The wait is finally over…  CNGM’s 2010 feature starring Jonathan C. Legat, Stephanie Wyatt, Emily Skyle, Adam Rosowicz and Christopher Weise hits the big screen before a public audience tonight for the first time! According to Richard Propes of The Independent Critic, “Coasting captures pristine moments of humanity in all its awkward and awesome vulnerability.”  Dan Pearson of a Sun-Times Media publication called the film “an engaging and well-acted romantic comedy.”

The film will premiere at 8:20 PM tonight at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois in room C005.  There will be an encore screening on Monday, March 8th at 8:00 PM in the same space at the College of Lake County.  And if this weekend doesn’t work for you, come join us for the CNGM Insider Premiere Screening at the Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center in Palatine on Saturday, March 20th!  Tickets are now available!

Inner Demons is Nothing Special Productions’ Chicago debut and features three new plays by Nick Cardiff, which explore the haunting nature of loss, betrayal and love. In Fear and Shadows, directed by Mikey Laird, we see Cupid falling in love with a mortal and the grave consequences that follow. Existence, directed by Robert Quinlan, shows how far the mind may go to explain one’s own reality after life throws an unfortunate curve. Finally in The Room, also directed by Mikey Laird, we see the relationship of two men who have been trapped in a room for as long as they can remember and how they react to finding out where it is they really are.

Two Days in February supporting actors, Brian Rohde and Nick Demeris will be joining the rest of the show’s cast on stage when it opens Friday, February 26 at the Gorilla Tango Theatre (1919 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois).  Show starts at 11:30 PM.  For more information about Nothing Special Productions, visit their web site at nothingspecialproductions.com!

MicroFilmmaker.com’s Jeremy Hanke recently reviewed CNGM’s latest feature, Coasting, awarding it this month’s “Best of Show!”  The film (written by David B. Grelck and Michael P. Noens, produced by Steve Coulter and Mark Stewart Iverson) received a 9.1 rating out of a possible 10, marking it one of the top scores that MicroFilmmaker has ever given a feature film.

Included in the very positive critique of the film, Hanke also commented a bit on CNGM Pictures as a whole.  “The folks at CNGM Pictures are a delightful little band of filmmakers and actors that seem to produce a feature film about once a year.” He continues, “I like it when a troupe forms like CNGM, because they essentially take the idea behind the old-school theater troupe and bring it into the 21st century of cinema.”

The World Premiere of Coasting will be held at the 2010 Lake County Film Festival on Saturday, March 6th at 8:20 PM.  An encore screening will play on Monday, March 8th at 8:00 PM.  In addition, CNGM Pictures will be throwing their company premiere on Saturday, March 20th at Cutting Hall in Palatine.  Tickets for the red-carpet event go on sale Monday, February 15th.

Once available, tickets can be purchased both at cngmpictures.com and the film’s official web site, coastingmovie.com!

And their different perspectives over Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman is what makes it so much fun to watch!

Premiering today, check out the first episode of The Couch!  Hosted by fellow filmmakers and critics Dorian Weinzimmer and Bobby Navia, The Couch takes a different angle than most shows as the hosts review upcoming movies before they are released solely based on just their promotional trailers.

In addition to reviewing trailers, The Couch will also make mention of any DVD’s or lesser known movies that they believe are films that should be checked out, or perhaps avoided completely.  Due to the amount of films that get released, not every trailer can get reviewed.  But Dorian and Bobby will be giving audiences a rundown of some of those other films on the show’s blog.

CNGM Pictures encourages you to checkout and subscribe to The Couch on YouTube.com!  Also, you become a fan of the show on Facebook!  Looking to comment on their show, drop them an email at guysonthecouch@gmail.com.