Thursday, February 27, 2014

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)

Released December 21st in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Brian Foster is a young man who works for Norton security company.
Home break-ins have been on the rise and it's up to the people at Norton to figure out something that works well enough to move them up one in the game.
Brian is late for a very important meeting at work and is fired because of it.
The daughter of Brians boss , Casey - who happens to be Brians' fiancee , although the boss doesn't know it yet - is livid when she finds out her father has fired Brian.
But Brian has been working on a security system that will surely be a hit with Caseys' father and needs her help getting his idea to him.
Stars Phil Adams , Paul Nuckles , Wesley Eure , Conrad Bain , Red Buttons , Chuck McCann , Valerie Bertinelli , Larry Bishop , Hermione Baddeley , Jim Backus , James Reynolds , Robert Q. Lewis , Baynes Barron , Steve Mitchell , Peter Griffin , Larry Easley , Michael Rougas
Directed by Don Chaffey
Rated PG
FAMILY/COMEDY/SCIFI

Digging to China (1997)

Released September 11th in the US.
Filmed in North Carolina.
The story : Wise-beyond-her-years Harriet has many questions and many more ideas about life away from home.
Harriet is able to appreciate the simple things in her life only she doesn't have anyone her age to share them with.
One day while sitting by the road passing time , Harriet meets older lady Leah and her mentally challenged son Ricky.
Due to car trouble , the mother and son end up staying at the hotel Harriet lives at.
Shortly after , Harriet begins a close friendship with Ricky even though he is much older than she.
Stars Annie Jaynes , Evan Rachel Wood , Cathy Moriarty , Nicole Burdette , Mary Stuart Masterson , Marian Seldes , Kevin Bacon , Amanda Minikus , Bing Putney , Joanne Pankow , Gareth Williams , R. Keith Harris
Directed by Timothy Hutton
Rated PG
DRAMA

"Once I tried to squeeze down a rabbit hole. Then I tried digging all the way to China."

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Sophie & Sheba (2010)

Not released in the US...
Filmed entirely in Canada.
The story : One morning , young Sophie awakens and walks out into the family zoo that she lives at with her mother and father.
Sophie is shocked to see her lifelong friend , Sheba the elephant , being taken away from the zoo in a truck.
When Sophie confronts her parents about Sheba being taken away , she is told that her family can no longer afford to pay for Sheba as well as Sophies ballet school.
So her parents sold Sheba to the circus.
Sophie will not stand for that.
The very next day , Sophie is off to the circus to save her best friend.
Instead , Sophie ends up joining the circus to take care of Sheba and befriends a few circus people along the way.
Stars Brittany Bristow , John Rhys-Davies , Erica Durance , Augustus Prew , Thure Riefenstein , Aidan Devine , Natalie Radford , Deborah Kara Unger
Directed by Leif Bristow
Rated PG
DRAMA

The Internship (2013)

Released June 7th in the US.
Filmed in Georgia and California.
The story : Best buds Nick and Billy are making a life for themselves as salesmen.
While they are working on making a big sale to an old friend , they find out that the business they are working for has shut down.
Now the two find themselves out of work with no real skills to go any further.
But Billy gets a brilliant idea. He signs them both up for an interview with Google to be interns.
Stars Vince Vaughn , Owen Wilson , Gary Anthony Williams , John Goodman , Will Ferrell , Rose Byrne , Josh Brener , Aasif Mandvi , Max Minghella , Tiya Sircar , Dylan O'Brien , Josh Gad , Tobit Raphael , Rob Riggle , Jessica Szohr , Eric André , Harvey Guillen , JoAnna Garcia Swisher , Anna Enger , Sean Goulding , Bruno Amato
Directed by Shawn Levy
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA

Monday, February 24, 2014

Harold and Maude (1971)

