Nonnas (2025)

Released May 9th in the US.

Filmed entirely in New Jersey.

Based on truths.

The story: As a child, Joe Scaravella had a great love for his mother and grandmother.

He also, along with everyone else in their big family, loved their cooking.

It always brought everyone together, and Joe fondly remembers that time in his life as a really happy time.

Fast forward to present day.

Joe has just lost his beloved mother.

She left him some money and a letter, a letter Joe doesn't want to open because it will mean it is the last thing his mother will ever say to him...

After his best friends try talking him into doing something he would never do before with the money she left him, Joe goes out on his own and decides to buy a restaurant.

But not any restaurant.

Joe's vision is to hire as many "Nonnas" as possible, who love to cook and will cook their most beloved dishes for all who will love and appreciate them.

It's a great idea, but it will cost a lot of money, as well as being quite the task, because Joe and his friends know absolutely nothing about owning and running a restaurant.

Stars Theodore Helm , Jamie Eddy , Jack Casey , Kate Eastman , Karen Giordano , Adam Ferrara , Tammy Pescatelli , Lorraine Bracco , Drea de Matteo , Joe Manganiello, Brenda Vaccaro , Susan Sarandon , Talia Shire , Linda Cardellini , Michael Rispoli , Quincy Dunn Baker , Jimmy Smagula

Directed by Stephen Chbosky

Rated PG
DRAMA/COMEDY/HISTORY

I Care a Lot (2020)

Released February 19, 2021, in the US.

Filmed in Massachusetts and England.

The story: Marla is a confident woman.
She has made a career as a professional, court-appointed legal guardian, typically for the elderly whose doctors claim they can no longer care for themselves.

But instead of doing what is right, Marla is trying to get rich.

She schemes, with many people working along with her, to take these elderly people out of their homes and put them in assisted living facilities.

Then, while those people are safely locked away from what they know, Marla makes sure to sell off all of their belongings.

When Marla is informed by her doctor friend of a well-off elderly woman who is in the early stages of dementia and has no living family, it seems like a very easy gig.

Big problems arise though when the woman's son, who no one knew about, comes looking for his mother.

Stars Rosamund Pike , Eiza Gonzales , Macon Blair , Damian Rice , Alicia Witt , Dianne Wiest , Nicholas Logan , Isiah Whitlock Jr , Peter Dinklage , Chris Messina , Liz Eng , Georgia Lyman

Directed by (& story written) J Blakeson

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/DARK COMEDY

I See You (2019)

December 6th in the US.

Filmed in Ohio.

The story: Greg Harper is a policeman who is investigating the recent disappearance of a local 10-year-old boy.

The case is the cause of much stress for Greg.

His home life isn't great either, as he is struggling with the recent infidelity of his wife Jackie, while their young teen son Connor is extremely angry about the situation.

Also, lately, things around their family home have been strange.

Things are going missing and being in spots where they would not normally be.

But everyone in the house disregards it for the most part.

When the man Jackie was involved with shows up unexpectedly, things get really bad.

So bad that Greg and Jackie end up having to hide his body...

Stars Riley Caya , Jon Tenney , Helen Hunt , Judah Lewis , Gregory Alan Williams , Erika Alexander , Allison Gabriel , Adam Kern , Nicole Forester , John Newburg , AJ Ransom , Libe Barer , Owen Teague 

Directed by Adam Randall

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER

Tragedy Girls (2017)

Released October 20th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Kentucky.

The story: BFF's Sadie and McKayla are high school seniors who just happen to be obsessed with death...

They also have an Instagram page , dedicated to death but feel it doesn't get the attention it deserves.

There is a serial killer lurking around their small town, and the girls have been studying everything about the murders.

When they kidnap the serial killer, they do believe they have one-upped him.

Sadie and McKayla decide that they will start killing off people around town, blaming the serial killer for the killings, of course, but still taking in and feeding on all the attention surrounding the mystery.

Stars Brianna Hildebrand , Austin Abrams , Alexandra Shipp , Kevin Durand , Jack Quaid , Nicky Whelan , Craig Robinson , Timothy V Murphy , Katie Stottlemire , Josh Hutcherson , Elise Neal , Andy Bethea , Keith Hudson , Savannah Jade , William Tokarsky , Loren Lester , Rosalind Chao 

Directed by (& story partly written) Tyler MacIntyre

Rated R
DARK COMEDY/THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR

Coming Home in the Dark (2021)

Released October 1st in the US.

Filming location(s) unknown.

The story: Hoaggie and Jill are a married couple who both happen to be school teachers.

They are taking their two teen sons on a road trip vacation through New Zealand.

Everything is going well until they stop by a quiet road for a picnic.

While there, the family is approached by two strange men.

After questioning them and invading the family's space, the men decide to rob the family at gunpoint.

The family complies, but that isn't good enough for the two drifters.

Slowly, the family is put through tortures one by one until the drifters learn something about Hoaggie's past that makes their torturous rampage all the more meaningful.

Stars Erik Thomson , Miriama McDowell , Frankie Paratene , Billy Paratene , Daniel Gillies , Matthias Luafutu , Alan Palmer , Desray Armstrong , Sam Carter , Ike Hamon , Bailey Cowan , Timon Zeiss

Directed by ( & story partly written) James Ashcroft

TVMA

MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

Suburbicon (2017)

Released October 27th in the US.

Filmed entirely in California.

The story: It is 1959 in the suburban community of Suburbicon.

Nothing bad ever happens in Suburbicon, and everyone always gets along.

Young Nicky Gardner lives with his father, wheelchair-bound mother, and aunt in Suburbicon, and everything seems idyllic.

That is, until one horrifying evening when his family home is robbed and his mother loses her life.

This hits Nicky hard, but he still has his aunt, father, and favorite uncle to look out for him.

When Nicky attends the police station along with his father to pick the men who robbed them and killed his mother out of a lineup, his father says he doesn't recognize the men.

But Nicky knows that's not true.

After talking with his father about it, and his father flat out denies knowing what the men looked like, Nicky begins putting the pieces together.

Stars Matt Damon , Julianne Moore , Noah Jupe , Gary Basaraba , Karimah Westbrook , Tony Espinosa , Leith Burke , Alex Hassell , Mather Zickel , Oscar Isaac, Steve Monroe , James Handy

Directed by (& partly written) George Clooney

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER

Des (2020)

Released as a three-part mini series, October 15th in the US.

Filmed in London and England.

Based on truths.

The story: On February 8 , 1983 a plumbing company was called out to 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill of North London due to a drainage problem.

The worker on the job called the police, explaining that what he had found he believed may very well be human remains...

After the police examined the bones found and talked with the worker, they understood they needed to talk with the tenant who lived in the attic of the apartment building, 37-year-old Dennis Nilsen.

Later that evening, while questioning Nilsen in his home, the police were quickly directed to more human remains by Nilsen, which he had been storing inside his house for quite some time.

Nilsen was arrested shortly thereafter and questioned by police extensively.

The fact that Nilsen had committed murders of more than one person was inevitable, proving such in great detail to get justice was a whole other story.
Stars Daniel Mays . Barry Ward , David Tennant , Jason Watkins , Ron Cook , Faye McKeever , Joel Morris , Ben Bailey Smith , Bronagh Waugh , Jay Simpson , Alex Bhat , Andy Jaye , Chanel Cresswell , Jonathan Coy , Oscar Salem , Cal MacAninch , Neil Edmond , Ross Anderson

Directed by (& story partly written) Lewis Arnold 

Not Rated

HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA/THRILLER/TV/SERIES