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Videoville Showtime
Videoville Showtime Inc., doing business as VVS Films, is a Canadian motion picture distribution company founded by Ernie Grivakis. The company was formed in Montreal, Quebec on May 27, 1983 and operates its theatrical sales & marketing office out of Toronto, Ontario. Films Released The company's focus is commercial movies, including: Upcoming Distribution It has direct, full-service distribution across all media in both English and French speaking Canada. In 2023, the company expanded its distribution territory to Australia and New Zealand with the Nicolas Cage-starring ''Dream Scenario ''Dream Scenario'' is a 2023 American satirical film, satirical comedy-drama film written, directed and edited by Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli. It is produced by Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen (producer), Lars Knudsen under their Square Pe ...''. References External links Official WebsiteVVS Films on IMDb Mass media companies established in 1983 Entertainment companies estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rites Of Passage (2012 Film)
''Rites of Passage'' is a 2012 American thriller film written and directed by W. Peter Iliff. The film stars Wes Bentley, Kate Maberly, Ryan Donowho, Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff. Plot Nathan ( Ryan Donowho), a studious anthropology student, decries his position in a society that fails to provide a ceremony to mark his transition into manhood. Professor Nash (Stephen Dorff), an unethical teacher who openly pursues sexual liaisons with his female students, is intrigued when Nathan tells him his family's unoccupied but functional ranch is the site of an ancient Indian burial ground. Nathan convinces Professor Nash to bring the class out to the ranch, where the plan is to hold a spiritual ceremony in a sweat lodge built over the burial site. Encouraged by Nash's enthusiastic agreement to the idea, Nathan guides his stressed, party-going classmates to the ranch. There they meet his brother, Benny (Wes Bentley), who is in a psychotic spiral of drug addiction and guilt. A crystal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Haunted House 2
''A Haunted House 2'' is a 2014 American satirical horror comedy film directed by Michael Tiddes and starring Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Essence Atkins, Gabriel Iglesias, Missi Pyle, Ashley Rickards, Affion Crockett, Steele Stebbins, Rick Overton, Hayes MacArthur, Dave Sheridan and Cedric the Entertainer. The film is the sequel to the 2013 film ''A Haunted House''. Produced by IM Global Octane and distributed by Open Road Films, the film was released on March 28, 2014. Like its predecessor, the film received negative reviews from critics, and earned over $25 million at the box office. Plot Malcolm Johnson and his cousin Ray-Ray are driving Malcolm's possessed girlfriend Kisha to the hospital after he beat her senseless for trying to attack him. Kisha starts making a fuss and fights Malcolm, then breathes into Ray's face. He passes out at the wheel and collides with a truck. Somehow, everybody is okay, but Malcolm and Ray leave an unconscious Kisha in the backseat and run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabotage (2014 Film)
''Sabotage'' is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by David Ayer and written by Ayer and Skip Woods. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Terrence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway, and Mireille Enos. Schwarzenegger portrays the leader of a DEA team whose members (Worthington, Howard, Manganiello, Holloway, and Enos) find themselves being hunted down after they steal money seized during a cartel raid. The film was released in the United States on March 28, 2014. ''Sabotage'' received generally negative reviews. The critics praised Schwarzenegger's performance but criticized the screenplay, story, and excessive violence. It was also a box-office bomb, grossing only $22.1 million on a $35 million budget. Plot John "Breacher" Wharton is the leader of the DEA's Special Operations Team (DEA SOT), which consists of James "Monster" Murray, Monster's wife Lizzy Murray, Joe "Grinder" Philips, Julius "Sugar" Edmonds, Eddie "Neck" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Awkward Moment
''That Awkward Moment'' (released as ''Are We Officially Dating?'' in Australia, Indonesia, and New Zealand) is a 2014 American bromantic comedy drama film written and directed by Tom Gormican in his directorial debut. The film stars Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Imogen Poots, Mackenzie Davis, and Jessica Lucas. The film had its Los Angeles premiere on January 27, 2014, and it was widely released on January 31 in the United States. Plot Jason is sitting on a bench in New York City waiting for someone to arrive. Jason's voiceover explains that he has been waiting for a long time, but to explain why, he needs to go back to the beginning. Jason tells the audience that every relationship reaches the "So..." moment, where someone in the relationship will want to take the relationship to a more serious place. At that point, Jason knows the relationship is over, as he is never ready to give up the hookup culture. Jason is currently working with his best friend Daniel at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Furnace
''Out of the Furnace'' is a 2013 American crime drama thriller film directed by Scott Cooper, from a screenplay by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby. Starring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana, and Sam Shepard, the film follows Russell Baze (Bale), a Pennsylvania steel mill worker searching for his missing brother Rodney (Affleck), an Iraq War veteran who disappeared after engaging in a bare knuckle fighting match arranged by John Petty (Dafoe), an indebted bar owner, and Harlan DeGroat (Harrelson), a ruthless New Jersey drug dealer. ''Out of the Furnace'' was theatrically released in the United States on December 6, 2013, and was a box office failure, grossing $15.7 million against its $22 million production budget. Despite mixed reviews from critics, the performances of the cast was widely praised. Affleck was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture at the 18th Satellite Awards, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homefront (2013 Film)
