Posts Tagged ‘Independent film’
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Tired of the crazy weather that has been happening lately all over the country? Stuck inside due to the rain? Then catch the movie SUPER STORM available now exclusively on itunes!
Here’s the low down … During a routine flight, pilot Andrea Schubert encounters a mysterious weather phenomenon. She is soon haunted by the question of the unexplained weather conditions. To get answers, Andrea and her crew plan to carry out an extremely dangerous experiment – to fly directly into the treacherous monster storm. But the developing storm cell is reaching massive proportions, placing them all in critical danger. Will anybody get out alive or will this be their last flight?
Click here to watch it now! http://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/super-storm/id432270405
Tags: free movies, Independent film, Japan earthquake, maverick entertainment, monster storm, movie, movies, super storm, tsunami
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
Prostitutes? Stalkers? Hallucinations of a cockney accented man always trying to give you food? Maverick Entertainment Group exposed me to such wild matters when they gave me a copy of Date For Hire to write about.
Date For Hire is, at its heart, a tale of three people living on the fringes of society. It covers a day in the life of a bartender and his two assistants as 
one struggles with a lack of skill in wooing the ladies, another with far too much skill and an unexpected baby on the way, and the third so bereaved of any kind of ideas that he sets out to create the alcoholic beverage equivalent of LSD!
In many ways, it’s like Kevin Smith’s classic indie film breakout, Clerks, except it’s much more trippy. The movie is not constrained by much consistency and is a better piece of work for it. Prepare to be assaulted with every random thing under the sun that filmmaker Lee Cummings can possibly throw at you. It makes a contrast with the film’s mundane backdrop.
Date For Hire is available on DVD September 21, 2010. Buy it, Rent it, or Queue it up today!
-Richard Snyder
Intimidator of the Realm
Tags: bar, Brande Roderick, buddies, Comedy, Date for Hire, dating, Eric Blakeney, film, friends, friendship, funny, Independent film, indie, indy, Jennelle Harris, laughing, Lee Cummings, M. Jennings, Maverick, maverick entertainment, movie, paying to date, Princess Donna, review, Richard Snyder, Romus Reece, Scott Fitzgerald
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Date for Hire will be distributed under the Maverick label.
Miami, (September 3, 2010) – Maverick Entertainment Group Incorporated (MEG) announces the release of Date for Hire streeting September 21, 2010. Director Lee Cummings and his lovable cast hit the funny bone in this lighthearted comedy. You know you’ve hit rock bottom when you end up having to pay to get someone to go out with you, for Marcus that just became a reality. Don’t miss the hilarious antics of his best friends, in this film that will surely have you rooting for the underdog. Starring M. Jennings, Romus Reece, Scott Fitzgerald, and Jennelle Harris.
“I’ve known Lee for some time now and I knew his crazy director’s energy would turn into something unique and hilarious like this! I was a fan of Kevin Smith’s Clerks and now I am a huge fan of Lee’s work – the perfect date movie.” – Brande Roderick (Star of “The Celebrity Apprentice” and former Playboy Playmate of the Year)
“So funny I dare you not to laugh!” – Eric Blakeney (Gun Shy writer/director)
Synopsis
To show his friends that he isn’t the loser they have made him to be, Marcus bets them that he can get a date with the next girl that walks into the bar. But things don’t go quite as planned when the girl puts a price tag on their night out. Now a simple bet has turned into an all night adventure, where money, stalkers, and craziness collide.
Click here to view the official movie trailer for Date for Hire.