Released December 20th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Harold is a quiet young man. He's pretty introverted , obsessed with death and drives his mother mad.
Harold likes to attend funerals and while at a couple of them , he gets to meet an older lady who attends funerals as well.
After getting to know the lady from the funerals , Harold really takes a liking to her as he finds her fascinating.
All the while , Harold continues his antics at home while his mother is constantly trying to set him up with woman. Mother is hoping that Harold will possibly get married to one of the women she agrees to for him and be out of her hair.
But Harold has other ideas.
Stars Bud Cort , Charles Tyner , Ruth Gordon , Vivian Pickles , Cyril Cusack , Ellen Geer , Eric Christmas , G. Wood , Judy Engles , Tom Skerritt , Shari Summers , Ray K. Goman , Gordon Devol , Harvey Brumfield , Henry Dieckoff
Directed by Hal Ashby
Rated PG
COMEDY/DRAMA

"Consistancy is not really a human trait."



Frailty (2001)

Released April 12 ,2002 in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : In the summer or 79' , Fenton and Adam Meiks are living as good a life as any with their religious widowed father.
Everything seems fine until one evening , their beloved father is awoken by a strange , religious dream.
In the dream , their father was visited by an angel who told him that his new mission in life , along with his children , is to take out the "demons".
Adam isn't shocked by this information one bit as he is young and trusts everything that his father tells them.
But Fenton is resistant to the idea of helping his father along in the mission.
Stars Bill Paxton , Powers Boothe , Matthew McConaughey , Missy Crider , Luke Askew , Matt O'Leary , Jeremy Sumpter , Levi Kreis , Derk Cheetwood , Alan Davidson , Cynthia Ettinger , Edmond Scott Ratliff , Rebecca Tilney
Directed by Bill Paxton
Rated R
THRILLER


"Maybe you're not right in the head..."

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Carrie (2013)


Released October 18th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
The story : Carrie White is the outcast of her school. No friends , strict mom and not a clue about what kids her age lives are like.
Carrie desperately wants to fit in and be accepted by her peers but nope that's not gonna happen.
After the girls in her gym class get brutal with her , they get in trouble for it.
Some believe they shouldn't have gotten in trouble for what happened and some feel bad for what they did.
Either way , none of it brings Carrie out of herself. Instead it all sends her deeper within herself , believing that she has telekinesis and begins trying to understand it.
Sue , the one girl who now feels truly sorry for what they did in gym class , talks her boyfriend into taking Carrie to prom.
But , oh yea , you guessed it. It's a trap! For everyone....
Stars Chloe Grace Moretz , Julianne Moore , Gabriella Wilde , Portia Doubleday , Zoë Belkin , Ansel Elgort , Alex Russell , Samantha Weinstein , Karissa Strain , Judy Greer , Katie Strain , Barry Shabaka Henley , Arlene Mazerolle
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Rated R
REMAKE/HORROR/SCIFI

Thursday, February 20, 2014

This Must Be the Place (2011)

Released November 12 , 2012 in the US.
Filmed in Ireland , New Mexico , Michigan and New York.
The story : Retired American rockstar Cheyenne is living a very quiet , repetitive life in Ireland.
He hasn't seen any of his family , driven a car or even left Ireland in over 30 years.
He tells his wife that he believes he is a bit depressed.
Right after , he finds out his father - who he has stayed away from , is dying.
Cheyenne makes the efforts to go to see his father.
When he gets there , he is welcomed by his brother who talks to him about what his fathers life was actually like and what he was doing until the day he died.
As they are Jewish , his father spent his younger days in a Nazi camp , so he has been looking for the man who tormented him.
Now Cheyenne believes that he should in fact complete his fathers lifelong mission.
Stars Sean Penn , Eve Hewson , Sam Keeley , Frances McDormand , Olwen Fouerev , Joyce Van Patten , Simon Delaney , Judd Hirsch , David Byrne , Shea Whigham , Liron Levo , Johnny Ward , Master Deng , Sarah Carroll , Bern Cohen , Gordon Michaels , Kerry Condon , Seth Adkins , Stafford Douglas , Boots Sutherland , Davis Gloff , Amy Julia Cheyfitz
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA

"The secret is time..."

