We Bought A Zoo (2011)

"The Dartmoor Zoological Park on which this story is based is an award-winning zoo whose methods are admired around the world.
The park is open to faithful followers year-round."

This is based on truths.
Released December 23rd in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Benjamin Mee is a widower with two young kids.
He is also a writer and an adventure seeker.
When Benjamins' boss tells him well he can just work from home, his son is getting suspended from school for acting up and his daughter can't sleep due to noisy neighbors, he decides its time for a change of pace.
Mr. Mee moves his family out to the country and takes over a wildlife park.
Its a lot of work, but if everyone can follow through and pull together, it will be the adventure of a lifetime.
Stars Matt Damon , Colin Ford , Maggie Elizabeth Jones , Stephanie Szostak , Michael Panes , Thomas Haden Church , J.B. Smoove , Scarlett Johansson , Elle Fanning , Patrick Fugit , Carla Gallo , Angus Macfadyen , John Michael Higgins , Kym Whitley
Directed by Cameron Crowe (bravo!)
Rated PG
DRAMA

"You only have to be courageous for 20 seconds of your life."

http://www.dartmoorzoo.org/your-visit/welcome.html

Beverly Hills Madam (1986)

Made for TV, released April 6th in the US.
Filming location(s)unknown.
The story: Lil Hutton is a rich and powerful Beverly Hills madam with a reputation for making everyone happy and taking good care of the girls she manages.
Lil takes pride in what she does for everyone in her life.
But things slowly begin to fall apart when her best gal gets pregnant - decides to keep her baby and drop her job.
Lils' second-best gal becomes a boozer and decides her life isn't worth living anymore and then, a semi-important gal gets murdered. < - :P Stars Faye Dunaway , Robin Givens , Donna Dixon , Terry Farrell , Melody Anderson , Louis Jourdan , Nicolas Coster , Gary Hershberger , Beulah Quo Directed by Harvey Hart Not Rated DRAMA

Wolf (1994)

Released June 17th in the US.
Filmed in California, New York, and Vermont.
The story: While driving through Vermont in a snowstorm, senior editor Will Randall hits a wolf which he cannot avoid hitting.
When he is out of his car checking to see if, in fact, the animal has passed, Will is bitten by the animal.
Almost immediately he does not feel like himself and insists he has been bitten by the animal, which he claims is a wolf. No one believes it was, in fact, a wolf that bit him.
Oh, but they will.
Stars Jack Nicholson , Kate Nelligan , James Spader , Christopher Plummer , David Hyde Pierce , Eileen Atkins , Michelle Pfeiffer , Ron Rifkin , Om Puri
Directed by Mike Nichols
Rated R
HORROR

Hard To Hold (1984)

Released April 6th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: James Roberts is a popular rock and roll star who happens to be in Los Angeles attempting to record a new album to tour with.
But James keeps hitting snags in the studio and some other personal tensions don't seem to be helping him inspirationally.
By accident, James has met a woman who happens to be a breath of fresh air for him.
Only she keeps sending him mixed signals.
Stars Rick Springfield , Patti Hansen , Gregory Itzin , Peter Van Norden , Bill Mumy , Tony Fox Sales , Mike Baird , Robert Popwell , Janet Eilber , Frank Ronzio , Garry Goodrow , Tracy Brooks Swope , Albert Salmi
Directed by Larry Peerce
Rated PG
DRAMA

The Muppets ; Disney's (2011)

Released November 23rd in the US.
Filmed in California, New York, Switzerland, and Nevada.
The story: Gary and Walter are brothers and they do everything together, except grow.
Gary gets older and looks older and Walter gets older but stays the same, possibly because he's a puppet.
So Walter has a hard time finding things that he can fit in with until he discovers the Muppet show and he is instantly obsessed.
When Gary decides he's going to take his girlfriend to Los Angeles for their anniversary, he plans on bringing Walter along as well and take him to the Muppet Theater museum.
But when they arrive, they find that the Muppet Theater is pretty much no more.
While on a short tour of the theater, Walter gets wind that an evil man is planning on tearing down the theater.
Walter will not have that.
He along with Gary and Garys' girlfriend all go on a mission to get all the Muppets all back together again to try and save the theater.
Stars Jason Segel , Peter Linz (voice) , Amy Adams , Chris Cooper , Rashida Jones , Steve Whitmire (voice) , Eric Jacobson (voice) , Dave Goelz (& voice) , Bill Barretta (voice) , David Rudman (voice) , Matt Vogel , Alan Arkin , Bill Cobbs , Zach Galifianakis , Ken Jeong , Jim Parsons , Judd Hirsch , Mickey Rooney , Jack Black
Directed by James Bobin
Rated PG
FAMILY/COMEDY/DRAMA

