Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Crazy People (1990)


Released April 13th in the US.
Filmed in Virginia and New York.
The story: Emory is a frustrated slogan writer for popular ads.
Stressful as his life is these days, Emory has had enough of the bullshit that goes on around him. His slogans have become just a little too truthful.
The boss decides Emory's slogans are just preposterous.
He tells Emory he should take some much needed time off and takes him to a sanitarium.
While not working, Emory's slogans begin touching base with the public and they are eating them up.
Now his boss needs him back at work or it will be his ass.
But Emory is not exactly interested in going back to work and insists he's "fucking insane!"
So his new gal pal comes up with a brilliant plan.
Stars Dudley Moore , Paul Reiser , J.T. Walsh , Mercedes Ruehl , Daryl Hannah , Bill Smitrovich , Alan North , David Paymer , Danton Stone , Paul Bates , Dick Cusack , Doug Yasuda , Floyd Vivino , Ben Hammer
Directed by Tony Bill & Barry L. Young
Rated R
COMEDY

"I told her I loved her. But she said I didn't love intelligently."


Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Trouble With the Curve (2012)


Released September 21st in the US.
Filmed entirely in Georgia.
The story: Gus is an aging baseball scout. He is also having problems with his eyesight.
He is always on his toes, looking for the next best thing in baseball. It is his life.
When the head guys that he works for gets a new younger guy who does the same thing as Gus, well the high ups think maybe they should start thinking about replacing Gus. Plus his contract with them is up pretty soon.
An old friend who works with Gus decides to call up Gus' lawyer daughter and see if she can help out her dear old dad so he can keep his job.
Seeing how all she knows about baseball is what her dad taught her.
Stars Clint Eastwood , Scott Eastwood , John Goodman , Amy Adams , Justin Timberlake , Chelcie Ross , Ed Lauter , Raymond Anthony Thomas , Clifton Guterman , Carla Fisher , George Wyner , Bob Gunton , Jack Gilpin , Matthew Lillard , Robert Patrick , Nathan Wright , Jay Galloway , Norma Alvarez , Tyler Silva
Directed by Robert Lorenz
Rated PG13
DRAMA

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Kenny (2006)


Released July 11th, 2008 in the US.
Filmed in Australia and Tennessee.
The story: Kenny is a hard-working small-town kind of guy.
Kenny's job of choice? Fixing and maintaining porta-potties.
This kind of work is no easy task and believe it or not Kenny enjoys it, being pretty damn good at what he does.
His work takes him to various places and he ends up going to the Pumper and Cleaner Convention which gets him out of his hometown and into the adventure of traveling to Nashville, Tennessee where the convention is being held.
Stars Shane Jacobson , Jesse Jacobson , Ronald Jacobson , Clayton Jacobson , Travis Golland , Chris Davis , Alf Scerri , Hayley Preusker , Saxon Fuller , Thomas Uerata , Kevin 'The Captain' Roy Ogston , Glenn Preusker , Kevin Roy , Adrian Atkinson , Mark Robertson , Kevin 'Matey' Lee Ogston , Amanda Wilson , Tony Williams , Colin Pedlar , Sharon Star , Vicki Musso , David Nugara , Stephanie Kupsch , Kate Ulbrich , Jenny Preusker
Directed by (& story partly written)Clayton Jacobson
Rated PG13
COMEDY

He's My Girl (1987)


Released September 11th in the US.
Filming location(s)unknown.
The story: Bryan and Reggie are best buds.
They write music together.
When Reggie takes Bryans' last 600 that he actually owes his mom, Bryan is just pissed off.
But Reggie put the money towards a contest to get their music recorded and they actually win.
When Bryan is invited to California he isn't allowed to bring Reggie.
The company insists that Bryan bring a lady friend along with him.
So Reggie comes up with another brilliant idea.
Stars David Hallyday , T.K. Carter , David Clennon , Bibi Besch , Monica Parker , Warwick Sims , Misha McK , Jennifer Tilly , Robert Clotworthy , Michael Holton , Becky LeBeau , Yana Nirvana , Diz White , Patricia Wilson , Julie Alexander , Sydney Urshan
Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
Rated PG13
COMEDY

Death Wish (1974)


Released July 24th in the US.
Filmed in New York, Arizona, and Illinois.
The story: Paul Kersey is a happily married man living in New York with his beloved wife.
There has been a lot of senseless crimes being committed around town these days and although it's not a pleasant thing to see, it really doesn't have much effect on him.
That is until his wife and daughter are brutally attacked.
Paul is now taking all the crime around him pretty damn seriously. He will no longer be an onlooker to any crimes he sees being committed nor will he be a victim. He's now taking matters into his own hands.
Stars Charles Bronson , Hope Lange , Kathleen Tolan , Steven Keats , Vincent Gardenia , William Redfield , Stuart Margolin , Stephen Elliott , Jack Wallace , Fred J. Scollay , Chris Gampel , Robert Kya-Hill , Edward Grover , Jeff Goldblum , Christopher Logan , Gregory Rozakis , Floyd Levine , Helen Martin , Christopher Guest , Ken Ackles , Hector Freeman , Damien Leake , Denzel Washington , Sonia Manzano , Eric Laneuville , Robyn Blythe
Directed by Michael Winner
Rated R
ACTION

Shadow Billionaire AKA Billionaire (2009)



Filming location(s)unknown.
The story: Larry Hillblom. A reclusive millionaire who founded the company DHL, which made him the millionaire that he was.
He was into simple pleasures and enjoyed traveling to remote parts of the world.
Being a small aircraft enthusiast, he mostly always traveled by small plane as if they were cars.
When he had a terrible plane crash and survived it, he believed his chances of ever being involved in another plane crash were slim to none.
But in 1995, he has involved it yet another plane crash.
There were two passengers on the plane as well as Hillblom, the two other passengers were found, deceased. But Hillbloms' body remains unfound.
Now the problems arise.
Hillblom had no will for his multimillion-dollar assets and estate.
So now whoops, many unwed women are coming forward to the world saying Hillblom had indeed fathered their children and they are looking for their cut of the action.
Stars Bob O'Connor , Jon Anderson , Peter Manso , Ed Calvo , Carl Gutierrez , John Jones , Joshua Koshiba , Joe Lifoifoi , Ruth Croft , Dick Bloom , Lennis Scheline , Dave Crass , Jesse Choper , Steve Kroll , Marilyn Corral , Peter Donnici , Joe Waechter , Mike Dotts , David Lujan , Barry Israel , Douglas Ousterhout , Juan T. Camacho , Peter Barnett , Yeoryios Apallas , Raoul Kennedy , Kathy Fisher , Mama Annie , Luz Manlapaz , Agerico Paras , Larry Hillblom
Directed by Alexis Spraic
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY

Queen Noor: Between Two Realms (1999)


Made for A&E, airing November 1st in the US.
Filming location(s)unknown.
The story: Queen Noor AKA Queen Consort of Jordan started her life as a girl by the name of Lisa Najeeb Halaby. She has an American of British and Swedish descent mother, a younger sister and brother, and a father of American of Syrian and Lebanese descent, whom she looked up to very much so.
Throughout her young life, she traveled, studied hard, and traveled some more. Always looking to find herself.
Finally, she gets a degree in architecture and begins to really find her place.
When she takes a job to redesign an airline, which the Jordanian government commissions, she once again gets acquainted with the King Hussein of Jordan, whom she had met some years before while visiting her father.
She ends up falling in love with the extremely charismatic recently widowed King, soon becoming his wife and mother to his 8 children.
Stars Queen Noor, Jack Perkins
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES