Plan your Movie Date with SM Cinema exclusives from Crystalsky Multimedia

Prepare for a great day or night out as Crystalsky Multimedia brings three new SM Cinema exclusive movies just in time for your movie date this love month!

Witness all of life’s great ups and downs in romantic drama film, New Life. Benjamin (Jonathan Patrick Moore) and Ava (Erin Bethea) have known each other since they were young, with their innocent childhood friendship blossoming and their love growing and strengthening throughout the years. However, they soon learn that life does not always go the way you want it to as their entire future is thrown into uncertainty when their life takes a sudden turn.

Get ready to scream in SM Cinema’s 1st Sine-Sindak Horror Film Festival!

This coming Halloween, prepare yourselves to be horrified and get ready for your loudest scream as SM Cinema, the largest film exhibitor in the country, together with CrystalSky Multimedia, a key distributor of internationally renowned films, brings you the scariest film fest of the year, the 1st ever Sine-Sindak Horror Film Festival!

Sine-Sindak features eight (8) international horror movies that will surely send shivers down your spine.

The Hoarder (USA)

Ella (Mischa Barton) discovers her boyfriend is renting a secret storage unit, which she initially thought her partner is using as a hideout for his affair. Unfortunately, she together with her best friend Molly (Emily Atack), discover something more terrifying instead. She will also meet a group of strangers to help her face a deranged killer lurking in the darkness.

Passion Turns Deadly In Erotic Thriller “DECADENCE” In Cinemas September 27

Reminiscent of the highly successful “50 Shades of Grey” franchise, the upcoming thriller “Decadence” is an adult movie that follows a passionate affair that ends up as a dangerous sexual game. 

Anabel (Natalie Umaña) is a beautiful young woman who manages to live a normal life with her modest job. Innocent and cheerful but her sweetness seems to make her a willful victim. Oskar Pratz (Alejandro Estrada) is a brilliant and handsome entrepreneur amassing an impressive fortune. At age 32, his lifestyle goes beyond the limits of imagination.

Oskar lives with an inner emptiness that no possession or experience can fulfill his life. One day after almost running over Anabel with his car, a spark of mutual attraction is inevitable and a torrid romance ensues. Not too long after the romance, Anabel begins to fall into Oskar’s sexual games in erotic world. Although Anabel tries to stay open-minded and plays along for a while, Oskar wants more. With the self-destructive nature of Oskar, the fun and sexy games begin to decay and spiral downward into dangerous acts that lead to tragedy.

“SAMMY 2: ESCAPE FROM PARADISE” Exclusive AT SM Cinemas Family Movie Day This Weekend

Based on an original story by Ben Stassen and Domonic Paris,  “Sammy 2: Escape from Paradise” sees Sammy and Rey, leatherback turtles and friends forever, enjoying the water and sand, shepherding new hatchlings Ricky and Ella out to sea. Suddenly, a poacher swoops in and ships them off to be part of a spectacular aquarium show for tourists in Dubai. Trapped in The Tank, an underwater aquarium, they must hatch a plan to escape and reunite with their grandkids, Ricky and Ella, and protect them from the dangers of the ocean.  But they’ll have to get past Big D and his dopey thugs first.   With the help of some unlikely friends, Sammy and Ray fin that when you work together, anything is possible!

“Sammy 2: Escape From Paradise” from CrystalSky Multimedia will be exclusively featured at SM Cinemas’ Family Movie Day on August 20 and 21. 

A monthly bonding event, SM Cinema’s Family Movie Day invites all families to spend an unforgettable, fun-filled weekend at the movies. Families are encouraged to purchase two (2) tickets to the family movie of the month and two (2) kids get to watch for free. The family movie day kit includes one free bowling game, a one-hour skating pass, a one-month subscription to Blink, and other perks from Pancake House, Nivea Men, and other brand affiliates, patrons will also have access to a kids’ corner, full of different games and activities that children will surely enjoy. 

PRISON MAYHEM IN ACTION-PACKED “RIOT” ON JUNE 29

It’s payback time in the action-packed “Riot” starring Matthew Reese along with veteran actor Dolph Lundgren about a man who deliberately throws himself into prison to kill another prisoner who murdered his wife.

Jack Stone (Reese) purposefully orchestrates a bank robbery in order to be thrown into prison with the notorious Russian kingpin, Balam (Chuck Lidell).  More than just a mob criminal, Balam is  a very cunning and dangerous lord who controls the police force from behind bars. His cell is a lavish private room built specifically for him, inaccessible to most in the depths of the prison structure.  However, Stone eventually finds an ally with a fellow prisoner played by Lundgren. Surrounded by his loyal henchmen and guards in his sectioned off fortress, Balam doesn't know Jack is coming for him to avenge his family, whom Balam murdered in cold blood. 

