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Toasted Corn Flakes, Michael Mccurdy Apr 2022

Toasted Corn Flakes, Michael Mccurdy

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

Against biblical odds, the baseball version of a stage mom and her grifting ex road trip their kids’ baseball team across the midwest in the name of life, liberty, and the little league world series.


A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Cara Jackson Jan 2022

A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Cara Jackson

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

A woman on a journey of self discovery accidentally starts a doomsday cult.


Sid And Bugaboo, Delaynna Corley Apr 2021

Sid And Bugaboo, Delaynna Corley

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

It is an animated series for kids. It centers on Sid, an adventurous eleven-year-old girl, who gets into trouble one too many times, and a Bogeyman, is sent to scare her straight. But this monster, named Bugaboo, turns out not to be the scary creature that she thought he would be, creating an unlikely friendship between the two.


No Man's Land, Preston Ray Apr 2021

No Man's Land, Preston Ray

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

NO MAN’S LAND (One-Hour, Horror) – In a dying Dust Bowl town suffering from the outbreak of a strange disease, a headstrong epidemiologist finds herself facing off against an ancient, supernatural entity.


Barren, Hannah Herman Apr 2021

Barren, Hannah Herman

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

In the aftermath of their baby’s stillbirth, eccentric couple Marlow and Dev clash with overbearing loved ones, outspoken neighbor kids, and each other while trying to reconcile unmet expectations and their newfound reality. Bottling up her emotions, Marlow begins to see inanimate objects speak, spewing out the feelings she hopes to keep suppressed.


Tom, Dick, And Harry, Andy Hammersmith Apr 2021

Tom, Dick, And Harry, Andy Hammersmith

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

Presumed dead, a cantankerous retired assassin hides out in a senior living home. When the CIA tracks him down, he enlists his fellow residents to trade in their walkers for weapons to protect the facility from a death squad.


The Last Greatest, Ethan Raduns-Silverstein Apr 2021

The Last Greatest, Ethan Raduns-Silverstein

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

Fighting bankruptcy, the owner of the last traveling circus train in America must improve the act and generate ticket sales or it's curtains for him and his eclectic cast and crew.


Black Men Don't Cheat, Edwin Lorenzo Martin Apr 2021

Black Men Don't Cheat, Edwin Lorenzo Martin

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

Sick of doing what's expected him, Marcus leaves his job as a doctor to pursue acting as he and his roommates figure out life in a fast changing South Central LA.


Clean Sweep, Isabelle Davis Apr 2021

Clean Sweep, Isabelle Davis

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

Best friends, Harry and Dave, both come to face their own versions of mid-life crises. Harry is a former hockey player stuck in his glory days, and Dave is a recently divorced, try-hard dad without any glory days. Harry realizes he’s not in the “prime” he thinks he is but still wants another shot at the Olympics, so he decides to trade hockey in for the most exciting and physical sport in the world – Curling. He drags along Dave to form a team of misfits, including the local shuffleboard champ and hairdresser, Ramona, and a high-school janitor, Gail. Under …


Whittier, Mario E. Johnson Apr 2021

Whittier, Mario E. Johnson

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

A Navy sailor enlists at a mysterious Naval Reserves base to be closer to his dying mother and discovers he’s transporting aliens and an unknown medicine that could potentially save his Mom’s life.


The Táin, Luke Hart-Moynihan Apr 2021

The Táin, Luke Hart-Moynihan

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

The Táin (Myth / Epic Fantasy, Feature) - In mythic iron-age Ireland, an exiled king allies with a proud queen to steal a magic bull and retake his former kingdom, but his semi-divine foster-son stands in their way. Based on the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge.


The Poetess, Savannah Solorio Apr 2021

The Poetess, Savannah Solorio

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

After a thwarted assassination attempt, renowned poet Sappho is forced into exile in ancient Sicily, where her hubris and terrible advice on love from Aphrodite jeopardizes her dreams of artistic greatness.


Fallmore, Emanuella Bettarello De Oliveira Apr 2021

Fallmore, Emanuella Bettarello De Oliveira

LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations

After a nightmare where her best friend is killed by a terrifying creature, a teenager girl, wakes up to find that not only is he missing in real life, but no one in the perfect town of Fallmore seems to remember he ever existed...