Released January 24 , 2017 in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Sandy Duffy is a known novelist as well as TV personality and teacher.
Many people know who Sandy is.
But he has a problem.
Sandy is addicted to stealing things.
Not that he needs to steal , he isn't hurting for cash.
He just gets a rush from doing it.
One day , while shopping , Sandy gets caught stealing.
The security guard is going to report him but Sandy tries any bribe he can to get out of it.
But there is one thing Sandy never thought of doing to stay out of getting in trouble and that one thing is way more than Sandy ever bargained for.
Stars Stephen Graham , Conleth Hill , Lara Pulver , Arsher Ali , Tara Cush , Karen Hassan , Stuart Graham , Ian McElhinney , Paul Kennedy , James Edlin , Frank Cannon , Derek Mayne
Directed by Michael Lennox
Not Rated
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Released August 17th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Jonah is the youngest of young three boys.
Their parents , although they love each other and try hard to make ends meet , struggle regularly.
The result of their parents hardships is a volatile one.
Although their home life is hard to deal with , Jonah's brothers deal better than he does.
Jonah longs for another life , a more peaceful one.
He lives most of his days in his head and through his secret drawings. , while struggling with many feelings.
Stars Evan Rosado , Josiah Gabriel , Isaiah Kristian , Sheila Vand , Raul Castillo , Terry Holland
Directed by Jeremiah Zagar
Rated R
DRAMA
(A 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEXT INNOVATOR AWARD WINNER)
Released January 21st in the US.
Filmed in Utah.
The story : Married Annie is an artist who has been working day and night at home.
She has an son Peter and a younger , withdrawn daughter Charlie.
Annie's mom , who Charlie was very close to , just past away.
The family is taking her passing in various different ways but Charlie seems to be effected the most.
When Peter asks to borrow the car to go to a school party , Annie insists he take Charlie along.
Peter willingly takes his little sister along but he only went to the party to get to hang out with a girl from class that he likes.
So Peter ends up disregarding Charlie which is a bad idea.
It seems to Annie her life is falling apart and attempts going to a group meeting for a way of dealing.
There , she meets Joan , a sympathetic and helpful lady that seems to truly understand what Annie is going through.
Annie confides in Joan unknowing that , Joan has been watching her...
Stars Toni Collette , Alex Wolff , Milly Shapiro , Gabriel Byrne , Mallory Bechtel , Jake Brown , Jarrod Phillips , Heidi Mendez , Moises L Tovar , Morgan Lund , Ann Dowd
Directed by (& story written) Ari Aster
Rated R
MYSTERY/HORROR
(FIRST RELEASED AS A 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AT MIDNIGHT FILM)
Released March 28 , 2014 in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Guy is a guy with a bad attitude.
He's middle aged , single and proof reads product warranties for a living.
Guy has decided , seeing how he got a bad rap as a kid , to enter any and all spelling bees , making his way to the mother of them all.
There is no law against it and Guy takes his reporter friend along with him , just to make sure he is able to enter without too much trouble.
Although trouble is all Guy gets!
Everyone involved in the spelling bees believe it is just ridiculous for him , a grown adult , to be competing against kids more than 20 years younger than him.
It is unfair and he clearly is just doing it to win the cash prizes.
But Guy's mission goes a lot deeper than winning money or a trophy.
Stars Jason Bateman , Kathryn Hahn , Beth Grant , Allan Miller , Allison Janney , Ben Falcone , Patricia Belcher , Phillip Baker Hall , Rohan Chand , Matthew Zhang , Steve Witting
Directed by Jason Bateman
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA
"Is "um" the word? I'll be guessing at the m's..."
Released October 2nd in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : "Drood" is an unreliable dad who works as a cartoonist.
After waking up late and then spending the rest of the day out and about , he returns to find his apartment broken into.
Nothing was stolen but the place is a mess and , oh the guy who broke in is still there.
The next thing Drood knows he is in a car with the intruder along with another man driving.
The men believe Drood knows something they want to know and insist he tell them but he has no idea what they are talking about.
Aggravated with getting the run around , the driver tries getting at him but Drood falls out of the moving car...
After saving his own life , Drood takes himself over to the police station to report his apartment being stolen and then being kidnapped.
But the cops are more concerned about a recent murder , a murder that Drood finds out he is a possible suspect of.
Stars Tom Hulce , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , Adam Ant , Judith Barsi , Rosalind Chao , Harry Dean Stanton , Virginia Madsen , Don Keith Opper , John Doe , Millie Perkins , Robert Beltran
Directed by Wayne Wang
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Released sometime in 1980 in the US...
