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It may sound like a cliché, but season two of Untitled Web Series raised the bar on almost everything you can think of and this 90 second look at what’s in store for the Inspector, Piper and Boyish The Extraordinaire (is he evil, is he kind to kitten’s, what’s with the running?) shows what they did with the money they raised. Richey says “Season 2 goes above and beyond Season 1 in every way. Characters are deeper, story is bigger, and the scope is just way scopier. We still had to write for a budget, because we knew we didn’t have a million dollars to spend, but seriously, I’m just bursting knowing what I know about Season 2 and not being able to tell people about it.”

Travis Richey stars as the trusty The Inspector along Carrie Keranen as Piper Tate and Eric Loya as Boyish. It’s also...

Blue Seraph Productions announced that Travis Richey (Pretty Little Liars) will join the cast of The Dark Place, the mystery-thriller written by Jody Wheeler and to be helmed by Judas Kiss director J.T. Tepnapa.

Richey is famous for his brief turn as Inspector Spacetime -a running gag on the critically underrated NBC comedy series Community- that inspired (after NBC and Sony sort of said, “Yeah, no”) him and writing partner Eric Loya to create Untitled Web Series About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time. That web series was a huge success (hailed by USA Today as one of the Best TV on the Web in 2012) and the people that made it are now preparing to begin production on Season Two.

They’re also working on a “prequel” episode that will bridge the gap between season one and two, and you can visit their Kickstarter campaign to learn how you can help.

And the winner is……St. Louis!

Independent filmmaking thrives here and we’re lucky to have such a top-notch cinema-related event planning group like Cinema St. Louis to organize an event like last week’s Stella Artois St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase at the Tivoli Theater. After Thursday night’s final film, an awards party was held in the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill.

Congratulations to all the winners……and here they are:

Best Film (Narrative Feature): “Joint Body” by Brian Jun

Best Documentary Feature: “Give a Damn?” by Dan Parris

Best Actor: Mark Pellegrino “Joint Body”

Best Actress: Libby Bibb “All Those Yesterdays”

Best Supporting Actor: David Martyn Conley “Bedlam Street”

Best Supporting Actress: Julie Layton “Bedlam Street”

Best Actor In A Comedic Role: Doug Jones “Sudden Death!”

Best Actress In A Comedic Role: Michelle Davidson “Ready to Pop”

Best Juvenile Actor: Caden Self “Hidden Treasure”

Best Juvenile Actress:...

Shorts Program 8: Horror Shorts includes 8 individual short films of various styles, for a total running time of 95 minutes. Played consecutively, these films offer a broad and entertaining showcase for independent horror filmmakers in the St. Louis area.

The Cask Of Amontillado (13 minutes)

Directed by Hugo Fleming, The Cask Of Amontillado is a tale of revenge, based on the story by Edgar Allen Poe. Two men (Mark Bunch and Billy Benner), with their minds altered by the effects of Budweiser 40s, wander deep into a subterranean realm, whereas only would may ultimately return. The film is more of a operatic ode to Poe, that a traditional narrative film. The Cask Of Amontillado contains no dialogue, instead told entirely by the very words of Poe himself. Illustrated by a haunting piano and vocal score (Somewhere Under the Rainbow, written and performed by Heather Rice) that draws on the dark heart of Poe’s literary horror.

Cinema St. Louis, our city’s non-profit cinema-related event planning group, will presenting its 11th annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase which begins this Saturday, August 13th at the Tivoli Theater (and ends with a party on the 18th at Blueberry Hill). The showcase, sponsored by Stella Artois Beer, is a chance for St. Louis-based filmmakers to show off their art. All of these films were written, directed, edited or produced by St. Louis natives or those with strong local ties. The 16 film programs that screen at the Tivoli from Aug. 14-18 serve as St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.s centerpiece. The programs range from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs include post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Watch for more coverage of this important local event here at We Are Movie Geeks.com over the coming days

Here’s the schedule:

Saturday, Aug.