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It’s almost August and that means Netflix is about to give their content a refresh. Some of the notable titles leaving include: Family Ties: Season 1-7, Unbreakable, and Titanic. So if you haven’t seen some of these titles, plan your nights accordingly. We of course can look forward more than a few new titles including The Hurt Locker, White God (pictured above), and Girl Meets World season 1.

Available August 1

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)

In this animated adventure, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore revel in their new gig at a movie theme park by wandering the grounds after hours. Among the attractions is the spooky Frankenstein’s Castle, where a real mad scientist is bringing the monster to life. But when the boys cross paths with the creature (Frank Welker), they soon learn that appearances can be deceiving, and Frankenstein is more misunderstood than malevolent.

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Electric Slide

Director: Tristan Patterson

Writer: Tristan Patterson

Producers: Myriad Pictures’ Kirk D’Amico, Skyscraper Films’ Hans Ritter & Killer Films’ Christine Vachon

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available

Cast: Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, Vinessa Shaw, Chloë Sevigny, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Lambert

His award-winning debut Dragonslayer was a major achievement for a debut and played extremely well on the indie docu circuit, and we’re thinking Tristan Patterson might be excessively fine-tuning his introduction to this non-fiction true crime story as to not appear like your run-of-the-mill caper film.

Gist: Based on the article “The Yankee Bandit: The Life and Times of Eddie Dodson, World’s Great Bank Robber”, written by Timothy Ford and scripted by Patterson, this tells the true story of suave hipster and celebrity-magnet Eddie Dodson, who in 1980s Los Angeles owned and ran one of the city’s most stylish art deco furniture stores and happened to rob...

With heavy critical praise (we were huge fans of the film here on the site) his award-winning debut Dragonslayer (Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Documentary at SXSW in 2011) made the type of waves that essentially jettisoned it’s filmmaker into a larger land of opportunity and a rapid shift from docu to narrative. Tristan Patterson didn’t rob the bank, but lucked out with what looks to be a heck of a modern Bonnie & Clyde tale in Electric Slide which will feature the name cast of Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, Vinessa Shaw, Chloë Sevigny, Patricia Arquette and Christopher Lambert. Production began in October of 2012, so this is more than ready to showcase and find a distribution deal.

Gist: Based on the article “The Yankee Bandit: The Life and Times of Eddie Dodson, World’s Great Bank Robber”, written by Timothy Ford and scripted by Patterson, this tells the true...

The American Film Market is in full swing at the moment, and back at the event in 2009, “The Electric Slide” was being shopped to potential buyers with a mocked up poster featuring its attached stars, Ewan McGregor and Carey Mulligan. Fast-forward three years and the film is back at the Afm where Myriad Pictures has taken on sales duties for the flick, which is now being top-lined by Jim Sturgess and Isabel Lucas. The film is based on the true story from the 1980s of a Los Angeles furniture store owner called Dodson (Sturgess) who robbed a bank to impress his new girlfriend. The handsome and charismatic Dodson went on to rob 72 more banks in just a matter of months, and earned himself the nickname The Gentleman Bandit after often charming bank tellers into emptying their cash draws. The film will be directed by Tristan Patterson (who also penned the script), and Patricia Arquette,...

Jim Sturgess and Isabel Lucas are set to star in "Electric Slide" for Myriad Pictures, Killer Films Production and Media House Capital. Shooting just began in Los Angeles.

The film is based on the true story of the owner of a posh furniture store who robbed a bank to impress his girlfriend and became a serial robber known as The Gentleman Bandit.

Patricia Arquette, Chloë Sevigny and Christopher Lambert also star. Tristan Patterson is directing from his own screenplay.

Source: Screen Daily...

By now you’ve probably noticed that Steve got an ungodly amount of material from this year’s American Film Market (Afm). The place where buyers and sellers do business to bring you the films you’ll hopefully be seeing in the near future, Afm has tons of artwork and synopses which are used to promote films but which we will use to bring you news on these films.

Below you’ll find images and synopses for Burke and Hare, Cash, Effie, Main St., The Electric Slide, and The Irishman. Hit the jump to check them all out. Also, all the synopses are copied down directly from the original materials with no editorial alterations. You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 by click on their respective links.

Burke And Hare, directed by John Landis (An American Werewolf in London)

William Burke and William Hare are scratching out a living in 1830s Edinburgh.