Troubled bruiser with a gender transitioning Mob Don orders the soldier he rescued from evil foster parents to take out the one person who can expose him — the soldier’s long-lost biological father. Editor & Visual Design by Kimberly Villarruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo CAST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Tony: Bill Poulin Aunt Connie: Kyana Teresa […]

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Oliver and Lisa deal with the Ziffels shooting a porno in their barn. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Oliver (M): Bill Poulin Eb (M): Scott Beaudin Lisa (F): Alicia Payne — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel […]

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A young actress in a community theater group learns an important lesson about life against her will when she has a confrontation with herself. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Mike (M): Allan Michael Brunet Desiree/Desiree Prime (F): Hannah Ehman Cathy (F): Kyana Teresa Scott (M): Scott Beaudin — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew […]

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Poetry Football…… Narration by Steve Rizzo Visual Design & Edited by Kimberly Villarruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo POEM: After football practice, Dave Malloy, assistant coach, was sitting in the office of the coach, Jim Shelby / I was there as well; I don’t remember why / without the slightest warning, zany Dave erupted, bellowed, slammed […]

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Logline: A washed up divorced detective is forced into retirement until he finds out his estranged 15 years old daughter is missing and the police have no clues. Visual Design & Editor: Kimberly VIllarruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo CAST LIST: Narration: Geoff Mays Kate: Hannah Ehman Father Conrad: Bill Poulin Miriam: Kyana Teresa Heather: Alicia […]

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The 2010’s A Decade in Review With best of the decade lists popping up all over the place and me needing a quick post that could go up between awards notes updates, I decided to throw this together. It’s true that I’m missing a lot of major films from this year, but hey, these kind […]

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A Century of Film Comedies The Genre “As America’s principal purveyor of entertainment, Hollywood packaged comedy in many forms. In 1929, Variety surveyed the major studios and classified production trends into seven categories. Comedy was divided into two – comedy drama and comedy. The types subsumed under comedy drama consisted of society, rural, city, mystery, […]

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A Century of Film RKO The Studio A first note that the picture of the logo above, as always, comes from here and again there is an excellent piece on the history of the logo. “[David] Sarnoff and Boston financier Joseph Kennedy created RKO back in 1928. They merged several film companies into a fully […]

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The 91st annual Academy Awards, for the film year 2019. The nominations were announced on 13 January 2020 and the awards were held on 16 February 2020. Best Picture: Parasite Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood Little Women 1917 Jojo Rabbit Marriage Story Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Joker Most Surprising Omission: The Two Popes Best Eligible Film […]

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Astonishing X-Men (4 volumes or two larger volumes or one omnibus) Author: Joss Whedon Artist: John Cassaday Published: 2004-2007 Publisher: Marvel Comics Pages: 656 First Line: “Mommy is screaming.” Last Lines: “You take what you can get. Cause it’s here, and then gone.” Film Version: none, although elements from the first volume were used in […]

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