Sacramento (2024)

Released April, 11, 2025 in the US.

Filmed in California.

The story: Rickey is a guy who has no real ties to anything.
He does spend a lot of time participating in a self-help group, which he enjoys.

But when he's asked to not show up anymore, he has to think of something else to do.

Rickey randomly shows up at Glenn's house, which Glenn isn't thrilled about.

Glenn is an old friend of Rickey's who is now married, awaiting the arrival of his first child and, at the same time, worrying about losing his job.

The worrying part is really getting to him.

Glenn's wife convinces him to at least talk to Rickey, even if he doesn't want to talk about what's currently going on in his life.

She also convinces him to go out to lunch with Rickey, which Glenn reluctantly does.

While out, Rickey asks Glenn if he wants to go to Sacramento with him.

Glenn is confused but says yeah, why not.

Rickey takes him seriously, but Glenn tries bailing at the last minute. So, Rickey tells him his dad has passed, and he needs to spread his ashes there.

Once again, after speaking to his wife, Glenn reluctantly agrees to go, making a weekend out of it.

But there is actually one other reason Rickey is going to Sacramento, and he really feels that he just needs Glenn there to help him get through it.

Stars Michael Angarano , Maya Erskine , Rosalind Chao , Bunny Levine , Michael Angarano Sr , Michael Cera , Kristen Stewart , Ambar Riat , AJ Mendez , Iman Karram , Shea Gorely , Daniel Edward Mora 

Directed by (& story partly written) Michael Angarano

Rated R
COMEDY

"SACRAMENTO: THE FARM-TO-TABLE CAPITAL"

And the Beat Goes On : The Sonny and Cher Story (1999)

Made for ABC, airing February 22nd in the US.

Filmed entirely in California.

Based on truths. ( from Sonny Bono's autobiography)

The story: In 1961, in Encino, California, Sonny Bono was working as a delivery man.

But what he was really interested in was music, and Phil Spector was his idol.

Sonny had a friend, Buddy, who worked for a record label, and Sonny spent as much time there as possible, always peddling songs he wrote.

After some time, Buddy invited Sonny on a double date with him. That's when Sonny met Cher. But she was not Sonny's date.

Soon Sonny was seeking out Cher, and when he found that she needed a place to stay, he invited her to stay with him.

Little did he know at that time, Cher was just 16 years old.

Living together, while Sonny worked to pay the bills and Cher cleaned the house, Sonny returned home one day to find Cher singing and her voice amazing.

Cher told Sonny she wanted to be famous. Sonny told Cher she deserved to be famous.

At the studio with Sonny one day, Phil Spector needed a backup singer.

Sonny convinced him to use Cher, but she had stage fright, so Sonny stayed with her, and the result was perfection.

When Sonny asked if Phil would take Cher on as a talent, he refused. So Sonny took matters into his own hands, and soon the couple was performing in nightclubs together as a duo.

That is how they got their break, and the result was their first hit record together.

But after a year, they were dropped and forced to reinvent themselves.

Sonny wrote songs and movies, producing everything himself just to keep some money rolling in.

But it took just a few more years to really make their dreams a reality, putting the two on the map forever.

Stars Jay Underwood , Tom Frykman , Jim Pirri , Christine Glenn , Walter Franks , Bruce Nozick , Marie Wilson , Renee Faia , Laura Johnson , Christian Leffler , Matthew Glenn , Thomas Tofel 

Directed by David Burton Morris

Not Rated

AUTOBIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/MUSIC/TV

"One short guy and one smart mouth."

Bugonia (2025)

Released October 31st in the US.

Filmed England, Greece, and Georgia.

The story: Teddy Gatz believes that aliens have ruined Earth for all mankind, killing off everything important and beautiful while killing off and sickening people's loved ones before their time is due.

For years, he has been trying to figure out a way to stop them, and finally, he believes he has the answer.

Teddy has been training his live-in cousin Don to help him on his mission, and when it's days before a lunar eclipse, it's time to carry out their mission.

The plan is to kidnap the CEO and biochemist of the company that he works for and feels is wholly responsible for his dear mother's sickness, Michelle Fuller.

Teddy insists that Michelle is an alien and that she can at least put a good word in to the higher-ups for him about stopping the madness that has become planet Earth and make things good once again.

But Michelle insists she is not an alien but rather a very smart biochemist who can help Teddy's mother if he and Don just let her go.

Stars Jesse Plemons , Aidan Delbis , Emma Stone , Starvos Halkias ,  Cedric Dumoranay , J Carmen Galindez Barrera , Marc T Lewis , Vanessa Eng , Alicia Silverstone , Fredrika Whitfield 

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

Rated R
REMAKE/MYSTERY/THRILLER/DARK COMEDY/SCIFI

12 Hour Shift (2020)

Released October 2nd in the US.

Filmed entirely in Arkansas.

The story: It's Arkansas, 1999.

Mandy is a tired nurse who has a drug addiction, is on probation, and makes money, along with another nurse, Karen, by selling organs from dead hospital patients to a black market organ trader...
This evening Mandy will be working a double shift, and almost as soon as she is on the clock, she is holding up her part of the deal by delivering a much-needed kidney to her cousin-by-marriage Regina.

