iDEA Hidden Gems

Presentation to Suppliers on the iDEA Hidden Gem Program

2012-01-31T07:10:00.000-08:00

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March, 2012 iDEA Hidden Gems

2012-01-26T06:38:00.001-08:00

Screen Media's "Good For Nothing" R Western
Magnolia's "Melancholia" R - Drama Sci-Fi
Image's "Monster Brawl" Not Rated Comedy Horror
Image's "National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus" Not Rated Comedy
Magnolia's "Roadie" R Drama
Lionsgate's "Stuck Between Stations" R Drama Romance
Fox's "Tooth Fairy 2" PG Comedy Family

February, 2012 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-12-23T09:36:00.001-08:00

Xenon's Pictire's "A Warrior's Heart" PG Family Drama February 7,2012 IMDB link
Screen Media's "About Fifty" R Comedy February 14, 2012 IMDB link
Image's "Beneath The Darkness" R Thriller February 28, 2012 IMDB link
Magnolia's "I Melt With You" R Drama February 28, 2012 IMDB link
Screen Media's "Inkubus" R Horror February 21, 2012 IMDB link
Fox's "Mama I Want To Sing" PG Musical Drama February 14th, 2012 IMDB link
Magnolia's "Mandrill" R Action February 28, 2012 IMDB link
Fox's "Martha Marcy May Marlene" R Thriller February 21, 2012 IMDB link
Fox's "The Rebound" R Romantic Comedy February 7, 2012 IMDB link

January, 2012 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-11-30T05:08:00.000-08:00

ARTWORK NOT FINAL.

Fox's "The Big Year" PG Comedy January 24, 2012 imdb link
Image's "Division III" R Comedy/Sports January 17, 2012 IMDB link
Magnolia's "Happy Happy" R Drama/Comedy January 24, 2012 IMDB link
Screen Media's "The Lie" Drama January 24, 2012 IMDB link
Magnolia's "Outrage: Way of the Yakuza" R Drama/Gangster/Action January 31, 2012 IMDB link
Lionsgate's "Removal" R Thriller January 3, 2012 IMDB link
Anchor Bay's "Texas Killing Fields" R Drama/Crime January 31, 2012 IMDB link
Fox's "There Be Dragons" PG-13 War/Drama/Action January 10, 2012 IMDB link
Image's "Toast" Not Rated Drama/Comedy January 17, 2012 IMDB link
Fox's "The Whistleblower" R Drama/War/Thriller Janaury 24, 2012 IMDB link

December, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-10-20T07:21:00.001-07:00

NOT FINAL ARTWORK.

Lionsgate's "Margin Call" R Financial/Drama/Thriller December 20, 2011 IMDB Link
Anchor Bay's "A Christmas Wedding Tail" Comedy/Family December 6, 2011 IMDB Link
Screen Media's "Angel Dog" PG Family/Drama December 6, 2011 IMDB Link
Magnolia's "Blackthorn" R Western December 20, 2011 IMDB Link
Fox's "In the Name of the King: Two Worlds" R Action/Adventure December 27, 2011 IMDB Link
Image's "Little Deaths" Horror December 13, 2011 IMDB Link
Viva's "Occupant" Thriller December 6, 2011 IMDB Link
Image's "Pete Smalls Is Dead" Comedy December 27, 2011 IMDB Link
Magnolia's "Point Blank" R Crime/Action/Thriller December 6, 2011 IMDB Link
Anchor Bay's "Tanner Hall" R Comedy December 13, 2011 IMDB Link
E1's "The Pool Boys" R Comedy December 27, 2011 IMDB Link

November, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-09-23T05:24:00.000-07:00

Fox's "Atlas Shrugged" - PG-13 Drama Based on a Famous Book November 8, 2011 IMDB Link
Inception's "Boy Wonder" R Action/Crime November 8, 2011 IMDB Link
Anchor Bay's "Carjacked" R Thriller November 22, 2011 IMDB Link
MPI's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" G Documentary on Chauvet Cave November 29, 2011 IMDB Link
Image's "Chillerama" Horror/Comedy November 29, 2011 IMDB Link
Wolfe's "The Green" R Drama November 22, 2011 IMDB Link
Viva's "Jucy" Comedy November 1, 2011 IMDB Link
Magnolia's "Magic Trip" R Documentary November 1, 2011 IMDB Link
Magnolia's "Main Street" PG Drama November 15, 2011 IMDB Link
Magnolia's "Rejoice and Shout" PG Documentary/Gospel November 1, 2011 IMDB Link
Image's "The River Why" PG-13 Drama November 8, 2011 IMDB Link
Fox's "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" PG-13 Historical Drama November 1, 2011 IMDB Link
Magnolia's "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" R Comedy/Horror November 29, 2011 IMDB Link

Anniversary - 5 Years

2011-08-21T07:28:00.000-07:00

October, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems marks the five year anniversary of the Program!

October, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-08-21T07:20:00.000-07:00

E1's "Attack on Leningrad"
Anchor Bay's "Father of Invention"
Magnolia's "The Last Circus"
Screen Media's "Jig"
Fox's "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer"
Fox's "Monte Carlo"
Magnolia's "Page One: Inside the New York Times"
Fox's "Terri"
Fox's "The Tree of Life"

September, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-07-21T16:25:00.000-07:00

Anchor Bay's "A Horrible Way To Die"

Anchor Bay's "The Entitled"
Zeitgeist's "Bill Cunningham New York"

Fox's "Brand New Way"
Fox's "Breaking The Press"
Screen media's "The Boxer and the Bombshell"
Magnolia's "Conan O'Brien can't Stop"Screen Media's "The Last Kung Fu Monk"
E1's "The Lost Future"
E1"s "Son of Morning"

August, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-06-21T04:53:00.000-07:00

E1's "The Bang Bang Club"
Anchor Bay's "Bereavement"
Zeitgeist's "Cell 211"
Screen Media's "Cougar Hunting"
Fox's "The 5th Quarter"
Virgil's "Forks Over Knives"
Fox's "Henry's Crime"
Screen Media's "Lifted"
Fox's "Marley & Me: The Puppy Years"
Anchor Bay's "Meet Monica Velour"
Lionsgate's "The Music Never Stopped"
Magnolia's "The Perfect Host"
Zeitgeist's "Queen To Play"
Fox's "Skateland"
Magnolia's "Troll Hunter"
Fox's "Win Win"

July, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-05-21T08:10:00.000-07:00

Magnolia's "13 Assassins"
Magnolia's "Hobo With A Shotgun"
Screen Media's "Ghost From The Machine"

Fox's "Dylan Dog: Dead of Night"
E1's "Maneater"
Fox's "Take Me Home Tonight"
Anchor Bay's "Tekken"
E1's "Waking Madison"
Screen Media's "White Irish Drinkers"

June, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-04-20T09:23:00.001-07:00

Magnolia's"Ceremony"
Screen Media's "3 Backyards"
Xenon's "A Matador's Mistress"
E1's "Beneath Hill 60"

E1's "The Con Artist"
Anchor Bay's "HappyThankYouMorePlease"
Anchor Bay's "Kill the Irishman"
Screen Media's "Love's Kitchen"

May,2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-03-22T16:19:00.000-07:00

Magnolia's "Back Death"
Magnolia's "Vanishing on 7th Street"
Anchor Bay's "The Big BangE1's "Broken Hill"
Screen Media's "Cougar Hunting"
Anchor Bay's "Daydream Nation"
Magnolia's "I Saw the Devil"
Screen Media's "La Soga"
Fox's "Mao's Last Dancer"
E1's "Takedown"

Fox's "Waiting For Forever"

April, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-02-24T16:46:00.001-08:00

Fox's "3 Idiots"
Fox's "Casino jack"
E1's "Goodnight For Justice"
E1's "Jolene"
Screen Media's "Mask Maker"
Fox's "Street Kings 2: Motor City"
Screen Media's "Fubar: balls to the Walls"
E1's "A Summer in Genoa"
Anchor Bay's "Your Love Never Fails"

March, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2011-01-24T04:55:00.000-08:00

Magnolia's "Four Lions"
Magnolia's "All Good Things"
Fox's "Arthur and the Invisibles 2 and 3"Fox's "A Shine of Rainbows"
E1's "Dark Fields"
Fox's "Last Dancer"
Xenon's "Matty Hanson and the Invisibilty Ray"

Anchor Bay's "Meskada"

February, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-12-22T10:54:00.001-08:00

Magnolia's "Ong Bak 3"
Magnolia's "Night Catches Us"
Fox's "Conviction"

E1's "Glorious 39"
Anchor Bay's "I Spit On Your Grave"

Magnolia's "Monsters"
Fox's "Never Let Me Go"
Magnolia's "Ong Bak 3"
Fox's "Wild Target

E1's "Skin"

January, 2011 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-11-28T12:48:00.000-08:00

Magnolia's "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer"
Magnolia's "Freaknomics"
Anchor Bay's "The Hessen Conspiracy"
Anchor Bay's "Jack Goes Boating"
Screen Media's "Jr Detective Agency"
Fox's "Like Dandelion Dust"
E1's "Love Hurts"
Screen media's "Stonerville"
Lionsgate's "Triggerman"

December, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-10-23T13:11:00.000-07:00

Anchor Bay's "And Soon The Darkness"
Magnolia's "Barry Munday" (Artwork to change for DVD)
E1's "Beautiful Kate"
Fox's Cyrus"
Anchor Bay's "Dear Mr. Gacy"
Fox's "Twelve"
E1's "The Year Of Getting To Know Us"

November, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-09-22T16:15:00.000-07:00

Magnolia's "Centurion"
Magnolia's "The Extra Man"
Screen Media's "Special Ops"
Anchor Bay's "The Disappearance of Alice Creed"
E1's "Jolene"

E1's "Love Ranch"

Fox's "The Trial"

October, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-08-24T06:34:00.000-07:00

Lionsgate's "Agora"
E1's "Arn: The Knight Templar"
Lionsgate's "The Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine"
Magnolia's "I Am Love"
Anchor Bay's "The Killing Machine"
Lionsgate's "Kung-Fu Master"
Screen Media's "The Last Rites of Ransom Pride"
Lionsgate's "Manson: My Name Is Evil"
Fox's "Mirrors 2"
E1's "Night of the Demons"
Magnolia's "Oxford Murders"
Fox's "Space Chimps 2"

September, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-07-26T07:23:00.000-07:00

E1's "American Cowslip"
Fox's "Amish Grace"
Anchor Bay's "Frozen"
Anchor Bay's "Gangster's Paradise"
E1's "Good"
Fox's "Just Wright"
Screen Media's "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond"
Magnolia's "Ondine"
Lions Gate's "Princess Kaiulani"
E1's "The Secret of Moonacre"
Anchor Bay's "Solitary Man"
Screen Media's "Spirit of the Forest"
Magnolia's "Raging Phoenix"
Screen Media's "(Untitled):Art-Rageous"

August, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-06-16T05:06:00.000-07:00

Inception's "2:22"
Anchor Bay's "Abandoned"
Anchor Bay's After Life"
Lion Gate's "Ca$h"
E1's "Dorian Gray"
E1's "Helen"
Fox's "The Joneses"
Fox's "My Name Is Kahn"
Lions Gate's "Open House"
Magnolia's "George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead"
E1's "Triage"
Lion Gate's "Under the Mountain"

How To Buy 2011 Street Date Video Product

2010-05-21T11:00:00.000-07:00

This includes ALL the product, not just iDEA Hidden Gems. This is an approximately 20 minute Powerpoint Presentation with audio for each month.

This is the FIRST of it's kind.

CLICK HERE TO SEE IT!

July, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-05-20T04:38:00.000-07:00

Lions Gate's "Amor Letra Por Letra"
Lions Gate's "Caught in the Crossfire"
E1's "Don't Look Up"
Screen Media's "Formosa Betrayed"
Monterey's "Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger"
E1's "How To Make Love To A Woman"
Magnolia's "Mother"
Lions Gate's "Ninja's Creed"
Anchor bay's "Operation: Endgame"
E1's "The Greatest"
Magnolia's "The Job"

June, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-04-28T10:18:00.001-07:00

E1's "Beautiful"
Lionsgate's "Circle of Pain"
Screen Media's "Crazy"
Magnolia's "The Eclipse"
Fox's " the 41 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Bad About It"
Lionsgate's "The Good Guy"
Wofe's "Hannah Free"
Linsgate's "Happy Tears"
Virgil's "Hard Four"
Scren Media's "The Horseman"
Monterey's "The Red Baron"
Anchor Bay's "The Stranger"

Magnolia's "The Warlords"

May, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-03-29T08:27:00.000-07:00

E1's "American Bandits"
Wolfe's "And Then Came Lola"
MTI's "Billy Owens and the Secret of the Runes"
E1's "The Dukes"
Virgil's "Everyman's war"
Fox's "Flicka 2"
Lionsgate's "The Mystery Team"
Anchor Bay's "The New Daughter"
Lionsgate's "Rain Fall"
Lionsgate's "Tetro"

Magnolia's "Legend of the Tsunami Warrior"

April, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-02-26T07:04:00.000-08:00

Virgil's "Ratko"
E1"s "Wake"
Anchor Bay's "The Slammin' Salmon"
E1"s "Knife Edge"
Screen Media's "Home of the Giants"
Fox's "Deadly Impact"
Fox's "Crazy on the Outside"
MTI's "Citizen Duane"

Screen Media's "Jack and the Beanstalk"

Fox's "The 41 Year Old Virgin who Knocked Up Sara Marshall and Felt Superbad About It"

March, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2010-01-26T08:52:00.000-08:00

Fox's "B*tch Slap"
Anchor Bay's "Bollywood Hero"
Fox's "Damage"
E1's "Fix"
Fox's "Gentlemen Broncos"
Monterey's "Jake's Corner"
MTI's "Justin Time"
Screen Media's "Phantom Punch"
Fox's "Possession"
Screen Media's "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee"
Magnolia's "Red Cliff"
E1's "Yesterday Was A Lie"

February, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2009-12-23T08:42:00.000-08:00

Fox's "Amelia"
Anchor Bay's "Beyond Sherwood Forest"
Magnolia's "Bronson"
Fox's "Cold Souls"
Monterey's "Endgame"
E1" "$9.99"
Magnolia's "Ong Bak 2"
MTI's "Remarkable Power"
Magnolia's "Serious Moonlight"
Screen media's "Trailer Park Boys Part 2"
Screen Media's "Women in Trouble"

January, 2010 iDEA Hidden Gems

2009-11-23T07:01:00.001-08:00

Monterey's "Trucker"
Magnolia's "The Burning Plain"
Anchor Bay's "According To Greta"
Anchor Bay's "Falling Up"
Screen media's "Death In Love"
Fox's "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell"
Fox's "The Keeper"
Fox's "Post Grad"
Fox's Adam"
Fox's "Whip It"
Fox's "Fame"

December, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-10-21T10:59:00.001-07:00

Fox's "500 Days of Summer"
Fox's "All About Steve"
Anchor Bay's "Beyond A Reasonable Doubt"
Anchor Bay's "Ghost Machine"
MTI's "Hooking Up"
Fox's "Jennifer's Body"
MTI's "Lost Treasure of the Maya"
Magnolia's 'Moonlight Serenade"
E1 Entertainment's "Runaway"
Screen Media's "Weather Girl"
Magnolia's "World's Greatest Dad"

November, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-09-30T17:03:00.000-07:00

Magnolia's "The Answer man"

Fox's "Aliens in the Attic"

Anchor Bay's "The Break-Up Artist"

Magnolia's "The Canyon"

Magnolia's "Foode, Inc."