''Homefront'' is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Gary Fleder and written by Sylvester Stallone, who also produced the film with Kevin King Templeton and John Thompson. The film, which is based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Logan, stars Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, and Kate Bosworth. In the film, Phil Broker, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, leads a peaceful life with his daughter Maddy, but trouble ensues as Broker and Maddy get entangled with Gator, a crime boss, due to a school bullying incident. Filming began on October 1, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. ''Homefront'' was released on November 27, 2013. Plot Phil Broker, a DEA agent, raids a methamphetamine laboratory owned by Danny T, a biker gang boss, and retires from the agency. Broker moves to a small Louisiana town with his daughter, Maddy. One day, Maddy fights with a bully, Teddy Klum, when Broker is called to her school. As they prepare to return home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machete Kills
''Machete Kills'' (also known as ''Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills'') is a 2013 American action exploitation film directed by Robert Rodriguez, with a screenplay by Kyle Ward, from a story by Robert and Marcel Rodriguez. Starring Danny Trejo, who returns in his role as the eponymous character, it is a sequel to ''Machete'' (2010), and is the third film based on a fake trailer in ''Grindhouse'' (2007). Michelle Rodriguez, Tom Savini, Electra and Elise Avellan, Felix Sabates, and Jessica Alba reprise their roles from the first film, and are joined by series newcomers Sofía Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen (credited by his birth name of "Carlos Estévez"), Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr., Walt Goggins, William Sadler, Demián Bichir and Mel Gibson. The film follows the titular ex-federal (Trejo) as he is recruited by the U.S. President (Sheen) to stop an arms dealer (Gibson) and a revolutionary (Bichir). ''Machete Kills'' was released in the United States by Open R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vehicle 19
''Vehicle 19'' is a 2013 American action thriller film written and directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil. The film stars Paul Walker as a parole breaker who finds himself hunted by the police in Johannesburg after he picks up a rental car containing a phone, a gun and a kidnapped prosecutor. He races against time to dodge the police, expose their corruption and eventually reunite with his estranged wife. ''Vehicle 19'' was released in South Africa on February 7, 2013, and in the United States on June 14, 2013. Plot Michael Woods is an American parolee who arrives in Johannesburg, after being released from prison, to meet up his wife Angie who works in the U.S. embassy. Michael orders a rental car at the airport but is lost while on his way to the embassy. During his trip, Michael comes across a cellphone and a suppressed pistol inside. Afterwards, a police detective calls Michael who advises him to hand in the vehicle in exchange for a replacement. Michael agrees to deliver the car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Breakers
''Spring Breakers'' is a 2012 American crime film written and directed by Harmony Korine and starring James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, and Gucci Mane. Gomez, Hudgens, Benson, and Korine portray four college-aged girls who go on spring break in St. Petersburg, Florida and meet an eccentric local drug dealer (Franco) who helps them when they are desperate. They descend into a world of drugs, crime, and violence. Korine had developed the concept over several years prior to production, with fleeting ideas about the plot and what should transpire. His initial desire was to create a " sensory film" that was more about feeling than action; he placed little importance on narrative or plot, the idea for which came later. Once Korine developed the story's backbone, which takes place around the American spring break period, he traveled to Florida to write the screenplay. Production began in 2012, on an estimated budget of $5 million. It is on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympus Has Fallen
''Olympus Has Fallen'' is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Antoine Fuqua from a screenplay written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, and is the first installment in the ''Has Fallen'' film series. The film stars Gerard Butler (who also co-produced), Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman with Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, and Rick Yune in supporting roles. The plot depicts a North Korean-led guerrilla assault on the White House, and focuses on disgraced Secret Service agent Mike Banning's efforts to rescue U.S. President Benjamin Asher. The film was released in the United States on March 22, 2013, by FilmDistrict, and grossed $170 million against a $70 million production budget. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Fuqua's direction and Butler's performance, but criticized the overt violence and screenplay. ''Olympus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire State (2013 Film)
''Empire State'' is a 2013 American crime drama film centered on two childhood friends who rob an armored car repository and the NYPD officer who stands in their way. Directed by Dito Montiel and starring Liam Hemsworth, Emma Roberts and Dwayne Johnson, the film was released straight to DVD and Blu-ray on September 3, 2013. It is based on the true story of the 1983 Sentry Armored Car Courier Company theft. Plot Chris Potamitis lives with his parents and younger sister in Astoria, Queens, New York in the early 1980s. His immigrant father is fired from his job after 10 years of cleaning a shady Greek social club. Chris fails to get into the police academy because of a previous marijuana conviction. He gets a low-paying job as a security guard with the Empire Armored Car Company, where security is extremely poor, morale is equally bad, and no reliable records are kept of money collected or stored. His partner is killed during a robbery, but the company gives the dead man's family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
