Freestyle Releases Coming-of-Age Dramatic Comedy “I Like Movies”

“I Like Movies” Debut Debuts on Digital for U.S. VOD Platforms and DVD on Nov. 1, 2024

Los Angeles, CA (October 22, 2024). Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, proudly announces the acquisition of VOD rights to the coming-of-age comedy/drama I Like Movies, which will be available to rent/own on all U.S. digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms, as well as on DVD, starting on November 1, 2024, following its recent multi-city theatrical release.

I Like Movies tells the story of Lawrence, a socially inept 17-year-old cinephile, who gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager. Set in Ontario, Canada in the year 2003, hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller (Isaiah Lehtinen) dreams of attending film school at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, Lawrence gets his dream job at the local video store called Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life – his best friend Matt (Percy Hynes-White) and his single mother Terri (Krista Bridges) – all while developing a complicated friendship with his older female manager, Alana (Romina D’Ugo). As graduation looms ever closer, a series of painful realizations force Lawrence to acknowledge that he is a pretentious asshole.

Written and directed by Chandler Levack, I Like Movies was produced by Lindsay Blair Goeldner, Evan Dubinsky, and Chandler Levack. The cast features Isaiah Lehtinen (‘Lawrence’), Romina D’Ugo (‘Alana’), Krista Bridges (‘Terri’), and Percy Hynes White (‘Matt’).

The Official Trailer for I Like Movie Written and Directed by Chandler Levack

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“It’s a joy to finally make I Like Movies available for American audiences. It is on VOD and especially on DVD.” said filmmaker Chandler Levack. “It’s been so exciting to see critics and film-lovers around the world connect with Lawrence’s journey. From teenaged cinephile to actual human being. And, I want to thank our immensely talented cast and crew. My dedicated producers Lindsay Blair Goeldner and Evan Dubinsky. As well as Telefilm and Visit Films, for creating such an incredible trajectory for an independent Canadian film. Thank you so much to Freestyle Digital Media for giving I Like Movies a new life in America. The staff at Sequels Video will be delighted to add this DVD to their Staff Picks wall.”

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About Freestyle Digital Media
The digital distribution unit of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, Freestyle Digital Media, is a premiere multi-platform distributor with direct partnerships across all major cable, satellite, digital, and streaming platforms. Capitalizing on a robust infrastructure, proven track record, and a veteran sales team. 

Freestyle Digital Media is a true home for independent films. Recent releases include ALLSWELL IN NEW YORK starring Emmy award-winning actress Liza Colón-Zayas from the hit FX series THE BEAR, ALL HAPPY FAMILIES starring Josh Radnor and Rob Huebel, the drama based on a novel THE GHOST TRAP starring Zak Steiner from EUPHORIA and Greer Grammer of AWKWARD, and the Weekly World News horror-comedy THE ZOMBIE WEDDING. 

Other Freestyle Digital Media titles include THE ROAD DOG starring comedian Doug Stanhope, SURVIVE starring HBO’s GAME OF THRONES star Sophie Turner and Corey Hawkins, the music documentary profiling blues guitar legends Jimmie Vaughan and Stevie Ray Vaughan, BROTHERS IN BLUES, DEAR ZOE starring Sadie Sink from the hit Netflix series STRANGER THINGS, Jessica Capshaw and Theo Rossi, the teen musical BEST SUMMER EVER featuring a fully integrated cast and crew of people with and without disabilities, produced by Jamie Lee Curtis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, and Ted Danson, and THE WEDDING YEAR starring Sarah Hyland and Anna Camp.

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