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Vampire clowns, bumbling security guards, ex-Italian mob members, perverted boss, and hot, lesbian reporters. In a spectacular homage to campy horror, The Night Watchmen follows an ex-heavy metal rocker turned security guard on his first day on the job, but is soon caught in a vampire uprising that threatens to take over his city. Moral of the story DO NOT accept a ton of weed in exchange for holding a mystery coffin and DO NOT underestimate the power of an Italian sub.
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Chasing the scrumptious dream of chef-stardom, first-hand. Two chefs, each with his own separate dream: Aaron Silverman wants to create an informal restaurant with innovative, fresh cuisine; Frank Linn is determined to establish his own pizza shop. As their dreams sometimes turn into nightmares, Aaron and Frank confront obstacles and pitfalls head on, proving that with talent, gumption, and a little luck, dreams do come true. Director Dustin Harrison-Atlas follows both chefs over the course of several years as their restaurants come to fruition.
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Not all benefits are beneficial. Director Jerzy Rose crafts a sublime comedy of biting humor and unusual schemes to paint a satirical portrait of millennials and hipsters. When a local business needs to raise its profile, the owners decide to host a food drive. The problem is they have no clue what they are doingand, after failure after failure, one has to wonder if they are actually benefitting anyone. Relationships become strained as the difficulty of planning such an event consumes everyone. Feelings and emotions need constant validation but only materialize as awkward humor. The moral?
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He cant die, and its bugging him? A comedy starring Alyson Stoner (Cheaper By The Dozen, Step Up) and Bill Engvall (Blue Collar Comedy), Mr. Invincible presents a super fun look at death, life, and love. Joe King (Jordan Ray Fox) has a problem. He cant kill himself. Worse, at a moment of supposed death, he sees his future (not his past) flash before his eyesa future driven by an adventure with the outrageous Tallulah (Alyson Stoner). Jaw-dropping funny, Mr. Invincibles ratcheting tension has you eagerly anticipating what lies around the next corner.
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A dash of weed, a splash of Greek mythology, and a pinch of art. Its high school. What can go wrong? Created by Palo Alto High School students, in collaboration with James Franco, Metamorphosis Junior Year is a beautiful coming-of-age tale. Following Ovid, an angsty teenage boy trying to make sense of life, love, sexuality, and friends, audiences are taken on a stunning journey through the mind as he analyzes the world around him.
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Music: the universal language. No matter from what corner of the world you come, or color of your skin, or language you speak, at the heart of every culture lies the basis of what makes their culture: music. The Listen Project is an ongoing journey and ever-growing library of intimate and rarely seen performances of artists from every corner of the globe, as they attempt to answer the unanswerable: "What would we put into a time capsule that will be opened in 1000 years?" A narrative that spans from the beginning of time is spun through different cultures.
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Israel, a country of refugees. Levinsky Park, a community of refugees divided. No country has been more historically indebted to refugees than Israel. Yet, in the Levinsky Park neighborhood of Tel Aviv, a community of sub-Saharan African refugees seeking freedom in a strange new world has created a vexing clash between two cultures, each seeking to retain its own identity.
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When you're chasing your tail, life is always just out of reach. Thirty-two-year-old Laura is coasting, waiting for her life to fall into place like it has for her friends, with houses in the suburbs or gigs on the Jimmy Kimmel show. The draft of Lauras novel is never quite ready, and she can't bring herself to settle down with her supportive, unexciting boyfriend. Even an affair with an intriguing performance artist isn't enough to keep her interest for long. But the harder she works to be herself," the less satisfying her life becomes.
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Cinequests Opening Nights are always a spectacular treat for movie lovers, and youll want to join us for an evening of laughs, as director Mark Pellington (Arlington Road) presents his captivating new comedy, starring Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment, Mrs. Winterbourne, Postcards from the Edge) and Amanda Seyfried (Les Misérables, Big Love, Mamma Mia!). In business, Harriet Lauler (MacLaine) was always as good as they come; although her luck in friends and family, not so much.
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Do you change or accept the person you see in the mirror? Writer-Director Natasha Kermani beautifully orchestrates a journey of self-discovery with the story of two women, or really one. A mysterious woman lands in the Southwest and assumes the identity of the first person she sees: a woman on a magazine cover. That woman is Julianna Fox, a porn star trying to find herself amid her own self-destruction. Her life seems to be going anywhere but up. Although uncertain of each other's existence their paths are the same.