About Maverick Entertainment Group Incorporated
Maverick Entertainment Group Inc. (MEG) specializes in the acquisition and distribution of diverse independent fare; including Mainstream, Urban, Latino-theatrical, Horror, Spiritual, and Light Erotic genres. Founder and President Doug Schwab, a 31-year veteran in the film and distribution industry, has cemented the independent company as the leading entity for niche product with over 500 distributed films in the U.S. Maverick Entertainment Group catalog films have starred the likes of Eva Longoria, Harvey Keitel, James Caan, and Salma Hayek. Titles are currently available at all major video outlets; including, Blockbuster, Redbox, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and NetFlix. Maverick Entertainment Group Films are also available via several digital outlets; including, Hulu, YouTube, RoxioNow, and BBDigital. In addition, Maverick’s films can be seen on cable television VOD providers; including, Comcast, Time Warner, Charter Communications, and Cox Communications. Also, look for Maverick PPV Films in hotels across the United States from various hospitality networks. www.maverickentertainment.cc www.maverickgodigital.com
Tags: bar, Brande Roderick, buddies, Comedy, Date for Hire, dating, Eric Blakeney, film, friends, friendship, funny, Independent film, indie, indy, Jennelle Harris, laughing, Lee Cummings, M. Jennings, Maverick, maverick entertainment, movie, paying to date, press release, Princess Donna, Romus Reece, Scott Fitzgerald
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Saturday, August 28th, 2010
This week I’m blogging about an interesting DVD thriller: Cult, which I received from Maverick Entertainment Group. The movie possessed some great qualities: it had artistic sense of direction, a pretty good soundtrack, and definitely a unique plot. This Independent horror film also had some star power; Taryn Manning (Hustle & Flow, 8 Mile, Crossroads) and, Rachel Miner (“Californication”, The Black Dahlia).
The movie starts out with narration of a tragic event that took 
place in ancient China, accompanied by Chinese oil paintings that mimic the story. I loved the creative opening, and the fact that it lays the groundwork for the story to unfold. The tragic event surrounds a jade amulet that becomes a source of power in a modern day cult. Then, years later after a mass sacrificing in the cult’s church, a team of students join together to do research on the twisted events.
The clever dialogue and back stories make the characters “real” and believable. There are underlying relationship issues between Cassandra (Taryn Manning) and her boyfriend (Glenn Dunk); Alex (Joel Michaely), the team mascot for “The Bears”, surprisingly has public speaking insecurities; and Mindy (Rachel Miner) has a distant relationship with her dad, who is masking the truth behind her mother’s early demise.
I’m totally impressed by the cast and director of the movie Cult. It was not a jump out of your pants horror flick, but a dark psychological journey into the world of a warped cult. There was still a bloody show, for those of you who seek that kinda thing, but the movie in its entirety was less gruesome then it was mysterious and adventuresome. Cult is available on Amazon and at Blockbuster or check it out on YouTube!!
~Samantha Weiler
Tags: amulet, CULT, death, film, Glenn Dunk, Horror, Independent film, indie, indy, jade, Maverick, maverick entertainment, movie, oil painting, Power, Rachel Miner, review, Rob Berson, sacrifice, Samantha Weiler, Susan Parks and Joel Michaely, Taryn Manning, thriller, tragedy
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Can you put a price on love? What is more unholy than sacrificing the wealth of your pride? If you can’t turn back the clock, can you move forward and create your destiny? Desdemona is a Mexican romance, that’s edgy and ethically on the borderline of sinful. Also did I mention it’s loosely based on the Shakespearean play Othello?
The main characters are two brothers, who had it rough growing up, not un-like many street kids in their desolate hometown. As 
adults they care for their ailing Father, and upon his passing want to show respect with a proper burial. Unfortunately, the funeral director has a costly price tag for their request, and now they have to create a seamless crime that’s tailored from a sketchy past.
One of the brothers fell in love with a girl named Desdemona during their childhood years, but they lost touch during their grade school years. She ends up marrying a rich businessman, but becomes a very lonely woman in his corporate world. The brothers’ decide to kidnap Desdemona and ask for a handsome ransom to cover the burial of their Father; the plan is a catch 22 between wanting to do the right thing the wrong way. The husband doesn’t seem too anxious to respond to the outreach for the return of his wife, so Desdemona expresses signs of hopelessness and despair at the realization her husband doesn’t care. What’s a girl to do? Now the one brother that fell so madly and deeply in love with her is a murderer; while the other brother is keeping close watch with his hands all over Desdemona. Shall I mention that her name means “of the devil,” like a bad seed yet alluring and deceptive?
There is something strangely intimate about the beauty in Desdemona’s eyes, as she lies tied up awaiting the outcome of her release. Breathe.
It’s interesting how the movie moves along with the initial setting a Church confession following scenes of flashbacks to create the entire film. Not a bad attempt to claim redemption on a life plotted through survival. If you liked watching Taken or Law Abiding Citizen, Desdemona is right up there with betrayal amongst loved ones and questionable circumstances of good vs. evil. Even the music beds are likeable, as the scenes were engaging and kept you wanting more from the characters.
