Monday, February 13, 2017

The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)


Released November 15th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story : Gregory is a professor at Columbia.
He has been struggling with the loss of his girlfriend and decides to put an add in the personals looking for a new one.
Rose is also a professor at Columbia but does not know Gregory.
Her sister has answered Gregory's add for her and as it turns out , Rose is really happy about the meeting.
Gregory and Rose begin seeing each other exclusively but they are more like really good friends than lovers.
When Gregory asks Rose to marry him , she believes she can handle the situation which Gregory doesn't want to change , so she accepts.
But Rose accepted Gregory's proposal because she's in-love with him , not exactly just for companionship.
Stars Jeff Bridges , Barbara Streisand , Mimi Rogers , Pierce Bronsan , Lauren Bacall ,  George Segal , Brenda Vaccaro , Elle Macpherson , Amber Smith , Lucy Avery Brooke , Leslie Stefanson
Directed by Barbara Streisand
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Zootopia ; Disney's (2016)


Released March 4th in the US.
The story : Ever since Judy was just a little bunny , she wanted to be a cop.
No matter what her parents said about no bunny ever being a cop , she never lost hope.
As an adult , Judy passed her police training with flying colors and was now set to follow her dream.
Relocating to Zootopia to work as a police officer, Judy's first day at work did not go as she had planned , and it didn't help that no one took her seriously.
But when Judy takes on the case of a missing family man , she just cannot give up.
Stars (voices by) Della Saba , Don Lake , Bonnie Hunt , Ginnifer Goodwin , Jason Bateman , Idris Elba , Jenny Slate , Nate Torrence , Tommy Chong , JK Simmons , Shakira , Octavia Spencer , Alan Tudyk , Raymond S Persi , Maurice LaMarche , Phil Johnston , Fuschia! , Rich Moore
Directed by Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Rated G
ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY/FAMILY/MYSTERY

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Hardcore Henry (2015)


Released April 8 , 2016 in the US.
Filmed in Russia and California.
The story : Henry has just been woken by a woman who claims to be his wife.
Henry has no memory of how he got where he is now or who he was before he got there.
Henrys wife fills him in on a few things about what is going on but not much.
Just when she takes him to get his voice her nemesis Akan shows up and ruins everything.
Akan's plan is to take Henrys wifes work and dominate the world by making killer cyborgs out of men who have expired.
But there are some men who are willing to risk their lives to stop him.
Stars Jack Hahn , Cyrus Arnold , Jake Karlen , Tim Roth , Sharlto Copley , Haley Bennett ,  Will Stewart , Ilya Naishuller ,  Danila Kozlovsky , Andrei Dementiev , Oleg Poddubnyy , Martin Cooke
Directed by Ilya Naishuller
Rated R
SCIFI/ACTION/THRILLER/MYSTERY

War Dogs (2016)


Released August 19th in the US.
Filmed in Romania , California , Nevada , Florida , Georgia , Morocco  and Jordan.
Based on truths,
The story : In 2005 David Packouz is struggling financially.
Sure he is a registered massage therapist but that doesn't exactly make ends meet completely.
Lately, Davids cash making brainstorm includes selling Egyptian cotton sheets but yea that isn't going well.
At a funeral of a close friend David runs into an old friend who he hasn't seen since 10th grade.
David learns that his friend Efraim has been selling arms internationally for literally a killing.
When David learns that his wife is with child he panics.

Talking to Efraim about his financial woes, an idea is born.
Efraim talks David into being his business partner and the result really pays off.
Stars Miles Teller , Jonah Hill , Daniel Berson , Ana de Armas , Eddie Jemison , Julian Sergi , Kevin Pollak , David Packouz , Greg Weiner , JB Blanc , Jeremy Tardy , Ali Chen , Bradley Cooper , Shawn Toub
Directed by Todd Phillips 
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/DRAMA/THRILLER


"War is about economy..."

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The Watcher (2016)


Released October 9th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
Based on truths.
The story : Emma and Noah are a married couple looking to start anew.
They have decided to move to Los Angeles and have found what appears to be the home of their dreams.
On the very same evening of the day they move in they are tormented by an unseen stalker.
The stalker continuously writes them little notes of warning that if they do not move out of the home only bad things will come to them.
Emma and Noah cant exactly move out as they have sunk all their cash into the home so the better option is to get to the bottom of the situation.
Stars Sab Shimono , Takayo Fischer , Erin Cahill , Edi Gatheri , Ruth Williamson , Denise Crosby , Riley Baron , Kevin Daniels , Traci Thoms 
Directed by (& story written) Ryan Rothmaier
Not Rated
THRILLER/MYSTERY

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Beware the Slenderman (2016)


After being shown at various worldwide film festivals throughout 2016 , airing on HBO January 23rd , 2017 in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : On the morning of May 31st , 2014 , in Waukesha, Wisconsin the local police got a report of a young girl who had been stabbed and left for dead by the road....
Shortly thereafter friends of the 12-year-old victim - 12-year-old Morgan Geyser and 12-year-old Anissa Weier were picked up close by and brought to the police station for questioning.
Morgan willingly admitted to stabbing her best friend since 4th grade 19 times with the help of their newer friend Anissa....
Morgan and Anissa were inspired to plan the murder of their friend by a faceless ghoul known by many their age as Slenderman.
The girls wanted to please Slenderman and prove their devotion to him.
So , to accomplish this , it was "necessary" for the girls to commit the crime they attempted.
Directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY

Saturday, January 21, 2017

The Blonde Bombshell (1999)


Made for TV , airing as a series , not released in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story : As a young child all little British Diana could do was fantasize of becoming a famous actress.
As a teenager , young Diana's doting mother helped her get into a school for acting.
Before long Diana found herself being sought after for role after role in the movies.
But she longed for more , bigger , prominent roles.
After getting married the next step was to take her talents to Hollywood but her husband ruined those dreams for her and the two soon seperated.
Then Diana hired struggling comedian Dickie Dawson to write skits for her new variety show.
Soon Diana and Dickie were married , living in Beverly Hills and the parents of two young boys.
Life was going along for Diana , perfoming on stages in Las Vegas but Dickie was becoming bored and isolated being left for lots of time with his young sons to care for and without Diana and work.
The two spilt , Dickie stayed in California with the children and Diana moved back to Britain hoping to get back to where she left off.
But times had changed.
The young people were no longer rushing to the movies to see the likes of Marilyn Monroe , Jane Mansfield and of course Diana.
Stars Keeley Hawes , Rupert Graves , Benjamin Whitrow , Sheila Gish , Larry Lamb , Gary Webster , Alec Newman , Josephine Butler , Amanda Redman , Barnaby Kay 
Directed by Robert Bierman 
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/DRAMA