Released September 14th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and New York.
The story: Super sweet single mom Stephanie charmingly runs a blog for moms and is really involved in her young son's school.
When Stephanie's son becomes good friends with his classmate Nicky, she really wants to meet his mom.
One day Nickys' busy mom Emily arrives at school to pick him up and Stephanie finally gets to meet her.
After getting to know each other a bit Stephanie offers to do anything and everything to help Emily out.
Soon Stephanie is hosting playdates for both boys more often but is always happy to do so.
When Emily asks Stephanie to watch Nicky instead of just getting together for a playdate, and after a few days she does not return home, Stephanie gets worried...and begins looking into things.
Stars Anna Kendrick , Joshua Satine , Blake Lively , Ian Ho , Andrew Rannells , Glenda Braganza , Kelly McCormack , Henry Golding , Rupert Friend , Jean Smart , Dustin Mulligan
Directed by Paul Feig
Rated R
COMEDY/MYSTERY
Released August 11th in the US.
Filmed entirely in the UK.
The story: This is 36 hours in the life of young, fan-ridden Beatles.
While dodging crazed fans , they hop a train.
There they find they will be traveling with Paul's grandfather, who is in need of a change of pace.
When they arrive at their destination, they attend a party and meeting with reporters.
All of this bores them entirely and during each promotional gig they attend, they always find a way to either get away or disconnect.
The time of the live show finally comes but Ringo cannot be found.
It seems grandfather talked him into going off and doing some living.
Now it's a race to find him and get him back to the venue for the show.
Stars John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison , Ringo Starr , Wilfrid Brambell , Norman Rossington , Patti Boyd , Brian Epstein , Susan Hampshire , Chick Fowles , Alison Seebohm
Directed by Richard Lester
Rated G
B&W
COMEDY/MUSIC
"Stop being taller than me!"
Released May 24th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Molly and Amy are high school seniors as well as best friends.
Molly is class president and makes it her mission to be very college minded.
She also has a rule for all the seniors, no one is to tell anyone which college they will be attending.
The friends have spent their whole high school lives studying and being the best students possible, unlike how they see their fellow classmates who don't take anything seriously.
On the day before graduation, Molly overhears a conversation about her.
She steps in to confront the people but they end up busting her bubble by sharing that they too have been accepted to prominent colleges.
This drives Molly over the edge.
She cannot comprehend how her classmates, who don't care about school could have got into good colleges.
After school Molly comes up with the idea that her and Amy should go to the party that everyone else in their class is going to, just so they can say they haven't missed out on everything and maybe hook up with a couple people they've secretly liked all year.
But getting to the party when they aren't really friends with anyone attending, on top of having no idea where it is, is quite the task.
Stars Kaitlyn Dever , Beanie Feldstein , Jason Sudeikis , Jessica Williams , Skyler Gisondo , Mason Gooding , Lisa Kudrow , Will Forte , Victoria Ruesga , Diana Silvers , Billie Lourd
Directed by Olivia Wilde
Rated R
COMEDY
Released September 28th in the US.
The story: When Joan was 13 she asked for a guitar for Christmas.
She didn't know how to play she just knew she wanted to play.
By 1975 Joan was being exposed to many famous performers in local clubs.
Then she met music producer Kim Fowley who, like Joan, wanted to market an all-girl rock n roll band.
They began recruiting members and soon the girls became The Runaways.
They toured their hearts out but never seen a dime til after they played Japan.
By the time they hit Japan though the band began falling apart.
Joan became the lone Runaway and played that role out till the end of their contract.
But Joan wasn't done.
She had far more music she wanted to put out and made sure to never lose sight of that dream, along with all its highs and lows.
Stars Joan Jett , Evelyn McDonnell , Don Bolles , Rodney Bingenheimer , Iggy Pop , Cherie Currie , Chris Stein , Deborah Harry , Billie Joe Armstrong , Annie Larkin , Sally Hershberger , Toby Mamis , Lenny Laguna , Meryl Laguna , Bill Curbishley , Adam Hororvitz , Kathleen Hanna , Ian Mackage , Pete Townshend , Bill Cordell , Gary Ryan , Eric Ambel , Mike Ness , Thom Panunzio , Elliot Saltzman , Miley Cyrus , Thommy Price , Dana White , General Byrnes , Dougie Needles , Carianne Brinkman , Laura Jane Grace , Fea , Nikki Haley , Shepard Fairey , Gene Baur , Michel Cho , Kristen Stewart
Directed by Kevin Kerslake
Rated R
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/MUSIC
"Girls don't play rock n roll..."
