Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The Deeper You Dig (2019)



Released June 5 , 2020 in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story : Ivy , a woman who makes a living as a tarot card reader , lives a quiet life with her 14-year-old daughter Echo.
Down the street from them Kurt just moved into an old , beatup house which he will restore and flip.
One evening , when Kurt is returning home after dinner and drinks , he accidentially runs over Echo , who had been sledding into the road...
Because he had been drinking , Kurt decides he just cannot call the police.
Instead , he takes Echo to his house with the intention of burying her and when the ground gets softer , he does just that.
Soon Kurt begins having visions of Echo , which ends up making him a bit crazy.
So crazy that she literally gets into Kurt's head.
Stars Toby Poser , Zelda Adams , John Adams , Inderpreet Singh Khangura , Milli Lupinetti , Joan Poser , Bob Lane , Izzy Figueredo , Rick Miller , Shawn Wilson
Directed by ( & story written) John Adams , Zelda Adams & Toby Poser
Not Rated
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/SCIFI

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Skincare (2024)



Released August 16th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story: Hope Goldman is a famous aesthetician.
She is on the verge of releasing her own skincare line and is very proud of it.
One day , Hope finds that there is a new skincare professional who has moved in right across the way from her shop.
This worries her at first and then angers her once she meets the owner, Angel Vergara.
Soon , Hope sees more and more of her clients visiting Angel while she sees less and less clients in general.
It's not helping matters that her rent is due, and she cannot afford it.
After getting to know a friend of a friend, who claims to be a life coach, Hope begins seeing things in a new light.
But that doesn't last long because apparently someone is trying to ruin her life and her business by sabotaging her every move.
Stars Elizabeth Banks , Lucy Barrett , Michaela Jae Rodriguez , Wendie Malick , Lewis Pullman , Luis Gerardo Mendez , Nathan Fillion , Jason Manuel Olazabal , Erik Palladino , Ella Balinska , Medalion Rahimi  , Jesse Saler , John Pollono , James Logan , Ivana Rojas , Georgia Leva , Julie Chang
Directed by (& story partly written) Austin Peters
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER

Monday, September 15, 2025

Restless (2024)



Released May 23 , 2025 in the US.
Filmed in England.
The story: Nicky is a quiet woman who lives alone with her cat and likes baking as a way to wind down.
One day, unexpectedly, she finds that she has a new neighbor moving into the duplex beside her.
Quickly, Nicky finds her new neighbor loud among other things.
She tries speaking to him, but he really doesn't do much to change his behavior.
It seems every other day, Nicky's neighbor is having a party with loud music.
Nicky tries getting her neighbors involved to sign a petition to get her neighbor to stop the noise, but no one wants to get involved.
At her wits' end, Nicky takes her spare key for her neighbor's house and takes matters into her own hands.
But that only makes matters worse.
Then, when her cat goes missing, she really loses control.
Just when she thinks the only way to end the nonsense is to kill her neighbor, another, much easier revenge solution arises.
Stars Lyndsey Marshal , Kate Robbins , Aston McAuley , Matt Emery , Declan Adamson , Denzel Baidoo , Gillian Daniels , Ken Doherty , Peter Dean , Jay Fisher , Ciara Ford , Juliet Guiness , Tom Keller
Directed by (& story written) Jed Hart
Not Rated
DRAMA/MYSTERY/THRILLER

Friday, September 12, 2025

Catching Fire : The Story of Anita Pallenberg (2023)