I received Desdemona: A Love Story for review by Maverick Entertainment Group. The film will be available on DVD everywhere August 31st! Buy it, Rent it, or Queue it up!
Health and Happiness!
Janel Rana aka “Discount Diva”
DiscountDiva.Multiply.com
“Saving the world 1Qpon at a time!”
Tags: Avail, betrayal, blood, Boston Film Festival, brothers, Cindy Vela, confession, death, Denton Blane Everett, Desdemona, Desdemona: A Love Story, evil, family, film, Glenn Morshower, good, gun, Independent film, indie, indy, Janel Rana, Jorge A. Jimenez, kidnap, Law Abiding Citizen, love, Maverick, maverick entertainment, Mexican, movie, Naples International Film Festival, o, OnDemand, Othello, Phillip Guzman, poison, review, sacrifice, seduction, Shakespearean, Spanish, Taken, The Accolade Competition, thriller, young love
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Desdemona: A Love Story will be distributed under the Maverick Platinum label.
Miami, (August 17, 2010) – Maverick Entertainment Group Incorporated (MEG) announces the release of Desdemona: A Love Story streeting on August 31, 2010. Phillip Guzman sirs up audiences’ emotions in this modern day Othello; filled with love, passion, power, and rage; the perfect mixture for a remarkable drama. Feel the tension heighten throughout the film, as actors Jorge A. Jimenez (The Lawless, Clemente) and Denton Blane Everett (The Lawless, Madbad) steal the spotlight with breathe taking performances.
Synopsis
Desperate for money, Gil & Rod scheme to kidnap a wealthy man’s wife and hold her for ransom. In a twist of fate the captive woman turns out to be Gil’s childhood love. As the misguided brothers proceed with their ill-fated plan love, betrayal, and racism collide with unpredictable and tragic results.
Click here to view the official movie trailer for Desdemona: A Love Story.
Tags: betrayal, brothers, childhood friends, confession, death, Desdemona, drama, film, Independent film, indie, indy, kidnapping, love, Maverick, maverick entertainment, movie, Othello, poison, press release, Shakespeare, suicide, thriller, William Shakespeare
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Friday, August 13th, 2010
Hey, man. I heard there was this movie with some killer weed. And then I found it because Maverick Entertainment Group sent me this copy of Kush to write about. It gave me such a great buzz!
So, like, this dealer Dusty has been dealing out the high times since before I could remember anything. He’s making money off it, although all those ‘higher-up’ dealer guys aren’t as down with the weed and are starting to get into cocaine, the white stuff. His partner is some guy’s kid who’s really eager to be selling the green, but he gets so excited and angry about everything, and thinks Dusty is deliberately holding him back from the big money. He should probably calm down with some pot rather than go and kidnap some guy’s brother or something; it’s just, like, my opinion, man.
Kush is available now. Buy it, Rent it or Queue it up now, or maybe, later.
-Richard Snyder
Intimidator of the Realm
Tags: Alpha Dog, Bret Roberts, cocaine, film, Independent film, indie, indy, James DeBello, James Duval, Kush, Marnette Patterson, Matthew Carey, maverick entertainment, Michael Bellisario, Mike Erwin, movie, Nick Annunziata, Nicole Marie Lenz, pot, reefer, review, Richard Snyder, smoking, weed, William Atherton, York Shackleton
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Maverick Entertainment Group Incorporated (MEG) announces the release of The Truth streeting on August 24, 2010. This thriller takes the truth and psychologically bends it for your viewing pleasure. Director Ryan Barton-Grimley uses his cast of characters as pawns, to navigate through a world constructed by lies. Actors John Heard (Nominated for an Emmy for his guest appearance on “The Sopranos“), Daniel Baldwin (“Cold Case”, “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!”), Brendan Sexton III (The Runaways, Black Hawk Down, Empire Records), and Erin Cardillo in her break out role (“The Suite Life on Deck“) give great performances, stretching The Truth to cinematic excellence.
