Jake the Cinephile

Jake the Cinephile

2014 · 24 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy, Drama

Jake the Cinephile is the story of a young film fanatic who, fed up with the rowdy behavior and disrespectful etiquette of movie theater audiences, decides to abandon the cinema and take a stab at an actual relationship with a young woman.

Directed by Jack Kyser · Written by Jack Kyser

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