Released June 23rd in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Thanks to Willard , the town now has a huge rat problem.
Three blocks away lives content but lonely young Danny.
Like Willard, Danny doesn't have any friends.
But when one of Willard's rats Ben befriends Danny , his life of solitude becomes more cheerful.
Only the town cannot have Ben and his creepy family dwelling about in their town.
Stars Bruce Davison , Lee Montgomery , Norman Alden , Meredith Baxter , Rosemary Murphy , Paul Carr , Arthur OConnell , Joseph Campanella , Richard Van Vleet , Lee Paul , James Luisi
Directed by Phil Karlson
Rated PG
SEQUEL/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR
Released in July 30th in the US,
Filmed in California.
The story : Willard just turned 27 years old...
He doesn't have any friends and spends his time working as an office mogul for an averagely annoying boss/friend of his beloved mom.
When Willards birthday arrives , the only person who finds time to celebrate is his mom and her friends.
At the celebration , Willard feels pressured and misplaced.
He takes his company out to the garden and while there finds some unlikely company...with some rats.
Training the rats becomes Willard's new best past time but the rats don't always obey the ways of the human world...
Stars Bruce Davison , Elsa Lanchester , J Pat O Malley , Alex Baxter , Jody Gilbert , William Hansen , Michael Dante , John Myhers , Joan Shawlee , Almira Sessions , Sondra Locke , Pauline Drake
Directed by Daniel Mann
Rated PG
HORROR/SCIFI
Released December 4th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New Zealand.
The story : Every year at Christmas time , the people who no longer understand the meaning of the holiday can be found.
Of course this year is no different.
Max seems to be the only person who still believes in Christmas and has been getting into fights with people who don't get it.
Then to make matters worse , Max's aunt , great aunt , uncle and their rotten , mean , unappreciative kids show up , like every year to celebrate the holidays with them.
But the real trouble starts when instead of having faith in his letter to Santa Claus , Max tosses it out into the cold winter's night air...
Stars Krista Stadler , Emjay Anthony , Stefania LaVie Owen , Adam Scott , Toni Collette , Allison Tollman , David Koechner , Maverick Flack , Queenie Samuel , Lolo Owen , Sage Hunefield , Leith Towers , Conchata Ferrell , Curtis Vowell , Luke Hawker , Thor the dog
Directed by Michael Dougherty
Rated PG13
FANTASY/HORROR/DARK COMEDY
" I just want it to be like it used to be."
Released March 10th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Tia and Tony have arrived in Los Angeles for a short time.
In a week , their Uncle Bene will join them.
Uncle Bene sends them on their way in a cab but on the way the cab runs out of gas.
While waiting , Tony gets a vision that something bad is going to happen to someone nearby.
Tony goes off to help , telling Tia to stay in the cab and wait.
When Tony doesn't return , Tia goes looking for him.
She meets up with a group of kids who she helps so they try to help her find Tony , who was captured by some greedy bad guys.
Stars Kim Richards , Ike Eisenmann , Denver Pyle , Wally Brooks , Jack Soo , Anthony James , Bette Davis , Christopher Lee , Ward Costello , Brad Savage , Christian Juttner , Poindexter Yothers , Jeffery Jaquet , Richard Bakalyan , Stu Gilliam , Brian Part , Pierre Daniel , Ted Noose
Directed by John Hough
Rated G
SEQUEL/SCIFI/COMEDY/MYSTERY/ADVENTURE
"A guy?!...
....A goat?!
A Magician!?"
Made for TV , airing May 6th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
Based on truths.
The story : In 1975 , Jack and Janet Smurl - along with their two small daughters and Jacks parents relocate to a new home , a duplex in a small town in Pennsylvania.
At first, Janet is nervous but soon finds that her family fits perfectly into their new neighborhood.
Within ten years time, strange little things happen to Janet and Jack but they really pay no mind.
Then the strange things begin to get bigger and happen to just Janet and her mother in law , only Jack and his father don't believe.
When Jack witnesses some strange happenings in the night he then believes his wife's claims.
That's when Janet is able to convince Jack that they need to get their family some help.
Stars Sally Kirkland , Jeffery DeMunn , Julie Hickman , Joyce Van Pattern , Allison Barron , Krista Murphy , Ashley Bank , George Wallace , Louise Latham , Diane Baker , Stephen Markle , Cassie Yates , John O Leary , Jake Jacobs , Sharon Conely , Parker Whitman , Hope Garber
Directed by Robert Mandell
Not Rated
HISTORY/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR
Released Jun 10th in the US.
Filmed in California , UK and North Carolina.
Based on truths.
The story : In the winter of 1975 , George and Kathy Lutz along with their children fled their home in Amityville never to return.
In December of 1977 , Ed and Lorraine Warren were asked by the church they helped to investigate the Lutzes home.
The church wanted to know if Ronald DeFeo , who killed his whole family in the same Amityville house the Lutzes ran from , committed the murders under duress from an entity not of the living.
While investigating , Lorraine had such a horrible experience that she insisted that she and Ed no longer take on any new investigations of the supernatural.
