Our Mother's House (1967)

Released October 9th in the US.
Filmed entirely in England.
The story : Elsa , Diana , Jiminee  , Gerty , Willy , Louis , Hubert and Dunstin - all young , all brothers and sisters.
They live in a house together with as well as caring for their ailing mother , whom they all adore.
One day as usual Elsa goes to visit with her mother after school and becomes the one who witnesses her poor mothers demise.
After explaining to the rest that their mother has past , Elsa makes them all agree not to tell anyone.
Now orphans , the kids begin believing that if someone finds out their mother has past that they will all be put in an orphanage and no one wants that.
The kids do their best to keep their secret hidden but when their teacher comes to visit after Jiminee brings home a friend to stay things get a bit hairy...
Stars Margaret Leclere , Yootha Joyce , Annette Carell , Pamela Franklin , Mark Lester , Phoebe Nicholls , Gustav Henry , Parnum Wallace , Louis Sheldon Williams , John Gugolka , Claire Davidson , Gerald Sim , Anthony Nicholls , Dirk Bogarde , Edina Ronay
Directed by Jack Clayton
Not Rated
DRAMA

Conviction (2010)

Released November 5th in the US.
Filmed in Michigan.
Based on truths.
The story : Growing up , Betty Ann and Kenny didn't have a great home life.
In fact , they didn't have one at all. But they did have each other and that meant the world to both of them.
As adults , Betty Ann and Kenny's lives looked to be going in a better direction for their futures.
But one day in 1980 , all of that changed.
Kenny is arrested for murder and no matter , Betty Ann refused to accept the situation.
Not even a high school graduate , Betty Ann vows to become a lawyer to fight for her brothers' innocence and freedom.
Stars Bailee Madison , Tobias Campbell , J David Moeller , Karen Young , Sam Rockwell , Hillary Swank , Melissa Leo , Clea DuVall , Juliette Lewis , Abra Rice , Owen Campbell , Conor Donovan , Laurie Brown , Thomas D Mahard , John Pyper Ferguson , Loren Dean , Peter Gallagher
Directed by Tony Goldwyn
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/DRAMA/MYSTERY

Snow Angels (2007)

Released March 7 , 2008 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
The story : Annie and Glenn are separated.
They have a small daughter Tara , that Annie has in her care and really doesn't trust Glenn with for too long.
But Glenn is trying.
He wants his family back together.
Annie doesn't want to get back together with Glenn , mainly because she is having an affair with her co-worker/friends husband but she doesn't trust Glenn has changed either.
Things take an unsuspected turn for the worst , causing Annie and Glenn to stop concentrating on their own personal feelings and issues with each other.
Stars Jeannetta Arnette , Griffin Dunne , Michael Angarano , Sam Rockwell , Kate Beckinsale , Olivia Thirlby , Leah Ostry , Amy Sedaris , Connor Paolo , Tom Noonan , Gracie Hudson
Directed by David Gordon Green
Rated R
DRAMA

"Every person matters. Every step is an anticipation to the next one."

Turkey Hollow ; Jim Henson's (2015)

Made for Lifetime, airing November 21st in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story: This year, divorced Ron is taking his kids Annie and Tim to Turkey Hollow.
When Ron was young, he always spent Thanksgiving with his aunt Cly in Turkey Hollow and has such fond memories of it that he wants to share that special family time with his kids.
Annie isn't thrilled about the idea but Tim jumps right in head first, especially after learning about the legend of a mythical creature supposedly found in the area by the name of the Howling Hoodoo.
No one seems to believe about the creature but aunt Cly knows the truth.
When Tim and Annie get trapped in the woods due to some bad guys who raise turkeys unethically, some magical, mythical, musical creatures help come to their rescue.
Stars Ludacris , Jay Harrington , Graham Verchere , Genevieve Buechner , Mary Steenburgen , Reese Alexander , Gabe Khouth , Peter New , Linden Banks , Kathryn Kirkpatrick
Directed by Kirk R Thatcher
Rated TV PG
ADVENTURE/COMEDY/FAMILY/MYSTERY/THANKSGIVING

"That is 175 but I call em ugly for short."

Big Eyes (2014)

Released December 25th in the US.
Filmed in California , Canada , Hawaii and the UK.
Based on truths.
The story : In the 50s , Margaret took her young daughter , left her husband and relocated with not much more than the clothes on her back.
She had gone to school for art and hoped that her experience would help her land a job.
Soon after her relocation , Margaret met charming Walter at an art showing in the park.
The two quickly hit it off and married.
Walter began trying to sell their works of art but was only able to sell Margarets.
On the spot one evening , Walter began the unlawful habit of claiming his wifes art work as his own.
Stars Amy Adams , Delaney Raye , Madeleine Arthur , Christoph Waltz , Jason Schwartzman , Danny Huston , Krysten Ritter , Farryn VanHumbeck , Terrence Stamp , James Saito 
Directed by Tim Burton
PG13
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

"Espresso...what's that? Is that like reefer?"