(A 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE)
Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 7.
The story: People were now obsessed with the story.
All everyone wanted to do was hear or read about what was going on. , ignoring the real problems at hand.
Wallace was afraid that crime would become organized and take over the state.
While the Task Force made every effort possible to take down Wallace, bad things were brewing behind the scenes.
March 2010, homicide judge Cunha ruled that in fact there was enough evidence against the four defendants to stand trial before a jury.
This only aggravated Wallace's health problems which he was being treated for in a hospital in Sao Paulo.
April 2010, Gisele Vaz, a former reporter for 'Canal Livre' became the newest witness.
Her statement was believed to be very important due to the fact that she did not have a criminal history.
She said that in the earlier days of her career on the show, people would indeed call in tips on crime that was taking place and production would put the story together.
But as time went on, things didn't seem right.
In the end, Gisele backed up the idea that Wallace was orchestrating arrests and carrying out violent acts on innocent people for the sake of ratings.
This backed up Moa's prior story of course. , which worked for the Task Force.
Wallace's defense attorney, on the other hand, believed Gisele and Moa were being led to say these things which were not true.
July 2010, Wallace was very ill and in the ICU in Sao Paulo.
It was reported that he was going to have surgery but he died before that happened.
A sad day for all when his body arrived the next day in Manaus.
But the trial went on.
Task Force believed the defendants would all be convicted due to the evidence they had collected.
But when Moa took the stand, the man who had come forward and started this whole thing, he told the jury he was forced and tortured into saying what he said by Thomas Vasconcelos.
He said Thomas told him he wanted to take down Souza and his son, clearly the basis for the trial.
With that final confession of the truth, Moa and Mario were found not guilty.
Mario was released immediately.
Moa was to stay in jail on prior drug trafficking charges.
Then, Raphael was convicted of homicide.
He was sentenced to 9 years.
The trial was over now.
But the real violence Wallace was trying to keep from taking over Manaus was just beginning.
Stars Willace Souza , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Paula Litaiff , Carlos Henrique Costa , Juiza Mirza Telma Cunha , Mario Pequeno Da Silva , Thomas Vasconcelos , Marlucia Souza
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitlesDOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 6.
The story: Wallace knew his days of freedom were numbered and he wanted some time.
Behind the scenes, Governor Eduardo Braga gave the strict order to find Wallace.
All points of exit and entry were monitored and Wallace was now on the National Fugitive List.
Everyone was talking and waiting.
No one knew where Wallace was, including his family who were worried about his safety.
Finally, he was found in the middle of the night staying with some friends.
Scared for his life, he was convinced that he would not be jailed with other inmates and his safety would be secured.
Wallace agreed to give himself up and arrived at the jail where the press was kept at bay.
Many family members of the dead were outside the jail yelling and cursing at Wallace.
Vanessa, who was the producer on 'Canal Livre' visited with Wallace many times and was asked by him to never give up on his innocence.
She made it a mission of hers to try and help her beloved boss.
That's when she got a call from jailed drug trafficker Frankenzinho of the 40th's sister, Patricia.
Patricia claimed she knew Wallace was innocent of the crimes he was accused of and Vanessa sent this information along to the police.
Meanwhile, the Task Force was trying to decide which crime to try Wallace with first.
It was decided on Wallace being responsible for drug trafficker Cacula's death.
The charge was aggravated homicide and the motive was revenge for the drug-related death of Wallace's younger brother.
On the day of the trial, Moa testified and talked in detail about the day of Cacula's murder.
Wallace was ill and unable to stand trial so the judge went to him and in the end, concluded that he was telling her all lies.
Raphael, Mario, Moa, and Wallace were all named in the murder of Cacula.