Magnolia's "Humpday"

Monterey's "Hurt"

Fox's "I Love You Beth Cooper"

E1 Entertainment's "The Indian"

Magnolia's "Is Anybody There?"

Anchor Bay's "Not Forgotten"

October, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-08-27T22:53:00.001-07:00

Fox's "Wrong Turn 3"

Fox's "My Life In Ruins"

Screen Media's "Love N' Dancing"

Monterey's "How To Be A Serial Killer"

Magnolia's "Criminal Ways"

September, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-07-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

Anchor Bay's "Lies and Illusions"

Image's "Management"

Magnolia's "The Girlfriend Experience"

Magnolia's "Triangle"

Vivendi's 'Randy and the Mob"

Screen Media's "Lymelife"

MTI's "The Nail"

Monterey's "Local Color"

August, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-06-24T12:46:00.000-07:00

Fox's "Boot Camp"

Fox's "Delgo"

MTI's "Ghost Image"

Monterey's "Gooby"

Magnolia's "Julia"

Anchor Bay's "Life I sHot In Cracktown"

Magnolia's "Mutant Chronicles"

Screen Media's "Nature's Grave"

Anchor Bay's "Shadowheart"

Magnolia's "Surveillance"

Fox's "The Tiger's Tail"

Screen Media's "Wedding Bros"

July, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-05-27T07:24:00.000-07:00

Anchor Bay's "Streets of Blood"

Magnolia's "Severed Ways"

MTI's "The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens"

Fox's "Miss March"

Magnolia's "The Great Buck Howard"

Fox's "Dragonball Evolution"

Monterey's "The Bracelet of Bordeaux"

Anchor Bay's "Bart Got A Room"

Screen Media's "An American Affair"

Vivendi's "The Butcher"

Vivendi's "Sherman's Way"

June, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-04-30T06:35:00.001-07:00

MTI's "Hide"

Fox's "Silent Venom"

Anchor Bay's "Table For Three"

Anchor Bay's "The Education of Charlie Banks"

Magnolia's "The Perfect Sleep"

E1 Entertainment's "Elsewhere"

Fox's "12 Rounds"

Magnolia's "Two Lovers"

Liberation's "Tokyo"

Fox's "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li"

May, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-03-19T06:09:00.000-07:00

Fox's "Driven To Kill"

Magnolia's "Yonkers Joe"

Monterey's "Winter of Frozen Dreams"

Screen Media's "Smother"

Screen Media's "Personal Effects"

Anchor Bay's "The Devil's Ground"

Fox's "S.Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale"

Oscilloscope's "Wendy and Lucy"

MTI's "Brother's War"

Fox's "Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts"

Fox's Possession"

April, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-02-22T14:39:00.001-08:00

Fox's "S. Darko:A Donnie Darko Tale" delayed to May, 2009

Fox's "Legally Blondes"

Magnolia's "Donkey Punch"

Anchor Bay's "Laid To Rest"

Anchor Bay's "Dog Days of Summer"
Anchor Bay's "While She Was Out"

Screen Media's "Dark Matter"

Magnolia's "Splinter"

Press Release - 200 Hidden Gems - February, 2009

2009-02-05T07:59:00.000-08:00

iDEA’s “Hidden Gems” Reaches 200 Title Milestone

Program Identifies Potentially Profitable Independent Product

ENCINO, CALIFORNIA (February 4, 2009) … The Independent Dealers of Entertainment Association (iDEA) division of the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) today announced that it has recommended 200 independent, or “B” product, DVD titles as part of its monthly Hidden Gems program over the past 30 months. The Hidden Gems program assists video retailers in identifying potentially profitable new release independent product.

“We started this program two and a half years ago and in response to the need for objective advice on independent video product,” noted Jim Loperfido, owner of Emerald City Video in Auburn, NY, and Chairman of iDEA when the Hidden Gems program launched. “The program was rapidly and enthusiastically embraced by both the independent video retailer and supplier communities and has become one of iDEA’s most popular programs.”

Added Allan Millican, current iDEA Chairman and owner of Marquee Video in Chattanooga, TN, “The program not only helps iDEA-member video retailers, but also any video retailer. Hidden Gems is a benefit iDEA provides to the entire home entertainment industry.”

Hidden Gems highlights DVD releases that are commercially viable but haven’t gotten much attention. An anonymous five-judge panel rates submissions, looking for videos in mainline genres that will appeal to video stores across the nation, box art that will cause consumers to take a chance on the movie, and movie content and presentation that delivers value to the consumer. The program commenced with October 2007 street-date product. The 200 titles recommended through the March 2009 street dates came from 26 suppliers.

The 26 participating suppliers are: Allumination FilmWorks; Anchor Bay Entertainment; Arts Alliance America; City Lights Media Group; Echo Bridge Home Entertainment; Entertainment Studios; First Look Studios; Fox Home Entertainment; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Genius Products LLC; Image Entertainment; Liberation Entertainment; Lightyear Video; Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; Magnolia Home Entertainment; Monterey Media Inc.; MTI Home Video; New Line Home Video; Oscilloscope Laboratories; Peace Arch Home Entertainment; Screen Media Films; ThinkFilm; Vivendi Home Entertainment; Wolfe Video; Xenon Pictures; and Zeitgeist Films.

Suppliers appreciate the visibility Hidden Gems provides to their products that might otherwise be overlooked. “The Hidden Gems program gives deserving titles increased visibility with key buyers and key decision makers,” declared Raymond Zinar, Vice President of Rental Distribution at Starz/Anchor Bay Entertainment.

According to Bob Tollini, who manages Hidden Gems for iDEA, one of the keys to the success of the program is the judges. “The judges collectively have more than 110 years of retail experience,” he stated. “They are experts and their anonymity allows them to give the right advice to video buyers.”

All the titles selected to date are at http://www.ideahiddengems.blogspot.com/

The Independent Dealers of Entertainment Association (iDEA) was developed in 2004 and is an autonomous division within the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) solely dedicated to the independent video retailers (IVRs). Guided by a Board of Trustees who are also IVRs, the iDEA’s vision is to place independent retailers in control of their own destiny. The iDEA’s mission is to empower the independent sector of the home video industry to grow their businesses through networking, communication, education, and business tools

For more information, please contact:

Sean Bersell
Vice President, Public Affairs
818-728-8663 or sbersell at entmerch dot org

March, 2009 Hidden Gems

2009-01-19T05:02:00.000-08:00

Screen Media's "Lake City"

Magnolia's "Let the Right One In"

Magnolia's "Special"

City Lights "Gardens of the Night

Anchor Bay's "Walled In"

Anchor Bay's "Crowley"

Fox's "Nobel Son"

February, 2009 Hidden Gems

2008-12-22T05:26:00.000-08:00

Fox's "Dead Like Me"

Fox's "How To Lose Friends & Alienate People"

Fox's "Choke"

Fox's "Bottle Shock"

Image's "My Name Is Bruce"

Image's "Palo Alto"

MTI's "Imprint"

Peace Arch's "Killer Movie"

Anchor Bay's "The Guitar"

Vivendi's "Paid"

Magnolia's "What Just Happened"

January, 2009 Hidden Gems

2008-11-20T16:00:00.000-08:00

Fox's "Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia"

Peace Arch's "The Deal"

Fox's "College"

City Lights' "Holly"

Anchor Bay's "All Roads Lead Home"

Anchor Bay's "Cold Prey"

Screen Media's "Spy School"

Magnolia's "Humboldt County"

December, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-10-24T06:18:00.000-07:00

Image's "Open Window

Anchor Bay's "Surfer, Dude"

Anchor Bay's "Lower Learning"

Magnolia's "Man On A Wire"

MTI's "Crossroads"

Vivendi's "Neo Ned"

November, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-09-23T07:19:00.000-07:00

Columbia's "Moscow Zero"
Magnolia's "Mister Foe"
Magnolia's "Sleepaway Camp"

