Released December 8 , 2009 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Connecticut.
The story : Child psychologist Clare and her Lutheran pastor husband David have relocated their ten-year-old twins Jack and Emily to the middle of nowhere.
This is their chance to start a new life.
From the get go , Jack and Emily are withdrawn and weird.
They do not communicate with their parents while their parents blame themselves for their childrens lack of happiness.
Clare and David discover different creepy doings at the hands of their children on a regular , monthly basis.
It seems every holiday , when the hope is for happiness , something horrific happens.
When David and Clare are finally at the end of their rope , David attempts an exorcism on the children while Clare prescribes meds.
Two months later , Clare and David believe they have healed their children.
But that is merely a cover-up.
Stars Adrian Pasdar , Cady McClain , Austin Williams , Amber Joy Williams , River ONeal the dog , Christian McNamara
Directed by (& story written) Christopher Denham
Rated R
HORROR/MYSTERY
Released November 14th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Sarah is a young , struggling , wanna-be actress.
All the people she knows are also trying to make a name for themselves in the film world.
All of Sarah's thoughts revolve around getting her big break and nothing else really seems to matter.
She gets an audition with a prominent production company , which she is very excited about.
She does her best at the audition but the company doesnt seem all that impressed by her.
Annoyed , Sarah goes into the ladies room and has a "tantrum"....
The woman who was at her audition hears this and asks Sarah back.
Demanding that Sarah have another tantrum in order to get a further audition , Sarah has no other choice.
The point of the role is....how far exactly is Sarah willing to let go of herself?
If she cannot , she isnt the right girl for the part.
But Sarah does it. Scared at first , but then there is no going back...
She goes further than she could have ever imagined...and she likes it.
Stars Alex Essoe , Amanda Fuller , Fabianne Therese , Noah Segan , Shane Coffey , Natalie Castillo , Pat Healy , Maria Olsen , Marc Senter , Nick Simmons , Louis Dezseran
Directed by ( & story written) Kevin Kolsch & Dennis Widmyer
Not Rated
HORROR/SCIFI
"Dreams require sacrifice."
Released in November of 2014 in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story : Blind , Vietnam vet Ambrose has just lost his wife.
His only son has found him a nice retirement home to move into and with the help of his trusty seeing eye dog , Ambrose should be just fine.
The first day there , Ambrose meets his new neighbor Delores.
They dont have much time to chat but Ambrose knows Delores is right next door.
Later in that same evening , something attacks Delores in her home.
Ambrose hears the commotion and soon finds the attacker after him.
Ambrose gets away only on the account that his dog fought the attacker away from him.
The next day , Ambrose finds out from a doctor and the police that this sort of thing happens quite regularly.
The police believe the attacks happen due to the retirement home being very close to the woods....
Ambrose is suspicious.
The people who live in his retirement home seem to be too good to be true and hiding things.
Ambrose knows one of them is a killer.
Stars Nick Damici , Ethan Embry , Karen Lynn Gorney , Rutanya Alda , Tina Louise , Erin Cummings , Lance Guest , Tom Noonan , Larry Fessenden , Haythem Nore , Karon Graves
Directed by Eric Stolze
Not Rated
HORROR/MYSTERY
Released December 8th in the US.
Filmed in New York and New Jersey.
The story : Ruth Patchett is a happily married women with two teenage children.
Ruth believes she has the most dependable , reliable , trustworthy husband - Bob.
One evening Ruth attends a party with Bob for some people he works for.
There , they both have the chance encounter with famous romance novelist Mary Fisher.
Bob and Mary fall head over heels for each other , resulting in Mary stealing Bob from Ruth.
Bob denies he is seeing Mary and quickly his lies become too much for Ruth to handle.
Bob causes a big fight which results in him chosing to move out on his family.
Now with nothing more to lose , Ruth is hell bent on getting the ultimate revenge.
Stars Roseanne Barr , Ed Begley Jr , Elisabeth Peters , Bryan Larkin , Meryl Streep , Sylvia Miles , Linda Hunt , A Martinez , Mary Louise Wilson , Susan Willis , Robin Leach , Jack Gilpin , June Gable , Nitchie Barrett , Manny Olmo
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Rated PG13
COMEDY
Released January 29 , 1975 in the US.
Filmed in New Mexico and Arizona.
The story : When Alice was a little girl all she wanted to do was grow up and be a singer...
As an adult , Alice is a homemaker who hasnt done much with her life other than get and be married and raise their now 12-year-old son.
When they lose the man of the house unexpectedly , Alice has very little options for making money.
The only thing she can do is sing...which she hasnt done since she was young...
So Alice packs up her son and are on their way to Monterey where Alice grew up and plans on picking up where she left off.
But there are quite a few set backs along their way.
Stars Mia Bendixsen , Tammi Connor , Ellen Burstyn , Billy Green Bush , Alfred Ludder lll , Leila Goldoni , Harvey Keitel , Ola Moore , Harry Northup , Marty Brinton , Murray Moston , Dean Casper , Lane Bradbury , Jodie Foster , Dianne Ladd , Vic Tayback , Valerie Curtin , Kris Kristofferson
Directed by Martin Scorcese
Rated PG
DRAMA
"
Well look at my face , I dont sing with my ass!"
Released November 19th in the US.
Filmed in the UK and New York.
The story : In the quiet little village of Sleepy Hollow , there have been quite a few be-headings in the most recent past.
Long ago , some men of the town had done away with a horseman by beheading him...and it seems he is back for his revenge.
But he is known to have been dead for many years...
From New York comes investigator Icabod Crane.
He is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the murders and bring the criminal to justice.
But Icabod stumbles onto a different kind of revenge.
Stars Richard Griffiths , Ian McDiarmid , Michael Gough , Christopher Walken , Michael Gambon , Casper Van Dien , Jeffery Jones , Christopher Lee , Johnny Depp , Christina Ricci , Claire Skinner , Lisa Marie , Marc Pickering , Steven Waddington , Miranda Richardson
Directed by Tim Burton
Rated R
MYSTERY/HORROR
Released December 14th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and Washington.
The story : In the future , everyone uses robots for their daily chores.
Police officer Jack Ramsey works on the robots that seem to go haywire for whatever reason.
He calls these robots 'runaways'.
Jack usually knows just what the problem is when a robot gets off its track.
Lately , there have been many runaways.
But the worst kind of runaways are the ones who have been newly programmed to kill.
Stars Tom Selleck , Cynthia Rhodes , Stan Shaw , Chris Mulkey , GW Bailey , Joey Cramer , Kirstie Alley , Gene Simmons , Michael Paul Chan , Andrew Rhodes , Betty Phillips , Judy Johns , Amber Borycki
Directed by (& story written) Michael Crichton
Rated PG13
THRILLER/SCIFI
"People make machines. So why should machines be perfect?"