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Jennifer is a geological scientist who works for her father.
While studying some photographs , Jennifer sees a strange radio activity pattern that was not there the last time she checked...
She gets the okay to check it out and off to the small town of Little Creek , New Mexico she goes.
There she has a few strange run in's but shakes them off quickly due to getting some help from the local marshal.
But soon some unexplained cattle mutilations occur and then , humans are being murdered and mutilated as well.
That's when Jennifer and the marshal really get involved to try and stop whatever it is that's going on there...
Stars Zachery Vincent , Michael R Starita , Farah Bunch , Vincent Schiavelli , Cybill Sheppard , Raymond Burr , Jan Michael Vincent , Martin Landau , Neville Brand , Brad Rearden
Directed by Greydon Clark
Not Rated
SCIFI/MYSTERY
Made for TV , airing December 4th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
Based on truths.
The story : The Crowes are a typical happy , loving family which consists of a mother , father , a 14-year-old son Michael and two younger daughters , Stephanie and Shannon.
One night , unlike any other night in the Crowe household they all go to sleep.
During the course of the night Mrs. Crowe hears a door open but assumes its the cat...
Young Michael also hears a door open but assumes someone was at the door , that it had been answered and goes back to sleep.
The next morning Mr. Crowe wakes for work.
He goes into Stephanie's room to wake her only to find she has been murdered...
The next thing the family knows they are being put through the wringer and subjected to full body exams.
When the police decide to take Michael and Shannon and place them into protective custody , Mr. and Mrs. Crowe lose it but they don't have a choice.
They must go along with the polices' wishes , no matter how hard.
But while in custody , the police begin questioning young Michael.
Even though Micheal repeatedly swears he didn't do it , the police convince him that somehow he has killed Stephanie without knowing it or remembering it , .
Stars Mark Rendall , Hannah Lochner , Anna Mary Wilson , Ally Sheedy , Michael Riley , Karl Pruner , Chris Owens , John Bourgeois , Rosemary Dunsmore , Geoffrey Bowes , Karen Glave
Directed by Don McBrearty
Not Rated
DRAMA/THRILLER/HISTORY
Released November 5 , 2009 in the US.
Filmed in Utah.
The story : Tracy is a grocery store clerk who lives with his mom and younger sister.
Stuck in a rut , Tracy likes his job and life alright but he yearns for something more , to be someone...
After going to a play with a friend from work , Tracy decides acting is his calling in life.
He begins taking acting lessons and although hes really good , he loses interest because of his teacher.
Then he begins hanging out with high schooler Kendis from work and his friends , due to posing as Kendis' dad to get him out of trouble at school.
But soon , hanging out with those kids and assuming they are his friends proves to be a bad idea.
Tracy stays positive though , still looking forward towards his dreams.
Stars Hubbel Palmer , Geoff Hansen , Bruce McGill , Scott Lincoln , Rae Ritke , Mary Lynn Rajskub , Kathleen Quinlan , William Baldwin , Miki Eto , Vincent Caso , Megan Ferguson
Directed by Chris Bowman
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA
Released March 12th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Rhode Island.
The story : Peter is a busy banker who has returned to his grannys house where he grew up , because of her passing.
From the get go things aren't going Peter's way.
He lost his wallet on the bus ride there and cannot find anyone to loan him some quick cash.
Across the street is where Peter's old pal Donald lives.
They haven't seen each other or connected in about 20 years.
Just when Peter rings the bell he catches Donald outside bringing out the trash.
Donald is overwhelmingly excited by the sight of Peter and quickly offers any and all the help he can give.
But when Peter just wants to get stuff done and go back home , Donald makes those plans nearly impossible.
Stars Jesse Wakeman , William Billington , Louisa Krause , Kris Avedisian , Ted Arcidi , Melissa Avedisian , Matthew Andrew Jr , Kalayda Barletta , Nick Riess , Matthew Barletta , Kate Fitzgerald
Directed by (& story written) Kris Avedisian
Not Rated
DARK COMEDY/DRAMA
Released sometime in 1990 in the US.
Filmed in England.
The story : Noddy is a bike enthusiast.
He gets word that there's a new bike at the local shop and decides to buy it.
The next morning Noddy tries driving the bike to work but he cannot get it to start.
But later that night it starts right up and Noddy is off into the night.
