The Victim (1972)

Made for TV , airing November 14th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Kate is very worried about her younger sister Susan , who has been having marital troubles.
Kate phones Susan and thats when she learns that Susan has contacted a lawyer while hubby is away on business and its definitely the , end.
Kate offers to come and stay with Susan but little sister insists she is okay and will be fine.
Kate hesitantly leaves it at that and tells Susan to phone her in the morning but Kate cannot wait.
After calling her sister many times and getting no answer , Kate jumps in the car to Susans home.
When she arrives Susan doesnt answer the door and assuming Susan is just out , Kate lets herself in the back.
After a bit , the maid shows up. Kate questions her but she becomes very defensive.
It is quite possible the maid knows where Susan is but she isnt speaking.
Stars Elizabeth Montgomery , Jess Walton , George Jue , Michael Keller , Eileen Heckartsue , Sue Ane Langdon , Ross Elliott , Joe Furlong , George Maharis
Directed by Herschel Daughtery 
Not Rated
MYSTERY

Must Love Dogs (2005)

Released July 29th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Sarah is newly single.
She has a very large family that is seriously worried about her and wants her to find another guy ASAP.
At the same time , Jake is newly divorced and totally broken hearted.
His pal wants him to get back into the dating game but Jake feels its hopeless.
That is , until Jakes pal sets him up with Sarah.
They seem to hit it off right away.
Jake really , really likes Sarah but Sarah just isnt quite sure about Jake.
Stars Diane Lane , Elizabeth Perkins , Christopher Plummer , Dermot Mulroney , Brad William Henke , Julie Gonzalo , Glenn Howerton , John Cusack , Stockard Channing , Jordana Spiro
Directed by Gary David Goldberg
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA

"A love so real , even after your'e dead it still hurts."

Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)

Made for Lifetime , airing January 19th in the US.

Filmed in Canada.

Based on truths.

The story : Florida State prosecutor Jeff Ashton is getting ready to retire after losing so many court cases.

He is approached by a colleague to help prosecute Casey Anthony in the recent case of her childs disappearance and death because Jeff is the one lawyer who can surely win the case due to his experience in DNA cases.

Ashton becomes very excited about the case , believing very well that Anthony is most definitely guilty of the crime accused of her.

Ashton works with his colleagues very hard on their evidence but Anthony gets herself a new criminal lawyer who 'really can talk'.

Stars Rob Lowe , Elizabeth Mitchell , Marisa Ramirez , Kevin Dunn , Marina Stephenson Kerr , Virginia Welch , Oscar Nunez , David Richmond Peck , Tonya Lee Williams , Kaylee Lussier

Directed by Peter Werner

Rated PG13

DRAMA

"Sedation is a cheap babysitter."

Do You Believe? (2015)

Released March 20th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Michigan.
The story : Pastor Matthew believes it is his job to help those in need.
One evening while offering help to a young woman , the Pastor is approached by a preacher on the street who asks one question....'Do you believe in the power of the cross?'
Being a Pastor his answer is of course but now he is seeing a fuller picture of it and decides to try a whole new sermon about the power the cross.
Everyone at the beloved Pastors' sermon that day is beginning to see their lives and what they can become differently...
Stars Ted McGinley , Valerie Dominguez , Tracy Melchior , Makenzie Moss , Mira Sorvino , Brian Bosworth , Sean Astin , Lee Majors , Cybill Shepherd , Liam Matthews , Andrea Logan White , Deloy Lindo , Senyo Amoaku , Madison Pettis , Alexa PenaVega , Shwayze , Joseph Julian Sora
Directed by Jon Gunn
Rated PG13
DRAMA/MYSTERY

The Quiet Ones (2014)

Released April 25th in the US.
Filmed in the UK.
Based on truths.
The story : In 1972 , Professor Joseph Coupland is the overseer of an experiment on a young , troubled woman.
The Professor has students Krissi and Harry helping him with the experiment but asks Brian , a camera man to do some filming of the events.
After some complaints about noise , the group is forced to take their work out to the middle of nowhere.
Professor Coupland gets frustrated with the experiment at first but soon believes he is gaining progress.
But everyone else starts having doubts that everything they have been doing isnt working and as a result the young woman who they are trying to help is actually suffering more.
Stars Jarred Harris , Erin Richards , Rory Fleck Byrne , Sam Clafin , Olivia Cooke , Aldo Maland , Laurie Calvert , Tracy Ray , Max Pirkis , Richard Cunningham , Ben Holden , Nick Owenford
Directed by John Pogue
Rated PG13
HORROR/MYSTERY/THRILLER

Indigenous (2014)

