Courtney Balaker

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Courtney Balaker

Courtney Moorehead Balaker is an award-winning filmmaker, theatre director, and co-founder of Korchula Productions. Courtney wrote, directed, and produced Little Pink House, an award-winning Korchula Productions feature film about Susette Kelo’s historic fight to save her home and neighborhood. The film stars two-time Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener (Get Out, Being John Malkovich, The 40-Y…

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The CollectorThe Collector · 2009
The Collector
6.62009
MovieHorrorThriller
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
PulsePulse · 2006
Pulse
5.12006
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.
FeastFeast · 2005
Feast
6.12005
MovieHorror
When a motley crew of strangers find themselves trapped in an isolated tavern, they must band together in a battle for survival against a family of flesh-hungry creatures.
He Was a Quiet ManHe Was a Quiet Man · 2007
He Was a Quiet Man
6.42007
MovieComedyDrama
An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.
Cute CoupleCute Couple · 2008
Cute Couple
2008
MovieComedy
Zach and Kendra are considered the cutest couple within their peer group. Unfortunately, that all ends when Tim and Tammy move into the neighborhood, knocking them off of their pedestal and forcing them to find a new identity amongst their friends.
Can We Take a Joke?Can We Take a Joke? · 2016
Can We Take a Joke?
6.72016
MovieDocumentaryComedy
In the age of social media, nearly every day brings a new eruption of outrage. While people have always found something to be offended by, their ability to organize a groundswell of opposition to – and public censure of – their offender has never been more powerful. Today we're all one clumsy joke away from public ruin. Can We Take A Joke? offers a thought-provoking and wry exploration of outrage culture through the lens of stand-up comedy, with notables like Gilbert Gottfried, Penn Jillette, Lisa Lampanelli, and Adam Carolla detailing its stifling impact on comedy and the exchange of ideas. What will the future will be like if we can't learn how to take a joke?
Little Pink HouseLittle Pink House · 2018
Little Pink House
6.32018
MovieDrama
A Connecticut nurse finds herself at the center of a political firestorm and a Supreme Court case centering on eminent domain.
Sleepless NightsSleepless Nights · 2002
Sleepless Nights
4.02002
MovieHorrorRomance
From the depths of New York's shadowy streets to the peak of its glittering skyscrapers, the eternal war of good vs. evil reaches new heights as master vampire Lord Malgaard hatches a hideous plot to make every man, woman and child on earth his helpless blood slave! Only the unstoppable squad of ruthless vampire slayers led by modern-day Van Helsing, Dr Jacob Sloane, stands ready to oppose Malgaard and defeat his evil scheme! But when one of Sloane's top agents, the young, sexy Kaitlin Moore, learns she has only months to live, she faces a fateful choice... Succumb to her illness and die young... or live on into eternity as one of the very creatures she's sworn to destroy! A candlelit, fang-filled thriller in the eerie tradition of Buffy, Blade and Banabas!

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Sleepless NightsSleepless Nights · 2002
Sleepless Nights
4.02002
MovieHorrorRomance
From the depths of New York's shadowy streets to the peak of its glittering skyscrapers, the eternal war of good vs. evil reaches new heights as master vampire Lord Malgaard hatches a hideous plot to make every man, woman and child on earth his helpless blood slave! Only the unstoppable squad of ruthless vampire slayers led by modern-day Van Helsing, Dr Jacob Sloane, stands ready to oppose Malgaard and defeat his evil scheme! But when one of Sloane's top agents, the young, sexy Kaitlin Moore, learns she has only months to live, she faces a fateful choice... Succumb to her illness and die young... or live on into eternity as one of the very creatures she's sworn to destroy! A candlelit, fang-filled thriller in the eerie tradition of Buffy, Blade and Banabas!

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