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The Poker Club
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For years, Aaron Tyler (Johnathon Schaech, Quarantine, Prom Night) has been getting together with his three best friends Monday nights to play poker. But tonight, everything is about to change forever when the men accidentally kill a burglar who’s broken into Aaron’s house. Fearing the consequences, Aaron and his friends dispose of the corpse and agree to take the secret to their graves. However, they soon discover someone knows what they’ve done and is now playing a murderous game of revenge with them in this horrifying thriller. Also starring Johnny Messner (Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, The Sweetest Thing), Judy Reyes (TV’s “Scrubs” and “Oz”), Lori Heuring (Prom Night, Mulholland Drive), Loren Dean (TV’s “Bones,” Gattaca) and Jana Kramer (Prom Night, Click).
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Waiting for Ophelia
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After years of live-in domesticity, Caitlin O'Malley wants to finally tie the knot with her union activist boyfriend Jonah Cross. Jonah, however, is adamantly against the institution of marriage on principle. For their most recent "anniversary", Jonah plans a quiet, celebratory dinner with family and friends. But when one of the party doesn't show, the rest are forced to wait, giving type-A Jonah plenty of time to be tortured by the fledgling relationship between his younger sister Zellie and her new boyfriend Jude Layafette, a recent parolee. Throw in the dissolving marriage of his best friend Bart Gergen, and a defiant ultimatum from a fed-up Caitlin, and suddenly the night isn't shaping up quite the way Jonah had planned. There are recriminations, revelations and reparations as, thanks in large part to the shenanigans of their guests, Jonah and Caitlin are forced to deeply examine the crossroads to which they've come and make a final decision that will affect the rest of their lives.
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Welcome to the 2009 Phoenix Film Festival
The 2009 Phoenix Film Festival will be held April 2 to April 9, 2009

The submission period for films and screenplays has ended. Selections will be announed in February.
Posted: Jan. 22, 2009 at 11:39PM by B-Side
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Closing Night at the 2008 Phoenix Film Festival


Posted: Dec. 09, 2008 at 6:27AM by Jason Carney - Festival Director
The Art of Travel
It appears this is last film that I'm writing about. Oddly enough it was the first film I saw.

The Art of Travel has one of the my favorite scenes of the Festival. It's the shocking wedding scene at the beginning. Maybe shocking is a horrible word. Let's go with surprising. Either way, the surprise is hilarious. I do love me some good comedy.

But this movie then turns into a little bit of everything as we follow Conner Layne through South America. It's got some drama, adventure, comedy, romance, etc. Christopher Masterson (Malcolm in the Middle) plays Conner and is very good. I love it when the main character in the film is somebody I'm rooting for.

Director, Tom Whelan got this film right. Well that's good because he can't get my name right, he keeps calling me James. I'll find a way to get past that because his style and the feel of this picture made me really enjoy it. Although I may call him Steve just to even the score a little. In fact, anyone that runs into Tom at the Festival, call him Steve for me and tell him that it's from James.

Go check out this film. It's a beautiful picture with a good story and good cast. That's reason enough for me. Count me in!
Posted: Apr. 02, 2008 at 8:52AM by Jason Carney - Festival Director
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