Jack and Jill (2011)

Released November 11th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story: Jack has a twin sister Jill who he hasn't spent a lot of time with since they were young.
Jack has invited his sister to be with him and his family for Thanksgiving since their mom died and Jill would not have anyone to spend the holiday with.
Shortly after Jill arrives, she gets on Jack's nerves, a lot.
Jack tries everything to get rid of his sister for a bit but all he ends up doing is upsetting her and that makes her stay even longer with him.
The ad company that Jack works for is looking to get Al Pachino to do an add for them and when Al takes a liking to Jacks's sister, well Jack sees a window of opportunity.
Stars Adam Sandler , Katie Holmes , Elodie Tougne , Rohan Chand , Eugenio Derbez , Nick Swardson , Tim Meadows , Norm MacDonald , Al Pacino , Geoff Pierson , Allen Covert , Valerie Mahaffey , Gary Valentine , Dana Carvey , Regis Philbin , Shaquille O'Neal , Drew Carey , John McEnroe , Christie Brinkley
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Rated PG
COMEDY

Jealousy (1985)

Made for TV.
Released January 23, 1985? in the US.
Filming location(s)unknown.
This one is three stories combined, allll about jealousy and its many faces and forms.
The first story is about a lady named Georgia, who is increasingly jealous of her budding daughter's beauty and her so-called husband's admiration.
The second story is one about a rich man marrying a new lady and bringing her home to meet her new hubbys "daughter who has been with him for 30 years".
Story three is about a small town country music singer who has the opportunity to become a star but her love for a man that just won't go away could be the end of it for her.
Stars Angie Dickinson , Paul Michael Glaser , Julianne Phillips , Richard Mulligan , Virginia Peters , David Carradine , Ray Stricklyn , Scott Van Erstrom , Susan Tyrrell , Rick Vito ( "Tom! Is that you!??") *says the pretty bird*

ThanksKilling (2009)

Released on DVD November 17th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Ohio.
The story: It's Thanksgiving break and the cool kids at school are taking off for a ride in the jeep.
No really , no weekend thing, it's just a quick ride together.
Anyways, while on this little journey their sweet ride starts overheating, and of course it's getting dark.
So, the cool kids ( yes, I left out smart) , decide they should camp for the night in the nearby woods so's to give the engine time to cool off.
While they are camping, a tag along with the cool kids tells an urban legend about a 510-year-old killer turkey.
Yea no one believes him. I mean he doesn't even believe the story.
But after their friends and families start turning up dead, well there's got to be some truth to the story.
Stars Wanda Lust , General Bastard , Jordan Downey (voice) , Lance Predmore , Ryan E. Francis , Lindsey Anderson , Aaron Ringhiser-Carlson , Natasha Cordova , Pat Love , Terry Reagan , Jessica Rees
Directed by (& story partly written) Jordan Downey
Not Rated
HORROR/DARK COMEDY/THANKSGIVING

"Why God, why!?
No more pumpkin pie
No more cranberry sauce
Just turkey! :P"

Bernie (2011)

