Tuesday, April 12, 2011

The Point (1971)


Made for TV movie.
Released date(s) unknown.
Filmed in a Hollywood film studio.
The story: Little Oblio is a fine young boy.
But it seems he has been labeled with a dilemma.
Everyone in the town and everything in it must have a point.
And you see, little Oblio does not.
Because he wins a game that is only meant for the ones with points, he is soon banished from his family and the only town he's ever known as home.
He enters, what he believes is the pointless forest.
He learns a very valuable life lesson.
Stars (voices by) Ringo Starr , Paul Frees, Lennie Weinrib , Bill Martin , Buddy Foster , Joan Gerber , Mike Lookinland , Alan Barzman , Dustin Hoffman , Alan Thicke
Directed by Fred Wolf
Not Rated
AMINATION/FAMILY/MUSIC

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)


Based on true events.
Released sometime in October of 1989 in the US.
Filmed in Oregon.
The story: Bob and Diane are pretty much career junkies.
Every move they make is in the direction of scoring drugs.
They befriend a young couple of lovers whom they help sink more into drugs like themselves.
Even though Bob and Diane love their lives and their drugs, that's a pretty bad scene, and they know it.
But what they don't know is its just gonna get worse.
Stars Matt Dillon , Kelly Lynch , James LeGros , Heather Graham , Max Perlich , James Remar , Grace Zabriskie
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Squirm (1976)


Released July 30th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Georgia.
The story: The night before Mick is due in town to spend some time with his beloved Geri, there was a very serious thunder/lightning storm.
The day Mick arrives, the small town finds themselves without water or electricity.
No real big problems at first.
But soon some really weird stuff starts happening, surrounding miss Geri and her love Mick.
Stars Patricia Pearcy , Jean Sullivan , Fran Higgins , R.A. Dow , Carl Dagenhart , Don Scardino , Peter MacLean , Barbara Quinn
Directed by (and story written) Jeff Lieberman
Rated R
MYSTERY/SCIFI/THRILLER/HORROR

The Social Network (2010)


This is based on true events.
Released October 1st in the US.
Filmed in Massachusetts, California, England, and Maryland.
The story: Mark Zuckerberg is a brilliant Harvard college student who desperately wants to be part of one of the many popular school clubs.
When he gets angry with the girl he is dating, he decides to basically go nuts and start coding programs on the internet for attention.
A few popular guys at school who have been looking for a project, get word of Mark's brilliant internet endeavors and want to work with him.
Mark agrees to work with the men, but then decides he doesn't want to at the last minute, screwing everyone out of everything they thought they had a part in.
Stars Jesse Eisenberg , Rooney Mara , Andrew Garfield , Brenda Song , Bryan Barter , Calvin Dean , Armie Hammer , Pamela Roylance , Justin Timberlake , Dakota Johnson
Directed by David Fincher
Rated PG13
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA/HISTORY

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Burning Bed (1984)


Made for TV movie, released October 8th in the US.
Filming location(s)unknown.
Based on true events.
The story: As a young woman, Francine fell hard in-love with older guy Mickey.
The two were inseparable and shortly thereafter the two find themselves husband and wife.
But times are hard, money is scarce and then the children start rolling in.
Soon Francine finds herself the battered housewife with no freedom what so ever.
After all efforts for help fail, Francine does the one thing left she feels will ultimately save her and her young children's lives.
Stars Farrah Fawcett , Paul Le Mat , Grace Zabriskie , James T. Callahan , David Andrews , Penelope Milford
Directed by Robert Greenwald
NOT RATED
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA/HISTORY

Friday, April 1, 2011

Redemption (2004)


Made for TV, released March 3rd in the US.
Filmed in Florida and Canada.
Based on true events.
The story: A journalist with a teenaged son decides she would like to write a book, based on gang violence in the town she lives in.
After reading up on many newspaper articles on a convicted gangbanger on death row, she tries her best at trying to at least get an interview with the man.
At first, he is reluctant to talk with her at all.
But when she gets to know one of the counselors at the local community center, her luck takes a turn in the right direction.
Stars Lynn Whitfield , Brenda Bazinet , Jamie Foxx , Lee Thompson Young , Wes Williams , CCH Pounder
Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall
NOT RATED
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA