Alien Siege
by Robert Stadd
from Image Entertainment
An advanced race of aliens descends upon Earth with a single goal - the blood of eight million humans to save their own dying planet. The aliens have planted a doomsday device over the North Pole and if the Earth doesn't supply enough victims they'll activate it and destroy the planet. However if the Earth does comply the device will become a power supply capable of meeting all of its needs for the next 300 years. Every country in the world must surrender some citizens and the United States begins a lottery system. Anyone unlucky enough to be chosen is dead within 24 hours rendered into liquid which is then sent back to the alien world. One scientist Steven Chase whose daughter is chosen for the lottery decides to fight rather than surrender his only child. Suddenly he must race against time to find the aliens' weakness as the invaders decide to abandon their agreement and simply harvest humans at will leaving death and destruction in their wake.System Requirements:Running Time: 89 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 014381398021
Campfire Stories
by Jeff Mazzola
from Velocity / Thinkfilm
Campfire Stories
by Jeff Mazzola
from Platinum Disc
The Wedding Party
by Cynthia Munroe
from TROMA ENTERTAINMENT INC.
It grows more quaintly silly with each passing year, but The Wedding Party can be enjoyed for more than Robert De Niro's modest screen debut. Brian De Palma's first feature is not entirely his own (friends Wilford Leach and Cynthia Munroe are credited as codirectors), and that may explain why this whimsical black-and-white comedy reveals no early hint of the Hitchcockian thrillers that De Palma became known for. If anything, it's a close cousin to De Palma's subsequent satires Greetings (which was actually released first) and Hi Mom!, which further capitalized on De Niro's fast-rising talent. Jill Clayburgh also makes her debut here, and while De Palma makes good use of idyllic locations on Shelter Island, New York, and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, he employs all variety of low-budget techniques (fast-motion, unsynchronized sound, etc.) to cobble together a giddy chronicle of impending nuptials between an anxious pair (Clayburgh and Charles Pfluger) of Long Island lovebirds. De Niro (credited as "Robert Denero") is actually quite funny as the bridegroom's buddy, and Valda Setterfield gives a standout performance as Clayburgh's mother. It's a ridiculous mish-mash of familial mirth and mayhem, but with a budget of $43,000, De Palma showed enough directorial promise to win a theatrical release, three years after this film was made in 1966. --Jeff Shannon
Directed by Brian De Palma! Robert De Niro's first role! The happy day has finally arrived for Charlie and Josephine. The invitations have been sent, the relatives have arrived and Charlie is just about to meet his new family. There is just one problem as they head toward the alter, Charlie's case of cold feet brought on by his two best pals Cecil (De Niro) and Alistair (William Finley). Will Charlie say "I do" or will he let Cecil and Alistair talk him out of it?
DVD Extras
-Special intro by Lloyd Kaufman President of Troma and creator of The Toxic Avenger including Sloan and Seth's nuptials!
-Recently discovered scene from Madigan's Millions with Dustin Hoffman (His first starring role)!
-"Make Your Own Damn Movie Box Set" Film School in a Box!
-Learn about the only truly independent film festival with The Tromadance PSA!
-Web Monkey's bananas!
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