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<\/a><\/p>\n‘Black Rock’<\/h5>\n
Director:<\/strong> Katie Aselton Synopsis:<\/strong> Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.<\/p>\n Thoughts:<\/strong> Mark Duplass is involved in three films at the festival this year. Three! Here he takes on a screenwriting role, which is the main reason I want to see this. Duplass is effortlessly hilarious in ‘The League’, and his Sundance entry ‘Humpday’ was one of the funniest films at the 2009 festival.<\/p>\n Director and Screenwriter:<\/strong> Richard Bates, Jr. Synopsis:<\/strong> A disturbed and delusional high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother.<\/p>\n Thoughts:<\/strong> First time director Richard Bates, Jr. brings together an eclectic cast featuring an adult film star, a child actor from ‘Modern Family’, and the ever-nutty director\/actor John Waters. Who knows what will come out of this movie? Your guess is as good as mine.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Jon Wright Synopsis:<\/strong> When the residents of an idyllic Irish fishing village are attacked by mysterious, blood-sucking sea creatures, a high blood alcohol content could be the only thing that gets them through the night.<\/p>\n Thoughts:<\/strong> This is a perfect example of why I love Park City at Midnight. Where else would you put a movie like this in a major film festival? Blood-sucking sea creatures? Highly-intoxicated characters? There’s a perfect recipe for some horror humor here.<\/p>\n Director and Screenwriter:<\/strong> Nicholas McCarthy Synopsis:<\/strong> As a woman struggles to come to grips with her past in the wake of her mother’s death, an unsettling presence emerges in her childhood home.<\/p>\n Thoughts:<\/strong> There’s not much information out there about this film. It sounds like a haunted house type movie, which we saw last year with ‘Silent House’. What will ‘The Pact’ bring to the table that other haunted house movies haven’t?<\/p>\n Directors:<\/strong> Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace<\/p>\n Synopsis:<\/strong> This documentary follows LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy over a crucial 48-hour period, from the day of the band’s final gig at Madison Square Garden to the morning after, the official end of one of the best live bands in the world.<\/p>\n Thoughts:<\/strong> I’ve never been a big LCD Soundsystem fan, but the premise of this documentary sounds very interesting. What does a rock star do days after his band has played its last show?<\/p>\n Directors and Screenwriters:<\/strong> Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim Synopsis:<\/strong> After two guys are given a billion dollars to make a movie, their Hollywood dreams run off course and they decide to rehabilitate a run-down shopping mall in an attempt to make the money back.<\/p>\n Thoughts:<\/strong> Tim and Eric are Funny or Die<\/em><\/a> alums who have some pretty noteworthy friends. All it takes is a little time on IMBb<\/a> to find out that you can expect cameos from John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jeff Goldblum, Will Forte, Robert Loggia and Ray Wise, just to name a few.<\/p>\n Directors:<\/strong> Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence Synopsis:<\/strong> When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.<\/p>\n Thoughts:<\/strong>‘V\/H\/S’ is a collaborative effort which was coordinated by the horror web site Bloody Disgusting<\/em><\/a>. This one is sure to delight horror fans everywhere.<\/p>\n
\nScreenwriter: <\/strong>Mark Duplass
\nCast:<\/strong> Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, and Kate Bosworth<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n‘Excision’<\/h5>\n
\nCast:<\/strong> AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Malcolm McDowell and John Waters<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n‘Grabbers’<\/h5>\n
\nScreenwriter:<\/strong> Kevin Lehane
\nCast:<\/strong> Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, and Bronagh Gallagher<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n‘The Pact’<\/h5>\n
\nCast:<\/strong> Caity Lotz and Casper Van Dien<\/p>\n‘SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS’<\/h5>\n
‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’<\/h5>\n
\nCast:<\/strong> Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n‘V\/H\/S’<\/h5>\n
\nScreenwriters:<\/strong> Simon Barrett, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence
\nCast:<\/strong> Joe Swanberg, Calvin Reeder, Adam Wingard, Sophia Takal, and Kate Lyn Sheil<\/p>\n