It was said that Wallace rented the car that took Raphael and Moa, along with Mario driving to the scene of the crime.
But when the owner of the rental car service testified and swore Wallace never rented a car from him the case fell apart.
Witnesses were murdered and some were too scared to testify.
The Task Force along with the judge all were receiving death threats.
When Frankenzinho' of the 40th was arrested his sister Patricia took over his operation.
When a warrant was out for Patricia's arrest inside the house many narcotics were found along with cash.
She claimed Wallace said he would pay her if she took out any of the Task Force officers because then they would be too scared to proceed.
Then Patricia claimed Vanessa was part of Souza's criminal organization...
Patricia denied telling Vanessa anything on her own but that Vanessa paid her to do it.
All and any proof was always coming from testimonies of drug dealers.
When Vanessa was brought in to talk with the Task Force she felt intimidated.
She wouldn't say anything that incriminated Wallace and this angered them, finally putting Vanessa in jail.
Everything now happening convinced Wallace's attorney that he was being set up.
Then came a new witness.
A businessman in the car trade that happened to be a cousin of deceased drug dealer Bebetinho.
It looked like they were interested in using because he thought Wallace was involved in his cousin's murder and wanted revenge.
After many grueling months in jail, Vanessa was released.
In jail now Patricia began claiming she was tortured into telling lies about Wallace by Thomas Vasconcelos.
Shortly after which Patricia was released from jail and then she was killed...
Then, a verdict came in.
Stars Willace Souza , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Paula Litaiff , Carlos Henrique Costa , Marcio Azevedo , Vanessa Lima , Juiza Mirza Telma Canha , Fabio Monteiro , Mario "Pequeno" Da Silva , Thomas Vasconcelos
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 5.
The story : May 2009.
The State Assembly decides they must take a vote on whether or not to impeach Representative Wallace because of the Task Force's 500-page assessment of wrongdoings.
Accused of a criminal organization , drug trafficking, and witness intimidation means Wallace has not kept to the ethics of his stature.
Also being accused of having an involvement with people with criminal backgrounds, which includes a disgraced Head of Intelligence Military policer.
Wallace attorney denies the claims, stating that it is not a crime for the two to have been friends and help each other fight crime.
Another part of Moa's statement claims Wallace and the Head of Intelligence plotted to kill or have killed Federal Judge Fraxe, which the judge believes.
A known hit man was asked to carry out the crime but refused and was later murdered, which Moa confirmed.
So much pressure from the media forced Assembly of Legislators to do their own investigation of Wallace's ethics.
The police reported to the media a number of deaths.
The media asked for proof but there was not any.
All the while Wallace's health was declining due to stress.
In July 2009 Wallace was in the hospital. The Legislators wanted a statement from him so he came to the court on a stretcher and gave one, causing quite a spectacle.
But his story never faltered from his earlier testimony, it was political prosecution.
Both the Task Force and Wallace needed the press and while in a Sao Paulo hospital a popular Brazilian new show called 'Fantastico' aired the Task Forces story against Wallace.
August 2009 , Wallace makes his second statement to the Assembly.
He is confident that the truth will save him.
Soon the International press was running with 'Fantastico''s lead and Brazil was divided.
After the State Reps were harrassed for the impeachment of Wallace they were forced to vote.
The vote made Wallace a common citizen once again and took him out of the office for the next 8 years.
That is when a warrant for his arrest was issued.
But Wallace, could not be found...
Stars Willace Souza , Divinilson Cavalcanti , Luiz Castro , Vincente Lopes , Antonio Zacarias , Fabio Monteiro , Thomas Vasconcelos , Carlos Henrique Costa , Edmilson Barreiros , Paula Litaiff , Andre Alves , Liberman Moreno , Marlucia Souza
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 4.
The story: After the July 2008 murder of known drug dealer Bebetinho , the Task Force work hard to gather a case against Wallace.
By April of 2009, Raphael has been arrested on drug trafficking and illegal ammunition charges.
The Task Force found a list inside the Souza home of deceased drug dealers along with another made up of many illegal weapons which Moa had already confirmed.
Raphael claims the ammo and spent shell casings are from sport.