Released April 27, 2012, in the US.
Filmed in Texas.
Based on truths. Jack Black who plays Bernie spent much time with the real-life Bernie to get to know him and his story for research of this film.
The story: Bernie Tiede is the assistant funeral director in town.
Everyone loves Bernie.
Bernie is such a sweet guy, who goes out of his way and then some to make new widows comfortable with any kind of help he can give.
Bernie tries and tries to be compassionate with Marjorie Nugent, a newly widowed rich lady but she won't budge.
Until one day, Miss Marjorie gives in to Bernies' kind ways and the two almost instantly become constant companions.
But after some time, Marjorie gets more and more difficult with Bernie, trying to isolate him and boss him about while being quite malicious.
No one saw it coming, not even Bernie but yes, Bernie finally snaps.
Stars Jack Black , Larry Jack Dotson , Brandon Smith , Marjorie Dome , Ann Reeves , Chris Humphrey , Kay Epperson , James Baker , Kristi Youngblood , Margaret Bowman , Tanja Givens , Shirley MacLaine , Matthew McConaughey , Brady Coleman , Richard Robichaux , Rick Dial , Merrilee McCommas , Mathew Greer , Sonny Carl Davis , Mona Lee Fultz
Directed by Richard Linklater
Rated PG13
DRAMA

Critters (1986)

Released April 11th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Kansas.
The story: When some badass aliens break into another aliens' base and steal a bunch of stuff in search of food, the robbed aliens send a couple of guys in disguise after the little pesky thieves.
The little pesky thieves become even peskier when they crash land on earth and their main idea of food is, yum... humans.
Stars Nadine Van der Velde , Scott Grimes , Billy Green Bush , M. Emmet Walsh , Dee Wallace , Don Keith Opper , Billy Zane , Jeremy Lawrence
Directed by Stephen Herek
Rated PG13
SCIFI/HORROR

"They have weapons"

"So what"

"Fuck!"

Eight Miles High (2007)

Based on truths.
Released July 11, 2008, in the US.
Filmed in Germany and India.
The story: As a young woman, Uschi Obermaier didn't want to live by any rules or restrictions, she just wanted her freedom.
Because of her very admirable beauty, she quickly rose to the top as a well-known and sought out model.
Being a model, she got much exposure in the press about her personal life.
After living in a commune in Germany that was making waves, she went on to be a lover of Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.
Then, many worldly adventures with her life with/ walkout on a lover who gave her most everything she desired.
But she would never settle, no matter what it cost her.
Most important to Uschi was always her freedom.
Stars Natalia Avelon , Petra Berndt , Friederike Kempter , Matthias Schweighöfer , Victor Norén , Alexander Scheer , David Scheller , Georg Friedrich , Mila da Veela
Directed by Achim Bornhak
Rated R
German with English subtitles
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY

The Three Stooges (2000)

This is based on truths.
Released April 24th in the US.
Filmed in Australia.
The story: In the present day, Moe - one of the Three Stooges who was the one who managed their whole careers together, is trying to get the company who helped the Stooges get to film make some money for all the old shorts they had made.
But he keeps getting the runaround.
Moe begins being approached by a young Stooges fan/television executive who sees the Stooges in present-day as potentially popular and able to make money if they work together once again.
But Moe has many reservations about getting the Stooges back together again, after all the years of hard work and heartache that they all endured while not seeing the money that they all believed they should have been making.
Stars Paul Ben-Victor , Rachael Blake , John Kassir , Michael Chiklis , Jeanette Cronin , Anna Lise Phillips , Evan Handler , Joel Edgerton , Marton Csokas , Linal Haft , Brandon Burke
Directed by James Frawley
Not Rated
DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY

The Christmas Bunny (2010)

Released November 28th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Michigan.
The story: Young Julia is a very quiet, introverted, confused, abused and misunderstood girl being sent to live with a foster family.
But Julia just wants her mommy.
Unfortunately, Julias mom can't get it together which is why Julia is being placed.
While Julia is staying with her foster family, her foster brother and foster cousin happen to have a self-induced encounter with an itty bitty bunny rabbit out in the woods.
Julia takes an instant liking to the little bunny and it helps her come out of her shell, as she associates the bunny with a video of the Velveteen Rabbit, which reminds her of her mommy.
Stars Sophie Bolen , Michele Messmer , Madeline Vail , Colby French , Derek Brandon ,
Florence Henderson , Charles Irving Beale , Andrew Twiford , Michael J. Blashill , Kimberly Harsch
Directed by (and story written) Tom Seidman
Rated PG
DRAMA/FAMILY


"Everything has a purpose...and that includes people."

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010)

Released September 10th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story: Once upon a time, there was this quiet, insecure, very talented young man.
This young man wrote the most lovely songs but the problem was, getting the music out for the public to hear, as this young man was quite shy.
After some time of writing songs that the famous end up using in tv and movies, the young man gets the pleasure of meeting a few music producers and arrangers and well, you can imagine - but I'll tell ya , the young man now found a way to put his words to music and get them out for the public to eat up.
And that's just what they did.
From that point on, for many years to come, the young man - known as Harry, only went up, up, up in his career and made friends with some of the most famous, brilliant artists of the time.
Here we get to witness a lot of the extraordinary life and rise to fame and fortune of one of the most talented artists of the 70s, through archival footage, interviews with himself, his family, his friends that loved him and worked with him and the ones who are no longer with us.
Stars Harry Nilsson , Micky Dolenz , Gerry Beckley , Terry Gilliam , Lee Blackman , Dustin Hoffman , Perry Botkin Jr. , Eric Idle , John Lennon , Randy Newman , Yoko Ono , Paul Williams , Ringo Starr , Robin Williams , Tom Smothers , Dick Smothers , May Pang , Van Dyke Parks , Annie Nilsson , Beau Nilsson , Diane Nilsson , Olivia Nilsson , Zach Nilsson , Zak Nilsson , Una Nilsson
Directed by (& story written) John Scheinfeld
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY

"Nilsson - is hear"

Songwriter (1984)

Released October 14th in the US.
Filmed in Texas.
The story: Doc Jenkins is a country singer/songwriter.
Doc has a couple buds he's been making music with most of his life, all under Doc's supervision and rules.
But when Doc takes a contract with a new manager, he drops his friends and goes on his solo way.
No hard feelings between the three friends and no one is getting rich.
Doc finds out through the grapevine that under his new contract, that he has no rights to his own songs and makes no money at all.
So he schemes a plan, with the help of his old pals.
Doc puts his music out under his own management with a different singer taking the credit.
Doc makes a lot of money this way and when his contract owner finds out about it... hey, maybe he'll trade Docs' writer contract for his new money-making superstar.
Stars Willie Nelson , Kris Kristofferson , Melinda Dillon , Rip Torn , Richard C. Sarafian , Rhonda Dotson , Lesley Ann Warren , Mickey Raphael , Shannon Wilcox , Jeff MacKay
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Rated R
DRAMA/MUSICAL

"Write on , songwriter..."

Green River (2008)

Released May 8th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Montana. *yawn*
The story: Allie and Chrissy are two obviously mentally unstable young women who take a trip to the country where Chrissy's' family owns a cabin.
I can't tell you what they went to the country for but I can tell you, going probably wasn't the best idea for these two ladies.
So, from the get-go, Allie if completely freaked out by everyone the two encounters and everything they see.
Speaking of seeing, while at a stop for gas, Allie gets to see all the missing women fliers on the wall at the store.
Next stop, the two are at the local diner/motel for a quick lunch then it's off to the cabin.
But as soon as they leave the diner, they are being followed by a strange man and with Allie's constant suspicious thoughts, she gets Chrissy going as well.
Allie believes the strange man happens to be on the watch for them, so yes he can add them to his collection of missing girls.
Stars Kristina Hughes , Danielle Franke , Bruce Peterson , Robert N. Lee , Darlene Coen , Gary Coen , Lorri Hustwaite
Directed by Sam Taybi
Not Rated
MYSTERY

"Come on! ...

Go away!!...

Stop following me!...

Hello!?..."

ha...yea...