While riding , the bike freaks out , acting like it has a mind of its own , messing with a known biker gang.
Noddy thinks this is really strange but really doesn't think much more about it.
The next day , same thing , Noddy tries starting the bike but it won't start.
But later that night , the bike starts and Noddy and his best gal Kim go out on the town.
While at a bar they have a run in with the biker gang due to the bike.
After getting out of that mess , Noddy and Kim go on to order some Chinese take away.
But when Kim yells to Noddy to get some Garlic Prawns , off the bike goes in an attempt to take Kim out because of her garlic request...
Soon it becomes obviously apparent to Noddy that his new bike has a taste for blood and some how has become a vampire.
That's when he recruits the help of a ninja priest...
Stars Brendan Donnison , Terence Budd , Neil Morrisey , Amanda Noar , Michael Elphick , Andrew Powell , George Rossi , Daniel Peacock , Midge Taylor , Anthony Daniels , David Daker
Directed by Dirk Campbell
Not Rated
COMEDY/SCIFI/HORROR
"What the hell is that!!??"
"It's my bike!"
"Well you can't bring it in here!"
Released July 1st in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Hank Thompson is a young man who has been deserted on a small island due to a storm...
He has been stranded for sometime now and things are looking really hopeless for him.
Just when he is about to end it all he sees a body had washed up on the shore in front of him.
Hank cannot believe his luck.
He is no longer alone and tries reviving the man but he seems for sure dead.
For some reason the body which washed up on the shore has an overwhelming amount of gas...
After spending some time with the body , Hank starts seeing the body move.
Then the body ends up back in the water and without any more thought , Hank jumps aboard the lifeless body and is off like a man on a jet ski.
Next Hank wakes to find himself washed up on yet another deserted island with the lifeless body.
Seeing how the lifeless body has taken him this far , he decides to take him along on his quest to get back home.
The lifeless body seems to be good luck for Hank and he soon realizes he has found himself one amazing lifeless body.
Stars Paul Dano , Daniel Radcliffe , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Antonia Ribero , Aaron Marshall , Marika Casteel , Richard Gross , Andy Hull , Timothy Eulich , Shane Carruth
Directed by (& story written by) Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Rated R
COMEDY/ADVENTURE/DRAMA
(A 2016 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL US DRAMATIC COMPETITION WINNER)
Released April 28th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : A dangerous escapee from the local insane asylum makes his way to Dr. Gerard's home in the hills.
After killing the ranch hand and kidnapping the doctors wife , the doctor and his assistant rescue the wife and in the process end up shooting the loony.
The assistant convinces the doctor that they should try to save the killers life but when they cannot , they decide they should use him in the next step of their experiments as they would have used a human in time anyways.
Because the ranch hands' mentally challenged son is in great despair due to his fathers passing and because he is a very healthy young man , the doctors decide to use his body as well in the experiment.
They have been adding extra heads to already functioning bodies of living creatures and so far things have been working out pretty well...
But this time , adding a violent loony's head to a gentle giant with mental issues body proves to be the worst idea yet.
Stars Berry Kroeger , John Bloom , Albert Cole , Bruce Dern , Pat Priest , Casey Kasem , Larry Vincent , Jerry Patterson , Darlene Duralia , Jack Lester , Gary Kent , Mary Ellen Clawsen
Directed by Anthony M Lanza
Rated R
SCIFI/HORROR/COMEDY
"Boy...Dr. Gerard must have been brewing up some of that Jekyll and Hyde joy juice in here."
Released May 13th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Jennifer is a kind and smart young women who attends a private girl school on scholarship.
She doesn't have many friends at the school and the most popular girl really has it out for her.
Jennifer does her best at dodging her mean-spirited classmate , all the while trying to understand why she doesn't like her.
Meanwhile , home life is less than idyllic for Jennifer.
She lives with her widower father who is stuck in his old ways and is always going on about when Jennifer was little.
Jennifer just wants to erase that part of her life , she has regrets from that time and believes she was a big part of something purely evil.
If she can just moves on it will all go away.
But when things get way too out of hand at school and she has no other choice but to get even , Jennifer resurrects that evil to do the most possible damage.
Stars Lisa Pelikan , Amy Johnston , Jeff Corey , Bert Convy , Louise Hoven , Florida Friebus , John Gavin , Nina Foch , Ray Underwood , Wesley Eure , Georganne LaPiere , Leslie King , Ruth Cox
Directed by Brice Mack
Rated PG
THRILLER/HORROR
Made for Showtime , airing October 26th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Born in Philadelphia and raised by his mother , Teddy became a very independent personality.