Released January 5, 2016 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Panama.
The story : Scott and Stephanie have decided to take some much needed time to relax and go off to Panama and hang with three of their good friends.
The first night they are all in Panama together , one of the guys hooks up with a local chick.
The chick introduces the group to her brother.
After Scott does some internet research on things to do in the area , he reads into an uncharted jungle.
The chicks and her brother tell the group how they used to go to the jungle when they were younger , but since the jungle is said not to be safe.
There is a myth of a Chupacabra and it is said to now live in that jungle.
At the same time , there are people who have reportedly gone to the jungle and never come back.
Chicks brother makes her promise she wont take the group there and she does promise.
But guess what! Yea I think you can figure it out. :P
Stars Zachary Soetenga , Lindsey McKeon , Sofia Pernas , Pierson Fode , Jamie Anderson , Laura Penuela , Juanxo Villaverde
Directed by Alastair Orr
Rated R
HORROR

"There are 196 countries in the world.
Each country shares a common myth about a creature that terrorizes its land and preys on locals.
Half the worlds population , over 3 billion people swear these legends to be true."

The Hunted (2003)

Released March 14th in the US.
Filmed in Oregon and Washington.
The story : Someone has viciously killed two men hunting in the woods.
The local police are baffled and decide to call in the help of a former tracker who worked for the FBI.
When the tracker finds the killer , he finds him because he knows him.
The killer is a man who the tracker had trained years ago to be the vicious killer he now is.
The killer is a wanted man as he had been reported as MIA from the war he was to be serving in.
He escaped for reasons only the tracker can truly understand.
Stars Benicio Del Toro , Tommy Lee Jones , Connie Nielsen , Leslie Stefanson , John Finn , Jose Zuniga , Ron Canada , Mark Pellegrino , Jenna Boyd , Aaron DeCone , Carrick O Quinn
Directed by William Friedkin
Rated R
THRILLER/MYSTERY

Finders Keepers (2014)

Made for TV , airing October 18th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Alyson and her husband have just separated.
Alyson is now taking their young daughter Claire to live with her.
She tries hard to convince Claire that they will be happy and everything will work out fine but Claire isnt convinced.
No sooner do they get to their new home , Claire finds a creepy doll and begins bonding with it.
Alyson doesnt want Claire to keep the doll but Claire convinces her mom.
The next day at school , the kids taunt Claire about her new home , telling her its haunted and that it will get her.
Now Claire really withdraws , believing her only friend is her new creepy doll.
But what Alyson didnt know is that there was a whole family killed in her new home five years before they moved in.
Stars Mercy Malick , Joseph Gatt , Jaime Pressly , Kylie Rogers , Tobin Bell , Elaine Kendall , Patrick Muldoon , Marina Sirtis , Trilby Glover , Joey Luthman , Mark DeCarlo
Directed by Alexander Yellen
Rated R 
HORROR/MYSTERY

Mental (2012)

Released March 23 , 2013 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Australia.
The story : Shirley Moochmore thinks shes happy.
But her family thinks she is the reason everyone in town thinks they are a joke.
Shirleys husband hasnt been home in weeks and everyone including her sister and neighbor thinks shes crazy.
When Shirleys sister witnesses her have a public breakdown , she convinces her to shop her cares away.
When her husband finds out ,  he  has his wife admitted to the looney bin.
Now he needs someone to look after his daughters , that he doesnt know and definately does not know how to care for because hes too busy at work all the time...
Just his luck when he picks up a woman hitchhiking.
The woman changes the kids world around but she does have her own agenda.
Stars Rebecca Gibney , Holly Buchanan , Chelsea Bennett , Bethany Whitmore , Lily Sullivan , Malorie ONeill , Kerry Fox , Hayley Magnus , Amanda Woodhams , Sam Clark  , Nicole Freeman , Natasha Bassett , Caroline Goodall , Anthony LaPaglia , Toni Collette , Digger Mesch
Directed by (& story written) PJ Hogan
COMEDY/DRAMA

Experimenter : The Stanley Milgram Story (2015)

Released October 16th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story : In the very early 60s , Stanley Milgram was working as a social psychologist professor at Yale University.
Stanley had a deep interest in the Holocaust and what causes people to commit such horrible acts upon others by command and still continue on after the fact.
Stanley began a very important experiment , in which he paid people to participate.
The result was the Obedience Experiment.
Many people didnt understand or like the experiment but Stanley carefully continued on.
In the 70s , his experiments helped see him working at a different school , writing a book on the results of the experimented and a TV show about the book.
Stars Peter Saarsgard , Winona Ryder , John Palladino , Anthony Edwards , Jim Gaffigan , Harley Ware , John Leguizamo , Danny A Abeckaser , Minnie the elephant , Tom Farrell , Taryn Manning , Donnie Keshawarz , Anton Yelchin , Lori Singer , Emily Vere Nicoll , Gameela Wright 
Directed by Michael Almereyda
Rated PG13
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

"Life can only be understood backwards. But it must be lived forwards."