At the same time on the North side of England, an 11-year-old girl was having some very unpleasant experiences in her family home.
When the occurrences got so bad that the police stepped in , others began to follow along in hopes of finding the family some help.
The church once again got word of this and asked Ed and Lorraine to investigate.
Stars Patrick Wilson , Vera Farmiga , Bonnie Aarons , Madison Wolfe , Lauren Esposito , Benjamin Haigh , Frances OConnor , Patrick McAuley , Simon Delaney , Franka Potente , Bob Adrian
Directed by James Wan
Rated R
HISTORY/SEQUEL/HORROR
"Sometimes you need to make a leap of faith. Believe when no one else will."
Made for ABC , airing April 16th in the US.
Filmed in California.
Based on truths.
The story : In 1972 , Feminism and woman's liberation was becoming a rising star.
That is especially true in the world of Women's Professional Tennis.
Not only was Billie Jean King a great woman tennis player , she was also for equal pay for woman.
When male professional tennis player Bobby Riggs gets word of this he decides he will try his luck at playing the ladies and paying them off.
Billie wants no part in this but when another professional player Margaret Court plays against him and loses it for the woman Billie decides to step up her game.
Stars Holly Hunter , Elizabeth Berridge , Matt Letscher , Jacqueline McKenzie , Trevor Goddard , Ron Silver , Bob Gunton , Kali Rocha , Maureen Mueller , Gerry Becker , Vincent Van Patten
Directed by (& story written) Jane Anderson
Rated G
HISTORY/COMEDY/DRAMA
Made for HBO , airing April 16th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Georgia.
Based on truths.
The story : In 1991, George H W Bush was the President of the United States.
When Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall retired , it was President Bush's job to nominate his replacement.
Judge Clarence Thomas was the President's nominee.
After a short time Professor of Law Anita Hill , who worked for Thomas for many years decided she had something she felt the Senate needed to know about Mr. Thomas' character.
Anita Hill accused Mr. Thomas of sexual harassment while she worked for him...
Stars Wendell Pierce , Alison Wright , Zoe Lister Jones , Grace Gummer , Kerry Washington , Greg Kinnear , Bill Irwin , Jeffery Wright , Eric Stonestreet , Treat Williams , Dylan Baker , Malcolm Gets
Directed by Rick Famuyiwa
Not Rated
HISTORY/DRAMA
"So much power. So little leadership."
Made for HBO , airing November 17 , 2007, in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
Loosely based on truths.
The story : Doris Duke , 'the richest girl in the world' comes from a long line of money.
She is an heir to a tobacco enterprise her father once ran.
Living quite the life of luxury , Doris must have the finest of help.
Bernard who has worked for some namely stars in the past answers an ad for a butler by Doris and is overlooked by her at first.
But soon he is taken on as Doris' right-hand man , becoming one of her closest , dearest friends.
Stars Susan Sarandon , Peter Asher , Ralph Fiennes , Chris Bauer , James Rebhorn , Monique Gabriela Curnen , Marilyn Torres , Nick Rolfe , Kunnath P Namboodiri , John Schuman
Directed by Bob Balaban
Not Rated
HISTORY/DRAMA/COMEDY
Made for HBO , airing April 23rd in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story : In 1971 , a TV producer had a brilliant idea for a reality show.
He chose the Louds , a picture-perfect family to star in his production.
The basis of the program was to show America what really goes on inside a family's life that we don't always see.
The show proved to be what it said it was going to be and in its wake , the family who became famous in their own rights had their personal lives hung out to dry for the world to see.
Stars Diane Lane , James Gandolfini , Thomas Dekker , Tim Robbins , Patrick Fugit , Johnny Simmons , Kaitlyn Dever , Molly Hagan , Kathleen Quinlan , Nick Eversman , Matt OLeary
Directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
Not Rated
HISTORY/DRAMA
Released February 12th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and Detroit.
The story : Wade has been having the best year of his life.
Along with becoming a fighter for the wrong he has found the girl of his dreams.
But when things couldnt be better for Wade thats exactly when the trouble starts.
Wade is dying and doesnt know what to do next.
Then he approached by a creepytime guy who explains that he can cure Wade.
Wade shoes the creeper away but later decides to take the guy up on his offer.
That changes the course of Wades future.
Stars Ryan Renyolds , Morena Baccarin , Karan Soni , Michael Benyaer , Ed Skrein , Brianna Hildebrand , Style Dayne , Kyle Cassie , Taylor Hickson , Ayzee , (voice) Stefan Kapiclic
Directed by Tim Miller
Rated R
ACTION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY
Released April 6th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Washington.
Based on truths.
The story : Rosalie is happily married to Joey.
They own and run a popular pizza joint together with some help from their good friend Devo.
The couples home life is pretty humble. Rosalies mother lives with them and helps care for their two young children.
Rosalie believes her life couldnt be better. But little does she know it could.
When Devo overhears Joey on the phone with another woman , he tells Rosalie but she refuses to believe Joey is doing anything he shouldnt.
