Made for Netflix , released May 22 , 2015 in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Bob Weir , now living in his home in Marin County which he bought in 1972 , begins to tell us some things about himself....and of the long strange , trip his life surely has been.
Bob Weir met Jerry Garcia in Palo Alto, California in 1965.
The two were instant friends as well as band mates.
They grouped a band and began playing free shows in the streets.
Then they played shows in strip clubs.
They lived together , with the rest of the band , in a house on Ashbury Street.
This brought the band closer together and Bob accepted them as his family.
Soon , the band was experimenting with LSD and finding their music was having quite the effect on their fans.
No longer starving artists , the band traveled far and wide just for the music.
Bob and Jerry's sound being one which complemented each others was quite unique.
Unique...which helped make them legend.
Stars Bob Weir , Trixie Garcia , Monet Weir , Natascha Münter-Weir , Chloe Weir , Carolyn Garcia , Phil Lesh , Bill Kreutzmann , Mike Gordon , Mickey Hart , Sammy Hagar , Bruce Hornsby
Directed by Mike Fleiss
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY
"We never were current."
Released May 25th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : In 1981 , Anita Hill was the attorney-adviser to Clarence Thomas.
Clarence Thomas was then the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
By 1991 , Clarence Thomas was a federal Circuit Judge and Anita Hill was teaching commerical law and contracts at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Clarence Thomas' position as up and coming U.S. Supreme Court nominee looked good until a private interview between Anita Hill and the FBI was leaked.
The interview included information about sexual harrasment Anita Hill had experienced by , and while working for Clarence Thomas.
The information quickly went public and soon Anita found herself at a hearing on tv explaining over and over again what had happened to her at her work place.
Directed by (& story written) Freida Lee Mock
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY
(A 2013 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE)
Released September 9th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Bucky is a nice young guy. Very naive and not like too many guys his age , but nice all the same.
When he loses his job as a grocery bagger he gets a bit down.
His friends invite him over for movie night to help lighten his spirits.
Instead , Bucky's friends help teach him about his parents.
Apparently , in their past , Bucky's parents were well-known porn stars.
This inspires Bucky so much that he travels to California to follow his dream.
He believes it is his destiny to be a porn star himself.
Stars Nick Swardson , Curtis Armstrong , Beverly Polcyn , Brandon Hardesty , Mike O'Connell , Adam Herschman , Christina Ricci , Don Johnson , Stephen Dorff , Ido Mosseri , Kevin Nealon , Edward Herrmann , Miriam Flynn , Mario Joyner , Tyler Spindel , Pauly Shore , Keegan-Michael Key
Directed by Tom Brady
Rated R
COMEDY
Released January 16 , 2015 in the US.
Filmed in California and Morocco.
Based on truths.
The story : Chris Kyle , a 30-year-old from Texas , decides one day that he wants to help fight for his country.
Chris enrolls in the Navy Seals and after 9/11 he finds himself in Iraq.
Being the best at what he has set out to do , Chris becomes a hero and legend in his own right.
After four tours of duty and now married with a family , Chris has finally decided he has fought the good fight.
Stars Cole Konis , Luke Sunshine , Elise Robertson , Ben Reed , Bradley Cooper , Marnette Patterson , Keir O'Donnell , Billy Miller , Reynaldo Gallegos , Jake McDorman , Kyle Gallner , Kevin Lacz , Sienna Miller , Eric Ladin , Cory Hardrict , Sammy Sheik
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/ACTION
Released November 21st in the US.
Filmed in India , Taiwan , New Zealand and Canada.
The story : A young Canadian writer gets word of a man named Piscine Molitor Patel and his amazing story.
The writer seeks out Piscine to hear his story and gets the pleasure of doing so.
Piscine tells the writer of his name and what his life was like as a young child living in India.
Piscine goes on to tell of how his family owned many animals that were living in a state funded zoo.
When there wasnt enough money for his family to continue living and taking care of the zoo , they were forced to relocate.
Onward the family went , onto a giant ship headed for Canada along side all their animals.
But during the course of their travel , disaster struck.
Stars Irrfan Khan , Rafe Spall , Gautam Belur , Ayaan Khan , Mohd. Abbas Khaleeli , Tabu , Vibish Sivakumar , Adil Hussain , Ayush Tandon , Gérard Depardieu , Andrea Di Stefano , Jun Naito , Shravanthi Sainath , James Saito
Directed by Ang Lee
Rated PG
DRAMA/ADVENTURE
Made for TV , airing on CBS May 21st in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
Based on truths.
The story : In 1965 , young Linda Eastman was working as a photographer for a magazine for young people.
Just after asking if the magazine could start doing stories on the Rolling Stones , she was photographing them for the cover.
Next , The Doors.
Linda was just in the right place at the right time. She had no idea the people she was befriending and photographing would be some of the most famous in the future.
In a couple years time , Linda meets The Beatles.
Immediately after , Linda and Paul really hit it off.
A couple years go by and Paul is insistant that Linda spend more and more time with him.
Then , he wants her to marry him so they can start a family together.
Many happy years together , performing in their band Wings and raising their family go by.
In 1995 , Linda sees to her first art gallery show. Photographs of legendary musicians of the 60s.
Shortly thereafter , she is struck down hard by Cancer.
Stars Elizabeth Mitchell , Moya O'Connell , Matthew Harrison , Claude Duhamel , Rafe McDonald , Mitchell Parsons , Aaron Grain , Paul Magel , George Segal , Gary Bakewell , Tim Piper , Chris Cound , Michael McMurtry , Jane Sowerby , Jodelle Ferland , Jillian Marie , Kirsten Prout , Madeleine Campbell , G. Michael Gray , John Verhaeven , Michele Cummins , Barry W. Levy , Linda Ko , Andrew Wheeler
Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Not Rated
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA
"Do you believe in fate?"
Released May 30th in the US.
The story : There are two new kids in Linus and Charlie Brown's class.
They are exchange students from Europe.
As part of the exchange , four American students have been chosen to travel to France.
The four are Charlie Brown , Linus , Peppermint Patty and Marcy.
Much adventure is had in this strange , new place France.
Stars (voices by) Daniel Anderson , Arrin Skelley , Casey Carlson , Patricia Patts , Laura Planting , Debbie Muller , Scott Beach , Bill Melendez , Annalisa Bortolin , Roseline Rubens , Pascale de Barolet
Directed by Bill Melendez & Phil Roman
Not Rated
ANIMATION/FAMILY
"You're in luck , Chuck."
Released December 24th in the US.
Filmed in California and New York.
The story : Patrick Dalton is a politican running for Congress.
On his way to a fundraiser given for him , Patrick meets young Nicole.
She helps him find where the party is at and Patrick invites her to the party.
Nicole brings her mother to the party and she somewhat snubs Patrick because she believes he has the intention to use her for her money.
But Patrick has no idea that she is wealthy.
After sometime , Nicoles' mother offers Patrick money for his charity but he does not want to take it.
He doesnt want anything to do with it , that is until he finds out that the money was Nicole's idea and Nicole happens to be terminally ill.
A loving friendship between the three ensues.
Stars Dudley Moore , Katherine Healy , Clement von Franckenstein , Bill Calvert , Joe Regalbuto , John Harkins , Mary Tyler Moore , Shannon Wilcox , Michael Ensign , Anne Ditchburn , Chea Collette , Darrell Larson , Martin Casella , Fausto Barajas , Barbara Bradish
Directed by Tony Bill
Rated PG
DRAMA
Made for TV, airing April 4th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
Based on truths.
The story: In 1976, an unknown comedian by the name of Robin Williams was working his odd comedy act on the street for change.
He began doing stand-up comedy at the same time the TV channel ABC was looking for someone to play the role of an alien on their hit show 'Happy Days'.
After a writer for 'Happy Days' seen Robins' stand-up act, Robin was called in for an audition.
Straight away, Robin got the alien part on 'Happy Days'.
Everyone liked him so much, they found a way to make a TV show just for him.
Born is the TV show 'Mork & Mindy'.
The show, instant success.
Sending all its cast members, but mostly Robin, straight into notoriety.
But being young, rich and famous does have an effect on a person.
Stars Chris Diamantopoulos, Michelle Harrison, David Richmond-Peck, Chris Shields, Kirsten Robek, David Josefsberg, Brad Dryborough, Stacy Fair, Daniel Roebuck, Meredith McGeachie, Erinn Hayes, David Lewis, Cameron MacDonald, Dion Luther, Shaw Madson, Tyler Labine, Jeff Skinner, April Telek
Directed by Neill Fearnley
Not Rated
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA
"Life is more important than show business."
Released September 21st in the US.
Filmed in California , Hawaii & USS Potomac.
The story : It is 1950.
Freddie Quell is a seaman.
When the war is over , Freddy is released from duty.
He doesnt know how to do many things but it seems the few things he does know how to do fail due to his loyalty to boozing.
One evening while on a bender , Freddy sees a group of people having a grand time on a large boat.
The next morning , Freddy finds himself on the boat and have been saved by the man who owns it.
Lancaster Dodd - the man who saved Freddy, is into saving people from themselves in many ways.
Dodd is a writer, he wrote a self-help novel of sorts.
He is in the process of writing his second novel.
Freddy learns many things about himself and life by having Dodd and friends in his life so closely.
Stars Joaquin Phoenix , Amy Ferguson , Frank Bettag , W. Earl Brown , Leonida A. Bautista , Katie Boland , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Amy Adams , Rami Malek , Martin Dew , Lorelai Hoey , Jesse Plemons , Ambyr Childers , Jillian Bell , Joshua Close , Laura Dern
Directed by (& story written) Paul Thomas Anderson
Rated R
DRAMA
Released February 25 , 2015 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Maine.
The story : Lesley is a quiet mother to a quiet daughter and the wife of a quiet man.
She works the sometimes grueling job of driving a school bus.
Everyday after Lesley drops off all the passengers of the bus she is to check the inside of the bus for anything someone may have left.
On this particular day , Lesley checks her bus as usual.
While doing so , she is momentarily distracted by a small bird who has flown into the bus.
The next morning , Lesley goes to work and finds a young boy , unconcious on the bus.
She immediately calls an ambulance.
Somehow the young boy managed to live , but barely.
Last night the temperature had gotten down to a numbing 10 degrees.
Stars Amy Morton , John Slattery , Emily Meade , Louisa Krause , Margo Martindale , Patrick Murney , Brandon Wardwell , Adam Driver , Quinn Bard , Adam Driver , Parisa Fitz-Henley , David R. Buchstaber , Raymond Cote , Natalie Johnson , Doreen R. Moody , Joey Manning , Stephen Payne
Directed by (& story written) Lance Edmands
Not Rated
DRAMA
Released January 17 , 1992 in the US.
Filmed in Texas.
The story : Jim Raynor is a narc.
He has been working on trying to take down various big drug dealers for the last 10 months.
Although Jim has the hook-ups , he cant seem to make a big enough case alone.
Thats when Jim's boss decides he needs a partner.
Enter Kristen , newbie cop who has no experience being an undercover narc.
Jim trains her the best he knows how and the two do a great job doing what theyve set out to do.
But to get the biggest dealer , Jim and Kristen have to become drug addicts themselves.
Stars Gregg Allman , Thomas Rosales Jr. , Sam Elliott , Jason Patric , Max Perlich , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Tony Frank , Special K. McCray , Dennis Letts , Toni Pilgreen , John Ray Harrison , Michael Kirkland , Cynthia Dale Scott , Suzanne Savoy , Charlie Terrell , Kris McGaha
Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck
Rated R
DRAMA