The lists, on the other hand, tell a different story.
Wallace's hands are tied when it comes to going public to defend himself along with his son so he goes before his fellow representatives and makes many speeches in their defense instead.
Meanwhile, Wallace's 'Canal Rivre' security guards are arrested on drug trafficking, ammunition, and weapons charges.
Jail isn't a safe place for any affiliated with Wallace to be , seeing how he was responsible for many prior arrests.
The Task Force recruits a new investigative detective who figures out how Raphael knew Bebetinho and what happened to him.
The money found inside the safe at Wallace's home he claims he saved due to not having any health insurance and an undying illness that he may need help coping with.
But the money is checked and found to be illegal.
He also claims that the list of drug dealers was given to him to report on 'Canal Livre'.
Wallace is no longer on air with 'Canal Livre' , making it that much more difficult to get any word out to the public.
Confident he will not be impeached and has immunity due to his representative status, Wallace concentrates on clearing his family name and believes he is being politically prosecuted which is the only way to take him down.
Frankezinho of the 40th, a cruel drug dealer who is said to be responsible for a key witnesses death is found and arrested.
At first, he claims he has nothing to do with Wallace or Raphael, that he only knows them from seeing them on 'Canal Livre'.
Later on though he makes the statement that Wallace made him pay to keep his capture off of 'Canal Livre'.
Later still he states that his confession was coerced due to being tortured by Secretary of Intelligence, Thomas Vasconcelos.
But there is even later proof that is not the truth.
Stars Willace Souza , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Thomas Vasconcelos , Marlucia Souza , Mario "Pequeno" Da Silva , Carlos Henrique Costa , Paula Litaiff , Luiz Castro , Raphael Souza , "Daniela"
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Released December 15th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Virginia.
The story : It's the end of summer , 1982 in a small Virginia town.
Married couple Jim and Jeanne have recently relocated from Washington along with their pre teen daughter Aurelie.
Aurelie wants to get a perm so she can have perfect hair like the rest of the girls her age , which will help her fit in.
But times are tough and perms are expensive!
Thinking quick , Jeanne finds a beauty school where she knows the perms will be cheap.
Aurelie is worried about getting a bad perm but not as worried as after she gets one.
Even though Aurelie's perm turns out not as she planned and everyone at school makes fun of her , her parents never try to keep her spirits up about things while their relationship with each other could use some work.
Stars Kira McLean , Patricia Arquette , Rainn Wilson , Alexis Leggett , Kaleigh Jo Keller , Brian Bremer , Nena Daniels , Aidan Fiske , Jenna Brister , Robert Shepherd , Jacqueline Jones
Directed by (& story written) Colette Burson
Rated PG13
COMEDY
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 3.
The story: Moa's wife, Mary meets with the Human Rights Council.
She claims her husband was mistreated by civil police officers, made to tell lies and forced to sign a confession without his knowledge of what it said.
She states her husband is innocent of the crimes he is accused of.
Putting instant doubt on the investigation the Task Force must delve even deeper to get to the truth.
The Human Rights Council meets with Moa and his story changes a lot.
He claims Secretary of Intelligence Thomas Vasconcelos , is the one who coerced him into confessing.
Thomas Vasconcelos was also appointed Secretary of Intelligence by Wallace's arch-enemy.
The arch-enemy being a politician who seemingly bought time for his friend the mayor of Coari to get away with money embezzlement and a pedophilia ring for as long as he could.
Wallace knew about the corruption and was investigating it fully.
All of which insinuates a case of revenge.
When Moa's wife goes on trial she recants her story.
She claims Wallace asked her to say what she said in return for helping her but the Task Force had a hunch about that.
While Wallace was gaining on taking down the mayor of Coari , claiming all he has done for the past 20 something years was help people and fight crime he ended up having to defend his name once again after his son is brought into jail.
Stars Mary Tereza Ramos , Paula Litaiff , Luis Eduardo Valois , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Luiz Castro , Carlos Henrique Costa , Francisco Cruz , "Joao" , "Francisca"
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 2.
The story: Wallace publicly claims that he is being framed, by the story of a former military police officer now in federal custody, Moacir "Moa"Jorge.