But then Rosalie sees it for her own eyes and flips.
Straight to mom Rosalie runs for comfort but mom believes they need to get rid of Joey for good.
Stars Kevin Kline , Tracy Ullman , River Phoenix , Joan Plowright , Phoebe Cates , Shiri Appleby , Luke Rossi , Victoria Jackson , Alisan Porter , Jon Kasdan , Heather Graham , William Hurt , Keanu Reeves , James Gammon , John Billingsley , Miriam Margoyles
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Rated R
COMEDY
Released January 4, 2002 in the US.
Filmed in New York and New Jersey.
The story : Once upon a time there lived a successful attorney named Royal Tenenbaum.
Royal was married to brilliant Etheline and as a couple had three outstandingly intelligent children one of which - a daughter , was adopted.
When Royal loses his career , his marriage breaks up as well.
He leaves his wife and kids and doesn't feel the need to keep in touch with them very much.
Some years later , Royal and Etheline's children are all adults , living their lives dysfunctionally but still in contact with their mother.
When Royal gets word that his ex wife has been proposed to he decides to get himself back into his familys lives and finally get to know them.
Stars (voice) Alec Baldwin , Gene Hackman , Anjelica Houston , Seymour Cassell , Kumar Pallana , Aram Aslanian Persico , Irina Gorovana , Amedeo Turturro , James Fitzgerald , Ben Stiller , Grant Rosenmeyer , Jonah Rosenmeyer , Danny Glover , Gwyneth Paltrow , Bill Murray , Stephen Lea Sheppard , Luke Wilson , Owen Wilson , Larry Pine , Frank Wood , Al Thompson , Andrew Wilson
Directed by Wes Anderson
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA
Released January 4th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Georgia.
The story : Leann was the last to talk to Shelley.
After that , all their friends are devastated to find out that Shelley had drowned in her familys pond.
Right after attending Shelleys funeral , Leann goes to see Beth.
While talking , Leanns phone goes off , chiming in with a ringtone that doesnt belong to her.
They check the phone and it is a voicemail from Shelleys phone...
They listen and hear some really creepy shit but it doesn't explain a thing. If anything , the voicemail confuses them more.
As the days go by , more of Leann , Shelley and Beths friends get voicemails similar to the one Leann got.
Then the person who received the voicemail ends up dead somehow.
*yawn*
Stars Meagan Good , Shannyn Sossaman , Jason Beghe , Ana Claudia Talancon , Azura Skye , Edward Burns , Raegan Lamb , Ariel Winter , Rhoda Griffis , Margaret Cho , Johnny Lewis , Ray Wise
Directed by Eric Valette
Rated PG13
REMAKE/THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR/SCIFI
I always loved "Tower." I have great memories of that place myself at the Burlington , Massachusetts location I shopped at almost every night after work cause Tower was always open!
Great doc too by the way. Check it out won't ya!
Released October 16th in the US.
The story : When Russ Solomon was a young man he worked with his father at his tiny variety store that was at the foot of Tower Theatre in Sacramento.
After some time the store tried its hands at selling records and in no time at all - at an alarming rate.
Russ decided to continue on , selling records without his father.
Russ opened his own store in Sacramento. , naming it Tower Records.
There were no places at that time in the area for young people to go but now there was and they flocked there.
The store did so well that Russ decided to expand with another location and then another.
Every location after the other began doing amazingly well. All with the help of hardworking , dedicated employees and business partners , Russ felt the need to expand outside of the US and that he did.
By the late 70s , Tower Records was doing extraordinarily well.
Then it was on to the East Coast.
But when the music industry began to change and Tower began over-expanding in other parts of the world , it was only a matter of time before bad luck caught up.
Stars Russ Solomon , Elton John , Bruce Springsteen , Heidi Cotler , Stan Goman , Chris Hopson , Ken Sockolov , Steve Nikkel , Steve Knopper , Bob Delaney , Rudy Danzinger , Mark Solomon , Mark Viducich , Dave Grohl
Directed by Colin Hanks
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY
"No Music , No Life"
Released September 25th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
Based on truths.
The story : It's 1969 and being homosexual is illegal...
It is considered the equivalent of being mentally ill and often treated with electroshock therapy...
It it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages to homosexuals and the government fires anyone who is publicly homosexual...
At the same time , Danny is a young homosexual high school senior , but he hasn't come out.
When the truth accidentally gets out about Danny , he doesnt know how to deal - so he leaves his small home town and goes to the only place he knows of...Greenwich Village in New York City.
There , Danny is quickly accepted by a group of homosexual outcasts who teach him to be proud of who he is.
Stars Jeremy Irvine , Joey King , David Cubitt , Andrea Frankle , Joe Altman , Patrick Garrow , Jonny Beauchamp , Caleb Landry Jones , Vladimir Alexis , Ben Sullivan , Alex C Nachi , Otoja Abit , Jonathan Rhys Meyers , Ron Perlman , Matt Craven
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Rated R
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA
"Love isn't always pretty."
