Thriller

American Sunset

2010

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1h 34m    |    Not Rated

"The Hostage Game (f/k/a American Sunset)" is a story about love and sacrifice with a Usual Suspects-style twist. It's an edge-of-your-seat shocking thriller about how one ordinary man traveled to hell and back to save his wife.

"The Hostage Game" will have both moviegoers and crime solvers alike anxiously waiting for clues to this mystery's riddle; each time wondering if it will not be too late.


Starring: Corey Haim  | Director: Michael Masucci  | Writer : Jacqueline Giroux

Producers: Jacqueline Giroux and Mark Savoie | Executive producers: Gary Rasmussen, and Eric A. Leffler

HORROR

Plaster Rock

2010

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1h 32m

Four young men and women are boated into a hunting lodge in the wilds of northern New Brunswick, Canada to partake in a cross country ski race in which the winner will reap a cash prize of $250,000.

Each contestant is a former athlete or high-profile celebrity who has already received a deposit of $25,000 for their time just to travel and enter the race in the desolate area known as "Plaster Rock." The only problem is, once left at the lodge by boat, there is no way out, and each contestant begins to realize they have more at stake than the cash prize.

Starring: Wayne Duplisea, Jessica Holt, Eric Leffler
Director : Jacqueline Giroux
Writers: Jacqueline Giroux and Benoit Martin

THRILLER

Blue Seduction

2009

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1h 31m    |    Not Rated

Billy Zane (TITANIC) stars as ‘80s one-hit-wonder and out-of-control rocker Mikey Taylor, now sober, married and trying to score a new music publishing deal. But when he hires a sexy and talented young demo singer (former supermodel Estella Warren of PLANET OF THE APES), she soon begins to seduce him with all the addictions – sex, drugs, booze and beyond – that nearly killed him at the height of his fame. Her hunger is unstoppable. Her desires are insatiable.

And in a dangerous affair of lust and obsession, is the most shocking temptation of all yet to come? Jane Wheeler (JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH) co-stars in this erotic thriller with a wicked twist, featuring songs performed by Estella Warren.

Starring: Billy Zane, Estella Warren, Jane Wheeler

Director: Timothy Bond | Writer : Jacqueline Giroux

HORROR

Mystique

2011

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1h 12m

On a camping expedition, a young lad named Rodney endures relentless bullying. Mysteriously, he vanishes without a trace and despite an exhaustive search, his body is never discovered. Many years later, Rodney makes an unexpected return, consumed by a thirst for vengeance and a desire to reclaim what he believes is rightfully his.

Accompanied by the spectral figure of the Ghost Witch, he becomes a force to be reckoned with. The only known deterrent to his vengeful onslaught is to maintain constant illumination; Rodney only unleashes his wrath under the cover of darkness.

Starring: Lalesha Railsback, Sebastian MacLean, Jimmie McFinley

Director: Shari Hamrick
Writer and Producer: Jacqueline Giroux | Editor: J Costa

COMEDY

Coo Coo Cafe

2000

When the news media turns a simple robbery into a frenzy, to gain and profit from ratings during "Sweeps Week."  In the dynamic world of broadcast journalism, a determined Asian television reporter finds herself grappling with the harsh reality of her declining TV news career.

As she embarks on this ambitious endeavor, she is driven by the hope of boosting her sagging career and redefining her legacy in the world of TV news reporting.


Starring: Sebastian MacLean, Barbara Carrera, Paul F. McCarthy

Writer and Director: Jacqueline Giroux

Producers: Bruce Dennis and Jacqueline Giroux

Rockland Boulevard

Film in development

Rockland Boulevard is an adrenaline-fueled film set in the harsh and gritty realm of professional boxing. It weaves an inspiring and eventually healing narrative about two beleaguered individuals who find each other through a twist of fate. Both are emotionally exhausted - one from enduring countless physical blows, and the other from enduring relentless heartache.

A heart-warming and ultimately redemptive story of two downtrodden souls brought together by fate. Both are "punch-drunk"; one from too many hits to the head and the other from too many hits to the heart.

