Category: Film & Video

Chicago produced "Batman" fan-film released online.

With the theatrical release of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight breaking records at the box-office, an intrepid group of Chicago filmmakers took to the streets in June to shoot a Batman "fanfilm" that bridges events between 2005's Batman Begins and the newly released Warner Brothers blockbuster.

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Post traumatic stress disorder and other issues involving disabled American veterans have become the focus of a new film entitled, "Who Will Stand." There are many films about the war in Iraq, but a small team of Las Vegas filmmakers decided that the soldiers would be better served by addressing the issues they deal with after they return home.

More American soldiers kill themselves than are killed by the enemy, and many others suffer the effects of post traumatic stress disorder. As many as eighteen soldiers a day are committing suicide and most of those soldiers kill themselves after they return home. Their divorce rate has tripled since the beginning of the war and substance abuse among veterans is four times the national average. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg according to Who Will Stand producer/director Phil Valentine.

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10 year old Christian Golsynski bears the horrors of war in this photo as he accepts the folded American flag after the loss of his father Marc in Iraq.

A riveting new documentary called "Food Matters," launched globally on May 30, jolts the trillion-dollar worldwide, 'healthcare industry', by declaring a range of scientifically verifiable natural solutions for vibrant health and wellness.

Nutritionists turned filmmakers, James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch, have produced a bold film, Food Matters, based on a challenging and potentially startling message of self-healthcare. This eye-opening documentary has viewers going "wow" as it asks then answers these thought-provoking questions:

As gas prices rise and the economy battles with the massive burden of Iraq and the War on Terror, a new film comes to Showtime and DVD reminding Americans about the other, longer, more costly war that has yet to be brought up this election season.

The new Showtime documentary, American Drug War: The Last White Hope, is coming to DVD, and leads the debate on the War on Drugs.

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Tommy Chong serving time in a privately owned prison.

The first dramatic feature film to challenge the official version of 9/11 events, "The Reflecting Pool," will screen twice a day July 11-16 and July 18 at the Pioneer Theater in New York City. The film follows a journalist who teams up with the father of a 9/11 victim to investigate the official version of the events. What they find poses a disturbing question: To what extent was the U.S. Government at fault for the attacks?

The new investigative movie drama, The Reflecting Pool, marks its New York City premiere at the Pioneer Theater on Friday, July 11. This is the first time a dramatic feature film questioning the events of 9/11 will see an extended theatrical run in the United States. The movie will play twice nightly July 11-16 and July 18 with filmmakers Jarek Kupsc, Jodie Baltazar, and Joseph Culp in attendance for a question-and-answer after each show.

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Not suprizingly, it appears that the fundies are in a snit over Oprah's embrace of New Age or New Though ideas. In our mind, however, "Don't Drink the Kool-Aid would be a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

(Press Release) The Beatles don't have anything on Oprah. In an interview on July 29, 1966, John Lennon stated that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." Robert Fontenot, Jr., an entertainment critic and journalist says in an article on About.com, that "it remains one of the biggest pop music scandals of all time, but even that dubious honor can't really convey the impact the statement had in those bygone days." According to Wikipedia, "The American Bible Belt protested in the South and Midwest, and conservative groups staged public burnings of Beatles' records and memorabilia. Many radio stations banned The Beatles' music, and some concert venues cancelled performances."

Will America have the same reaction when they are aware that Oprah says that "we are God?"

For the first time in over forty years, an outside investigator has filmed extensively within the organization. An important Satanic ritual was captured for the first time ever.

New, controversial footage, from within the Church of Satan, has been released. It has been more than forty years since in-depth footage of the Church was shot, and a new Satanic ritual has been documented and publicly presented for the first time. It's revealed and confirmed that public servants and various celebrities are, or have been, members of the Satanic Church, including Sammy Davis, Jr. and Jayne Mansfield. In interviews leading up to the un-cut ritual, one Satanist says, if there is a God who feels Satanists should roast in hell, "He can go _ himself," and that all people are not created equal. Another said Christianity is "like a rabies."

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Scene from Inside the Church of Satan.

New DVD club features environmental films - hosted by actor/environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr.

Hosted by noted environmentalist and actor, Ed Begley, Jr, the new subscription based Earth Cinema Circle (ECC) DVD club, offers a bi-monthly selection of inspiring eco-friendly films, as well as exclusive membership in a community dedicated to improving the health of our planet. Every other month, ECC will send you four films (features, shorts and documentaries) that explore subjects such as wildlife and conservation, green movies about environmental choices, inspirational biographies about environmental heroes, adventurous eco-travel and more.

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Ed Begley, Jr. hosts the New Earth Cinema Circle DVD Club.

We oldtimers gotta love it. You younger folks might not even know who the Byrds were, given the fact that they seem to get absolutely no airplay these days - in spite of the fact that their work still holds up. If you don't know, the Byrds were perhaps the most important American group in the mid to late sixties.

In a musical first, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Roger McGuinn has recorded a unique video from the inside of a private berth on a train headed from Florida to New York. The Roger Rocks on Rails video, recorded exclusively for GrowingBolder.com features McGuinn taking viewers on a musical journey through the history of rock and roll.

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This feature length documentary takes an up close look at the town that became the home of the world famous Witch School in 2003.

The New York Underground Film Festival (NYUFF) has announced that the independent documentary Hoopeston will be included in the lineup for this year's event. Known as the "King of the Indies," the NYUFF has a long-standing tradition of showcasing some of the world's most cutting-edge contemporary films, from full-length features to video shorts. In its 15th and final year, the festival promises to deliver one of its strongest lineups ever.

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Still photo from the feature length documentary Hoopeston that will premiere at the New York Underground Film Festival.