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Storm Large Movies

2011  
NR  
A woman whose husband is making her life a living hell decides to return the favor in this dark comedy-drama from writer and director James Westby. Meris (Katie O'Grady) and Mitch (John Keyser) are a recently married couple who are moving from California to Oregon under less than ideal circumstances -- his computer firm went bust and he's taking a job with and old high-school buddy. Meris is awkward and bookish, while Mitch looks like a linebacker and thinks he should have done better (for that matter, Meris thinks she should have done better, too). Mitch's high-school friends make no secret of the fact they don't like Meris, and when, after too much wine at a dinner party, she lets slip a very embarrassing secret about her husband their relationship starts to bottom out. Mitch starts spending time with his high-school girlfriend (Storm Large), and Meris decides to get revenge on Mitch by making a spectacle of herself; after taking a job at a candy shop and making friends with the eccentric Trudy (Orianna Herrman), she begins having affairs with strange men, throws herself head first into the local punk-rock scene, stages curious performances at karaoke bars, and turns into a performance artist who terrorizes strangers in public. Music fans take note: In Rid Of Me, one of Meris' lovers is played by Art Alexakis, leader of the band Everclear, while Mitch's former flame is played by Storm Large, who was a contestant on the rock-themed reality show Rock Star: Supernova. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Katie O'GradyJohn Keyser, (more)
 
2001  
 
In this impressionistic independent drama, Hilbert (Bruce Ramsay) is a successful young man living in San Francisco who learns that his father is hovering near death after a massive heart attack. The news has a seismic impact on Hilbert, who is emotionally shattered by the prospect of his father's mortality. Hilbert abandons his comfortable home and leaves his attractive girlfriend, taking up new digs in a cheap hotel along the city's skid row and begins jarring his mind and body with drugs, alcohol, and a series of anonymous relationships with cheap women. As Hilbert tries to sort out the turmoil in his mind, he keeps looking back to his often combative relationship with his mother. Musician Juliana Hatfield also appears in a supporting role. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Bruce RamsayCharlotte Chatton, (more)
 
 
 
This program by the underground-culture experts at Reality Check TV features concert footage and interviews with leading female figures in rock music such as Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Lacuna Coil, and many others. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

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Starring:
The DonnasSandy West, (more)