Magnolia's "BachelorMan"
Screen Media's "Christmas Is Here Again"
Magnolia's "Gonzo"
Anchor Bay's "All She Wants For Christmas"
Magnolia's "Flashback of a Fool"

October, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-08-22T09:11:00.000-07:00

Screen Media's "Dog Gone"

MTI's "20 Years After"

Oscilloscope's "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot"

Anchor Bay's "Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer"

Fox's "Joy Ride 2"

Magnolia's "Red"

Moneterey's "Ripple Effect"

Anchor Bay's "Tortilla Heaven"

September, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-07-24T16:45:00.000-07:00

Monterey's "Senasation of Sight"
Vivendi's "They Wait"
Fox's "Young at Heart"

Fox's "Deception"
Xenon's "Kenny"
Anchor Bay's "Noise"
Anchor Bay's "Scorpion"
Vivendi's "Seed"

August, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-06-20T06:00:00.000-07:00

Anchor Bay's "Virgin Territory"

Fox's "Her Best Move"
Vivendi's "Postal"
Monterey's "When I Find the Ocean"
MTI's "Juncture"
Anchor Bay's Queen Sized"

Fox's "Deal"

July, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-05-26T04:17:00.000-07:00

City Lights' "The Year My Parents Went On Vacation"

Anchor Bay's "Sex and Death 101"
Liberation's "Shotgun Stories"
Fox's "Stargate - Continuum"
Image's "The Tracey Fragments"
Fox's "War Games 2: The Dead Code"

MTI's "Adventures of Johnny Tao"
Anchor Bay's "Alice Upside Down"
Image's "Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning"
Entertainment Studio's "A New Beginning"

June, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-04-25T06:26:00.000-07:00

Anchor Bay's "The Grand"

Echo Bridge's "Telling Lies"

Echo Bridge's "Razor Eaters"

Image's "Organizm"

Fox's "The Onion Movie"

Image's "Love and Other Disasters"

Anchor Bay's "It's A Boy/Girl Thing"Screen Media's "Honeydripper"

Fox's "Charlie Bartlett"Fox's "Bonneville"

May, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-03-26T07:49:00.000-07:00

Vivendi's "Timber Falls"

Vivendi's "Meet the Mobsters

Anchor Bay's "Lather Effect"

Fox's "Cover"

April, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-02-26T04:25:00.000-08:00

Echo Bridge's "Cruel World"

Fox's "Resurrecting the Champ"

Fox's "Lars and the Real Girl"

Vivendi's "Last Hour"

Screen Media's "Trailer Park Boys: The Movie"

Fox's "The Savages"

First Look's "Island on Bird Street"

Entertainment Studio's "L.A. Blues

Anchor Bay's "Corporate Affairs"

March, 2008 Hidden Gems

2008-01-24T11:41:00.000-08:00

Fox's "The Seeker" Starring Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane The film tells the story of Will Stanton, a young man who learns he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of Dark. Traveling back and forth in time, Will discovers a series of clues, which lead him into a showdown with the forces of unimaginable power. With the Dark force again rising, the future of the world rests in Will's hands.

Screen Media's "The Sasquatch Gang" Starring Justin Long, Joey Kern When Gavin Gore and his three friends go for a hike up to Deer Cliff Falls, they discover some suspicious footprints and scat that they assume can only be from one source - Bigfoot. They quickly decide to alert police and the media of the find and start a small sensation in the town.

Fox's "Dr. Doolittle:Tale of the Chief" Starring Kyla Pratt, Peter Coyote Maya Doolittle has applied to vet school but finds that getting accepted is a lot tougher than expected. But when the President of the United States needs her help to work with the First Dog, she finds she can help the country, and impress the acceptance committee.

MTI's "Experiment" Starring John Hopkins, Georgina French A young woman walks the streets of a foreign city - her mind full of pain, no memory of who she is and plagued by nightmarish visions. She meets a man who also has no memory. Forced to trust each other, the two feel a mysterious connection - a strong powerful feeling that bonds the two together.

Fox's "Bachelor Party 2" Starring Josh Cook, Greg Pitts A hardcore partier bids farewell to the single life with one last blowout weekend in Miami with his fun-loving pals - but it might put a crimp in his wedding plans if his bride-to-be finds out what's going on.

February, 2008 Hidden Gems

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City Lights' "Descent" Starring Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust. A college co-ed who is book smart and shy and curious about sex, is raped. Her world is ripped inside out and she seeks revenge.

Fox's "Two Days in Paris" Starring "Julie Deply, Adam Goldberg. A couple try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of her parents and several of her ex-boyfriends.

Fox's "The Final Inquiry" Starring F. Murray Abraham, Anna Kanakis, Max Van Zydow. In 35 A.D., a Roman tribune is sent to Palestine to investigate the death and possible resurrection of a certain Jesus from Nazareth.

Anchor Bay's "To Kill A King" Starring Rupert Everett, Tim Roth, Olivia Williams, Dougray Scott. The year is 1645. King Charles the First is overthrown and two heroes have emerged - Lord General Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. These two friends turn on each other.

Fox's "Feast of Love" Starring Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear. A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set with a community of friends in Oregon, and is an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.

Foxs "Death at a Funeral" Starring Matthew Macfayden. In this British comedy, a father dies and his family and friends convene at the family home for his funeral. Hilarious.

New Line's "Silk" Starring Carlo Cecchi, Alfred Molina, Keira Knightly. This is the story of a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo.

Screen Media's "When A Man Falls" Starring Sharon Stone, Timothy Hutton. When a lonely housewife faces the reality of her dying marriage, she seeks comfort in unlawful and forbidden activities.

January, 2008 Hidden Gems

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Fox's "Wedding Daze" Starring Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher. After losing the woman of his dreams, a young man is urged to propose to a total stranger. He might have accidentally found the woman of his dreams.

City Lights "The Ten" Starring Adam Brody, Jessica Alba, Winoan Ryder, Paul Rudd. Ten laugh-out-loud funny stories inspired by the ten commandments, each told in a different style, with characters and themes overlapping.

Fox's "Sunshine" Satarring Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans. Fifty years from now, the sun is dying and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope is a spaceship and a crew of eight men and women. they carry a device which will breathe new life into the star. But their mission is beginning to unravel.

Vivendi's "Shiloh Falls" Starring Art Lefleur. A gritty lawman has finally tracked down a murderous gang. But before the fugitives can be brought to justice, a mysterious stranger appears that is more powerful than any man. There is no escaping his supernatural powers.

Fox's "Lake Placid 2" Starring John Schneider, Cloris Leachman. This is the sequel and the prehistoric, horrific crocs have three bloodthirsty offspring.

Echo Bridge's "Killer Diller" Starring William lee Scott, Lucas Black. A guitar-playing car thief is sentenced to a halfway house in the middel of the Bible Belt and is forced to play church music. He meets an autistic savant who is a rocking piano player and the red-hot Killer Diller Blues Band is born.

Fox's "Joshua" Starring Sam Rockwell. The perfect Manhatten parents in a perfect Manhatten apartment run into extreme problems with their first child after they have their second child.

Starz's "Jimmy and Judy" Starring Edward Furlong, Rachael Bells. Two teenage suburban outcasts fall in love, spin out of control, and hit the road as fugitives.

Starz's "He Was A Quiet Man" Starring Christian Slater, Willam H. Macy. A nebish office worker turns into a hero. Unfortunately the hero is a psychopath ... or not.

Allumination's "Forget About It" Starring Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Raquel Welch, Robert Loggia. In a trailer park located outside of Phenix, three retired veterans spend their days relaxing and vying for the attention of a sexy neighbor. But they stumble on $4,000,000 and the mafia and the Feds.

Echo Bridge's "Black Irish" Starring Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Emily VanCamp. Two brothers...one good, one bad...you can choose your dreams...but you can't choose your family.

