature of the music itself, and to the movie, as it’s about heartache and longing, loving and losing, striving and failing, and all the hell in between. And just like the blues, the movie is about joy and sadness, humor and sorrow, and ultimately about hope and killing your demons and, as one of the characters says in the end: “having a few friends around to watch your back as you do it.”
                      LA BLUES Trailer 

 

 

 

 

                          

 

                         DIMENSION FILMS presents

            THE CROW, WICKED PRAYER


 

 

                   An Edward Pressman Film

                        Executive Produced by Jeff Most

                              Directed by Lance Mungia 

                    

 

 






9/TENTHS-a gripping story about the will to survive at whatever costs. They say any type of warfare is hell, including terrorist activity. You have everything, and before you know it, it gets taken away. How will you manage? As the tag line reads, "How far will you go to survive?" This is the premise of the film-the choices one makes, to survive.


Terrorist attacks on big cities cause the white collar, William (Henry Ian Cusick) and his wife, Jessica (Gabrielle Anwar) to relocate to their newly purchased ranch in the middle of nowhere. When they arrive, they find ranch hand, Elias (Dave Baez), already living there.  As they battle over the property, massive attacks by terrorists destroy the outside world they once knew it. What happens to necessities? What happens to class? What happens to law? What happens in the end...you decide.


All three actors, Anwar, Cusick and Baez were exceptional in their roles. Writer Michele McGuire's well-written characters are dynamic and their arcs, very intriguing. The rest is left to be fleshed out by the director and actors. The characters are very much human. At times you love a certain character, other times you were disappointed and felt a little bit of pity or hatred towards him/her. The lovely and talented Anwar helps carry the film with her sincere and revealing portrayal of Jessica. Watching it, I kept thinking, "What would I do?"

The music of this film, composed by Brian Ralston, is a character as well. It is a driving force. Whether it is dramatic underscore, terrific flamenco arrangements or a beautiful recurring soprano voice, the music keeps the film's action moving and intense.

Unlike many films being made today, this film by director, Bob Degus, actually has a few things to say. What will you hear? It would be a mistake to miss this brutally honest and intriguing piece of work.        B.K Vargas         

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

PLOT DESCRIPTION

Eddie Furlong dons the makeup in The Crow, Wicked Prayer, the fourth installment in The Crow,  film series.

 

This tale follows Jimmy Cuervo (Furlong), a down-on-his-luck ex-con living in a polluted mining town on an Indian reservation that would run him out of town if not for the remainder of his probation. With his time nearly finished, he plans to start a new life with his gorgeous girlfriend, Lily (Emmanuelle Chrique), and leave the dreaded town for good. Unluckily for them, Luc Crash (David Boreanaz) and Lola Byrne (Tara Reid) head up a gang of local Satanists who have another idea up their sleeve when they decide to murder the couple in a ritualistic slaying they hope will conjure the rebirth of the Antichrist. When the local Indian myth of the Crow reawakens Jimmy, he heads out on a one-man path of vengeance that will lead him to the highest Satanist himself, El Nino (Dennis Hopper). Also starring Danny Trejo, Dave Baez and Macy Grey.   The film was directed by underground fave Lance Mungia ofSix String Samurai fame. ~ Jeremy Wheeler