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Let Them Chirp Awhile: On DemandJanuary 19, 2010

FilmBuff

On Demand Weekly provides new movie reviews to hot movies on demand. This week, "Let Them Chirp Awhile" from FilmBuff on Time Warner Movies On Demand and Comcast TV.

New to the FilmBuff (a division of Cinetic Media) VOD channel programming (that has included such diverse indie titles as docu "The Carter," about Lil Wayne, Richard Linklater's "Slacker" and Rob Epstein's "The Times of Harvey Milk") comes "Let Them Chirp Awhile," the 2007 debut feature from (then) 23 year-old Jonathan Blitstein. "Chirp" is a 90-minute low-budget film shot with donated film stock and a 'family, friends and Mastercard' approach to post-NYU filmmaking.

The film centers around two work-challenged, late twenties daydreamers: Bobby (Justin Rice) and Scott (Brendan Sexton III). Bobby can't write a page but he has grand ideas. Scott listens to music but struggles to write his own. Along the way, Bobby loses a dog he was dogsitting and has to find a replacement. Scott leaks Bobby's idea to a hack playwright and it is used in a showcase. Scott breaks up with his girlfriend Michelle (Laura Breckenridge) and Bobby shares a romantic moment with her, ruining the chances of his own budding relationship with another woman. They have problems but one gets the feeling Bobby and Scott will be friends forever.

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NICE GUY JOHNNY HOMAGE TRAILER - DVD WINNERSNovember 22, 2010

Nice Guy Johnny

The NICE GUY JOHNNY HOMAGE TRAILER CONTEST is now closed. We have our winners. Thank you to everyone who submitted a response. The answers are below. - ODW

NICE GUY JOHNNY - Homage Trailer #1
- Michelangelo Antonioni's L'AVVENTURA (1960)

NICE GUY JOHNNY - Homage Trailer #2
- Jean Luc Godard's CONTEMPT (1963)

NICE GUY JOHNNY - Homage Trailer #3
- Norman Jewison's THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968)

NICE GUY JOHNNY - Homage Trailer #4
- Woody Allen's HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986)

NICE GUY JOHNNY - Homage Trailer #5
- Arthur Hiller's A LOVE STORY (1970)

WINNERS
#1 Julia Cooper
#2 Shannon Micali
#3 Amanda Duke
#4 Brian Ronaghan
#5 Jacqueline Conrad