Released July 1 , 1988 in the US.
Filmed in the UK.
Based on truths.
The story : Benjie is a young boy who lives a sheltered life at the Catholic school.
All the boys there are ruled over by Father Goddard , who expects the boys to refer to him simply as God.
Benjie is a favorite of Goddards until he starts rebelling.
Benjie begins telling lies through confession.
After getting in trouble for it , Benjie begins doing far worse things as well as making threats and then confesses about them.
Only because he knows that Goddard is unable to do anything about what Benjie tells him as it is all through confession.
Stars Richard Burton , Billy Connolly , Dominic Guard , David Bradley , Andrew Keir , Willoughby Gray , Preston Lockwood , James Ottaway , Brook Williams , Jon Plowman , Robin Soans , Trevor Martin , Sharon Duce , Brian Glover , Dan Meaden , Hilary Mason
Directed by Anthony Page
Rated R
THRILLER/MYSTERY
Released June 28th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Massachusetts.
The story : Federal Agent Ashburn believes she is such a good detective that she should get a promotion.
Her boss believes that considering all the other agents just about despise her , she could use a change of pace.
Ashburns boss sends her from New York to Boston to work on a major drug smuggling case.
Only problem is , there is another officer working on the case already and neither of them are used to not getting their own way.
Stars Sandra Bullock , Melissa McCarthy , Thomas F. Wilson , Marlon Wayans , Demian Bichir , Spoken Reasons , Dan Bakkedahl , Taran Killam , Michael McDonald , Michael Rapaport , Jane Curtin , John Ross Bowie , Peter Weireter
Directed by Paul Feig
Rated R
COMEDY/ACTION/MYSTERY
"You gotta vent that furnace..."
Released October 11th in the US.
Filmed in Massachusetts , Virginia , UK , Malta and Morocco.
Based on truths.
The story : In 2009 , Captain Richard Phillips had a mission to sail out as the captain of MV Maersk Alabama , carrying a full crew and cargo.
Almost immediately the ship is hijacked by a small armed group of Somali pirates.
Captain Phillips must protect his ship , crew and cargo from any harm.
This is that harrowing story.
Stars Tom Hanks , Catherine Keener , Barkhad Abdi , Barkhad Abdirahman , Faysal Ahmed , Mahat M. Ali , Michael Chernus , David Warshofsky , Corey Johnson , Chris Mulkey , Yul Vazquez , Max Martini , Omar Berdouni , Mohamed Ali , Issak Farah Samatar , Thomas Grube , Mark Holden , San Shella , Terence Anderson , Marc Anwar , David Webber , Amr El-Bayoumi , Vincenzo Nicoli , Kapil Arun , Louis Mahoney , Peter Landi , Angus MacInnes , Ian Ralph , Kristian Hjordt Beck , Kurt Larsen
Directed Paul Greengrass
Rated PG13
DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY/THRILLER
Released October 1st in the US.
Filmed in New York and New Jersey.
The story : Gloria Swenson is a tough , older broad who lives a quiet life and happens to have mob connections.
One afternoon she visits a friend/neighbor for coffee but ends up walking into a very hectic situation.
It seems her friends' family are scared for their lives as there is a mob hit out on them all due to the husband of the family screwing the mob over.
In the family is a young daughter and younger son.
The childrens mother pleads with Gloria to take her children away with her to keep them safe.
Gloria agrees but is only able to take the son along.
Even though Gloria nor the little boy want to steal away together , they must...running til there is just nowhere left to run.
Stars Julie Carmen , Gregory Cleghorne , Buck Henry , Jessica Castillo , John Adames , Lupe Garnica , Gena Rowlands , George Yudzevich , Tony Knesich , Tom Noonan , Ronald Maccone , Gary Howard Klar , Shanton Granger , John Pavelko , Michael Proscia , T.S. Rosenbaum , John Finnegan , Gaetano Lisi , Marilyn Putnam , Asa Adil Qawee , Lawrence Tierney , Iris Fernandez , Jade Bari
Directed by (& story written by) John Cassavetes
Rated PG
DRAMA/THRILLER
Released May 1st in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Adam is a gay , young and struggling actor.
He has recently made the move from New York to Los Angeles to move in with his equally young and struggling actress gal pal and her beau as well as be closer to opportunity.
Adam has a curse on him though. He is cursed with some fantastic looks and a fabulous body.
When the gay men in the modeling and film industry get a look at him they want to make him famous , as they believe its just a matter of getting his look out to the public.
Even though Adam isnt into modeling , he gets talked into it due to needing the cash.
Then Adam begins helping film crews on the sets of gay porn shoots.
Which results in the company pleading with Adam to star in gay porn , once again pressuring that it will make him rich and famous.
He doesnt want to do that , but he does...just once. Now he is in the public eye a lot more. But he just needed the cash.
Soon Adam meets a very famous guy his age and begins to fall for him.
But the two must keep their relationship a secret.
Stars Matthew Ludwinski , Allison Lane , Casper Andreas , John Schile , Jesse Archer , Judy Tenuta , Brent Bailey , Alec Mapa , Bruce Vilanch , Angelina Hong , Scott DeFalco , Michael Medico , Kurt Scholler , Todd Sherry
Directed by Casper Andreas
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA
Released December 15th in the US.
Filmed in Finland , Sweden , Scotland and Russia.
The story : Arkady Renko is a crime investigator for the Moscow police.
One evening he and other policemen are awakened and called out into the cold night of Gorky Park.
There they find three bodies which had been recently discovered by a night guard.
A gruesome murder has taken place.
Arkady will not stop looking for clues and he isn't exactly getting much help other than from the coroner.
Everyone else he speaks to about it seems to be hiding the reason why the murders took place and by who. But , why???
Stars William Hurt , Joanna Pacula , Niall O'Brien , Lee Marvin , Ian Bannen , Michael Elphick , Richard Griffiths , Rikki Fulton , Alexander Knox , Alexei Sayle , Ian McDiarmid , Tusse Silberg , Henry Woolf , Patrick Field
Directed by Michael Apted
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Released August 1st in the US.
Filmed in Florida , Hawaii , Atlantic Ocean and Virginia.
The story : A crew for the U.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier is on a practice sail in the middle of the ocean near Pearl Harbor.
The next thing they know , they are experiencing quite a storm. A very powerful and utterly painful storm at that.
After the storm , everything seems to be back to normal.
But what they don't realize at first is that the storm was actually a time warp...and they all witnessed it.
Now they are , without much warning at all - believe it or not , 41 years into the past and headed directly into the battle of Pearl Harbor.
Stars Martin Sheen , Kirk Douglas , James Farentino , Ron O'Neal , Victor Mohica , James Coleman , Charles Durning , Neil Ronco , Katharine Ross , Soon-Tek Oh , Dan Fitzgerald , Peter Douglas , Lloyd Kaufman , Mark Thomas , Alvin Ing
Directed by Don Taylor
Rated PG
ACTION/SCIFI
