The Mummy ; Lee Cronin's (2026)

Released April 17th in the US.

Filmed in Ireland and Spain.

The story: American TV reporter Charlie Cannon and his wife, Larissa, who is pregnant, have relocated their family, which includes their two young children, Katie and Sebastian, to Cairo.

Everything is well until one day, while Charlie is at home with the kids and takes a phone call.

While he is sorting things out over the phone , he realizes Katie , his oldest daughter , is missing from the yard.

He finds out from Sebastian that Katie has a secret friend across the fence in the back of their garden who has been giving her her favorite candy...

But now Katie is nowhere to be found.

Fast forward eight years.

The family is now living in Albuquerque without Katie.

Out of the blue, Charlie gets a phone call that Katie has been found.

The family brings her back home, but she is not the person they once knew.

Stars Hayat Kamille , Omar El Saeidi , Arkin Cureklibatir , Aisha Laouini , Jack Reynor , Laia Costa , Emily Mitchell , Dean Allen Williams , Husam Chadat , May Calamawy , Billie Roy , Shylo Molina , Veronica Falcon , Natalie Grace , Mark Mitchinson , Tim Seyfi , May Eeghety

Directed by (& story written) Lee Cronin

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

The Monkey ; Stephen King's (2025)

Released February 21st in the US.

Filmed entirely in Canada.

The story : Growing up , twin brothers good boy Hal and bad boy Bill only had their single mother to depend on.

Only stories of their father and some of his things kept his memory alive for them.

When Hal and Bill begin looking through their fathers things for the first time they find an old toy monkey , which they become curious of.

Soon , the boys realize that there is something malicious about that toy monkey that has begun doing in the people they care about the most.

Stars Adam Scott , Shafin Karim , Christian Convery , Tatiana Maslany , Danica Dreyer , Sarah Levy , Osgood Perkins , Bea Perkins , Theo James , Zia Newton , Laura Mennell , Elijah Wood , Colin OBrien , Tess Degenstein , Kingston Chan , Nicco Del Rio , Rohan Campbell , Lumen Beltran

Directed by (& story partly written) Osgood Perkins

Rated R
HORROR/MYSTERY/THRILLER

Song Sung Blue (2025)

Released December 25th in the US.

Filmed in New Jersey and New York.

Based on truths.

The story: Mike Sardina is a recovering alcoholic who has attended meetings for 20 years to keep things steady.

He works as a mechanic, but his love is being a musical entertainer.

While at a gig at the Milwaukee State Fair where Mike is supposed to perform as Don Ho, he meets impersonator/performer Claire.

Because Mike refuses to perform as Don Ho, Claire suggests, among others, that he try his hand at impersonating Neil Diamond.

He refuses, but after Claire explains the money he could make, he decides to consider her idea.

The two meet up after Mike's performance at the State Fair and decide that they should try collaborating.

Neither are songwriters, but both are great singers and performers.

What they decide on is a Neil Diamond tribute band calling themselves Thunder and Lightning.

They recruit help from friends to make up the rest of the band, and they are set.

When their act gets big really quick, Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam invites them to open for a Pearl Jam show.

This puts them on the map, and things really begin to take off.

The couple now find that they are local celebrities.

But just before they are to debut their first tour, tragedy strikes, leaving them worse off than they were before they started.

Stars Hugh Jackman , Michael Imperioli , Kate Hudson , Fisher Stevens , Mustafa Shakir , Jayson Warner Smith , Jim Belushi , Sean Allan Krull , Jim Conroy , King Princess , Ella Anderson , Hudson Hensley , Cecelia Riddett , Kena Anae , Darius Rose , Shyaporn Theerakulstit

Directed by (& story partly written) Craig Brewer

Rated PG13

DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/MUSIC