Screen Media's "Adrift in Manhatten" Starring Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, William Baldwin Even surrounded by Manhatten's millions, New Yorkers are just as likely to feel lonely as people who live in literal isolation.

December, 2007 Hidden Gems

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Echo Bridge's "Maximum Cage Fighting" Stars Jason Field, Chris Torres, Renzo Gracie. Jimmy Garren, a former Tae Kwon Do world champion, is now retired and a widowed father to ten-year-old Katie. So when he's challenged to a fight by famous cage fighter and former rival Nick "the Nasty" Harper, he refuses...until Katie is kidnapped by Harper's crew. With the match being the only way to save his daughter, Jimmy travels to train with world-renowned fighter Renzo Gracie for a deadly fight in the cage...that only one man will survive.

Anchor Bay's "The Girl Next Door" Stars Blythe Auffarth, Daniel Manche, Blanche Baker. New Jersey, 1958: a tragic car accident forces Megan and Susan Loughlin to live with their aunt, Ruth Chandler. But things are not what they seem as the harsh treatment of the girls quickly escalates from verbal to physical abuse involving not only Ruth, but her three sons as well. When Megan asks for help from a police officer, she instead is locked in the basement's old bomb shelter by Ruth. Sadly, that is just the beginning...

MTI's "48 Angels" Stars Shane Brolly, Ciaran Flynn, John Travers. Diagnosed with a serious illness and searching for a miracle, 9-year old Seamus sets off to find God before God comes for him. Inspired by Saint Columcille, Seamus sets out in a small boat without oars or a sail. On his quest he encounters James and Darry. Despite initial conflict, the trio decides to stay together and enter upon a journey that results in the healing of hearts and minds.

Anchor Bay's "Hatchet" Stars Joel David Moore, Deon Richmond, Tamara Feldman. Victor Crowley is a hideously deformed boy, living in seclusion with his father in an isolated cabin deep in the Louisiana bayou. When a Halloween prank initiated by local kids goes terribly awry, Victor is accidentally killed. Years later, a tourist group visiting New Orleans' "haunted swamps" stumble upon the remnants of that shocking event, transforming an evening of seemingly innocent fun into a horrofic nightmare, from which there is no escape.

City Light's "Everything's Cool" Documentary. For two decades, researchers, activists, scientists, and progressive politicians have struggled to rouse the public and the government to take action on global warming. See the harrowing story of what it takes to talk about global warming - the art of duking it out with collective denial, the struggle to communicate the urgency to an indifferent public and a laggard U.S. government.

November, 2007 Hidden Gems

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Vivendi's "Cougar Club" Stars Jason Jurman, Warren Cole, Joe Mantegna When Spence and Hogan graduate from college, life is bleak. They have to work for heinous divorce lawyers that torture them with grueome jobs. Spence has a girlfriend from hell, and Hogan just wants to start his life. As luck would have it, these two young men are presented with an opportunity, and develop a club of horny young men devoted to way older women of their dreams.

First Look's "Broken" Stars Heather Graham, Jake Busey One night at the L.A. diner where she works, a waitress comes face to face withe seven deadly sins...sloth, gluttony, envy, lust, greed, prode, and wrath, which erupts in the form of her ex-boyfriend. her dar-side incarnate comes at her from every angle this night in an all-out effort to devour her soul.

Allumination's "Heavens Fall" Atars Timothy Hutton, David Strathaim, Leelee Sobieski A tragic true story that began in the spring of 1931 when nine black men were pulled off an Alabama train and accused of raping two young white women. News of their quick conviction and sentencing spread, forcing an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, headed by a New York attorney. This sets in motion a legal battle that ultimately changed the lives of everyone involved as well as the course of American jurisprudence.

First Look's "Paris, Je T'Aime" Stars Natalie Portan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Fanny Ardant and many,many more... Made by a team of contributors as cosmopoiltan as Paris itself. This portrait of the city is a sdiverse as its creators' background and nationalities. With each director telling the story of an unusual encounter in one of the city
s neighborhoods, the vignettes go beyond the postcard view of Paris to portray aspects of the city raresly seen on the big screen including racial tensions, class struggles, romance, escape and sex.

First Look's "Guy-X" Stars Jason Biggs, Natasha McElhone, Jeremy Northam rudy awakens in an Army hospital to find that he has been mistakenly sent to a secret hospice for American casualties from a recless mission in the Vietnam War. When Rudy befriends one of the patients, Guy X, it creates a security breach that causes the Pentagon to intervene and risks the entire operation.

October, 2007 Hidden Gems

2007-08-20T08:29:00.000-07:00

First Look's "Welcome To Paradise" Stars Crystal Bernard, Brain Dennehy, Brad Stine This is an inspirational family film about a female preacher and her son. They are sent from a big city church to the small town of Paradise, where they find a community in desperate need of direction and is uncharitable. She tries to build a new vision for her congregation that embraces everyone.

Echo Bridge's "Protecting The King" Stars Tom Sizemore, Brian Krause, Matt Barr Sex, drugs and violence. They are all part of the job when your working for the King of Rock & Roll. And when you are sixteen, the on-the-job training comes in ways that can't be taught in school. Prepare to be all shook up by this shocking true story.

Fox's "Wrong Turn 2: Dead End" Stars Henry Rollins, Erica Leerhsen, Kimberly Caldwell Six reality TV show contestants are thrown together for six days in a simulated post-apocalyptic wasteland called "The Ultimate Survivalist." Located in a remore part of West Virginia, the contestants discover that they really are fighting for their survival - against a family of hideously deformed inbred cannibals who plan to ruthlessly butcher them all.

Genius' "Killer Wave" Stars Angus Macfadyen, Tom Skerritt, Anna Hopkins There are mysterious Tidal aves originating in the Atlantic. There are supposed to be no tidal waves in the Atlantic. Scientists rush to find the answer. Is it a new natural force like Global Warming or is it Terrorism - fanatical, faith based or corporate?
First Look's "Tara Road" Stars Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Stephen Rea, Brenda Fricker Marilyn Vine's idyllic life in Connecticutt is devastated by the tragic death of her only son during his 15th birthday party. 3,000 miles away, Ria Lynch's marriage comes to a stunningly abrupt end in Dublin, Ireland, when her husband reveals that he is leaving her for his pregnant mistress. An accidental phone call brings these otherwise unrelated women together and they agree to a two-month house exchange. They attempt to heal and move on.

First Look's "Shanghai Kiss" Stars Hayden Pannettiere, Ken Leung, Kelly Hu, Joel Moore A struggling Chinese-American actor, who unwittingly finds himself involved with a high school girl, learns he has inherited his grandmother's home in Shanghai. The American-raised character moves to China in an attempt to connect with his ancestry, leaving behind quite possibly the only girl who has ever loved him.

September, 2007 Hidden Gems

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New Line's "Gracie" Stars Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Shue, Andrew Shue, Carly Schroeder Teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

Genius' "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" Stars Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald A sympathetic look at Republicans in early 20th century Ireland, and two brothers who are torn apart by anti-Brit rebellion.

LionsGate's "Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horrors" Stars Snoop Dogg, Ernie Hudson, Danny Trejo, Pooch Hall A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighborhood whose actions determine where they will go in the afterlife.

Image's "Splinter" Stars Tom Sizemore, Edward James Olmos, Ivonne Coll A gang member, suffering from severe memory loss, searches for his brother's murderer. He secretly enlists the aid of the investigating Detective, while other members of his gang are mysteriously and sadistically murdered.

Starz's "Pittsburgh" Stars Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., Illeana Douglas, Moby, Alanis Morrissette, Conan O'Brien, Rachel Carson Jeff Goldblum in this Mockumentary puts his Hollywood actor life on hold to star alongside his new girlfriend in a Pittsburgh regional theater production of The Music Man.

Genius' "Snow Cake" Stars Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman (Weaver) and a man (Rickman) who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

Screen Media's "I Witness" Stars Jeff Daniels, James Spader After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.

City Light's "Broolyn Rules" Stars Alec Baldwin, Freddie Prinze Jr., Scott Caan Brooklyn in 1985. With the mob world as a backdrop, three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty.

Vivendi's "BloodRayne 2: Deliverance Stars Natassia Malthe, Zack Ward, Michael Pare', Chris Coppola It's a hundred years later, and the Vampire Rayne has arrived in the town of Deliverance, Montana where a group of Vampire cowboys have emerged. Led by Billy the Kid, hell-bent on creating is own kingdom, he slaughters townspeople and rounds up children. He spares the life of Chicago Chronicle reported Newton Pyles. Rayne aligns herself with Pat Garret, a member of the long-thought-dead Brimstone society, a dishonest preacher, and a low life named Franson, to stop Billy the Kid and show the world how the West was really won.

August, 2007 Hidden Gems

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Wolfe's "Bam Bam & Celeste" Stars Margaret Cho, Bruce Daniels, Alan Cumming. Free-spirited rejects Bam Bam and Celeste both feel that life is passing them by and after seeing an ad for a contestant search for "Trading Faces", a realty makeover show, they decide to follow their dreams to New York City. Their adventure is strewn with potential disasters and comical crises as they encounter thugs, survivalists, racists, a lesbian Lone Ranger, and other roadside distractions before finally reaching the city. They arrive, only to find their hometown high school nemeses, now the style dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage, sitting in judgment at "Trading Faces". Helped by the show's assistant and Celeste's Mommy, the two friends persevere and discover that true beauty lies within.

Vivendi's "The Hit" Stars Blair Underwood, DeRay Davis, Ernest HardinJr. In this sequel to cult favorite "Straight Out Of Compton High", an up and coming record executive whose goal is to bring all rival rap record labels together and form one Black-owned label that gives back to the community. While trying to build this label, he inadvertently crosses the Mob, who attempts to shut down his plans. From rival gangsters to dodging mob hits to tangled love triangles, this film is full of plot twist and action.

Starz's "Elvis: The Miniseries" Stars Jonathon Rhys Meyers, Camryn Manheim, Randy Quaid, Rose McGowan. A definitive performance in the acclaimed miniseries event that depicts Elvis from 1950s teen outcast to worldwide sensation, through his grim decline to spectacular 1968 comeback. Experience the triumphs and tragedies, excesses and affairs, madness and music of the The King of Rock & Roll.

July, 2007 Hidden Gems

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Screen Media's "Disappearances" Stars Kris Kristofferson, Gary Farmer, William Sanderson, Luis Guzman, Genevieve Bujold. Forced to smuggle whiskey in an attempt to save his family, a father and his son emabark on an unforgettable trip. This treachorous journey throuh the wilderness will lead them to discover a haunted and elusive past. It's a Western-type adventure taking place in New England and Canada.

Anchor Bay's "Jam" Stars Jonathon Silverman, Alex Rocco, William Forsythe, Amanda Detmer, Dan Byrd, Dan Byrd, Christopher Amitrano. A traffic accident on a rural mountain road becomes a life changing experience for fifteen diverse people. Sometimes humorous ... sometimes poignant. The plots intertwine in complicated and profound ways.

June, 2007 Hidden Gems

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Anchor Bay's "Inside Out" - Stars Eriq La Salle, Steven Weber, Russell Wong, Nia peeples, Tyler Posey, Kate Walsh, Tim Maculan. A suburban homeowner becomes obsessed with the secretive family next door. Norman discovers he has new neighbors when he hears them moving into a nearby house during the dark of the night. While Norman soon learns that Dr. Peoples is a psychiatrist, he can't figure out much else about him, beyond the fact he only mows his lawn in the middle of the night. Eager to uncover the enigma of the folks next door, Norman becomes friendly with Maria, the Doctor's wife, and reaches out to their phobic son, Obert, but Dr. Peoples himself remains a mystery. As time goes on, Norman also discovers he's not the only one in the neighborhood eager to know more about the mysterious arrivals.

Genius Product's "Ruffian" - starring Sam Shepard, Christine Belford, Marian Guyot, Dennis O'Neill, Nicholas Pryor, Frank Whaley. The emotionally charged and heartbreaking story of the legendary "Queen of the Fillies" is splendidly told in this exciting sports biodrama. With two undefeated seasons of record-breaking wins behind her, Ruffian prepares for a grueling showdown with Kentucky Derby-winner Foolish pride at Belmont in 1975. The race takes a shocking turn witnessed by millions of thunderstruck racing enthusiasts.

Magnolia's "The Prisoner: or How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair." Powerful documentary. A freedom-loving Iraqui journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assasin and sent to Abu Gahraib prison where he discovers the true meaning of liberation.

Echo Bridge's "The Derby Stallion" - Stars Zac Efron, William K. Moses, Tonja Walker, Bill Cobbs. Fifteen year old Patrick doesn't know what he wants to do with his life, and the pressure put on him by his Dad, an ex-professional baseball player isn't helping. Then Patrick meets Houston Jones, a misunderstood horse trainer who convinces him to train for a famous Derby Cup. But can Patrick convince his parents to help him compete, beat out the rich town bully, and somehow find the champion within him?

May, 2007 Hidden Gem Titles

2007-03-21T11:57:00.000-07:00

Vivendi's "RAIN" - stars Brooklyn Sudano, Faye Dunaway, Robert Loggia, and Khandi Alexander. Based on a book by V.C. Andrews. Streets 5-8-2007. "RAIN" is the story of a 19-year old African-American girl, who lives in the inner city projects with her younger sister, Beneadra; her older brother, Roy; and her mother, Latisha. When her sister becomes involved with gang members, she is drugged at a party, and then becomes the subject of sexually explicit photos that are used for blackmail. Rain tries to intervene , but is unsuccessful, and ultimately witnesses her sister's murder, thus becoming a threat to the gang leader. In order to protect rain, her mother secretly contacts what turms out to be Rain's real mother, who happens to be white. A meeting is arranged, and Rain discovers her true roots. She is the secret child of a bi-racial union and was put up for adoption. Rain's biological mother reluctantly agrees to protect her, and Rain is placed in the home of her grandmother, a wealthy white woman. While their relationship is initially uneasy, it ultimately turns loving, and as a result of her grandmother's assistance, Rain is placed in a private boarding school for the gifted, which culminates in her emergence as a talented singer and musician.

Hart Sharp's "THE TIGER AND THE SNOW" - stars Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi and Jean Reno. Streets 5-8-2007. "THE TIGER AND THE SNOW" is about a Roman poet and lecturer named Attilio who feels compelled to head to Baghdad when he discovers the woman he loves, Vittoria, has been seriously injured during a bomb explosion. Moving heaven and earth, he manages to get to Iraq, and through a combination of luck and pig-headedness, and inspired by his passionate love of Vittoria, he finds the hospital where Vittoria has been taken. Unconscious, and more dead than alive, the woman of his dreams is in need of a drug that will relieve the pressure of the cerebral edema that is killing her. Given that there is nothing immediately available, Attilio goes off into the city in search of the drug - to find only abandoned pharmacies and ruins. Refusing to abandon hope, Attilio must confront the horrors of war to save the love of his life.

Liongate's "RESISTANCE" - stars Bill Paxton and Julia Ormond. Streets 5-29-2007. After an American fight pilot is shot down over occupied Belgium in 1944, he falls in love with the beautiful wife of resistance fighter. But when the affair is uncovered and made public among the Belgium villagers, he is forced to make a choice that will not only change their lives, but also the course of World War II.

Echo Bridge's "MEMORY" - stars Billy Zane, Dennis Hopper, Ann-Margaret, and Tricia Helfer. Streets 5-22-2007.
Imagine accidentally ingesting a strange powder and being haunted by nightmarish visions - memories of a shadowy predator who abducts young girls. That's what happened to Dr. Taylor Briggs when he is exposed to a mysterious drug while lecturing in Brazil. Foreced to relive the dark, twisted memories of a killer, Dr. Briggs embarks upon a lone journey to unlock the mystery of a past that is not his own - and find a killer who's horrifying work may not be over. A mind-bending, psychological thrill-ride, "MEMORY" will make you question everything you experience - right up to a surprise twist ending that will rock the very core of your reality.