Released May 3 , 2024 in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story: When Anita died in 2017 at the age of 75, her son Marlon and his kids began going through her things in search of legal papers.
What they found was her manuscript.
A diary of sorts, all typed, consisting of memories and experiences that became her life.
Marlon believes it is her way of being seen and heard for who she really was, and the time for that is now.
A war baby of German/Italian descent. Residing in Rome and attending school in Germany.
Anita caused her family much trouble, and she couldn't wait to spread her wings and fly away.
At 19, she had already done some modeling and acting, but wanting to be in movies, she traveled to New York.
She could barely speak English.
It was 1963, and with some phone numbers and charm, Anita found herself in the downtown scene.
She began washing the paint brushes of Jasper Johns and met Andy Warhol and his rabbits, all while making lifetime friendships.
She was modeling, but didn't take it seriously, although it helped her travel the world.
Before she knew it, she was in Munich at a Rolling Stones concert, where she found herself backstage due to a dare.
Right away, she took to Brian Jones, and before long, they were inseparable.
Things were great for a while, and then the couple began using psychedelics.
Anita stopped modeling, and things were fine, until they weren't.
Brian was changing, and he was becoming harder for Anita to deal with.
When Anita, Brian, and Keith all took a trip together and Brian ended up in the hospital, Anita and Keith carried on without him.
Soon they were becoming a couple, and when finally able to live together, they were always together.
Things were strong between Anita and Keith until the hard drugs moved into their relationship, changing the whole scene once again.
Through it all, Anita raised two children, acted in movies, and carried on,  living every day with a passion that was unseen by many of her close friends.
Stars Marlon Richards, Volker Schlondorff, Metka Kosak, Stash Klossowski (voice), Marianne Faithfull (voice), Keith Richards, Angela Richards, Theda Zawaiza, Kate Moss, Sandro Sursock (voice), Scarlett Johansson
Directed by Alexis Bloom & Svetlana Zill
Not Rated
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/DOCUMENTARY

"I've been called a witch. A slut...and a murderer.
I've been hounded by the police and slandered by the press.
Maybe people confuse me with the characters I've played in films.
Like I'm an empty sign, onto which they project their fantasies and their shortcomings.
But I don't need to settle the scores.
I'm reclaiming my soul."

Friday, September 5, 2025

Kid 90 (2021)



Released through Hulu, on instant streaming,  March 12th in the US.
Filmed in Los Angeles.
The story: Soleil Moon Frye was born on August 6, 1976.
She had a very regular childhood, with supportive but separated parents and two stepbrothers, with whom she was very close.
Soleil's life couldn't have been any better.
She started out acting in movies in 1982 at the age of 2. 
By 1984, when Soliel was 7 years old, she landed the lead role in the new TV show 'Punky Brewster'.
The show itself wasn't a very popular one, but the character of Punky Brewster was a big hit with kids.
When the show ended completely in 1988, Soliei went on to play small roles in other TV shows and movies, all the while, camera in hand.
She was only 13, and she struggled with body issues, not being taken seriously, and being unable to get significant roles like she once had with 'Punky Brewster'.
Soleil carried on, doing teenager things, going to school, meeting people, and spending so much time with so many famous friends while filming and writing about all that was going on in her life at any given time.
Today, as a married mother of two, Soleil has finally opened the vault, giving us a rare glimpse into all that was her life.
Showing us what she saw, who she knew, who she lost, what she did, and how she thought during those years as a young teenager, straight into adulthood.
Stars Soleil Moon Frye , Stephen Dorff , Perry Farrell , David Arquette , Peter Bici , Claude Duhamel , Balthazar Getty , Brian Austin Green , Mark Paul Gosselaar, Cherie Johnson , Heather McComb , Danny Boy OConnor , Freddie Prinze Jr 
Directed by Soleil Moon Frye
Rated TVMA
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/DOCUMENTARY/TV

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

The Last Showgirl (2024)



Released January 20, 2025 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Las Vegas.
The story: Shelly Gardner is a Las Vegas showgirl and she loves it.
Dancing as a showgirl is really all she's ever known.
She has been performing in the famous Le Razzle Dazzle show for the last three decades of her life, and she wouldn't have changed a thing about any of it.
Now middle-aged with an estranged daughter who is about to graduate college , Shelly has no other aspirations for her future, only to continue on dancing in the show no matter what.
But times are changing, and when she and her fellow dancers are forced into doing fewer shows a week, no one really thinks anything of it.
That is, until one night, they get the word that in two weeks' time, Le Razzle Dazzle will be closing for good.
Stars Pamela Anderson , Kiernan Shipka , Brenda Song , Dave Bautista , Jamie Lee Curtis , Billie Lourd , Linda Montana , John Clofine , Gypsy Wood , Melina Blitz , Eliseo Duque , Jason Schwartzman
Directed by Gia Coppola
Rated R
DEPRESSING DRAMA