In STRAIGHT OUTTA TOMPKINS, Zephyr Benson stars as a forlorn teenager abandoned in New York City who mistakes the welcoming embrace of a Lower East Side drug dealer for the love of family. Quickly falling in with a fast crowd and surfing a high of mixology, pills and the absurdity of the party lifestyle, he quickly learns that these friends come with a price. This film hopes to shine a light on the reality of being a teenager in America these days. With more and more teenagers arriving from overseas to study in America, they are experiencing these issues. Many of them are unaware of the laws and legislation in this country, so they are getting involved with the wrong sort of people.

In America, a lot of underage students will try and experience the nightlife long before they are legally supposed to. With the help of fake IDs, more teenagers are getting into clubs easily. It’s become a lot easier to access a fake ID these days. By just searching how to get fake id online, teenagers will be provided with multiple websites that offer these IDs, allowing them into clubs. Of course, underage drinking isn’t advised, but many people do it. Similarly, many teenagers in America experience drug use and other things at a young age, especially if they mix with the wrong crowds.

This film focuses on the issues that teenagers face in America. Hopefully, people will relate to this story and they should enjoy it when it’s released.
We open STRAIGHT OUTTA TOMPKINS this Friday at the NoHo 7. Writer-director-lead actor Zephyr Benson and producer David Rudd will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:50 PM screening on Saturday, March 7th and after the 3:20 screening on Sunday, March 8th. Hopefully, people will enjoy it and share it with their friends.

Built around the stories of heavyweight boxing legends Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins, who open up about their lives and careers as never before, CHAMPS balances these uncensored recollections with gorgeous reenactments, classic fight footage, and candid interviews with famous fans. More than just a sports documentary, CHAMPS examines what it means to pursue the American Dream through boxing, painting a picture of a controversial and unregulated sport in a moment of crisis.

We are pleased to open CHAMPS at our North Hollywood theater on Friday, March 13. Mr. Holyfield, along with filmmaker Bert Marcus, will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:10 PM screening on Sunday, March 15. Radio host, filmmaker and comedian Adam Carolla will moderate.

What if the ghastly images and abominations haunting our collective nightmares actually exist? Writer/director Adam Green (Hatchet) sets out to make a documentary exploring this tantalizing premise after being contacted by a mysterious man named William Dekker (Ray Wise). Dekker claims he can prove that “monsters are real” and insists these grotesque creatures are forgotten, hideously deformed humanoids inhabiting a vast, underground metropolis of the damned. Determined to expose the truth, Green embarks on a bone-chilling odyssey and gets more than he bargains for when he dares to go Digging Up the Marrow.

We open DIGGING UP THE MARROW at the NoHo today and tonight the filmmaker Adam Green and actors Will Barratt, Alex Pardee, and Ray Wise  will be there to introduce the 9:55 screening. Green and Barratt will be back to do the same for the Saturday, February 21 screening, joined by creature effects artists Rob Pendergraft and Greg Aronowitz.

Eric Schaeffer’s new film, BOY MEETS GIRL, is a poignant, sexy, romantic coming-of-age comedy about three twenty year olds living in Kentucky: Robby, (Michael Welch, Twilight) and his best friend since childhood, Ricky, a gorgeous transgender girl, have never dated. Lamenting the lack of eligible bachelors, Ricky considers dating a girl. In walks Francesca, a beautiful young debutante waiting for her Marine fiancé to return from the war. Ricky and Francesca strike up a friendship, and maybe a little more, which forces Robby to face his true feelings for Ricky. This is a sex/human positive modern fable and identification with its story crossing all gender and sexual orientation lines. The film hopes it will help empower the TS Dating Movement that calls for more acceptance of transgender people in both day to day life and in romantic situations.

BOY MEETS GIRL lead actors Michael Welch and Michael Galante will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:10 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, February 27 and 28 and after the 4:30 screening on Sunday, March 1.

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ALL THE WILDERNESS follows James, who has shut himself off from his surroundings, falling into a world of imagination and darkness. Visits with his psychiatrist have proven unhelpful – though he takes a liking to fellow patient, Val. As James begins to rebel against his single mother, he ventures into the night where he meets a mysterious kid who welcomes him into an eccentric city. Relationships are put to the test as James navigates unfamiliar territory, wrestling with the reality of his own personal wilderness.

We are pleased to open ALL THE WILDERNESS this Friday at the NoHo 7. ALL THE WILDERNESS writer-director Michael Johnson and the film’s producers will participate in a Q&A after the 7:40 PM screening at the NoHo on Saturday, February 21.