Monday, May 29, 2017

Aaliyah : The Princess of R&B (2014)


Made for Lifetime, airing November 15th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story: In 1989, young Aaliyah performed on the popular Star Search tv program.
She didn't win and that broke her heart a bit but it definitely didn't stop her from continuing to pursue her dream.
Aaliyah soon got lucky and performed on stage in Los Vegas with her aunt-by-marriage , Glady Knight.
This gave her some exposure and soon she found herself recording for the record company her uncle worked for.
Then on to release an album produced by R Kelly.
Things began to take off for Aaliyah from there and the sky was always her limit.
Aaliyah wanted to do everything she could , always continuing her journey to the top.
Stars Kamaia Fairburn Grant , Lyriq Bent , Elise Neal , Racheal Crawford , Alexandra Shipp , Cle Bennett , Morgan Kelly , Christopher Jacot , Dewshane Williams , Al McFoster , Izaak Smith
Directed by Bradley Walsh 
Rated PG
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/DRAMA

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Sextette (1978)


Released March 3rd in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Marlo Manners is a world famous actress and sex symbol...
The world  just loves Miss Marlo.
Today happens to be her wedding day. But it's not just any wedding day , it is Miss Marlo's sixth wedding day...eh but who's counting?
Miss Marlo believes this will be the wedding to end all weddings as she really goes for her new groom Sir Michael only he doesn't realize his bride has been married many times before marrying him.
Normally this may be shocking news but Sir Michael seems to have a grip on things.
Well, at first anyways.
Quite a few of Marlo's ex's show up during the course of her wedding night and no one seems to realize the couple might possibly like to be alone.
So things kind of sour.
Stars Regis Philbin , Dom DeLuise , Keith Moon , Van McCoy , Mae West , Timothy Dalton , Tony Curtis , Ringo Starr , Keith Allison , George Hamilton , Rona Barrett , George Raft , Alice Cooper 
Directed by Ken Hughes
Rated PG
COMEDY/MUSICAL/DRAMA

Monday, May 15, 2017

Ghoulies ll (1988)


Released October 5th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Italy.
The story: On way to the carnival, a big rig has engine troubles.
Larry and Uncle Ned stop at a closed mechanic shop to look for help.
They don't find help but what they do get is some creatures hitching a ride in the trailer....
Off to the carnival, everyone is busy setting up when they get called to a meeting.
The accountant of the carnival has strict orders to close down any act that isn't making cash.
Larry and Uncle Ned decide that they will make their act involve magic and that will increase their earnings.
What they get is not what they expected due to the creatures , but hey it works!
Stars Damon Martin , Royal Dano , Phil Fondacaro , J Downing , Kerry Remsen , Dale Wyatt , Sasha Jenson , Starr Andreeff , Jon Pennell , William Butler , Donnie Jeffcoat , Christopher Burton

Directed by Albert Band
Rated R
SEQUEL/HORROR/SCIFI/COMEDY


"Have you seen my little Muffy?"

"Hasn't everyone!?"

"I mean my cat, you knucklehead..."

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Krull (1983)


Released July 29th in the US.
Filmed in Italy , Spain and the UK.
The story : Warrior Colwyn and Princess Lyssa have decided to take each other as husband and wife.
This will make warrior Colwyn the Prince and then, one day, the King of Krull...
On the day of the wedding, aliens - the slayers, crash the ceremony, kill everyone except Colwyn and steal Princess Lyssa away.
Now the only thing that warrior Colwyn can think of doing is rescuing Princess Lyssa.
It will be a long , difficult journey but warrior Colwyn along with his trusty throwing star and warrior recruits must make it to the Black Fortress to face the Beast and rescue his Princess.
Stars Ken Marshall , Lysette Anthony , Freddie Jones , Alun Armstrong , Francesca Annis , David Battley , Bernard Bresslaw , Liam Neeson , John Welsh , Graham McGrath , Tony Church , Bernard Archard , Belinda Mayne , Dicken Ashworth , Todd Carty , Robbie Coltrain
Directed by Peter Yates
Rated PG
SCIFI/ACTION/FANTASY

A Perfect Day (2015)


Released January 15 , 2016 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Spain.
The story: It is the early 90s in Bosnia.
There has been a war going on but it is slowly coming to its end.
A group of aid workers is there.
Their job is to extract a dead body from a well which provides water for the whole area.
Against many odds, the group tries to get the body free from the water supply but there is always something that keeps them from their goal.
Stars Benicio Del Toro , Tim Robbins , Melanie Thierry , Olga Kurylenko , Eldar Residovic , Fedja Stukan , Sergi Lopez , Nenad Vukelic , Morton Suurballe , Ben Temple , Frank Feyes 
Directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa
Rated R
DRAMA/COMEDY


"Peace may come but the problems don't disappear."

Monday, May 1, 2017

What Lies Beneath (2000)



Released July 21st in the US.
Filmed in Vermont , California and New York.
The story : Claire has just seen her only daughter off to college.
Now Claire has plently of alone time in her new home which once belonged to her now deceased father-in-law while her husband is usually at work.
Two weeks ago a married couple moved in next door.
Claire has only seen the couple fighting through her window so she makes an effort to visit with them and welcome them to the neighborhood.
But only the husband is around and Claire is thinking he has done something to his wife...
The more Claire tries to find out whats going on next door the more weird stuff happens to Claire.
She now believes her home is haunted and the only possible person that could be doing the haunting is her obviously dead neighbor.
But after calling the neighbor out at a function and seeing his wife fine and well for her own eyes , she begins thinking shes losing her mind.
Something did happen at Claires house though , even though her neighbors had nothing to do with it...
Stars Michelle Pfieffer , Katharine Towne , Harrison Ford , Miranda Otto , James Remar , Victoria Bidewell , Diana Scarwid , Eliott Goretsky , Ray Baker , Wendy Crewson , Joe Morton
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Rated PG13
THRILLER/MYSTERY