DRAMA | THRILLER

Starring: Mike Tyson, Flora Chan, Louis J. Wrightman
Director: TBA | Writer : TBA | Producers: TBA

THRILLER

Purgatory

Film in development

Dave is a vengeful phantom, instilling fear in the guilty.

He hunts souls, seeking retribution for their sins, thereby consigning them to Purgatory. He conspires with a priest he dubs "Judas," both men haunted by past sins and lost loves. Dave, tormented by grief and guilt, carries on a mental relationship with his lost love, Mya.

On a mission from God, he is driven by loss, grief, guilt and trauma to do the unthinkable, though he is the first to admit that his actions are not considered right. He is a man who some would vilify as a demon, a man others would canonize as a saint.

Starring: J. Costa  | Director: TBA  | Writer : J. Costa and Jacqueline Giroux

Producers: TBA | Executive producers: TBA

COMEDY | True Story

Mavericks in Toyland

Film in development

Completed Script Based on the true story of toy inventors and creators, Jack Ryan ("Barbie"), and Marvin Glass ("Betsy Wetsy"), the two moguls compete in every aspect of their life, until tragedy bestows one of them.

“Mavericks In Toyland”, is a wicked, dramedy/biopic detailing the lives of two of the toy industry’s most competitive lions. Events in the story are true and the world of toy invention is undeniably fascinating. The story is anchored in an easily digestible character drama between two rival toymakers, but is essentially about the friendship of the two.


Writer: Paul W. Shapiro

Bolt

1994

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1h 38m    |    R

A spiritual Biker named BOLT (Richard Grieco) is led by the ghost of Crazy Horse to an Indian reservation where he must fight the evil motorcycle gang led by NILES (Michael Ironside), to save Patty (Sean Young) and her family.

Bolt is a drama directed by Henri Colline and George Mendeluk and starring Richard Grieco in the title role as a New Jersey biker.

 After fleeing west to escape a gang war, Bolt becomes romantically involved with Native American Patty Deerheart, and is compelled to battle to protect her family from a land runner.

ACTION | CRIME

DRAMA

Starring: Richard Griece, Sean Young and Michael Ironside
Featuring: Barbara Carrera and Wayne Rogers
Directors: George Mendeluk and Henri Colline | Writer & Producer: Jacqueline Giroux

Beverly Hills Pizza Girls

1997

Four knockout Beverly Hills beauties do whatever it takes to strip their competition in order to keep their pizza parlor from falling into the hands of an evil henchman.

This is a tale of persistence, friendship, and empowerment. It's a story where fierce rivalry meets charming entrepreneurship, where the sheen of glamour collides with the zest of resilience. It's about four Beverly Hills beauties who, in the face of overwhelming odds, are ready to do whatever it takes to protect their pizza parlor from the clutches of evil.

Starring: Dante, Howie Braverman, Michael J. Elwell

Director: Walter Molitor

Producers: Jacqueline Giroux and Jed Nolan

HORROR | MYSTERY

Forever

1992

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1h 33m    |    R

A music-video wonder boy (Keith Coogan) moves into a villa haunted by Mary Miles Minter (Sean Young) and other Hollywood legends.  A director of rock videos moves into the house where William Desmond Taylor, a famous director during the silent era, was murdered.

He finds some old reels of film, and as he plays the film on a projector, he is visited by the ghosts of the actors and actresses in the film.

Starring: Sean Young, Terence Knox, Diane Ladd

Director: Thomas Palmer Jr.

Writers : Jacqueline Giroux and Thomas Palmer Jr.

Producers: Jacqueline Giroux, Don Levin, Olive McQueen

DOCUMENTARY

Damsel of Death

2002

Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer. In 1989–1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, she shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. Wuornos claimed that her clients had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that the homicides of the men were committed in self-defense.

Wuornos was sentenced to death for six of the murders. She was executed on October 9, 2002 by lethal injection after spending more than 10 years on Florida's death row.


Starring:   Gustavo Camelot, Jacqueline Giroux, Gene Hill  

Director: Jacqueline Giroux

Executive Producer: Gary Rasmussen

DRAMA | THRILLER

Deadly Intent

1988

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1h 23m    |    R

”When a secret dies with a man... he can never rest in peace.”

