By: Al B.
A BALANCE
Film Movement
Available on DVD/Digital now
Investigative filmmaker Yuko is putting together a piece about the bereaved families connected with a bullied schoolgirlʼs suicide. Determined to shed light on the truth, Yukoʼs uncompromising nature brings her in conflict with the conservative-minded management at her television network, but succeeds in getting her interview subjects to place their trust in her. Then Yuko discovers that her father, Masashi who runs a test prep school, has made a grave error of judgment. The further she becomes involved in his mistake, the more she finds herself telling lie after lie. As unexpected developments occur, Yukoʼs struggles with her conscience and her compromised perception of the truth force her to make life-altering decisions.
POLAR RESCUE
Well Go USA
#PolarRescue @WellGoUSA
Available on Blu-ray/Digital Now
After a young boy gets lost during a bitter snowstorm, his frantic parents seek help from the local police, who are soon faced with a desperate race against the clock as hours tick by with no sign of the child.
BABY ASSASSINS 2
Well Go USA Entertainment
Available on Blu-ray & Digital April 2
After being suspended from their agency due to a rules violation, two highly skilled teenage assassins are forced to get “real” jobs to make ends meet. But while the elite duo is forbidden from executing targets or enemies under any circumstances, two aspiring rival hitmen decide to eliminate the competition while they’re vulnerable—leading to a lightning-fast showdown between trained killers.
MONOLITH
Well Go USA – #monolith
Available on Digital now and Blu-ray April 23
While trying to salvage her career and rehabilitate her tarnished reputation, a disgraced journalist (Lily Sullivan) begins digging into a strange conspiracy theory via a controversial new investigative podcast. But as the evidence begins leading uncomfortably close to home, she will be forced to grapple with the web of lies at the heart of her own story.
BORN TO FLY
Well Go USA
Available on Blu-ray/Digital now
After an unforeseen threat arises mid-air, a talented young air force test pilot (Wang Yibo) is forced to test not only the capabilities of his top-secret aircraft but also his own physical and psychological limits in order to survive.
ALTERED PERSEPTIONS
Ariztical Entertainment
Available on DVD, Blu-Ray & Digital April 23
In this award-winning LGBT mind bender directed by Jorge Ameer, written by neuropsychologist Dr. Wayne Dees, a man faces dire consequences from working on the wrong side of the political spectrum during a pandemic as a mind-altering virus triggers pandemonium and exacts savage chaos by hose infected.
MYSTERIOUS WAYS
Ariztical Entertainment
Available on DVD/Digital April 30th
Choosing between the love of a good man and faith in God is a tough call, especially for rebel vicar Peter Simmons. Peter ministers to an inner-city parish in New Zealand where he lives with his Samoan boyfriend of many years, Jason. When Peter and Jason agree to get married news of the forbidden marriage explodes, Peter finds himself under siege and the Bishop demands his resignation. The wedding is in jeopardy, the relationship is threatened, and Peter finds himself questioning his faith.
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
IFC Films SHUDDER
Available in theaters Now
October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated late night talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. A year after the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack plans a Halloween special like no other, unaware that he is about to unleash evil into the living rooms of America.
MOJA & VESNA
IndiePix Films
Available on DVD/Digital now
Ten-year-old Moja lives with her grief-stricken Slovenian Father Milos and pregnant twenty-year-old sister Vesna in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. Unable to accept the reality of her mother’s sudden passing, Moja instead focuses on preparing for the baby while Vesna struggles to take responsibility as an expecting parent. Despite the growing strain in their relationship, Moja pushes on, hoping in vain that Vesna will eventually fill the “mother-shaped hole” in her life. It is not until Moja meets and befriends Miranda and her quirky daughter Danger that she begins to realize that brighter days lay ahead.
MONSTER
Well Go USA
Available on Digital now and Blu-ray April 9
After a mother (Ando Sakura) discovers that a teacher’s bullying is behind her young son’s sudden strange behavior, she storms into his school demanding an explanation. Continually left without satisfactory answers—and with an increasingly distressed child—she furiously escalates her concerns to the school board and the media. But as the story unfolds through the multilayered perspectives of mother, teacher, and child, the real truth gradually emerges—and proves much more complex than anyone could have expected.