Title: Meet Monica Velour Directed by: Keith Bearden Starring: Kim Cattrall, Dustin Ingram, Brian Dennehy, Sam McMurray and Keith David Running time: 97 minutes, Rated R, Available on Blu-Ray Tobe is a typical nerdy high school grad with an odd obsession with a 70′s porn star named Monica Velour. When he finds out she’s going to be headlining at an Indiana strip joint, he takes a road trip in his “weenie” truck for the once in a lifetime chance to meet his fantasy girl. Much to his surprise, she’s aged a bit since her porno career peak; however Tobe is determined to get to know the real Monica Velour and…

Title: Platoon – The 25th Anniversary Edition Directed by: Oliver Stone Starring: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Johnny Depp, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Keith David and Forest Whitaker Running time: 120 minutes, Rated R, Available on Blu-ray It’s been 25 years since the world first experienced Oliver Stone’s Platoon; a raw and surreal depiction of one man’s experience during the Vietnam conflict.  Private Chris Taylor (Sheen) is a college dropout who volunteers for combat in Vietnam.  After facing death and destruction head-on, he deals with inner torment as he struggles to survive his tour and deal with comrades in his platoon after an illegal killing of villagers. Platoon…

Title: Spork Directed By: J.B. Ghuman Jr. Starring: Savannah Stehlin, Sydney Park, Rachel G. Fox, Michael William Arnold, Oana Gregory, Kevin Chung, Keith David, Rodney Eastman Sure, there’s no harm in getting a laugh out of the classic tasteless poop and penis jokes once in a while, but ultimately, they’re thoughtless cheap shots. Spork on the other hand, is quite the opposite, a film that earns its giggles through very calculated efforts including a unique story, equally innovative and appropriate production techniques and, most importantly, a main character who’s incredibly odd, yet wildly endearing all at the same time. If Napoleon Dynamite‘s Napoleon and Deb lived happily ever after and…

Entertainment options are expanding left and right, but the films with the biggest advertising budgets can often create such a wall of noise that they drown out all competitors, making it difficult to discover on DVD new movies or things you might have missed in theaters (and subsequently forgotten to add to a Netflix queue). And that hardly seems fair. Enter this column. Each week I’ll be offering up thoughts and preview looks at a wide variety of titles, a true grab bag inclusive of documentaries, new releases and forgotten classics (as well as probably some deservedly forgotten duds) just now making their bow on home video platforms. When it…

Just about a year ago I spoke with Dustin Ingram while he promoted his new film, Meet Monica Velour, at the Tribeca Film Festival. Well, almost exactly one year later, things have certainly changed; the film is about to have a theatrical release and Ingram grew a mustache. Kidding aside, Meet Monica Velour marks Ingram’s very first starring role as Tobe, a geeky kid with no game with the ladies who drives a truck with a gigantic hot dog on top of it. Upon graduating high school, Tobe decides enough is enough and not only is it time to sell his wiener-mobile, but to finally see his dream girl, washed…

Want to be in a movie? Well, if you don’t look like a runway model, have washboard abs or look anything like the cast members of The Twilight Saga, director Keith Bearden is looking for you. In all seriousness, Bearden has an appreciation for ideas and characters that feel real. While he considers his first feature film, Meet Monica Velour, a high concept piece, it’s got much more to it than its basic premise. In high concept terms, Meet Monica Velour is about a nerdy kid who falls for an older stripper. Dig a little deeper and you get a piece about a high school graduate (Dustin Ingram) just trying…

Here’s the latest movie trailer from the horror film “Chain Letter” starring Twilight’s Nikki Reed. “Chain Letter” by director Deon Taylor (Terminated) stars Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), Noah Segan, Keith David, Brad Dourif (Deadwood), and Michael B. Smith. Synopsis: Six friends receive a mysterious chain letter via text messaging and in their email accounts from a maniac who’s hunting down teenagers who fail to forward his online chain letter. Who knew they should take the threats in the chain letter seriously? Or that chain letters using the teens’ favorite technologies to track them can kill? This…

The studio just released this brand new clip from the upcoming film “Chain Letter” to be released on May 21, 2010. “Chain Letter” by director Deon Taylor (Terminated) stars Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), Noah Segan, Keith David, Brad Dourif (Deadwood), and Michael B. Smith. Synopsis: Six friends receive a mysterious chain letter via text messaging and in their email accounts from a maniac who’s hunting down teenagers who fail to forward his online chain letter. Who knew they should take the threats in the chain letter seriously? Or that chain letters using the teens’ favorite technologies…

Title: Chain Letter Directed by: Deon Taylor (Terminated) Starring: Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1), Noah Segan, Keith David, Brad Dourif (Deadwood), and Michael B. Smith There are people today who believe technology will be the downfall of humanity, and New Films International’s newest horror film, ‘Chain Letter,’ happily plays on that fear. Lead by popular horror actress Nikki Reed of ‘Twilight’ fame, ‘Chain Letter’ aims to scare some respect of other people’s privacy and anger towards the evolution of technology into its audience. But trying to push such a moral lesson onto audiences through a horror movie seemed to have backfired. The movie follows several…

Watch the latest movie trailer for the upcoming film “Chain Letter” to be released on May 21, 2010. “Chain Letter” by director Deon Taylor (Terminated) stars Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1), Noah Segan, Keith David, Brad Dourif (Deadwood), and Michael B. Smith. Synopsis: Six friends receive a mysterious chain letter via text messaging and in their email accounts from a maniac who’s hunting down teenagers who fail to forward his online chain letter. Who knew they should take the threats in the chain letter seriously? Or that chain letters using the teens’ favorite technologies to track them can kill? This maniacal game pits friend against…