Harvey (1950)

Released October 13th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Elwood is a nice , middle-aged bachelor.
He lives with his sister Veta , niece Myrtle Mae and his imaginary friend - a 6 foot 3 rabbit named Harvey...
When Veta has decided that now is the time to socialize Myrtle Mae she is ashamed of Elwood and his friend Harvey.
Veta concocts a plan to get rid of Elwood and Harvey without Elwood having even the slightest clue that any of it is going on.
But the plan backfires.
Stars James Stewart , Joesphine Hull  , Victoria Horne , Peggy Dow , Charles Drake , Cecil Kellaway , Nana Bryant , Wallace Ford , Jesse White , Grayce Mills , Willian H Lynn
Directed by Henry Koster
Not Rated
B&W
COMEDY/FANTASY

Dirty Grandpa (2016)

Released January 22nd in the US.
Filmed entirely in Georgia.
The story : Jasons grandmother just past.
His grandfather , who he doesn't quite have a relationship with , asks that Jason take him on a trip he usually takes every year.
Jason is very busy with work and planning his upcoming wedding with his fiancee and doesn't wanna take grandpa on the trip. He just doesn't have the time.
But grandpa insists..,
Jason goes along but unwillingly.
Soon Jason finds himself in some pretty hairy situations and cannot figure out for the life of him why his now , extremely smart-mouthed fresh grandfather is putting him through it all.
Stars Zac Efron , Adam Pally , Julianne Hough  , Dermot Mulroney , Robert DeNiro , Zoey Deutch , Aubrey Plaza , Brandon Mychal Smith , Jason Mantzoukas , Jeffery Bowyer Chapman , Michael Hudson
Directed by Dan Mazer
Rated R
COMEDY

Willard (2003)

Released March 14th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and California.
The story : Willard is a lonely guy.
He lives with his elderly mom who cannot take care of herself and works at his deceased dads business.
At work , his dads ex-partner - Willard's boss , tries to make every day a living hell for him....and it works.
Poor Willard. He has low self-esteem , anger issues and no friends.
One night his mother complains to him that there are rats in the cellar! 
Willard considers taking care of the problem but while doing so makes a very unlikely friend with a rat whom he catches but saves.
Along with Willards new rat friend comes many other rats willing to befriend Willard.
So Willard teaches his new friends some very devious tricks.
Stars Crispin Glover , Jackie Burroughs , R Lee Ermey , Laura Harring , Ashlyn Gere , Edward Horn , Gus Lynch , William S Taylor , Laara Sadiq , David Parker , Ty Olsson 
Directed by Glen Morgan
Rated PG13
REMAKE/HORROR/SCIFI/THRILLER

"There are rats in the basement!"

All the President's Men (1976)

Released April 9th in the US.
Filmed in Washington DC , California and Virginia.
Based on truths.
The story : Mid-June of 1972 , newspaper headquarters of the Washington Post got a call about five men breaking into the Democratic Partys National Committee.
Writers for the paper , Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein wanted like crazy to investigate the story...and that they did.
What they found was the biggest cover-up they have ever worked on involving the president - the Watergate scandal.
Stars Jack Warden , Robert Redford , Dustin Hoffman , Martin Balsam , Hal Holbrook , Jason Robards , Jane Alexander , Meredith Baxter , Ned Beatty , Stephen Collins , Penny Fuller , John McMartin , Robert Walden , Frank Wills , David Arkin , Henry Calvert , Valerie Curtin
Directed by Alan J Pakula
Rated PG
HISTORY/DRAMA/MYSTERY/THRILLER

"She's afraid of John Mitchell and you're afraid of Walter Cronkite."

Marie (1985)

Released September 25th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Tennessee.

Based on truths.

The story : In the early 70s , Marie took her 3 young children and fled her abusive husband.

Back home with her mother  , Marie took small jobs to make ends meet.

Then Marie found out that a guy she went to school with was a local DA and looking for a secretary.

Marie applied for the job and got it. It helped that she knew her new boss.

Marie did so well at her job that when the Governor was looking for a woman to put on the board of parole , her boss put in a good word for Marie.

She got the job and worked really hard. But when she began noticing some corrupt goings on in the parole system , she could not sit still.

Stars Sissy Spacek , Vincent Irizarry , Shane Wexell , Dawn Carmen , Robert Green Benson lll , Jeff Daniels , Keith Szarabajka , Lisa Banes , John Cullum , Fred Dalton Thompson  , Trey Wilson , Morgan Freeman , Malcolm McCalman , Don Hood , Graham Beckel , Collin Wilcox Paxton

Directed by Roger Donaldson

Rated PG13

DRAMA

"Evil flourishes when good men do nothing."