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Godsend (2004)

Released April 30th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
The story : Paul and Jessie Duncan have just lost their beloved only son tragically.
A doctor from Jessies' past has heard about the couples horrible loss on the news.
He approaches the couple , claiming he is able to help them reclaim their son by cloning him.
It seems a strange request yes , but Jessie is hell-bent on getting her son back.
But there are horrible consequences that the couple had no idea were possible.
Stars Rebecca Romijn , Greg Kinnear , Cameron Bright , Edie Inksetter , Robert De Niro , Jake Simons , Elle Downs , Raoul Bhaneja , Jenny Cooper , Thomas Chambers , Munro Chambers , Jeff Christensen , Deborah Odell , Jordan Scherer , Ingrid Veninger ,
Al Bernstein
Directed by Nick Hamm
Rated PG13
THRILLER/SCIFI/MYSTERY/HORROR

Monday, February 17, 2014

The Conjuring (2013)

Released July 19th in the US.
Filmed in North Carolina.
Based on truths.
The story : The Perron family has just taken up residence in a beautiful old farmhouse in Rhode Island.
Things couldn't seem better for the family.
But soon , the children of the family begin to experience some really frightening things.
Mother Perron brings it upon herself to sit in on a classroom discussion led by well-known ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Mrs. Perron believes in what the couple are telling the classroom about and decides to ask the couple to come to her house , as her children are scared to death of being there.
The couple accept Mrs. Perrons' invitation.
Ed and Lorraine embark on a fighting of evil to save the family who has left their well-being in the couples' hands.
Stars Lili Taylor , Ron Livingston , Shanley Caswell , Hayley McFarland , Joey King , Mackenzie Foy , Kyla Deaver , Shannon Kook , Vera Farmiga , Patrick Wilson , Sterling Jerins , Shannon Kook , John Brotherton , Marion Guyot , George T. Zervos , Steve Coulter , Dusty
Directed by James Wan
Rated R
HORROR/THRILLER/BIOGRAPHY

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Straw Dogs (2011)

Released September 16th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Louisiana.
The story : David and Amy are newlyweds.
They've decided to make the move from Los Angeles to Amy's childhood home in Louisiana , as David is a writer and the quiet relocation could be a very good change.
As soon as the couple arrive in Louisiana , they are approached by everybody and their mother who knew Amy from when she lived there.
At first it's not much of a big deal but after a short while it starts to make David a bit uneasy.
Seeing how all the guys are like "Oooh Hey Amyyyyy...:D!" *eyebrows up & down*
Amy can't see much of a problem as she shrugs off all the guys at first but...
Maybe... Amy should trust her husband's instincts and suggestions.
Stars Kate Bosworth , James Marsden , James Woods , Alexander Skarsgård , Dominic Purcell , Billy Lush , Rhys Coiro , Laz Alonso , Walton Goggins , Willa Holland , Anson Mount , Drew Powell , Kristen Shaw , Megan Adelle
Directed by Rod Lurie
Rated R
REMAKE/THRILLER

Monday, February 10, 2014

The Death of Richie (1977)

Made for TV , airing January 10th in the US.
Filmed in California.
Based on truths.
The story : Richie is a teenager who tries really hard to be straight-edge but just can't seem to take his reality.
Around every corner in Richie's young life is some sort of disappointment.
Richie's parents are really concerned about his well being and they do everything they can think of to try and help their son.
But it's all just way too much of a strain on everyone.
Stars Robby Benson , Ben Gazzara , Eileen Brennan , Lance Kerwin , Shirley O'Hara , John Zaremba , Jennifer Rhodes , Jesse Emmett , Charles Fleischer , Harry Gold , Clint Howard , Cindy Eilbacher , Susan Pratt , John Friedrich , Jane Marla Robbins , Sean Roche
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Not Rated
DRAMA