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Jem and the Holograms (2015)

Released October 23rd in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Jerrica is a young , talented girl who is quite humble and shy about her talent.
She lives with her aunt , two step sisters and blood sister Kimber.
Jerrica and Kimber moved in with their sisters and aunt when they were very young , as they lost their dad.
Dad has left them many gifts to remember him by , namely his heartfelt creation Synergy and a pair of plastic , star earrings - but Jerrica doesnt start to realize this until she takes a chance with her music and that chance skyrockets her and her sisters into a life they never could have imagined.
But fame and fortune could ruin anyones life if they allow it to change who they are.
Stars Aubrey Peeples , Stefanie Scott , Aurora Perrineau , Hayley Kiyoko , Molly Ringwald , Isabella Kai Rice , Juliette Lewis , Ryan Guzman , Nathan Moore , Branaby Carpenter , Jason Kennedy
Directed  by Jon M Chu
Rated PG
FANTASY

Primal Fear (1996)

Released April 3rd in the US.
Filmed California , West Virginia and Illinois.
The story : The day after a city fundraising event for a popular priest and church in town , the said priest is murdered...in his mansion...in the middle of the day...
The murder is a brutal one and there are a couple of clues.
But nothing speaks more than an older alter boy who flees from the cops and the scene of the crime , covered in blood.
Cutthroat attorney Martin Vail catches the breaking news while meeting with a client , cuts the meet short and quickly becomes the pro bono defender of the alter boy.
Martin is the only person in town who is a believer of the boys innocence.
Stars Richard Gere , Laura Linney , John Mahoney , Terry O Quinn , Stanley Anderson , Edward Norton , Alfre Woodard , Tony Plana , Andre Braugher , Joe Spano , Frances McDormand
Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Rated R
THRILLER/MYSTERY

Manson's Lost Girls (2016)

Made for Lifetime , airing February 6th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
Based on truths.
The story : In the late 60s  Linda is 16-years-old.
She decides shes going to leave home for California against her mothers wishes.
While in California , Linda meets , marries and reproduces with Bob Kasabian.
After sometime , Bob decides he must leave his young wife and child behind in search of some cash.
While Bob is away things are hard for Linda.
Thats when she meets Susan Atkins.
Susan invites Linda and her daughter back to Spahn Ranch , explaining its a place she will love and everyone there will love her and her daughter - especially Charlie....
At first things are great but when things get really weird and food gets scarce Charlie becomes someone none of them recognize.
Stars Mackenzie Mauzy , Kari Coleman , Morgan Krantz , Tess Gordon , Stella Gordon , Eden Brolin , Grace Victoria Cox , Christian Madsen , Greer Grammer , Garrett Coffey , Isabel Shill , Jeff Ward , John F Goff , Stephen Sullivan , Chad Lindberg , Christopher Redman , Don Luce , Jhemma Zielger , Chad T Wood , Jesse Bean , Megan Easton , Shannon Lawrence
Directed by Leslie Libman
Rated TV14
BIOGRAPHY/THRILLER

The Backwoods AKA Bosque de sombras (2006)

Released on DVD only , April 15 , 2008 in the US.
Filmed in Spain.
The story : Married couple Paul and Isabel have talked their friends , married couple Norman and Lucy to go away with them to their peaceful getaway home in the deep woods of Spain.
Lucy and Norman have been having problems in their marriage due to losing a child.
Paul believes a getaway is just what Lucy and Norman can use.
No sooner do they arrive at the house , Paul takes Norman far off into the woods for some hunting.
But they get lost.
While trying to find their way back to the house , they stumble upon what they believe is an abandoned house.
Paul goes inside against Norman's better judgement of course.
Inside the abandoned house they find a young girl locked away.
Paul decides they cannot leave her there and proceeds to rescue her.
Now this is the beginning of something none of them would have ever wanted to be involved in.
Stars Gary Oldman , Aitana Sanchez Gijon , Paddy Considine , Virginie Ledoyen , Lluis Homar , Jon Arino , Kandido Uranga , Alex Angulo , Patxi Bisquert , Yaiza Esteve , Isabel Jimenez 
Directed  by Koldo Serra
Some Spanish with English subtitles
MYSTERY/THRILLER