An adventurer's boss (Maud Adams) and other villains want his widow (Lisa Eilbacher) to lead them to his South American jewels.

An archaeologist smuggles a valuable ancient jewel into the US.

He is soon murdered by people looking for the jewel, but he had hidden it. The killers, believe that his widow knows where the artifact is hidden, go after her.


Starring: Maud Adams, Lisa Eilbacher, Steve Railsback
Director: Nigel Dick | Writer : John F. Goff

Executive producers: Charles W. Fries, Thomas Fries, Jacqueline Giroux

HORROR | THRILLER

Distortions

1988

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1h 38m    |    PG-13

A man goes to speak with a gigolo and is promptly beaten for his trouble. Soon afterward, his wife is told that he burned to death in a car wreck and is shown the body...and that's when she starts seeing strange men at the corner of her vision, while her friend does all she can to convince her she's going insane!

A murder mystery in which no one is who they seem to be. Each time the pieces of the puzzle look like they are going to fit, the plot takes another baffling twist.


Starring: Olivia Hussey, Steve Railsback, Piper Laurie

Director: Armand Mastroianni

Writer : John F. Goff

Producer: Daniel Kuhn, Jacqueline Giroux, Maria Hoy

SHORT | COMEDY

Head Heart & Balls

2007

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15m    |    Not Rated

A young musician named Pete must overcome his insecurities, his overbearing parents, and a pot-induced anxiety attack in order to get to Woodstock and lose his virginity with the girl of his dreams.

“A little weed, a lot of anxiety.”

Warm, nostalgic and hilarious! Set in 1969, a coming of age experience that grabs you in the first frame and never lets you down!


Starring: Adam Carolla, Angelica May, and Houston Graham

Writer and Director: Peter Foldy

Producers: Zach Evans and Drew Masters

HORROR

Trick or Treats

1982

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1h 31m    |    R

A baby sitter is stuck watching over a young brat on Halloween night who keeps playing vicious pranks on her. To add to her trouble the boy’s deranged father has escaped from an asylum and is planning on making a visit.

Five years after his wife, Joan, had him wrongfully and deliberately committed to a mental institution so she could live with her boyfriend, Malcolm escapes on Halloween night and begins a real terror game with the babysitter Linda.

Starring: Jacqueline Giroux Peter Jason Chris Graver

Director: Gary Garver

Writer : Jacqueline Giroux

Producers: Jacqueline Giroux and Mark Savoie

Executive producers: Gary Rasmussen and Eric A. Leffler

ROMANCE | THRILLER

Tryst

1994

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1h 41m    |    R

A young man journeys to the estate of a rich family in Santa Barbara, California, to visit his mother, who works there as a maid and whom he hasn't seen in many years. The arrival of her housekeeper's (Louise Fletcher) handsome son complicates a woman's (Barbara Carrera) plan to murder her wealthy husband (David Warner).

He winds up getting involved in adultery and a murder plot and uncovering some long-hidden secrets that no one in the family wants revealed.


Starring: Barbara Carrera, David Warner, Louise Fletcher

Writer and Director: Peter Foldy

Producer: Lawrence Appelbaum, Jacqueline Giroux

DRAMA

Rounds

2008

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1h 47m    |    Not Rated

"Here is to friends." As Terry, Jensen and Will raise their glasses in the air and toast something many take for granted, friendship. Rounds follows these three, each on a private quest to find what friendship means to each other, where instant attractions, casual betrayals and an innocent glance can test that very thing. Hollywood's rock and roll nights and coffee house days set the backdrop as they must rely on each other to make it successfully through the maze of adulthood where their pasts, the fears and lessons they've been taught threaten to destroy it all, including their friendship. In life, we all make the rounds; will we make them matter?

Starring:  Drew Allyn, Mark Atienza, Mikael Paul Atienza

Writer and Director: Mark Atienza

Producers: William Grossman, Virginia Perfili, Craig Wilkening

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