“Riot” opens in cinemas on June 29 from CrystalSky Multimedia.  Check out the film’s trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZKW5V8hW5o

Paul Bettany Takes Director's Chair In Hard-Hitting Powerful Movie “SHELTER”

Best known to worldwide audience as Jarvis/Vision in the blockbuster Marvel movies “The Avengers,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” and in the upcoming “Captain America: Civil War,” Paul Bettany, who has also rendered an unforgettable performance in “A Beautiful Mind,” takes the director’s chair in his (directorial) debut in the movie “Shelter” which he also wrote, about two homeless people and their harrowing plight to survive.

“Shelter” stars Bettany’s wife, Jennifer Connelly opposite Anthony Mackie, who has also appeared in “Avengers” movies as Sam Wilson aka Falcon.  In “Shelter” Connelly takes on the character of Hannah while Mackie stars as Tahir.  Both come from two different worlds. But when their lives intersect, they’re at the same place: homeless on the streets of New York.  

REEL DEAL: Outcast And Orphan Wariors In “HEAVENLY SWORD”

A beautifully rendered fantasy world comes to screens this June 17 in “Heavenly Sword.”  The film is based on a game that was a launch title for the Playstation 3 and has since then become one of the company’s best-selling game titles.

The movie leaps from the console and heavily bears the influences of ancient Asian architecture and landscapes, with a mix of European technologies and accents. Centuries old, this world, from villages to castles, breathes magic and fantasy from every corner. 

REEL DEAL: “BAT OUTTA HELL” Trailer Release

Inspired by actual events, “Bat Outta Hell” is an eerie horror thriller that follows four inspiring, young filmmakers who are sent to shoot in the vast extremes of the South Australian wilderness and ended up in a town called Nowhere Else.  

Starring Rachel Murphy, Marro Dapper and Vernon Wells, “Bat Outta Hell’s” production was completed through crowd funding under Danial Donai’s direction.    

 In the movie, the actors portraying the role of filmmakers dine and stay for the night with an estranged man that owns a roadhouse in this dusty town. After an emotional and frightening experience, they decide to make a quick exit from the roadhouse. Soon after, their vehicle is immobilized by a flying object, which leaves them stranded in the baron desert. They find shelter for the rest of the night in an old abandoned church, which stands out of place in this barren landscape of nothing. 

"Bat Outta Hell” will open very soon in theatres this April 29 from Crystal Sky Multimedia. 

REEL DEAL: Comedy Horror "WOLFCOP" In Cinemas February 25

Winner of the Arizona Underground Film Festival and nominated at 2015’s International Fantasy Fim Award (Fantasporto 2015), “Wolfcop” is the latest animal hybrid cop movie ever produced.

Deadcentral.com cited that “Wolfcop” is a movie that knows exactly what it is and basically winks at the audience the entire time.  The movie sees alcoholic cop Lou Garou blacks out and wakes up in unfamiliar surroundings and things started to take a strange turn. Crime scenes seem oddly familiar. Lou's senses are heightened, and when the full moon is out, he's a rage-fueled werewolf.  As introduced, Lou Garou is a small town police officer with a drinking problem who is haunted by his past. Though he once had ambitions of being a good police officer, he has settled into a routine of failure. Also, he's a werewolf.

“Wolfcop” opens this February 25 from Crystalsky Multimedia is one cop's quest to become a better man...one transformation at a time.

Trailer link here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQM-YC6xsx4 

REEL DEAL: Steven Seagal Return To Action In “A GOOD MAN”

Known worldwide for his adept skills in fighting under cool demeanor, Steven Segal, whose action blockbuster movies such as “Above The Law” and “Under Siege” solidified his status as action icon is back in the upcoming movie “A Good Man.”

Steven Seagal plays Alexander Coates in “A Good Man,” a special forces operator who becomes haunted by his past when a little girl dies in his arms on a mission in Dagestan. Looking for redemption, Alexander goes off grid. Two years later (somewhere in Eastern Europe) Alexander meets Sasha Ivanov working as an enforcer for a Russian mobster named Vladimir – forced to pay off a debt from his father and passed down to his family. When low level gangsters start turning up dead and money begins to disappear, Sasha suspects that he is being set up to take the fall. And when his sisters Mya and Lena are kidnapped by Vladimir, Sasha turns to  the only man who can help – Alexander Coates.