Three On A Meathook (1973)

Released sometime in 1973 in the US.
Filming location(s), oh unknown.
The story: Billy is a young adult man, living with his widower "paw", trying to keep the beloved memory of his deceased "maw" alive and yea just hanging about the farmhouse doing many daily chores.
When a bunch of chicks gets stranded on a dark road late at night, Billy comes to their rescue.
Billy invites the girls to go home with him for a bite to eat and a place to sleep for the night.
The girls take Billy up on that very generous offer, but when they all arrive at the farmhouse - well, paw is there and he's not happy about this one bit.
Paw advises Billy..."You cant have those girls here, you know what happens to you when there are those girls around..."
Um, no paw we don't know.
Let's find out, shall we?
Oh poor lonely, misunderstood Billy Billy boy...
Stars John Shaw , Tobin Fields , Madelyn Buzzard , Marsha Tarbis , Carolyn Thompson , Alice Summers , James Carroll Pickett , Charles Kissinger , Linda Thompson , Smith Haynie
Directed by William Girdler
Rated R
MYSTERY/HORROR

"Take all the happiness you can. At best, life's a short ride and it isn't always round trip."


http://www.williamgirdler.com/kentucky.html

The Beguiled (1971)

Released March 31st in the US.
Filmed in Louisiana.
The story: During a Confederate/Yankee war, "Yank" soldier John McBurney is wounded and near death, just waiting to be found in the woods.
A young girl who lives close by at an all-girl school finds John and doesn't have the heart to just leave him for dead, this is possible because shes in love with him now?
Geez, I don't know. Okay, whatever.
So she takes John back to her school, for her teachers to help him.
Although they have reservations about helping him, hmmm they also all have ulterior motives for keeping him around and not turning him over to the soldiers on their side.
Stars Clint Eastwood , Geraldine Page , Elizabeth Hartman , Jo Ann Harris , Darleen Carr , Mae Mercer , Pamelyn Ferdin , Melody Thomas Scott , Peggy Drier , Patricia Mattick , Charlie Briggs , George Dunn
Directed by Don Siegel
Rated R
DRAMA

"Oooh, it's our very own mannnn."
"He's mine!"
"NO! He's mine!!"
"He loves me, He's Mine!"
"He better damn well just be mine."
:P
Gross! You can have him! o_O

Night Of The Lepus (1972)

Released October 4th in the US.
Filmed in Arizona.
The story : Cole Hillman is a rancher man.
He has been having a ghastly problem with an over population of rabbits making holes , among other problems on his land.
Cole is informed by a friend of his that he knows a scientist couple that could possibly help get rid of the massive amounts of rabbits , so he agrees to meet with them.
The couple agree to take some rabbits back to their lab and do some experimental stuff on them.
But the couples young daughter makes a quick switch-a-roo with one of the bunnies , cause mommy promised she could keep one.
Um , from here on out the problem everyone thought was a huge one just keeps getting worse.
Stars Jerry Dunphy , Rory Calhoun , Chris Morrell , Stuart Whitman , Janet Leigh , Melanie Fullerton , DeForest Kelley , Paul Fix , Chuck Hayward , Henry Wills , Francesca Jarvis
Directed by William F. Claxton
Rated PG
SCIFI/THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR (ooooh)

DreaManiac (1986)

Released, um - sometime in 1986, possibly at someone's sorority party - VHS of course... :P
Filmed entirely in someone's house.
The story: This kind of musician dude is working to try and write a new heavy metal song for his collection evidentially. Cause its not like he has a band. But then again, maybe he could start by trading in his acoustic and get himself an ax.
So yea, he's got a pretty good looking girlfriend, but for some reason - when he's not working on his next imaginary hit heavy metal song, he's busy trying his skills at witchcraft in an effort to pretty much create a chick of his dreams.
Who is less than a looker than his girlfriend...And shes pretty evil too, even to him.
Dreamgirl? Maybe for the monster of the black lagoon! Der.
....
Unfortunately, for this wannabe rocker, his spells are working.
His dream girl has shown up in his dreams and now out of nowhere in his house.
All while his girlfriend is giving a party for her sister, who is trying to get into a sorority.
I think the people involved in making this so-called movie just had a few cool 80s shirts and wanted to put them on people on video, the end.
Stars Thomas Bern , Ashlyn Gere , Sylvia Summers , Lauren Peterson , Bob Pelham , Cynthia Crass , Brad Laughlin , Linda Denise Martin , Matthew Phelps , Lisa Emery , Michael Warren , Brent Black
Directed by David DeCoteau
Not rated & not in any genre category known to humans.

*as snotty, sorority Richy bitchy enters house for party*
"Like, I didn't know this party was in another state..."
* snort, snort, snort*