The Frozen Ground (2013)

Released August 23rd in the US.
Filmed entirely in Alaska.
Based on truths.
The story : In 1983 , Alaska state trooper Jack Halcombe is just about getting ready to move and take a job elsewhere for his family.
But first , he has gotten handed a case that no one has been able to solve.
Young women have been coming up missing and then found murdered in the wilderness of Alaska.
When one young woman has experienced some brutal things from a man who offered her money for sex , then beat the snot out of her , and tried to kidnap her the trooper must see if that man she dealt with could possibly be connected to the previous murders.
Stars Nicolas Cage , John Cusack , Vanessa Hudgens , Dean Norris , Gia Mantegna , Radha Mitchell , Robert Forgit , Michael McGrady , Brad William Henke , Katherine LaNasa , Kevin Dunn , Ryan O'Nan , Connor Rockom , Connor Rockom , Matt Gerald
Directed by (& story written) Scott Walker
Rated R
MYSTERY/BIOGRAPHY/THRILLER

Do Not Disturb (1999)

Released - , huh not released in the US.
Filmed entirely in Netherlands.
The story : American Walter takes his wife , Cathryn and their ten-year-old mute daughter Melissa to Amsterdam.
Walter has work there so he figures he can spend the time he isn't working with his family in a beautiful city.
Cathryn has constant doubts about vacationing in Amsterdam , especially with their daughter but she wanted to go so...
A co-worker of Walters meets the family at the airport and takes them to their hotel.
While trying to check in , Melissa really needs to use the restroom. Walters co-worker offers to take her there.
Melissa goes along with him and he tells her he will wait but when she comes out , he is nowhere to be found.
Melissa somehow finds herself outside the hotel , then she witnesses a murder.
Now the murderers are looking to take care of her too.
Stars William Hurt , Jennifer Tilly , Francesca Brown , Jason Merrells , Francis Matthews , Denis Leary , Corey Johnson , Michael A. Goorjian , Stephen Crane , Aaron Swartz , Tim Faraday
Directed by (& story written) Dick Maas
Rated R
THRILLER/ACTION/COMEDY

"Is he your speech therapist? You didn't pay your bill or something??"

Friday, February 7, 2014

Flight (2012)

Released November 2nd in the US.
Filmed entirely in Georgia.
The story : Veteran airline pilot Whip Whitaker is flying a full plane on this morning.
He believes he is in tip top shape although he hadn't gotten any sleep the night before.
First he steers his plane straight through a horrible storm , then he has no choice other than to emergency land the plane due to it running in a faulty manner.
Even though Whip landed the plane and saved lives , there were actually a few lives lost.
Now the families of the people who lost their lives on the plane are looking to be compensated.
Stars Denzel Washington , Nadine Velazquez , Carter Cabassa , Adam C. Edwards , Brian Geraghty , Tamara Tunie , Kelly Reilly , Conor O'Neill , Charlie E. Schmidt , Will Sherrod , Adam Tomei , Boni Yanagisawa , John Goodman , Ravi Kapoor , Jill Jane Clements
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Rated R
THRILLER/DRAMA

Snowbeast (1977)


Made for TV, airing April 28th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Colorado.
The story: Two chicks are out for a ski run on the slopes of ski resort Crested Butte on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
When they stop for a quick break, one of the two decides that she doesn't think they should go on, she says she saw some weird footprints and well, she's just got the creeps alright!?
That's not good enough for her buddy who thinks it's just in her friend's head and as soon as she decides to fluff it off, she gets captured by some kind of monster.
The chick who didn't get captured goes back to get help but no one believes that there is some sort of "monster" out on the slopes that got her friend.
They send out a search party and find that indeed something horrible happened to the missing chick.
And oh man, this just happens to be the day before the big Winter carnival gets off to a start at the ski resort. Total bummer...
Stars Kathy Christopher , Yvette Mimieux , Bo Svenson , Robert Logan , Clint Walker , Sylvia Sidney , Thomas Babson , Jacquie Botts , Jamie Jamison , Richard Jamison , Liz Jury , Richard Jury , Rob McClung , Annie McEnroe , Prentiss Rowe , Victor Raider-Wexler , Daniel Mandehr , Michael J. Londona
Directed by Herb Wallerstein
Not Rated
HORROR/MYSTERY/SCIFI

"Maybe I'll recognize her when I see her face."
"She doesn't have one..." "O


Sometimes it snows in April you know...

