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Sneak Peek footage from writer/director Rita Merson's 2014 musical romance comedy, "Always Woodstock", starring Jason Ritter, Allison Miller, Brittany Snow, Katey Sagal, James Wolk and Rumer Willis, available on DVD April 21, 2015 from Anchor Bay Entertainment:

"...aspiring singer, 'Catherine Brown' (Allison Miller), finds herself living a life she never imagined. Stuck at a dead end job in New York City at a mega music record label, Catherine spends her days as the wrangler for the label's most difficult star (Brittany Snow).

"But when Catherine is unceremoniously fired, and then comes home to find her long time fiance (Jason Ritter) in the arms of another woman, she decides that it's time for a change.

"Selling her engagement ring, Catherine moves back to her family home in Woodstock, to get back to what she has always wanted to do: write music.

"Then one night at a local bar, Catherine...

Anchor Bay Entertainment (Abe), a leading distributor of independent feature films and home entertainment product, recently announced a new three-year agreement with Gravitas Ventures, a leading distributor of independent cinema.

The output deal gives Abe North American Blu-ray and DVD distribution rights to 36 titles, 12 per year, from Gravitas Ventures through 2017. Among the first releases included in the agreement are acclaimed films "Manny," a Manny Pacquiao documentary, "Always Woodstock," starring Ryan Guzman, Brittany Snow and Katey Sagal, and "Lovesick," starring Matt LeBlanc, Ali Larter and Chevy Chase.

“Gravitas Ventures is an extraordinarily innovative company with an outstanding array of independent content,” said Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment. “This is a very exciting partnership and we are committed to expanding the audience for their films in the home entertainment marketplace.”

“Anchor Bay Entertainment’s first-rate relationships with retailers, as well as their inventive and customized marketing programs make them an ideal partner for us,” said Nolan Gallagher, CEO and Founder of Gravitas Ventures. “We look forward to a long and productive relationship.”

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  Always Woodstock (2014) Film Review, a movie directed by Rita Merson, and starring Katey Sagal, Brittany Snow, Ryan Guzman, Rumer Willis, Allison Miller, Richard Riehle, James Wolk, Alexie Gilmore, Anna Anissimova, Sean McNabb, Richard Reid, Finesse Mitchell, Jim Klock, and Kate Lacey. Always Woodstock is delightful, upbeat, happy, and I would [...]

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There’s always something magical about Woodstock for all musicians.

“Always Woodstock” is a coming of age story for an aspiring singer, Catherine Brown, who was stuck at a dead end job in New York City at a mega music record label. She spends her days as a wrangler for the company’s most difficult star. After she was fired for an incident with the company’s most important talent, she came home to her long-time fiancée in the arms of another woman. It triggered a change for her to move back home to Woodstock where she meets a handsome doctor, Noah, and writes music with the help of a local musical legend Lee Ann. As she starts to learn about love again, she realizes that becoming successful means becoming your true self first.

The film has a good well known cast with Allison Miller (“Selfie”), James Wolk (“Mad Men...

Though Allison Miller may be best known for TV roles such as Michelle Benjamin in Kings, Skye in Terra Nova and Carrie in Go On, the actress is starting to make some waves on the big screen as well. After starring in the thriller Devil's Due earlier this year, the actress takes on a far less frightening role as the eccentric Catherine Brown in the indie Always Woodstock, which is available in select theaters and on VOD formats starting today, November 14.

The actress portrays Catherine Brown, who has a soul-sucking job working for a major record label, but she really wants to write her own music. After she catches her boyfriend Garret (Jason Ritter), an emotionally unstable actor, cheating on her, she decides to move back to her childhood home in Woodstock, New York. "Quirky" is almost an understatement when describing Catherine, who has a bizarre habit of screaming silently,...

Looking for a picture of Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis’ new baby girl Wyatt? Rumer has it! In a new interview with Access Hollywood, Rumer Willis opened up about her famous family before touching on her ex-stepfather Kutcher, 36, and his infant daughter. “I reached out to him when he had a baby the other day,” Willis, 26, told co-hosts Billy Bush and Kit Hoover. “I saw photos of her, she’s very cute!” But don’t expect the Always Woodstock star to help out Kutcher and Kunis with their little one. “I [...]...

This weekend’s onslaught of smaller new films will have awards contenders and big names to jostle with at the box office. Awards hopefuls Foxcatcher and The Homesman begin their theatrical runs in limited New York and L.A. rollouts, with the former a likely winner in the first weekend when the numbers come in Sunday. The films from Sony Pictures Classics and Roadside Attractions, respectively, tell particularly American stories, though from very different eras. The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart took time off in 2013 to work on his directorial debut. Open Road’s Rosewater, starring Gael García Bernal, will begin its theatrical rollout this weekend. It will be the biggest opener of this weekend’s cadre of specialty newcomers, playing in several hundred locations in the U.S. and Canada. Actor Chris Lowell also makes his filmmaking launch with Beside Still Waters. The project had smooth sailing until it came time for distribution,...

In just four years, since his breakout roles in 2010's You Again and the critically-acclaimed but short-lived drama series Lone Star, James Wolk has put together an impressive string of performances. While he's best known, of late, for playing Bob Benson on AMC's Mad Men, he has also showed off his diverse talents in For a Good Time, Call..., Shameless, Happy Endings, Political Animals and The Crazy Ones. The actor returns to the big screen this weekend in the charming indie Always Woodstock, opening in select theaters and on VOD formats November 14.

The story centers on the quirky Catherine Brown, stuck in a miserable job at a New York record label, who decides she needs a change of pace. She packs up everything and moves to her family home in Woodstock, New York. It's there she meets charming local doctor Noah Bernstein (James Wolk)

I recently had the chance to...

Rumer Willis visited Access Hollywood Live on Thursday to chat about her upcoming movie, "Always Woodstock," but also got very candid on her famous family.

Here's what the 26-year-old told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover:

On how Ashton Kutcher and mom Demi began dating and joined her "crazy clan": "They were just hanging out… my mom has always made how [my sisters and ...

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2014 has been a good year for redemption-through-music stories, with high points such as God Help the Girl and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls — Rainbow Rocks and lesser efforts such as Rudderless.

Rita Merson's Always Woodstock lands somewhere higher up on the list, and not just because any film justifies its existence when it gives Katey Sagal a chance to sing. After a very bad day in which she gets fired from her position as a burgeoning executive at a major New York record label — this right before discovering her fiancé with another woman — twentysomething Catherine (Allison Miller) decides to move upstate to the family home in Woodstock.

She intends to follow in her late parents' footsteps and become a songwrit...

On Demand DVD New Releases Nov. 10-16 Always Woodstock When struggling songwriter Catherine Brown’s life in New York City falls apart, she must confront her past by spending the summer at her childhood home in Woodstock, NY. Brittney Snow, Ryan Guzman (1:37) 11/14 Available same day as theatrical release. Bad Turn Worse A weekend of partying with stolen money leaves three Texas teens indebted to a dangerous criminal. Things go from bad to worse when he forces them to rob his boss to pay off the debt. Mackenzie Davis, William Devane (1:32) 11/14 Available same day as theatrical release. In Your Eyes Two seemingly polar opposites living on … Continue reading →

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Checking some items off of her to-do list, Rumer Willis headed out in West Hollywood on Tuesday (November 5).

The "House Bunny" dame rocked a white crop top, black dress and leather boots as she headed to Andy LeCompte Salon for a pampering session.

Recently, Willis finished the production of her upcoming comedy "There's Always Woodstock."

Per the synopsis, the film follows "Neuritic struggling songwriter, Catherine Brown as her life in New York City falls apart and she is forced to confront her past when she spends the summer at her childhood home in Woodstock, New York, l;earning that becoming successful means becoming your true self first.

Starring alongside Rumor are Katey Sagal, Brittany Snow, and Jason Ritter.

Get Hard

Kevin Hart has signed on to star in the comedy "Get Hard" at Warner Bros. Pictures. No director is yet onboard, but Gary Sanchez is attached to produce.

Will Ferrell plays a wealthy investment banker sentenced to a maximum security prison for a crime he didn't commit. He enlists the help of the man who usually washes his car (Kevin Hart) to prepare him for doing hard time before he has to report to prison in thirty days. [Source: Deadline]

The Muppets 2

Ty Burrell ("Modern Family") will replace Christoph Waltz as an Interpol inspector in Disney's sequel "The Muppets 2." James Bobin is returning as helmer and shooting kicks off in winter in London.

Waltz was forced to back out due to scheduling conflicts. Two other key roles still to be cast are a Russian femme fatale and a mysterious male lead. [Source: THR]

Guardians of the Galaxy

Lee Pace has confirmed...