Mandy has recently recruited Regina to transport the organs from the hospital to the trafficker, Nick.

But on this particular night, it seems Regina has messed up.

When she arrives at Nick's place with what she thinks is the kidney, she, along with Nick, are completely surprised to find that the cooler Regina proudly transports the organs in does not contain the kidney...

Nick is angry and threatens to take out Regina's kidney if she doesn't bring him the one that's already been promised.

She checks her car, but it is not there. 

So she goes back to the hospital, but it's not there either.

Now, because Regina is scared for her life, she needs Mandy to just give her a new kidney, and this makes for a very interesting night at the hospital...

Stars Angela Bettis , Julianne Dowler , Nikea Gamby Turner , Tom De Trinis , Chloe Farnsworth , Zac Passmore , Matthew Price , Mick Foley , Dusty Warren , David Arquette , Brooke Seguin , Tara Perry , Michael May , Ted Ferguson , Thomas Hobson , David Sinclair ,  Kit Williamson

Directed by (& story written) Brea Grant

Not Rated

DARK COMEDY/MYSTERY

I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)

Released July 18th in the US.

Filmed in Australia.

The story: Danica and Teddy, high school sweethearts who haven't left their hometown of Southport, are going to get married.

They are plowing a party on the 4th of July for their friends and family to celebrate.
Friends Ava and Milo, who were a couple in high school, have traveled back home to attend the party.

It's like old times with the four of them together.

Right after the party, the group is about to go watch fireworks when they notice their old friend Stevie packing a car with another girl.

They approach Stevie and invite her to go along with them, which she does.

The group takes a drive to see the fireworks better, and when they get to their destination, the top of a very windy road, they park and get out of the car.

Teddy, having the time of his life, is now standing in the middle of the road when a car approaches.

But Milo pulls him out of the way just in time. 

Although moments later, another vehicle approaches and the driver isn't that lucky.

He ends up going over the cliff at the edge of the road.

This devastates the friends and leaves them all indifferent.

Instead of staying and being witnesses or trying to help, Teddy decides to call his father, who has ties with the local police, to report the accident and the friends leave the scene.

Later, they make a pact to never tell anyone what happened...

But in a year's time, it becomes apparent to them all that someone knows what they did and is hellbent on getting revenge.

Stars Madelyn Cline , Tyriq Withers , Chase Sui Wonders , Jonah Hauer King , Sarah Pidgeon , Hannah Decker , Billy Campbell , Nick Farnell , Gabbriette , Joshua Orpin , Austin Nichols , Nick Hardcastle , Luke Van Os , Simone Annan , Jennifer Love Hewitt , Sarah Michelle Gellar ,  Freddie Prinze Jr , Brandy Norwood 

Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

Rated R
REMAKE/THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR

Keeper (2025)

Released November 14th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Canada.

The story: Quiet Liz has been invited to beau Malcolm's cabin in the woods for the weekend.

They have been dating for a year, and Liz believes Malcolm can be trusted...

Almost immediately after arriving, things get really strange for Liz.

Malcolm isn't really himself, and that worries her.

Next, his cousin shows up for an unannounced, unwelcome visit, which isn't exactly pleasant.

Liz does her best to deal with him and his current girlfriend.

Just when Liz thinks things will be back to normal and she and Malcolm can pick up where they left off, he tells her he must go back to the city for work.

While he is gone, Liz gets freaked out, and by the time he returns, she really just wants to go home.

But that's not in Malcolm's plans.
Stars Tatiana Maslany , Rossif Sutherland , Birkett Turton , Eden Weiss , Erin Boyes , Gina Vultaggio , Claire Friesen , Christin Park , Glen Gordon , Logan Pierce , Dolores Drake , Cassandra Ebner

Directed by Osgood Perkins

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/SCIFI

Thrash (2026)

Released on Netflix instant streaming, April 10th in the US.

Filmed in Australia...

The story: Annieville, South Carolina.

It's 2 hours until Hurricane Henry touches down.

Many people around the town are getting ready for the storm.

Some are still trying to get out of town due to having to work late, and some are stuck inside their homes.

When the storm finally does touch down, it's a great surprise to all who are stuck in it.

The storm barriers that keep the ocean from spilling into the town give way, and that's when all hell breaks loose.

While a pregnant woman who had to work late is trying to get away from the meat-packing plant where she's employed, a truck driver carrying meat by-products from the same plant are both swept up into the storm's wrath.

When the truck splits in half and its contents are spilled into the water, it triggers a terror unforeseen by anyone.

Stars Dijmon Hounsou , Whitney Peak , Stacy Clausen , Dante Ubaldi , Alyla Browne , Tyler Coppin , Phoebe Dynevor , Annabel Mullion , Josh McConville , Sami Afuni , Adam Dunn , Bert LaBonte , Chai Hansen , Sian Luxford , Amy Mathews , Akosia Sabet , Aaliyah Nginyo , Elijah Ungvary

Directed by (& story written) Tommy Wirkola

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

"Since 1980, the intensity, frequency and duration of Atlantic hurricanes have increased by 250%.

While wind and rainfall pose serious dangers, the most deadly threat is posed by the storm surge..."