Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming March 22nd in the US.
Filmed in Louisiana and California.
Based on truths.
The story: In Seattle 1967 all young Frank Feranna Jr has is various stepdads, his neglectful mother and music.
By 1973, Frank is an angry kid who has taken up guitar.
After a fight with his mom, Frank leaves home in 1978 and finds himself broke and hungry on the streets of Hollywood.
He decides to call up his biological dad but that doesn't go well so Frank decides to change his name to Nikki Sixx.
At the same time in California, young Tommy Lee couldn't be living a more different life.
Family is where it's at for Tommy. Family and music.
One night after seeing a favorite band play he sees the bands bassist, who happens to be Nikki Sixx at a local restaurant and decides to talk to him.
That's when the two get together and begin to form a band.
While looking for a lead guitarist they find Mick Mars in a newspaper ad and the three hit it off.
Then, to find their frontman.
Tommy takes the guys to a house party where high school friend Vince is singing in a cover band.
Tommy gives Vince their demo , asking him to check it out and join them.
Very soon Vince is in and before they know it they are playing their own original music at all the local clubs under the badass name of Motley Crew.
Next, a young scout for Elektra signs them to a 5 album contract and they've finally made it.
Young and living on the edge every day of their lives, fame and fortune came so fast that before they knew it the shit hit the fan hard.
Stars Trace Masters , Vince Mattis , Mark Ashworth , Kathryn Morris , Avis Marie Barnes , Machine Gun Kelly , Iwan Rheon , Daniel Webber , Katherine Neff , Leven Rambin , Max Milner , Tony Cavalero , Jordan Lane Price , Pete Davidson , Kabby Borders , Rebekah Graf
Directed by Jeff Tremaine
Rated TV MA
BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/COMEDY/DRAMA/MUSIC
"That's fate. That's family , and that's Motley fucking Crew."
Released September 14th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and New York.
The story: Super sweet single mom Stephanie charmingly runs a blog for moms and is really involved in her young son's school.
When Stephanie's son becomes good friends with his classmate Nicky, she really wants to meet his mom.
One day Nickys' busy mom Emily arrives at school to pick him up and Stephanie finally gets to meet her.
After getting to know each other a bit Stephanie offers to do anything and everything to help Emily out.
Soon Stephanie is hosting playdates for both boys more often but is always happy to do so.
When Emily asks Stephanie to watch Nicky instead of just getting together for a playdate, and after a few days she does not return home, Stephanie gets worried...and begins looking into things.
Stars Anna Kendrick , Joshua Satine , Blake Lively , Ian Ho , Andrew Rannells , Glenda Braganza , Kelly McCormack , Henry Golding , Rupert Friend , Jean Smart , Dustin Mulligan
Directed by Paul Feig
Rated R
COMEDY/MYSTERY
Released August 11th in the US.
Filmed entirely in the UK.
The story: This is 36 hours in the life of young, fan-ridden Beatles.
While dodging crazed fans , they hop a train.
There they find they will be traveling with Paul's grandfather, who is in need of a change of pace.
When they arrive at their destination, they attend a party and meeting with reporters.
All of this bores them entirely and during each promotional gig they attend, they always find a way to either get away or disconnect.
The time of the live show finally comes but Ringo cannot be found.
It seems grandfather talked him into going off and doing some living.
Now it's a race to find him and get him back to the venue for the show.
Stars John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison , Ringo Starr , Wilfrid Brambell , Norman Rossington , Patti Boyd , Brian Epstein , Susan Hampshire , Chick Fowles , Alison Seebohm
Directed by Richard Lester
Rated G
B&W
COMEDY/MUSIC
"Stop being taller than me!"
Released May 24th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Molly and Amy are high school seniors as well as best friends.
Molly is class president and makes it her mission to be very college minded.
She also has a rule for all the seniors, no one is to tell anyone which college they will be attending.
The friends have spent their whole high school lives studying and being the best students possible, unlike how they see their fellow classmates who don't take anything seriously.
On the day before graduation, Molly overhears a conversation about her.
She steps in to confront the people but they end up busting her bubble by sharing that they too have been accepted to prominent colleges.
This drives Molly over the edge.
She cannot comprehend how her classmates, who don't care about school could have got into good colleges.
After school Molly comes up with the idea that her and Amy should go to the party that everyone else in their class is going to, just so they can say they haven't missed out on everything and maybe hook up with a couple people they've secretly liked all year.
But getting to the party when they aren't really friends with anyone attending, on top of having no idea where it is, is quite the task.
Stars Kaitlyn Dever , Beanie Feldstein , Jason Sudeikis , Jessica Williams , Skyler Gisondo , Mason Gooding , Lisa Kudrow , Will Forte , Victoria Ruesga , Diana Silvers , Billie Lourd
Directed by Olivia Wilde
Rated R
COMEDY
Released September 28th in the US.
The story: When Joan was 13 she asked for a guitar for Christmas.
She didn't know how to play she just knew she wanted to play.
By 1975 Joan was being exposed to many famous performers in local clubs.
Then she met music producer Kim Fowley who, like Joan, wanted to market an all-girl rock n roll band.
They began recruiting members and soon the girls became The Runaways.
They toured their hearts out but never seen a dime til after they played Japan.
By the time they hit Japan though the band began falling apart.
Joan became the lone Runaway and played that role out till the end of their contract.
But Joan wasn't done.
She had far more music she wanted to put out and made sure to never lose sight of that dream, along with all its highs and lows.
Stars Joan Jett , Evelyn McDonnell , Don Bolles , Rodney Bingenheimer , Iggy Pop , Cherie Currie , Chris Stein , Deborah Harry , Billie Joe Armstrong , Annie Larkin , Sally Hershberger , Toby Mamis , Lenny Laguna , Meryl Laguna , Bill Curbishley , Adam Hororvitz , Kathleen Hanna , Ian Mackage , Pete Townshend , Bill Cordell , Gary Ryan , Eric Ambel , Mike Ness , Thom Panunzio , Elliot Saltzman , Miley Cyrus , Thommy Price , Dana White , General Byrnes , Dougie Needles , Carianne Brinkman , Laura Jane Grace , Fea , Nikki Haley , Shepard Fairey , Gene Baur , Michel Cho , Kristen Stewart
Directed by Kevin Kerslake
Rated R
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/MUSIC
"Girls don't play rock n roll..."
(A 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE)
Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 7.
The story: People were now obsessed with the story.
All everyone wanted to do was hear or read about what was going on. , ignoring the real problems at hand.
Wallace was afraid that crime would become organized and take over the state.
While the Task Force made every effort possible to take down Wallace, bad things were brewing behind the scenes.
March 2010, homicide judge Cunha ruled that in fact there was enough evidence against the four defendants to stand trial before a jury.
This only aggravated Wallace's health problems which he was being treated for in a hospital in Sao Paulo.
April 2010, Gisele Vaz, a former reporter for 'Canal Livre' became the newest witness.
Her statement was believed to be very important due to the fact that she did not have a criminal history.
She said that in the earlier days of her career on the show, people would indeed call in tips on crime that was taking place and production would put the story together.
But as time went on, things didn't seem right.
In the end, Gisele backed up the idea that Wallace was orchestrating arrests and carrying out violent acts on innocent people for the sake of ratings.
This backed up Moa's prior story of course. , which worked for the Task Force.
Wallace's defense attorney, on the other hand, believed Gisele and Moa were being led to say these things which were not true.
July 2010, Wallace was very ill and in the ICU in Sao Paulo.
It was reported that he was going to have surgery but he died before that happened.
A sad day for all when his body arrived the next day in Manaus.
But the trial went on.
Task Force believed the defendants would all be convicted due to the evidence they had collected.