Absolution (1978)

Released July 1 , 1988 in the US.
Filmed in the UK.
Based on truths.
The story : Benjie is a young boy who lives a sheltered life at the Catholic school.
All the boys there are ruled over by Father Goddard , who expects the boys to refer to him simply as God.
Benjie is a favorite of Goddards until he starts rebelling.
Benjie begins telling lies through confession.
After getting in trouble for it , Benjie begins doing far worse things as well as making threats and then confesses about them.
Only because he knows that Goddard is unable to do anything about what Benjie tells him as it is all through confession.
Stars Richard Burton , Billy Connolly , Dominic Guard , David Bradley , Andrew Keir , Willoughby Gray , Preston Lockwood , James Ottaway , Brook Williams , Jon Plowman , Robin Soans , Trevor Martin , Sharon Duce , Brian Glover , Dan Meaden , Hilary Mason
Directed by Anthony Page
Rated R
THRILLER/MYSTERY

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

The Heat (2013)

Released June 28th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Massachusetts.
The story : Federal Agent Ashburn believes she is such a good detective that she should get a promotion.
Her boss believes that considering all the other agents just about despise her , she could use a change of pace.
Ashburns boss sends her from New York to Boston to work on a major drug smuggling case.
Only problem is , there is another officer working on the case already and neither of them are used to not getting their own way.
Stars Sandra Bullock , Melissa McCarthy , Thomas F. Wilson , Marlon Wayans , Demian Bichir , Spoken Reasons , Dan Bakkedahl , Taran Killam , Michael McDonald , Michael Rapaport , Jane Curtin , John Ross Bowie , Peter Weireter
Directed by Paul Feig
Rated R
COMEDY/ACTION/MYSTERY

"You gotta vent that furnace..."

Captain Phillips (2013)

Released October 11th in the US.
Filmed in Massachusetts , Virginia , UK , Malta and Morocco.
Based on truths.
The story : In 2009 , Captain Richard Phillips had a mission to sail out as the captain of MV Maersk Alabama , carrying a full crew and cargo.
Almost immediately the ship is hijacked by a small armed group of Somali pirates.
Captain Phillips must protect his ship , crew and cargo from any harm.
This is that harrowing story.
Stars Tom Hanks , Catherine Keener , Barkhad Abdi , Barkhad Abdirahman , Faysal Ahmed , Mahat M. Ali , Michael Chernus , David Warshofsky , Corey Johnson , Chris Mulkey , Yul Vazquez , Max Martini , Omar Berdouni , Mohamed Ali , Issak Farah Samatar , Thomas Grube , Mark Holden , San Shella , Terence Anderson , Marc Anwar , David Webber , Amr El-Bayoumi , Vincenzo Nicoli , Kapil Arun , Louis Mahoney , Peter Landi , Angus MacInnes , Ian Ralph , Kristian Hjordt Beck , Kurt Larsen
Directed Paul Greengrass
Rated PG13
DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY/THRILLER

Gloria (1980)