REEL DEAL: Hollywood's Unsettling Side In “THE CANYONS”

“The Canyons” starring Lindsay Lohan is a contemporary thriller written by Bret Easton Ellis (“Less Than Zero,” “American Psycho”) directed by Paul Schrader (“Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “Affliction,” “Auto-Focus”)and producer Braxton Pope,  “The Canyons” documents five twenty-something's quest for power, love, sex and success set in the year 2012 in Hollywood.  The filmmakers partly financing the film themselves through Pope’s new company Sodium Fox in order to maintain complete creative control of the distinct source material.  According to Schrader, “We all experienced the frustrations of financing and institutional censorship. But now, with advances in digital photography and distribution, we can tell a story in the manner we choose. Movies are changing and we’re changing with it.” 

REEL DEAL: Danielle Chuchran Back IN Fighting Form In "SURVIVOR"

Danielle Chuchran, an up and rising action heroine who recently starred in  "Saga: Curse of the Shadow," "Minor Details" and "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat" shows her action skills anew in "Survivor" along with favorite sci-fi actor Kevin Sorbo. 

Produced by Arrowstorm Entertainment, known as a world leader in fantasy films, the movie finds Kate (Chuchran) as one of the last living humans who landed on an alien planet.  But when Kate's crewmates are captured by flesh-eating creatures, she must join forces with the planet's mysterious masked inhabitants before what's left of humanity is destroyed. 

REEL DEAL: Bloody "SAVAGED" Opens July 30 In Cinemas

In the upcoming gore thriller movie "Savaged," Zoe, a lovely deaf mute woman, stumbles on a horrific crime - a gang of rednecks slaughtering two Native American Boys.  Zoe's brave attempts to save one of the boys seal her fate.   She is captured, raped and left for dead.  When an indian shaman finds her clinging to her life in a shallow grave he attempts to save her - she walks amongst the living, hellbent on getting revenge.   One by one she slaughters the men who brutalized her, while the clock ticks on her quickly decomposing body.

"Savaged" won as Best Film in this year's Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Awards and was lauded by Craveonline as"'The female  version of The Crow movie we've all been waiting for."  Moreso,  www.horrornews.net mentioned "Savaged" as "Brutal, exciting and heart-breaking. With brilliant film making and amazing performances, this film is destined to become a classic 5 out of 5 stars."

Soon to open in cinemas this July 30, "Savaged" is from Crystalsky Multimedia.  Check out "Savaged" trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6CKMAfw9Mw

REEL DEAL: “CHANNELING” Peeks Into The Future of Self-Brodcasting

Every change, every trend, every upgrade has its boon and bane.  In “Channeling,” first time director Drew Thomas precursors on the imminent dangers of one’s wanton desire for fame and fortune via daily self-broadcasts.

“Channeling” revolutionizes social media with its eyecast tool – a contact camera that one can wear on their eyes where it transmits real time all the information and sent directly to one’s smartphone or tablet.  The movie is a futuristic thriller on people who seek validation by broadcasting their lives to as big an audience as possible.

REEL DEAL: “CHANNELING” – YOU’RE ONLY LIVE ONCE

In today’s social-media obsessed and advertising-driven world, the upcoming thrilling film “Channeling” brings a thought-provoking commentary on the possible path of destruction on the way we currently channel our lives. It introduces us into a world where people have begun live-casting. Using a camera in the form of a contact lens, people begin sharing every part of their lives. Some lives are more exciting to watch than others.

Written and directed by Drew Thomas, “Channeling” tells the story of a soldier who returns home for his brother’s funeral to find that his older sibling’s death is mired in a mystery involving social media “eyecasting,” where a user places a contact lens with a camera on their eye and broadcasts everything they do. The more hits you get on your “channel” the more sponsors you can acquire. This spawns casinos where gamblers can bet on people’s life events and unscrupulous channel producers who try to spice up the action on their eyecaster channels.  

Winner at the recent Phoenix Film Festival as Best Sci-Fi Feature, “Channeling” opens July 2 in local cinemas nationwide from CrystalSky Multimedia.

Check out the thrilling trailer here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34untXf56ko&feature=youtu.be

REEL DEAL: “CHANNELING” Real Time, Real Life Selfies Using Wearable (Eye) Contact Cameras

Forget monopods and today’s parity gadgets because the future of live broadcast “selfies” is about to be seen in “Channeling,” a visionary movie taking today’s social media to a new level, using wearable eye-cast contact camera lenses that shows everything the human eye can feast on real time that the audience can watch on their smartphones.    

Set in a future that is just about to happen, the mother of all live streams and updates unfold in “Channeling” directed by first time director/writer Drew Thomas starring Taylor Handley known for his roles in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning” and “Battle Los Angeles,” with interesting supporting cast that includes Kate French, Skyler Day, Dominic DeVore, Ryan Walker and Landon Ashworth, “Channeling” follows the lives of a young group of people broadcasting their daily lives to the most number of audience possible and competing to reach viral hits no matter what the cost.  

REEL DEAL: Monster Comedy "A Little Bit Zombie" In Cinemas February 26

From a seemingly harmless mosquito bite, a groom-to-be fights his fate turning into a zombie in the outrageous comedy “A Little Bit Zombie” starring Kristopher Turner as Steve, Crystal Lowe, Shawn Roberts, Kristen Hager and multi-talented actor Stephen McHattie.

"A Little Bit Zombie” had recently been awarded as Best Feature Film in several film festivals in the U.S., Brazil and Canada.  The movie’s misadventures start when Steve (Turner), a mild mannered HR manager becomes infected with a zombie virus at his bachelor party.  Unknown to Steve, his infection came from the farther part of the secluded forest where he’s celebrating and where undead exterminator “Shotgun” Max (McHattie) and his bookish assistant, Penelope, are snuffing out a zombie outbreak at the same time. Max relishes killing zombies, as Penelope squeamishly uses the ancient Orb of Conthulezbarr, a crystal sphere filled with blue energy, to locate the undead. During the battle, a mosquito bites one of the zombies and becomes infected. It escapes the bloodbath and flies out onto the open road where … splat … it is crushed on Steve’s car windshield.

REEL DEAL: Getting Married And Being A Zombie - Keeping It Togeher In "A Little Bit of Zombie"

With a string of acclaims from various festivals,  “A Little Bit of Zombie” recently won in the Canadian Film Festival as “Best Feature Film” and bagged Honolulu’s International Film Festival Gold Kahuna Award Won along with Golden Ace Award – Las Vegas Int’l Film Festival’s Golden Ace Award, Louisville Fright Night Film Festival, Mexico Int’l Film Festival’s Golden Palm Award, Houston International Film Festival’s Gold Remi Award, Fright Night Film Festival Kentucky as Best Feature-Film, Best Comedy Film and Best Zombie Film.

“A Little Bit of Zombie”  follows the adventures of Steve, a mild-mannered HR manager (Kristopher Turner) who becomes infected with a virus during a weekend get-away with his sister, Sarah (Kristen Hager) his best friend, Craig (Shawn Roberts), and his fiancé, Tina (Crystal Lowe). While he attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains he must elude Max (Stephen McHattie), the obsessed zombie hunter hot on his trail, and avoid the wrath of his bridezilla-to-be. He tries to keep it together but his fiancée will do anything to make sure the wedding takes place, even when her husband-to-be is a little bit zombie.

Glee Star Alex Newell Joins Young Bromance In "Geography Club"

From young twin brothers Gary (director)  and Edmund (writer), “Geography Club” stars “Glee’s” Alex Newell with Cameron Deane Stewart, Justin Deeley, Nikki Blonsky, Meaghan Martin, Andrew Caldwell and Allie Gonino in a coming-of-age and coming-out film of contemporary gay teenagers who formed a club that seemed so nerdy that it keeps the curious away, so that they can openly and safely discuss their true sexual identities.

Based on Brent Hartinger's best-selling critically acclaimed novel of the same title, “Geography Club” is a fast, fresh coming-of-age movie that tells a real and powerful story unfolding in every high school around the country – a story of kids hiding their true identities in plain sight, even as they feverishly pursue their hearts’ desires yet still look for something that will finally define who they are. They start out trying to protect their one big secret among themselves.  Russell (Stewart) is dating Trish (Martin), a sweet but sexually motivated young lady – even as he is falling for the football jock Kevin (Deeley), who won’t ever reveal the truth to his macho teammates Nolan (Harvey) and Jared (Darden).  Min (Maki) and Terese (Blonsky) tell everyone they’re really just best friends.  And then there’s Ike (Newell) who is trying on every identity in the book. They know they are different, but at least they’re not in daily danger like the bullied geek Brian Bund (Olivares). Yet, when Russell’s sexual orientation is suddenly exposed to the whole school by the ultra-popular Kimberly ( Gonino), the members of the Geography Club begin to panic. 

REEL DEAL: No Difference In Love, Straight or Gay in "Geography Club"

Finding one’ true identity and standing up for it happens in high school for Russell, a guy with boyish good looks and affable personality in the endearing, funny coming-of-age movie “Geography Club.”

Winner of the Audience Award as Best Feature Film and Best Performance by an Actress (Meaghan Martin), “Geography Club” navigates not just on gay relationships becoming the new normal but also takes on the comic everyday mishaps where teens are usually caught: trying to be liked by everyone while being beholden to no-one’s dreams and desires but our own.