Made for Viceland, airing May 19th in the US.
Season 2. Episode 10.
The story: Owen Hart from Calgary was considered the chosen one.
A naturally gifted athlete, he was the youngest of twelve Hart siblings.
His father was a well-known wrestling promoter and his sons wanted to follow in his footsteps.
All of Owen's brothers wrestled professionally as well as his brothers-in-law.
Owen loved wrestling but he loved his family more and he wanted out of wrestling early so he could just live a simple, comfortable life.
Signed to WWF at 23, he was marketed as The Blue Blazer.
By 1993 The Blue Blazer fazed out and Owen was staged against his brother Brett.
After his win against Brett, Owen became larger than life and his career became much more demanding.
In 1997, Brett went to WCW, and eventually, what is known as The Montreal Screwjob robbed him of his title.
Now that Brett was finished Owen got a brand new contract with the WWF at a time when Vince McMahon wanted the wrestlers to also be actors.
But Owen didn't want to play along with the scandals and skits.
So in 1998, The Blue Blazer was brought back into the spotlight, in competition against the WCW.
On May 23, 1999 Pay Per View aired the live event Over the Edge from Kansas City, Missouri.
Owen was dressed and rigged over the rafters before he was to be lowered into the ring for his match against The Godfather.
But when it was time for Owen to be lowered, something went horribly wrong and Owen Hart fell to his tragic death, from 80 feet up, in front of millions of people...
Stars (voice) Chris Jericho, Jim Cornette, Jim Ross, The Godfather, Dr. Martha Hart, Oje Hart, Athena Hart, Jimmy Korderas, Chirs Jericho, D'Lo Brown
Directed by Jason Eisener
Rated TV14
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
"When you live in a world of make-believe and something so real happens, you wanna hammer that home."
Released in March of 1997 in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Simon is a space archeologist that has taken his teenage son Paul to Peru in search of ancient aliens.
Paul does not take anything about his fathers work seriously but he happens to find what the two believe is an ancient alien...
They take him home with them in hopes of becoming rich but before Simon can contact the man to check out their alien, the alien - which Paul's girlfriend nicknames' "Munchie", disappears.
Little do they realize that Paul's uncle Cecil who lives next door has taken "Munchie" for his own benefit.
But that doesn't work out exactly as planned.
Instead, Uncle Cecil leaves "Munchie" with his stepson who has an all-out battle with him.
"Munchie" ends up winning and then going on a destruction spree bringing along a gaggle of his troublemaking"Munchie" pals.
Stars Harvey Corman, Charlie Stratton, Jerado Decordovier, Nadine Van der Velde, Charlie Phillips, John Stafford, Ellen Albertini Dow, Wendy Schaal, Robert Picardo, Hardy Rawls, Paul Bartel
Directed by Tina Hirsch
PG
SCIFI/COMEDY
Released January 11, 2019, in the US.
Filmed in Pennsylvania and New York.
Based on truths.
The story: Dell is a recent parolee who has an ex and a young son.
He doesn't have many skills which would help him contribute to the working class.
But Dell needs a job to rekindle his relationship with his son, get himself in order, and stay out of prison.
Now getting a job has become a task and Dell's parole officer is forcing him to apply for jobs and get signatures that prove he is looking for work.
When Dell is down to needing his last signature he finds himself applying for a caregiver position, to Phillip, a very rich man who is quadriplegic.
Of course, Dell is not qualified but Phillip wants to give him the chance.
The result is an eye-opener for both men.
Stars Kevin Hart, Kimberly S Fairbanks, Aja Naomi King, Jahi Di Allo Winston, Bryan Cranston, Genevieve Angelson, Nicole Kidman, Golshifteh Farahani, Julianna Margulies
Directed by Neil Burger
Rated PG13
REMAKE/DRAMA/COMEDY
Made for Viceland, airing May 12th in the US.
Season 2. Episode 9.
The story: They had the look and power.
The Road Warriors, AKA Mike "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis became overnight sensations.
They were real-life badasses when all the other wrestlers were just trying to be badass.
Both from Minneapolis, in 1977 they both began bouncing at a local club together.
There they were scouted into the professional wrestling world, but not together or at the same time.
Not until after they decided to return to Minneapolis after giving wrestling a try and not making any cash were they finally marketed in the wrestling world as a tag team.
They were also marketed as champions, which they were yet to become.
Japan made them overnight successes and soon the tag team was all over the world as the main event.
By 1986 the Road Warriors were ready to be WWF performers and changed their name to Legion of Doom.
But after an injury, Mike began abusing medications.
Things got bad and the tag team separated for some time, going their own way.