Released October 1st in the US.
Filmed in New York and New Jersey.
The story : Gloria Swenson is a tough , older broad who lives a quiet life and happens to have mob connections.
One afternoon she visits a friend/neighbor for coffee but ends up walking into a very hectic situation.
It seems her friends' family are scared for their lives as there is a mob hit out on them all due to the husband of the family screwing the mob over.
In the family is a young daughter and younger son.
The childrens mother pleads with Gloria to take her children away with her to keep them safe.
Gloria agrees but is only able to take the son along.
Even though Gloria nor the little boy want to steal away together , they must...running til there is just nowhere left to run.
Stars Julie Carmen , Gregory Cleghorne , Buck Henry , Jessica Castillo , John Adames , Lupe Garnica , Gena Rowlands , George Yudzevich , Tony Knesich , Tom Noonan , Ronald Maccone , Gary Howard Klar , Shanton Granger , John Pavelko , Michael Proscia , T.S. Rosenbaum , John Finnegan , Gaetano Lisi , Marilyn Putnam , Asa Adil Qawee , Lawrence Tierney , Iris Fernandez , Jade Bari
Directed by (& story written by) John Cassavetes
Rated PG
DRAMA/THRILLER

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Going Down in LA-LA Land (2011)

Released May 1st in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Adam is a gay , young and struggling actor.
He has recently made the move from New York to Los Angeles to move in with his equally young and struggling actress gal pal and her beau as well as be closer to opportunity.
Adam has a curse on him though. He is cursed with some fantastic looks and a fabulous body.
When the gay men in the modeling and film industry get a look at him they want to make him famous , as they believe its just a matter of getting his look out to the public.
Even though Adam isnt into modeling , he gets talked into it due to needing the cash.
Then Adam begins helping film crews on the sets of gay porn shoots.
Which results in the company pleading with Adam to star in gay porn , once again pressuring that it will make him rich and famous.
He doesnt want to do that , but he does...just once. Now he is in the public eye a lot more. But he just needed the cash.
Soon Adam meets a very famous guy his age and begins to fall for him.
But the two must keep their relationship a secret.
Stars Matthew Ludwinski , Allison Lane , Casper Andreas , John Schile , Jesse Archer , Judy Tenuta , Brent Bailey , Alec Mapa , Bruce Vilanch , Angelina Hong , Scott DeFalco , Michael Medico , Kurt Scholler , Todd Sherry
Directed by Casper Andreas
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA

Gorky Park (1983)

Released December 15th in the US.
Filmed in Finland , Sweden , Scotland and Russia.
The story : Arkady Renko is a crime investigator for the Moscow police.
One evening he and other policemen are awakened and called out into the cold night of Gorky Park.
There they find three bodies which had been recently discovered by a night guard.
A gruesome murder has taken place.
Arkady will not stop looking for clues and he isn't exactly getting much help other than from the coroner.
Everyone else he speaks to about it seems to be hiding the reason why the murders took place and by who. But , why???
Stars William Hurt , Joanna Pacula , Niall O'Brien , Lee Marvin , Ian Bannen , Michael Elphick , Richard Griffiths , Rikki Fulton , Alexander Knox , Alexei Sayle , Ian McDiarmid , Tusse Silberg , Henry Woolf , Patrick Field
Directed by Michael Apted
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER

The Final Countdown (1980)

Released August 1st in the US.
Filmed in Florida , Hawaii , Atlantic Ocean and Virginia.
The story : A crew for the U.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier is on a practice sail in the middle of the ocean near Pearl Harbor.
The next thing they know , they are experiencing quite a storm. A very powerful and utterly painful storm at that.
After the storm , everything seems to be back to normal.
But what they don't realize at first is that the storm was actually a time warp...and they all witnessed it.
Now they are , without much warning at all - believe it or not , 41 years into the past and headed directly into the battle of Pearl Harbor.
Stars Martin Sheen , Kirk Douglas , James Farentino , Ron O'Neal , Victor Mohica , James Coleman , Charles Durning , Neil Ronco , Katharine Ross , Soon-Tek Oh , Dan Fitzgerald , Peter Douglas , Lloyd Kaufman , Mark Thomas , Alvin Ing
Directed by Don Taylor
Rated PG
ACTION/SCIFI