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Trailer - Official Site - IMDB - Myspace - Youtube Jack works an easy job at the movie theater with his pal Nick, a sci-fi geek, and his aspiring actress girlfriend, Sharon. He used to be a pretty good painter, but there isnÍt much inspiration in this zombie-like existence. Enter Marcus, a pissed off ninja-in-training with something to prove. Marcus takes it upon himself to teach a brutal lesson: Great art comes from great pain. Jack must fight not only for his art, but his life.
Reviews: 5 Star Review! Film Threat Dem Brookens Boys is back! After introducing the festival world to the legendary Skunk Ape with their short loosely based on the stinky beast, Matt and Greg Brookens give us their first feature film...."The Art of Pain" pushes all the right buttons almost immediately. Click Here for full Review
Duley Noted "Gags, slays, and -- above all -- entertains with an alchemized mixture of gore and jest." Click Here for full Review
Festivals: Official Selection Matt Brookens will be heading out to Long Beach, CA for the Action on Film Festival. July 28th-31st. Click Here
Official Selection The Art of Pain showcased at the Delray Beach Film Festival this month. Producer, Matthew M. Jones, took a trip to the Altantic Ocean resort town, indulging in the after parties and Jazz Fest in downtown Delray. Click Here
WINNER - Audience Choice Award! The Brookens and LaFlamboy crews headed down to Florida for the Sunscreen Film Festival, picking up the Audience Choice Award. Click Here
Trailer - Official Site - IMDB - Myspace - Youtube Michael returns home to Chicago from Operation Iraqi Freedom with more scars than he left with. The surroundings of his childhood, trigger a series of bad memories of his turbulent childhood. Reuniting with his girlfriend Rose opens his eyes to the good things in his life. He must decide, either move forward and live his life with Rose. Or settle the injustices he endured as a youth.
Reviews: Duley Noted "An unflinching study of one soldier's struggle coming home that is emotionally raw and fundamentally moving." Click Here for full Review
Festivals: WINNER - BEST FEATURE FILM The Farewell Darkness cast and crew spent a week in sunny Delray Beach FL. Coming home with the Best Feature Film award. Click Here
Official Selection Daniel J. Pico flew into Italy to attend the Drake International Film Festival, part of the Italian Film Market. Click Here
David Bianchi, nationally recognized Performance Poet joined forces with award winning Director Daniel J. Pico, to bring you a visually stunning and emotionally charged, one of a kind short film depicting the inner struggle of a soldier suffering from the loss of a fallen comrade at the front lines of the Iraq War.
Reviews: Soldier Interview David Bianchi was invited to be interviewed as part of a KPFK 90.7 FM segment about the Artivist Film Festival. Discussing films that are socially conscious, relevant and activist oriented.
The Grade: A+ Tastes Like Chicken "A short film based on a spoken word piece? Yes. And it works. So well, in fact, that I could imagine it being embraced by both veterans of actual combat whoÕve lived to tell the tale, and those of us adamantly opposed to the act of war." Click Here for full Review 5 Star Review! Film Threat "Soldier is raw, visceral, furious and brilliant. Pico and Bianchi have crafted a perfect film. I wish every American would see "Soldier" especially those who voted to send America's youth into the Iraq slaughterhouse." Click Here for full Review
Festivals: NO.2 BEST UNSEEN FILM OF 2006!!! Film Threat As if Christmas wasn't good enough! Film Threat magazine has rated SOLDIER the NO.2 BEST UNSEEN FILM OF 2006!!! This is an international search of great films that never recieved traditional distribution and is a HUGE honor! Click Here
Winner! - Best Short Soldier has been awarded Best Short at The Queens International Film Festival a 4 day festival that attracts thousands! this makes number 11 domestic festivals folks! The exposure to the burrows will be phenominal considering the poetic following of the city!
Winner! - Best Dramatic Action Short Soldier was awarded Best Dramatic Action Short and was selected 1st Runner Up for Best Short at the San Tan Short Film Fest in Phoenix, AZ offering thousands in cash prizes.
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Palooka Javier used to dream of becoming a prize fighter. Now he just dreams of putting food on the table. For a chance to do both, he'll give up more then he ever imagined. What do you do when giving you're best just isn't enough? Click Here
Son of Roni Roni Carbonie is back with a vengeance. As he and his trusty side kick, Freddy No Pants, track down the sinister Chunky Cheese and his evil cohorts. Tagging along is his rambunctious son, Roni Jr. Who learns several life lessons during the carnage the we call, Son of Roni. Click Here
Braveheart Barbeque Check out the latest installment from Jake Hames, Thomas Doyle Piwnick and Joe Elsey. A certain Scotsman has just moved into the neighborhood... and life is never going to be the same. Click Here
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Aqua Teen Hunger Farce? FLASH! The ABS News team brings you a story ripped from todays headlines. Cracker-Jack reporter Rand Bandersnatch exposes the holes in Chicago's Homeland Security. Check out "Aqua Teen Hunger... Farce?" and find out just how scared you should be! Click Here
Roscoe Village: What Could Have Been Nate wakes up to find a sleepless Van, staring into space, chain smoking. On the way home from work Van saw his ex-girlfriend with husband and child. Spinning him into a bout of contemplation and regret. And on the flip side, while out to dinner with his girlfriend Lane, Nate brushes with a life filled with diapers, soccer practice and driverÕs permits. Click Here
What is the HFB? Mogo Doesn't Socialize What is the HFB? Has Mayor Archibald P. T'Willigers' administration over stepped their bounds? Does Peter McBedelman hold the key to a brighter future for the citizens of Chicago? Find out, America, as Rand Bandersnatch reports on the newest developments at city hall in this ABS News Special Bulletin. Click Here