Synopsis
When a couple is taken hostage in their upscale home by a volatile intruder, a simple robbery turns into something much more complicated. As deeply guarded secrets are revealed and trusts are betrayed true motives become clear. This tortured night of lies and truths threatens to expose everything.
Click here to view the official movie trailer for The Truth
Tags: Action, blood, Daniel Baldwin, director, distribution, drama, DVD, fight, film, filmmaker, Independent film, indie, indy, indy film, John Heard, Maverick, maverick entertainment, money, movie, press release, robbery, the truth, violence
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Sometimes you just find yourself mad as hell and, well, you know the rest. In the end, it boils down to a burning, primal desire to pummel something, or preferably, someone. So, when Maverick Entertainment Group sent me a copy of Circle of Fury to write about, an itch was very much scratched.
Johnny has returned from a traumatic tour of duty in Iraq to find himself a homeless beggar on the streets of his hometown, New York City. Luckily, he soon gets taken under the wing of his childhood friend Tariq, who has made a fortune through arranging fights that are only bet on by five random bystanders and somebody’s grandmother. Tariq shows Johnny the ropes and hands him a gym to run.
Unfortunately, Tariq’s also a local luminary of the criminal underworld, and uses the gym as a staging ground for his elicit drug business (I guess Granny’s Bingo winnings just weren’t enough to keep Tariq rolling). Johnny, content with running a gym which focuses on fitness and martial arts training, takes exception to Tariq’s extralegal side and, needless to say, a bit of bad blood is created between these one-time chums.
Asses will be kicked, heads will be smashed through various barriers and a good pulse-pounding time will be had by all. Maverick Entertainment Group is releasing Circle of Fury on September 14, 2010. Buy it, Rent it, or Queue it up!
-Richard Snyder
Intimidator of the Realm
Tags: Action, Adonis Williams, blood, Christina Rose, circle of fury, director, distribution, drama, DVD, fight, fighting, film, filmmaker, Filmmakers, fury, gym, Independent film, indie, indy, indy film, Iraqi, martial arts, Maverick, maverick entertainment, mma, money, movie, New York, producer, punch, Randy Spence, review, Richard Snyder, streets, violence, war, Z. Winston Brown
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Queen Pin will be distributed under the Maverick label.
Miami, (August 2, 2010) – Maverick Entertainment Group Incorporated (MEG) announces the release of Queen Pin streeting on August 10, 2010. Watch to see if Rhanni, played by music video vixen Jokisha “Dynasty” Brown, can form a crew in time to help her rise to the top. Queen Pin is directed by Gin X and features Jacoby “Beam” Freeman, Courtney Cameron, and Krystal Michelle. Filled with fiery hot 
leading ladies and intense drama, this new film packs some serious heat!
Synopsis
The drug game is tough but Rhanni has decided to pick up where her dead lover left off. While recruiting a solid team and implementing her plan she discovers she’s not the only game in town. Things get heated as Rhanni and her mystery rival fight to gain the upper hand.
Click here to view the official movie trailer for Queen Pin.
About Maverick Entertainment Group Incorporated
Maverick Entertainment Group Inc. (MEG) specializes in the acquisition and distribution of diverse independent fare; including Mainstream, Urban, Latino-theatrical, Horror, Spiritual, and Light Erotic genres. Founder and President Doug Schwab, a 31-year veteran in the film and distribution industry, has cemented the independent company as the leading entity for niche product with over 500 distributed films in the U.S. Maverick Entertainment Group catalog films have starred the likes of Eva Longoria, Harvey Keitel, James Caan, and Salma Hayek. Titles are currently available at all major video outlets; including, Blockbuster, Redbox, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and NetFlix. Maverick Entertainment Group Films are also available via several digital outlets; including, Hulu, YouTube, RoxioNow, and BBDigital. In addition, Maverick’s films can be seen on cable television VOD providers; including, Comcast, Time Warner, Charter Communications, and Cox Communications. Also, look for Maverick PPV Films in hotels across the United States from various hospitality networks. www.maverickentertainment.cc www.maverickgodigital.com
Tags: Action, August 10, drug war, drugs, DVD, film, guns, Independent film, indie, indy, Maverick, maverick entertainment, movie, new movie, new release, press release, queen of the streets, Queen pin, street, strong women, Urban
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