But when Moa took the stand, the man who had come forward and started this whole thing, he told the jury he was forced and tortured into saying what he said by Thomas Vasconcelos.
He said Thomas told him he wanted to take down Souza and his son, clearly the basis for the trial.
With that final confession of the truth, Moa and Mario were found not guilty.
Mario was released immediately.
Moa was to stay in jail on prior drug trafficking charges.
Then, Raphael was convicted of homicide.
He was sentenced to 9 years.
The trial was over now.
But the real violence Wallace was trying to keep from taking over Manaus was just beginning.
Stars Willace Souza , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Paula Litaiff , Carlos Henrique Costa , Juiza Mirza Telma Cunha , Mario Pequeno Da Silva , Thomas Vasconcelos , Marlucia Souza
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitlesDOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 6.
The story: Wallace knew his days of freedom were numbered and he wanted some time.
Behind the scenes, Governor Eduardo Braga gave the strict order to find Wallace.
All points of exit and entry were monitored and Wallace was now on the National Fugitive List.
Everyone was talking and waiting.
No one knew where Wallace was, including his family who were worried about his safety.
Finally, he was found in the middle of the night staying with some friends.
Scared for his life, he was convinced that he would not be jailed with other inmates and his safety would be secured.
Wallace agreed to give himself up and arrived at the jail where the press was kept at bay.
Many family members of the dead were outside the jail yelling and cursing at Wallace.
Vanessa, who was the producer on 'Canal Livre' visited with Wallace many times and was asked by him to never give up on his innocence.
She made it a mission of hers to try and help her beloved boss.
That's when she got a call from jailed drug trafficker Frankenzinho of the 40th's sister, Patricia.
Patricia claimed she knew Wallace was innocent of the crimes he was accused of and Vanessa sent this information along to the police.
Meanwhile, the Task Force was trying to decide which crime to try Wallace with first.
It was decided on Wallace being responsible for drug trafficker Cacula's death.
The charge was aggravated homicide and the motive was revenge for the drug-related death of Wallace's younger brother.
On the day of the trial, Moa testified and talked in detail about the day of Cacula's murder.
Wallace was ill and unable to stand trial so the judge went to him and in the end, concluded that he was telling her all lies.
Raphael, Mario, Moa, and Wallace were all named in the murder of Cacula.
It was said that Wallace rented the car that took Raphael and Moa, along with Mario driving to the scene of the crime.
But when the owner of the rental car service testified and swore Wallace never rented a car from him the case fell apart.
Witnesses were murdered and some were too scared to testify.
The Task Force along with the judge all were receiving death threats.
When Frankenzinho' of the 40th was arrested his sister Patricia took over his operation.
When a warrant was out for Patricia's arrest inside the house many narcotics were found along with cash.
She claimed Wallace said he would pay her if she took out any of the Task Force officers because then they would be too scared to proceed.
Then Patricia claimed Vanessa was part of Souza's criminal organization...
Patricia denied telling Vanessa anything on her own but that Vanessa paid her to do it.
All and any proof was always coming from testimonies of drug dealers.
When Vanessa was brought in to talk with the Task Force she felt intimidated.
She wouldn't say anything that incriminated Wallace and this angered them, finally putting Vanessa in jail.
Everything now happening convinced Wallace's attorney that he was being set up.
Then came a new witness.
A businessman in the car trade that happened to be a cousin of deceased drug dealer Bebetinho.
It looked like they were interested in using because he thought Wallace was involved in his cousin's murder and wanted revenge.
After many grueling months in jail, Vanessa was released.
In jail now Patricia began claiming she was tortured into telling lies about Wallace by Thomas Vasconcelos.
Shortly after which Patricia was released from jail and then she was killed...
Then, a verdict came in.
Stars Willace Souza , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Paula Litaiff , Carlos Henrique Costa , Marcio Azevedo , Vanessa Lima , Juiza Mirza Telma Canha , Fabio Monteiro , Mario "Pequeno" Da Silva , Thomas Vasconcelos
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