Ordained as a minister at just 10 years old , Teddy loved singing in his church.
Life around him seemed difficult but he never felt that kind of pressure.
Teddy would often skip school to go see shows.
That's where he seen Jackie Wilson.
This sighting set in motion what Teddy would do for the rest of his life , be a performer.
After meeting Harold Melvin and playing drums for him , Teddy began singing with him and the Blue Notes.
Teddy was the one who was singing and writing the songs that became hits only he wasn't getting that recognition from Harold.
So one day , Teddy decided to go on his own , making the best decision of his budding career.
Next he gained a manager who became his girlfriend and love of his life , but when she was gunned down outside their home one night , people looked at Teddy as having something to do with it.
Soon after he took on Shep Gordon as his new manager.
This sent Teddys career in a whole new direction.
He found himself performing sold out shows which were promoted directly towards women.
This made him very popular and famous but still there were those who didn't know who he was.
After finding himself constantly being harassed by the local police , Teddy was in the middle of lawsuit with them when he was injured in a very bad car accident.
The accident changed his life once again , for the rest of his life.
Directed by Olivia Lichentenstein
Rated TV14
DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY
Released May 27th in the US.
Filmed entirely in England.
The story : Famous horror writer R Chetwynd Hayes is out for a late night stroll when he is approached by a beggar named Eramus.
Eramus complains of not have eaten in weeks. Hayes offers to help anyway he can.
That's when the Eramus shows his true self , as a vampire.
After Eramus realizes the man he just bit is the brilliant writer of monster stories he is so fond of , he wants to get acquainted.
Eramus confesses that if Hayes go along with him to a place where many monsters hang out , he will surely be inspired to write some really great stories.
Hesitant , Hayes goes along.
After arriving , the two find a cozy place to sit and Eramus begins telling stories due to a monster chart on the wall...
The first story is of a not-so human man who by necessity , has locked himself away from people...
He puts an ad in the newspaper looking for help with cataloging all his precious artifacts.
A greedy man and women concoct a plan for the women to go work for him , win him over and while doing so , rob him.
But the plan backfires in the most brutal way.
The next story is from a star speaker at the club , a popular Vampire film producer...
The story is about when he was a young , bullied child who yearned for his fathers company.
His mother , although loving , was no replacement for the attention he wasn't getting from his father , due to him keeping strange hours.
But in the end , the young boy realizes his fathers work has all been worth it.
Lastly , a film director is looking to film his next scene in a nearby town.
Without any help offered , he visits the town himself and right away finds that nothing there is anything like what he expected.
Soon trapped in the town a young girl who is also trapped there and not like the others , fills him in on whats going on.
But when they both try to escape together they find there is no escape...
Stars John Caradine , Vincent Price , Barbara Kellerman , Simon Ward , James Laurenson , B A Robertson , Anthony Steel , Donald Pleasence , Night , Suzanna Willis , The Viewers
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Not Rated
MYSTERY/HORROR/COMEDY
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming January 18th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Billy McFarland.
A college dropout but self made business man.
At a young age Billy , along with a friend , came up with the idea of a black , stainless steel credit card called the Magnises...
Much like the black version of the Master Card , The Centurion , The Magnises was marketed as a way to spend lavishly without having the cash to back it up.
Because of its marketing , and the various perks to owning one , Magnises worked...
Soon rapper Ja Rule , also a card holder , wanted to go into business with now very popular and seemingly wealthy Billy McFarland.
That is when the app Fyre appeared.
A musical artist promotion app where if you were throwing some sort of party or gathering , you could easily hire any one of many artists through the app.
During the start up of Fyre , Billy and Ja Rule came up with the idea of creating one of the biggest musical festivals that could be thrown on a private island to the elite and wealthy.
The idea seemed like a brilliant one , even if , day by day the idea became less and less like a realistic one.
But from the beginning all the way to its bitter end , the Fyre festival - along with any one who invested in it , were doomed.
Stars Gabrielle Bluestone , Shiyuan Deng , Michael Ciccarelli , MDavid Low , Samuel Krost , Andy King , J.R. , Brett Kincaid , Mick Purzycki , James Ohlinger , Keith van der Linde
Directed by Chris Smith
Rated TV14
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY
"Desperate people do desperate things."
Made for Showtime , airing sometime in 2017.
Filmed in California , New York , Washington DC and the UK.
The story : In 1959 the first Long Island stereo FM radio station was born.
92.7 WLIR broadcast out of a low income area in Hempstead , New York/Long Island.
The station was almost off the dial and if you didnt tune in just right you would miss it.
In the 1970s , radio stations were playing the same hit songs over and over , it was the norm.
No new music was being exposed.
Programmers at WLIR decided they needed to change up their format.
In 1982 , WLIR became the new music station which meant they sought out new artists and music to play before anyone else was playing them.
Then came the New Wave movement out of the UK and New York.
WLIR were buying UK imports and playing them before American music companies were selling them , making stars out of many.
The station became the station to listen to.
It was hip , edgy , inventive and playing the newest of the new artists.
But by 1987 , just when it looked as if WLIR was unstoppable , they lost their FCC license and were
forced to shut down.
Stars Nancy Abramson , Tom Bailey , M King Adkins , Ivan Baker , Sam Ash , Eric Bloom , Ron Alexenburg , Jeff Beck , DJ Byrd , Peter Byrne , Vince Clarke , Paul Cramer , Joan Jett , Debbie Harry , Chris Stein , Billy Idol , Jim Kerr , Fred Schneider , Andy Taylor , Curt Smith
Directed by Ellen Goldfarb
Rated TV14
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY
Release date in the US , unknown.
Filmed entirely in Belgium.
The story : Justine is a young women , born into a vegetarian family , who is a new attendee at a veterinary school.
Her parents before her attended the college as well as her older sister , who is currently studying there.
From the get go , things are strange and hectic at the school.
It seems to be a rebellious , party hard type of place where all the new students must go through an initiation.
One of the first tests Justine is subject to is eating a raw animal liver.
She refuses but her sister insists she do it or fail.
The results are less than pleasant for Justine and as time goes on things don't get any less gruesome.
Stars Garance Mariller , Ella Rumpf , Rabah Nait Oufella , Laurent Lucas , Joana Priess , Bouli Lanners , Marion Vernoux , Thomas Mustin , Marouan Iddoub , Jean Louis Sbille
Directed by Julia Ducouranu
Rated R
French w/English subtitles
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming February 8th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Sam Cooke was born in Mississippi in 1931.
His father , a child of a slave with no education was a strong willed preacher man.
He moved his family to Chicago and there became a very dedicated and sought after preacher.
Sam had the gift of song and began singing in the church.
He went on to tour churches exposing his talent to many who loved to hear him sing.
But while traveling , Sam experienced a lot of problems due to segregation.
Sam vowed to change things for his people.
After Sam became famous and was shown on TV in the same ranks as Elvis , he became powerful.
He started his own recording label and seen to it that many talented artists were released.
Then eventually befriended Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X and was on his way to making a real political change.
But when Sam was found shot to death in a seedy Los Angeles Motel and law officials were not investigating the strange circumstances , people became suspicious.
Stars Smokey Robinson , Jerry Brandt , Billy Davis , Walter Mosley , Spencer Leak , Kevin Powell , Renee Graham , Dr Mark Anthony Neal , Jason King , Friendly Womack , Roscoe Robinson , Dionne Warwick , Quincy Jones , LLoyd Price , Marjorie Cooke , Al Schmitt , Jim Brown , Donald Piper , Lou Adler , Zelda Sands , Eric Greene , Joan Dew
Directed by Kelly Duane
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming February 1st in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Josephina works for an art dealer.
She isn't exactly happy in her job and being greedy , believes she isn't getting the attention from her employer that she deserves.
One afternoon when returning to her building she finds her neighbor deceased on the floor in the hallway.
Josephina never met her neighbor but finds out from a man who works for the owner of the building that he was an artist , who kept to himself and requested that all his artwork be destroyed upon his death.
When Josephina enters into her deceased neighbors apartment to look for his cat , she finds a massive amount of incredible art.
After asking her art critic friend what he thinks and him believing the art is the best he's seen in years , Josephina gets an idea.
She wants to sell the art , taking full credit for being the person who just found it.
But everyone that gets exposed and obsessed with the art has it coming.
Stars Jake Gyllenhaal , Rene Russo , Natalia Dyer , Zawe Ashton , Daveed Diggs , Toni Collette , John Malkovich , Billy Magnussen , Tom Sturridge , Alan Mandell , Mig Macario , Sedale Threatt Jr
Directed by (& story written) Dan Gilroy
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR
(A 2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE FILM)