In 1997 WWF had a new marketing idea for them which seemed like it may be a step in the comeback direction but that quickly fizzled out as well.
It was not until Mike decided to change his life around that things were finally going in the right direction for him.
Unfortunately far more damage to his health had been done at that point.
Stars (voice) Chris Jericho, Joe "Animal" Laurinaitis, Barry Darsow, Paul Ellering, Nikita Koloff, Rich Hegstrand, Dan Hegstrand, Scott "Flash" Norton, Eddie Sharkey, Charles "The Godfather" Wright, Darren Adrian Drozdov AKA Puke
Directed by Jason Eisener
Rated TV14
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
"They were bad boys. But when they were bad, they were very good."
Made for Epix, aired May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 1.
The story: Laurel Canyon was a magical place, all above the smog and within four to five minutes, you could be down in Hollywood.
The mid-sixties was a time when folk music was making a change into folksy rock music and Laurel Canyon was a cheap place to live.
It was also a place to get away from the world but be near other musicians.
A peaceful place where at night you only heard coyotes, owls and maybe the faint sounds of some lead guitar off in the distance...
On Sunset Strip was the popular Troubador club which was transitioning from strictly folk music into the newer rock music sound.
The band The Byrds got famous after covering the Bob Dylan song 'Mr. Tambourine Man', with the help of Dylan one night at the Troubador.
This set the club on fire, which inspired many more musicians to come to California.
A time of musical freedom and there were of course people who documented this time with photographs...
Laurel Canyon became a friendly place where everyone knew each other, partied with each other, made music together, and for each other, as well as musical connections through each other.
Music was changing along with the times.
The Monterey Pop Festival next became a historical landmark which no one could have foreseen.
Then, came Woodstock and everyone thought, 'we are all together in this. we are going to change the world.'
But that isn't exactly what happened...
Stars Henry Diltz, Nurit Wilde, (voice) Chris Hillman, (voice) David Crosby, (voice) Bryan MacLean, (voice) Johnny Echols, (voice) Neil Young, (voice) Stephen Stills, (voice) Mark Volman, (voice) Richie Furay, (voice) Arthur Lee, (voice) Ray Manzarek, (voice) Robby Krieger, (voice) Jim Morrison, (voice) Jac Holman, (voice) Roger McGuinn, (voice) Alice Cooper, (voice) Frank Zappa, (voice) Peter Tork, (voice) Mickey Dolenz, (voice) Elliott Roberts, (voice) Joni Mitchell, (voice) Denny Doherty, (voice) Mike Nesmith, (voice) Graham Nash, (voice) Michelle Phillips, (voice) Mama Cass
Directed by Alison Ellwood
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/MUSIC
"You wanna make a record that you're going to like in 40 years."
Released January 10th in the US.
Filming location (s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story: In May of 1994, Nicole Brown, former wife of O.J. Simpson is living alone, trying to get some normality back into her and her children's life.
After experiencing various break-ins to her condo, Nicole attempts making a visit to her neighbor but instead finds a handyman named Glen in the driveway.
After explaining that he had been working on her neighbor's house and she's staying at a hotel, Nicole asks if he is available to paint her place.
He accepts.
Soon the two become close and one night, after being intimate together, Nicole finds Glen in her kitchen, carrying on to someone who is not there...
There really freaks Nicole.
She sets off her home alarm and while waiting for the police to arrive Glen makes a threat to her life.
Little does Nicole know though, Glen has been murdering women in her neighborhood and he may very well have plans and motives for murdering her next.
Stars Mena Suvari , Taryn Manning , Agnes Bruckner , Drew Roy , Nick Stahl , Gene Freeman , Marli Crismon , Nathan Oliver , Sebastian Siegel , Bianca Brigitte VanDamme , Paul Sloan
Directed by Daniel Farrands
Rated R
HISTORY/THRILLER/MYSTERY/BIOGRAPHY
Released October 25th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Spain.
The story: Uma has been sent by her mother to Paradise Hills, a reform school for young women.
Uma is rebelling against her mother's wishes for her to marry a man she despises and sending her to the school is a sure-fire way to get her to change her mind.
Soon Uma meets and befriends three other girls, who all have been sent to Paradise Hills by members of their family to change their personalities and outlooks.
But the girls don't want to change and they quickly figure out that the school has some really scary ways of getting them to do what they were sent there for.
Stars Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina, Eiza Gonzales, Milla Jovovich, Jeremy Irvine, Arnaud Valois, Daniel Horvath, Joey Sordyl, Nancy Jack, Ted Stresen Reuter
Directed by Alice Waddington
Rated TV14
FANTASY/MYSTERY/THRILLER/SCIFI