Moa is clearly scared for his safety and is believed by the public to have told a false story to save his own hyde.
Wallace claims that he has no recollection of Moa but when the media gets a hold of photos of the two together at Wallace's home, the story takes yet another turn.
Now contradicting himself, Wallace claims Moa is a friend of his oldest son, Raphael.
The day the pictures were taken, Raphael was having a cookout at the house.
The guests were friends.
Wallace is now a State Rep and trying for Secretary of Security.
The media coverage hasn't really shaken the people from being under his wing while publicly attacking political opponents as well as law enforcement.
After an attack on the federal jail where Moa was being held, law enforcement decided that it had to have been an attempt at his life and hid him.
Police then got a Task Force together, driven by finding out the whole, real truth.
All the people who knew Wallace personally claimed they had never seen him do anything wrong and stood by that.
But Moa's story contradicted all things that Wallace claimed about his own innocence and during all of which, Wallace could still be seen hosting 'Canal Rivre' stating that criminals should be shot and killed.
Many witnesses, as well as drug dealers and criminals, continued to be murdered and it all coincidentally looked like Wallace was at the head of the case.
But after a forensic investigation of the explosion at the jail the investigators came to the conclusion that is was not what they believed it was...
Another part of Moa's supposed false confession stated that Wallace's son Raphael was also involved in the murders and he was called in to testify.
Then...Moa's wife went public, stating Moa told her that his confession was false and forced.
Stars Ezequel "Kein" Melo , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Thomas Vasconcelos , Andre Alves , Paula Litaiff , Mario "Pequeno" De Silva , Victor Hugo De Paula , Marilucia Souza , Fabio Montelro , Ana Sena , Chico Batata , Almir Cardoso , Sergio Fontes , Webster Sena , Lerron Santiago , Luis Eduardo Valois
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
"What we do down here on Earth...we pay for it."
Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 1.
The story: 2000.
Manaus , Brazil.
Violence and drug trafficking are amok.
Danger is around every corner for the people living in Manaus.
Wallace Souza - ex-policeman turned reporter decided that he wanted to help the people of his community by putting an end to all the drugs and violence.
Having a personal problem with everything going on around him, he began following police to the scenes of these horrific crimes and reporting them on the television program he made famous , 'Canal Livre'.
The show reported and denounced the crime which was going on.
The crackdowns on these criminals could be seen through recorded footage, usually, first hand by the reporter teams of 'Canal Livre' and this made Wallace the people's hero.
By 2009, just when Wallace was about to be inducted as State Governor or Secretary of Security, controversy struck.
An ex-military police officer was arrested on weapon and drug charges.
When the man pleaded to not be put in prison his only option was to talk...and talk he did.
He claimed that Wallace was his boss, who was putting him, along with others up to crimes around Manaus for the sake of TV ratings.
Loved by many for his undying efforts to save his community Wallace was also despised for his ill opinions of the state and this made him suspect to what the jailed man accused him of.
Stars Josenilson Guerreiro , Vanessa Lima , Paula Litaiff , Nilson Belen , Webster Sena , Victor Hugo De Paula , Willace Souza , Marilucia Souza , Jota Augusto Machado , Paulo Sergio De Oliveira , Thomas Vasconcelos , Divanilson Cavalcanti
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
"He tried to pretend the whole world wasn't falling down."
Released May 5th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New Mexico.
The story : Dr. Caroline Arnold has just rented a beautiful but rundown mansion which was built in the 1800s.
Her plan is to take a group of rehabilitating addicts she's been working with and as a project, work together getting the place cleaned up.
Almost immediately after the group arrives bad stuff starts happening.
You know the house is old, with problems so hey, just wait it out, stay calm and hope for the best.
But things don't get better, they actually get worse, and as time ticks away the chances of them all staying alive and leaving for home are becoming slim.
Stars Ed Bakey, Joanna Pettet, Richard Crenna, Milton Selzer, George OHanlon Jr, Andrew Prine, Lynne Moody, Mary Louise Weller, Cassie Yates, Robert Viharo, Emory Souza
Directed by Gus Trikonis
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR
