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Mayor Cupcake
Writer/Producer -- 2011. Distributed via Moving Pictures Film & TV and Phase IV, this family dramedy stars LEA THOMPSON as Mary Maroni, a mother pressed into service as the mayor of Bridgeville who must use all her wiles to change the direction the town's taken while keeping her family and job as top cupcake baker as the main priorities in her life. Ms. Thompson's teen daughters Madelyn and Zoey play her movie daughters in the film which also stars JUDD NELSON as Donald Maroni, DORIAN HAREWOOD as Albert and FRANKIE FAISON as Lenny. Alex Pires produced and directed. Available on DVD and Amazon Prime. Trailer below:
She Drives Me Crazy
Writer -- 2007. Won "BEST TV MOVIE", Canada's Gemini Award (their Emmy) (11/10). Melinda Clarke ("The OC") and Krista Bridges ("Narc") star in this family drama road pic. SDMC premiered on Lifetime, telling the story of two estranged sisters who reunite for a trip that takes them to a place they thought was gone forever. Still airs on CTV in Canada and LMN ON DEMAND in the states and available on DVD internationally. Watch for free on FilmRise.
Lifetime Network trailer below.
Lifetime Network trailer below.
The Final Season
Writer -- 2007. Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tom Arnold, Michael Angarano, Dayton Callie, and Larry Miller. Directed by David Mickey Evans (THE SANDLOT), THE FINAL SEASON hit 1,100 theaters in October 2007. Check out this heartwarming family film based on the true story of an Iowa high school baseball team playing for their 20th state title in the face of great adversity. Now available everywhere on DVD and ON DEMAND via Starz. Also available on Amazon Prime Video.
Trailer below or click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Kp8FjSGNk
Trailer below or click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Kp8FjSGNk
Zzyzx
(Writer/Co-producer -- 2007. Now available on Amazon Prime, this indie thriller stars THE SHIELD, SAVING GRACE, and SWAT's Kenny Johnson, Robyn Cohen (THE LIFE AQUATIC, CELESTINE PROPHECY), Ryan Fox and Kayo Zepeda, and is also available on DVD. ZZYZX won the Miami Independent Music and Film Festival and placed second at both the Central Florida Film Festival and the Fylmz Festival in Nashville. It's a dark and disturbing tale of death and deception in the Mojave desert. Not for the squeamish! Available on Amazon Prime Video.
ZZYZX Review 1 ZZYZX Review 2
ZZYZX Trailer below: (Then Distributor PUSH was trying trailer with a new title.)
THE MESS
Writer/Director/Producer -- 2008. Produced by NightFire Films and Dirty Martini Productions, THE MESS is a short film (23 1/2 min.) starring Rus Blackwell (CASE FOR CHRIST, ANTMAN, BATTLE LOS ANGELES, BANSHEE, HOMELAND) and Elizabeth Fendrick about what fate holds in store for a man who lets things like his messy home bother him too much. THE MESS was the Gold Coast Award winner for excellence in filmmaking at the 2009 Hollywood East Film Fest in Connecticut and the April 2008 winner of Enzian's Film Slam. An official selection of the Delray Beach FF, Indie Fest USA, Charlotte Film Festival, Rappahannock Independent Film Festival, the prestigious Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, the Wiregrass Film Festival and the 2009 Central Florida Film Festival, THE MESS was also chosen one of twelve shorts to tour the Southeast as part of the Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival. Check out Film Threat's 4-star review here: REVIEW (2/3 down the page). Watch the entire film for free on VIMEO (rated "Over 18," mostly for language). Also on Amazon Prime.
THE MESS trailer below:
THE MESS trailer below:
LETTERS TO GOD
Co-writer/Associate producer -- 2010. VIVENDI Release. Below is an article from Variety re this faith-based family film based on a true story from Possibility Pictures. Stars Robyn Lively, Ralph Waite and Bailee Madison. Available on Amazon Prim. Also, visit the
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& TRAILER BELOW.