Vivendi's "MY BROTHER" - stars Vanessa Williams, Nashawn Kearse, and Tatum O'Neal. Streets 5-29-2007.
"MY BROTHER" is an inner-city story of two brothers. isaiah and James, who is developmentally disabled. Their mother finds herself in a tragic situation: Dying of tuberculosis, she desparately tries to get her two boys adopted togehter. Finding that only isaiah can be adopted, she teaches them to form an unbreakable bond beyond her passing. Her prayers are answered as they overcome impossible odds, working togehter to deal with life's violent and dangerous obstacles.

April, 2007 Hidden Gem Titles

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Wolfe's "3 Needles" - starring Lucy Liu, Shawn Ashmore, Stochard Channing, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis. "3 Needles" tells the moving story of how the harshest tragedy can sometimes bring out the best in people, and is a tale of bittersweet hope and of finding redemption in the unlikeliest of places. Im China, Ping is a pregnant young woman running a black market blood collection scam that creates a mini-epidemic in a rural village. In Montreal, Denys is a porn actor hiding his positive HIV status in order to continue working and supporting his mother, who herself goes to extreme lengths to provide for the family's future. And, in Africa, Sister Clara is a young novice nun driven to convert the rapidly dying Africans to Catholicism before it's too latewho makes a desperate bargain with a corrupt plantation owner to help prevent the spread of HIV in the region.

Echo Bridge's "Third Wish" - starring Jenna Mattison, Sean maguire, Armand Assante, Betty White. A rags to riches story for Maggie Malone, an aspiring writer who finds a First Edition copy of Great Expectations in the bookstore she works in. The seemingly magical book grants her three wishes, or so Maggie thinks. The true magic is being orchestrated by a mysterious benefactor from maggie's past. A handsome Oxford lawyer is her guide thru a Cinderella like transformation that in the end makes her believe in love and the fairytales she writes about. Truly a feel good magical tale.

Genius' "Bottom Feeder" Stars Tom Sizemore, Amber Cull, Wendy Anderson, Joe Dinicol, and Martin Roach. Streets 4-3-2007. Oozing with slick gyesome creature effects,Sizemore stars as a maintenace worker who, along with his crew, is hunted and terrorized by an indestructible monster mistakenly created by the military.

Vivendi's "L.A. Dicks" - starsAnthony Guidera, Dean Aliota, Sarah Wynter, and
Michael Madsen. Streets 4-10-2007. Welcome to the twisted and comedic
underground world of L.A. private detectives. In between pitching their cases to
studio executives in hopes of getting a movie deal and competing against rival
detectives. Jude and Harold find themselves undercover at a psychic parlor.
When the psychic gives them a surprising reading about their own lives, their universe is turned upside down as the cryptic predictions unfold.

March, 2007 Hidden Gem Titles

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Echo Bridge's "Some Things That Stay" Stars Katie Boland, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Zegers, and Alberta Watson After years of moving, 15 year-old Tamara is tored of starting over. When her unconventional family relocates to a conservative country town, she discovers new friends, new romance - and a chance of a normal life. But just as she begins to feel at home, her mother is hospitalized, forcing young Tamara to grow up quickly and find the strength to keep her family from falling apart. Set in rural 1950's America, this luminous coming-of-age story tells a compellingtale of courage, faith, and the incredible power of forgiveness.

Anchor Bay's "The Pleasure Drivers" Starring Lauren Holly, Angus MacFadyen, Lacey Chabert, Meat Loaf, and Billy Zane Streets 3-13-2007 "The Pleasure Drivers" lays out three separate interconnected stories involving and adulterous therapist, a young sociopath call girl, a vicious lesbian hit woman, a white trash kidnapper, and a brain-damaged ex-cult guru. Described as funny, sexy, edgy amd dangerous. "The Pleasure Drivers" energetically explores the dark side of Los Angeles and how it gleefully relates to the gasoline of libido.

Zeitgeist's "My Country, My Country" Streets 3-20-2007 Over eight months, American filmmaker Laura Poitras follows Iraqui Physician Dr. Riyadh - father of six and Sunni political candidate - for an unforgettable journey into the heart of war-ravaged Iraq in the months leading up to the January, 2005 elections. An outspoen critic of the occupation, Dr. Riyadh is equally passionate about building democracy in Iraq. Yet all around him, he sees only chaos, as his waiting room fills each day with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of ever-increasing violence. dramatically inter-woven into his personal journey is the landscape of U.S. military occupation. Australian private security contractors, and the U,N, officials who orchestrated the elections.

Screen Media's "Kettle of Fish" - Stars Matthew Modine, Gina Gershon, Christy Scott Cashman, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Streets 3-6-2007. Longtime lothario Mel realizes he's gwetting older and no closer to love, so he decides to sublet his apartment and settle down with his new girlfriend, Inga. But no sooner has he moc=ved in with Inga, when anotherwoman catches his eye and obsession. When Inga finds out, she dumps Mel back into the street and he's forced back into his apartment, which is now occupied by Ginger. The sparks begin to fly when Mel and Ginger form a friendship and try to help each other navigate love and life, in a funny, sweet romantic comedy that cannot be missed!

February, 2007 Hidden Gem Titles

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Vivendi's "National lampoon's TV: The Movie" - starring Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Lee Majors, Judd Nelson. It is a celebration of the ever-increasing ridiculousness of society reflected through television...oh, who are we trying to kid? We just wanted to break the stuff, throw Steve-O off a building and get some chick naked. Biting sketch comedy combined with "Jackassian" stunts form the basis of this demented channel-surfing adventure for the unfocused youth of the world. This spoof comedy stars pop-culture icons.

ThinkFilm's "Keeping Mum" - starring Maggie Smith, Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Swayze. Rowan Atkinson is an absent minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice thta his wife's dalliance with her brash young golf instructor, his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their charming new housekeeper,Grace, the answer to the family's prayers: a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house - and avery unusual way of solving problems.

Columbia's "Half Nelson" - starring Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie. Dan Dunne is a young inner-city junior high school teacher whose ideals wither and die in the face of reality. Though Dan is brilliant, and in control in the classroom, he spends his time outside school on the edge of consciousness. His disappointments and disillusionment have led to a serious drug habit. He juggles his hangovers and his homework, keeping his lives separated, until one of his troubled students, Drey, catches him getting high after school. From this awkward beginning, Dand and Drey stumble into an unexpected friendasip.

Screenmedia's "Disaster! The Movie" - starring Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Glenn Morshower, Vince Neil, Nicki Sixx. In this spoof of big budget disaster films, a killer planetoid threatens the earth. To combat this threat, the government turns to a vulcanoligist Harry Bottoms. He assembles a crack team of disaster specialists consisting of his estranged daughter Sandy Mellons, a nuclear physician, and a Deepcore driller. Together with a NASA flight crew and a flatulent French astronaut, our heroes face numerous, preposterous complications, including the hazardous gas passed by Bidet and an angry space monkey who dwells on the planetoid.

Columbia's "Boynton Beach Club" - starring Sally Kellerman, Joseph Bologna, Dyan Cannon, Len Cariou, Brenda Vaccaro. Lois, Harry, Marilyn, Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find emotional support after the loss of a loved one. For anyone who thins that new love and romance ends long before retirement, they're in for a reality check. No one sees themselves as becoming old, and the residents of Boynton Beach aren't about to start. But sometimes we all need a little reminder that life is worth living and sharing.

January, 2007 Hidden Gem Titles

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Anchor Bay's "Veteran" - starring Ally sheedy, Bobby Hosea, Michael ironside. Ray Watson returns to Vietnam thirty years after the fall of Saigaon. he is confronted in his hotel room by an overwrought man wielding a pistol who forces him to recall the life and death moments of hos old platoon. Unbeknownst to the man, however, Ray is not entirely alone. In an office across from the hotel we discover a surveillance team of several American government agents. An explosive climax approaches and yet only one of them will be going home.

New Line's "Undisputed II" - starring Michael Jay White, Scott Adkins. In this sequel to the 2002 film, Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight the jailhouse fighting champion Uri Boyka in a battle to the death. This time he is not just fighting for a title. He is fighting for his life.

Columbia's "Quinceanera" - starring Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia. As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her working class family prepares for the all important "Quinceanera" - a lavish coming-of-age celebration. But when her father discovers she is pregnant and refuses to believe the incredible truth - she is actually a virgin - Magdalena moves in with her elderly Uncle Tomas and black sheep cousin Carlos. her newfound family is soon put to the test,however, when an unexpected crisis threathens to tear them apart, and Magdalena learns what it truly means to come of age.

ThinkFilm's "Farce of the Penguins - starring voices of Bob Saget, Christina Applegate, Samuel L. Jackson, Lewis Black. It's mating season... Meet Carl and Jimmy, two cold penguins ona desperate mission to get themselves some hot body. After years of empty one-night stands, Carl wants more than a piece og penguin tale. He wants the love of the beautiful Melissa. Now it's up to Jimmy to help his neurotic friend win her heart and find his dream girl. The only thing that stands in their way is ... a seventy mile trek across Antartica. It's a road trip like no other, as these two best bros make their way to a penguin island paradise. This is a raunchy, yet heart-warming comedy like no other.

December, 2006 Hidden Gem Titles

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Echo Bridge's "The Ron Clark Story" - starring Matthew Perry, Judith Buchan, hannah Hodson, Ernie Hudson. Three-time Emmy award nominee matthew Perry delivers a "...tour-de-force performane" as a real-life inspiration Ron Clark, a passionate and innovative teacher who leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to his students, clark must use unconventional methods, including his ground-breaking classroom rules, to drive them toward their greatest potential.

Vivendi's "Pledge This!" - starring Paris Hilton, Paula Garces, Sarah Carter. It's all out class warfare between freshman female pledges and the beautiful soroity "it' girls ruled by Gamma Gamma president Victoria. it's hilarious and sexy in the over-the-top tradition of Van Wilder commedies... a National Lampoon effort.

Allumination's "Checking Out" - starring Peter Falk, David Paymer, Judge Reinhold, Laura San Giacomo. On the eve of his 90th birthday, eccentric, celebrated Borscht-Belt actor Morris Applebaum summons his three grown children to his Manhatten apartment for a festive shindig no one will ever forget. Because when the party's over, Morris intends to make his "final exit." No, he's not up to his hilariuosly angst-ridden offspring to put aside their own excess baggage and convince Morris that it ain't over till the fat lady sings.

November, 2006 Hidden Gem Titles

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ThinkFilm's "Strangers With Candy" - starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Matthew Broderick, Greg Holliman. Going to high school is always scary. It is especially scary the second time around for a 47 year-old ex-con crack junkie prostitute.

Vivendi's "Shadowboxer" - starring Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. When Rose, a female assasin, is diagnosed with cancer, she decides to carry out one final killing, assisted by her lover and also stepson.

Vivendi's "The Groomsmen" - starring Edward Burns, Donal Logue, Jay Mohr, John Leguizamo, Matt Lillard. The story follows the misadventures of a groom and his four groomsmen a week before the wedding. Wrestling with issues of fatherhood, honesty, and growing up, the five thirty somethings discover their extended adolescence is finally coming to a close.

January, 2007 street date product and the Program explained

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The Program with All Details

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iDEA aka VSDA Rental Profits Program – Hidden Gems
Starts with November, 2006 Street Date Product

Purpose: To assist video retailers in identifying profitable New Release Independent Product.

Product Parameters:
- No box office or very little box office.
- Movie genre appeals to virtually all retailers; specifically, action, adventure, western, war, comedy, drama, romantic comedy, romance, horror, etc. NOT XXX or gay or Spanish, etc. And RARELY sub-titled or dubbed or documentary, etc.,
- DVDs are distributed by most, if not all, of the 5 U.S. distributors.
- Artwork will cause the DVD to rent. The artwork will positively highlight the genre and stars.

Promotional Support:

- Broadcast e-mails to 16,000 employees of EMA/iDEA members. The e-mail announces the Hidden Gem titles with artwork.

- Broadcast e-mail to 16,000 employees of EMA/iDEA members. A pre-order report of all titles is sent four (4) times during solicitation. The Hidden Gem tiles are always segregated and listed at the top of the e-mail.

- Banner ad on the EMA/iDEA web site for one (1) month. Titles permanently featured on the site by program month.

- Artwork of selections distributed to all distributor sales people (~220) via Tollini’s Monthly Rental Purchasing Tip Sheet via snail mail.

- Screeners, if available, distributed via NEBG in their monthly pack.

- Broadcast e-mail eight (8) times to 2,000+ Video Retailers that include mass merchants, online retailers, iDEA dealers, and non-IDEA dealers. The e-mail is a Forecast of New Release Dates by Supplier by Month. Only Box Office hits and iDEA Hidden Gem titles are shown.

- Broadcast e-mail to 2,000+ Video Retailers that include mass merchants, online retailers, iDEA dealers and non-iDEA dealers. The e-mail is a Purchasing Tip Sheet. Only Box Office hits and iDEA Hidden Gem titles are shown.

- NEW starting in January, 2011– A Monthly ONLINE Presentation for Video Retailers on Purchasing ALL titles in a month with special emphasis on HIDDEN GEM titles.

Timing: Suppliers submit 5 copies of each title approximately 60 days in advance; e.g., September 1st , 2012 submission deadline for titles with street dates in November, 2012. We will start promoting the titles September 15th.

Cost: $0 to submit a film. $1,000 per title accepted.

Selection Committee: Anonymous except for me. Four experienced Video Retailers, who can identify Independent product sleeves, genres, actors, etc. that rent, will select the titles. Then, the Committee has 2 weeks to veto titles after viewing for minimum acceptable quality. We never go negative and announce rejections. We only announce the positive or the titles selected for the month.

Bob Tollini

Deadline Calendar:

For November, 2006 street date product, the deadline is September 1, 2006.
For December, 2006 street date product, the deadline is October 1, 2006.
For January, 2007 street date product, the deadline is November 1, 2006.

For December, 2007 street date product, the deadline is October 1, 2007.
For January, 2008 street date product, the deadline is November 1, 2007.
For December, 2008 street date product, the deadline is October 1, 2008.
For January, 2009 street date product, the deadline is November 1, 2008.
For December, 2009 street date product, the deadline is October 1, 2009.
For December, 2010 street date product, the deadline is October 1, 2010
For December, 2011 street date product, the deadline is October 1, 2011

For January, 2012 street date product, the deadline is November 1, 2011.
For December, 2012 street date product, the deadline is October 1, 2012.

APPROXIMATELY - the deadline is the first of the month of the second prior month
of the street date month.
Submission Address:

IDEA aka VSDA
16530 Ventura Boulevard
Suite 400
Encino, CA 91436

Attention: Grace Lee

Hidden Gem Video Suppliers - So Far!

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Allumination Film Works
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Arts Alliance America
City Lights Media Group
E1 Entertainment
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Entertainment Studios
First Look Studios
Fox Home Entertainment
Genius Products LLC
Image Entertainment

Inception
Liberation Entertainment
Lightyear Video
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Monterey Media Inc.

MPI
MTI Home Video
New Line Home Video
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Peace Arch Home entertainment
Screen Media Films
Sony Pictures Home Entetainment
ThinkFilm

Viva Pictures
Vivendi Home Entertainment
Wolfe Video
Xenon Pictures
Zeitgeist Films

Many thanks....