Released January 27th, 1988 in the US.
Filmed in Mississippi and Alabama.
The story: In 1964, in a corrupt, backwoods town in Mississippi, when the KKK is alive and kicking, there are some very dark secrets. When three civil rights activists go missing after being in the town, a couple of out-of-state cops are called in to do some investigating and try and find the missing men. The cops get no cooperation from the "townies" but they will stop at nothing to let the truth be known.
Stars Geoffrey Nauffts , Rick Zieff , Christopher White , Willem Dafoe , Gene Hackman , Brad Dourif , Gailard Sartain , R. Lee Ermey , Frances McDormand , Stephen Tobolowsky , Michael Rooker , Pruitt Taylor Vince , Kevin Dunn , Thomas B. Mason Directed by Alan Parker
Rated R
THRILLER/DRAMA
Released May 6th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
The story: R. Hauer is a hobo....with a kind heart. He has spent most of his life living on trains and on streets. When he goes back to the town where he first started out, he finds everything is so much different. There is so much unnecessary violence going on around him, which makes him want to finally do something besides living on the streets.
Stars Rutger Hauer , Pasha Ebrahimi , Robb Wells , Brian Downey , Gregory Smith , Nick Bateman , Drew O'Hara , Molly Dunsworth , Jeremy Akerman , André Haines , Agnes M. Laan , Duane Patterson , Brian Jamieson , Timothy Dunn , Glen Matthews , George Stroumboulopoulos , Mark A. Owen , David Brunt , Peter Simas
Directed by (& story partly written by) Jason Eisener
Not Rated
ACTION/SCIFI
Released, straight on to DVD - July 19th, 2011.
Filmed in Australia.
The story: A group of four meet up for a planned sail across the great barrier reef together. Two of the four have already experienced what can and cannot happen in this kind of instance, and they feel they are definitely ready and prepared. But out on the water - in the middle of nowhere - and the group encounters some trouble they couldn't help but run into - the captain concocts a plan to save their lives. But will the plan fail? Or will everyone get out alive??
Stars Damian Walshe-Howling , Kieran Darcy-Smith , Zoe Naylor , Gyton Grantley , Adrienne Pickering
Directed by (& story written) Andrew Traucki
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/SUSPENSE/HORROR
Released May 28th in the US.
Filmed in Mexico and the UK.
The story: TJ Newton is an alien. He travels to earth, leaving his family behind, in search of only one thing - water. However, his set plan leads him to find a lot more than he could have ever imagined...or ever thought he wanted to find. All of which seems to bore and annoy him...and quietly tear him apart.
Stars David Bowie , Lilybelle Crawford , Candy Clark , Buck Henry , Bernie Casey , Tony Mascia , Linda Hutton , Hilary Holland , Adrienne Larussa , Jim Lovell , Rip Torn , Jackson D. Kane , Rick Riccardo , Tony Mascia
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Rated R
SCIFI
Released sometime in October of 1985.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Roy and Bo are a couple of just-out-of-high-school punks. They are bored. The two take a giant leap out of their humdrum little hometown and venture out into Hollywood one evening. Only then does Bo get a reality check when he gets to see and experience his best bud has a much darker side than he ever really understood.
Stars Charlie Sheen , Maxwell Caulfield , Moon Unit Zappa , Dawn Schneider , Paul C. Dancer , Richard Pachorek , Lesa Lee , Kenneth Cortland , Kurt Christian , Don Draper , Leonard O. Turner , Christopher McDonald , Hank Garrett , Patti D'Arbanville
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Rated R
DRAMA/THRILLER
Released September 25th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story: Mary is a very lonely little girl.
Max is a very lonely older man.
Soon the two find themselves sharing everything under the sun with each other as they are penpals.
As time goes by, things change for Mary and Max.
When things start to look up for Miss Mary, Max cannot handle it.
Stars (voices by) Barry Humphries , Toni Collette , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Eric Bana , Renée Geyer , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , John Flaus , Julie Forsyth , Christopher Massey , Leanne Smith
Directed by (and story written) Adam Elliot
Not Rated
ANIMATION/DRAMA
Released July 13th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story: Bobby is kind of a big thing on the streets.
Everyone seems to know him and know what he's about.
He meets a girl he wants to spend all his time with and he takes her in.
But soon, her life isn't as pretty as it may have been if she'd never met Bobby.
Stars Al Pachino , Kitty Winn , Raul Julia , Alan Vint , Richard Bright , Kiel Martin , Michael McClanathan , Warren Finnerty , Marcia Jean Kurtz , Angie Ortega , Larry Marshall , Paul Mace
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Rated PG
DRAMA
Released on DVD, 2009.
Filimg location(s) unknown.
The story: As a talented singer from Polland, he came to America to seek out his dream.
Had he just stuck to seeing that singular dream through he quite possibly would have seen himself stay on top of his scene.
But greed is an ugly thing.
Through interviews and archival footage, we get to know and see the rise and fall of his promising start and depressing end.
Stars Michael Byrne , Jan Lewan , Rhonda Lewan , Pete Chacho , Catherine Damavandi , Kent Jackson , Wash King , Greg Korin , John Koterba , Dolly Kubasko , Sam LeSante , Daniel Lewan , Jerry Lynott
Directed by (and story written) Joshua Brown & John Mikulak
Not Rated
BIOGRAPHY/DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY
Released July 19th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story: Rich, old bitchy man Maxwell Kirshner is sick and soon-to-be dying.
He concocts a plan, along with his high and mighty friends and doctors, to keep him alive.
The result is one of the most hilarious monsters I've ever seen and their antics....well , equally hilarious.
Stars Ray Milland , Roosevelt Grier , Don Marshall , Roger Perry , Chelsea Brown , Kathrine Baumann , John Dullaghan , John Bliss , Bruce Kimball , Jane Kellem , Lee Frost , Wes Bishop
Directed by Lee Frost
Rated PG
SCIFI/COMEDY
*Yawn*
Released October 1st in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story: The realty business is booming these days.
Most realtors can be seen out and about on a daily, just showing potential customers the most exclusive and not so expensive homes on the market.
But for some reason, someone is not so happy about the business and is on a mission to kill every realtor and customer if the situation serves right.
Stars Adrienne Barbeau , Joseph Bottoms , Rudy Ramos , Mary Stavin , Scott Thompson Baker , Darwyn Swalve , Robert Miano , Page Mosely , Tiffany Bolling
Directed by (and story written by) Jag Mundhra
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Released April 18th in the US.
Filmed in Louisiana and Texas.
The story: In the mid-1920s a family is literally shot out of their home.
Fast forward 20 years, a young married couple starting their lives together move into this beautiful old charming house, unaware that it has a pretty brutal past.
Soon the two become uncomfortable and feel like they are being watched.
Seemingly this house has something someone wants...but what is it? And who??
Stars Jessica Harper , Michael Parks , Vic Morrow , Sue Ane Langdon , Dennis Fimple , Bill Thurman , Jimmy Clem , Harry Thomasson , Twyla Taylor , Mary Branch , John H. Meyer
Directed by (and story partly written) Charles B. Pierce
Rated PG
MYSTERY/THRILLER
This film is based on some truths, taken from the biography 'Shadowland', written in 1978.
Released December 3rd in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story: From a very young age, little miss Frances was taught to stand up for what is right and speak her mind through her heart.
As a young adult, she made a quick rise to the top and after aspiring to become a famous actress, she did just that.
But when her movie contract forces her to do things she absolutely does not want to and her love life seems nothing but failure, she loses it. Over and over again.
Stars Jessica Lange , Sam Shepard , Kim Stanley , Bart Burns , Daniel Chodos , Lee de Broux , Bonnie Bartlett , Sarah Cunningham , Jeffrey DeMunn , Allan Rich , Jack Riley , David Schroeder
Directed by Graeme CliffordZ
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA/HISTORY
Released, straight on to DVD, April 27th, 2010 in the US.
Filmed entirely in England.
The story: Sarah is the sole escapee from that horrible cave exploring excursion that she and her gal pals took a ways back.
Sarah can't recall what happened in the cave or to her friends.
But her best buddy's uncle doesn't believe that his niece is dead, he believes she is missing and is in need of saving.
That sends miss Sarah back into the dreaded cave to look for her, along with some very naive police.
Stars Shauna Macdonald , Michael J. Reynolds , Jessika Williams , Douglas Hodge , Josh Dallas , Anna Skellern , Gavan O'Herlihy , Krysten Cummings , Doug Ballard , Natalie Mendoza
Directed by Jon Harris
Rated R
SEQUEL/HORROR/SCIFI
