Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Mississippi Burning (1988)


Released January 27th, 1988 in the US.
Filmed in Mississippi and Alabama.
The story: In 1964, in a corrupt, backwoods town in Mississippi, when the KKK is alive and kicking, there are some very dark secrets. When three civil rights activists go missing after being in the town, a couple of out-of-state cops are called in to do some investigating and try and find the missing men. The cops get no cooperation from the "townies" but they will stop at nothing to let the truth be known.
Stars Geoffrey Nauffts , Rick Zieff , Christopher White , Willem Dafoe , Gene Hackman , Brad Dourif , Gailard Sartain , R. Lee Ermey , Frances McDormand , Stephen Tobolowsky , Michael Rooker , Pruitt Taylor Vince , Kevin Dunn , Thomas B. Mason Directed by Alan Parker
Rated R
THRILLER/DRAMA

Hobo With A Shotgun (2011)


Released May 6th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
The story: R. Hauer is a hobo....with a kind heart. He has spent most of his life living on trains and on streets. When he goes back to the town where he first started out, he finds everything is so much different. There is so much unnecessary violence going on around him, which makes him want to finally do something besides living on the streets.
Stars Rutger Hauer , Pasha Ebrahimi , Robb Wells , Brian Downey , Gregory Smith , Nick Bateman , Drew O'Hara , Molly Dunsworth , Jeremy Akerman , André Haines , Agnes M. Laan , Duane Patterson , Brian Jamieson , Timothy Dunn , Glen Matthews , George Stroumboulopoulos , Mark A. Owen , David Brunt , Peter Simas
Directed by (& story partly written by) Jason Eisener
Not Rated
ACTION/SCIFI

The Reef (2010)


Released, straight on to DVD - July 19th, 2011.
Filmed in Australia.
The story: A group of four meet up for a planned sail across the great barrier reef together. Two of the four have already experienced what can and cannot happen in this kind of instance, and they feel they are definitely ready and prepared. But out on the water - in the middle of nowhere - and the group encounters some trouble they couldn't help but run into - the captain concocts a plan to save their lives. But will the plan fail? Or will everyone get out alive??
Stars Damian Walshe-Howling , Kieran Darcy-Smith , Zoe Naylor , Gyton Grantley , Adrienne Pickering
Directed by (& story written) Andrew Traucki
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/SUSPENSE/HORROR

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)


Released May 28th in the US.
Filmed in Mexico and the UK.
The story: TJ Newton is an alien. He travels to earth, leaving his family behind, in search of only one thing - water. However, his set plan leads him to find a lot more than he could have ever imagined...or ever thought he wanted to find. All of which seems to bore and annoy him...and quietly tear him apart.
Stars David Bowie , Lilybelle Crawford , Candy Clark , Buck Henry , Bernie Casey , Tony Mascia , Linda Hutton , Hilary Holland , Adrienne Larussa , Jim Lovell , Rip Torn , Jackson D. Kane , Rick Riccardo , Tony Mascia
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Rated R
SCIFI

The Boys Next Door (1985)


Released sometime in October of 1985.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Roy and Bo are a couple of just-out-of-high-school punks. They are bored. The two take a giant leap out of their humdrum little hometown and venture out into Hollywood one evening. Only then does Bo get a reality check when he gets to see and experience his best bud has a much darker side than he ever really understood.
Stars Charlie Sheen , Maxwell Caulfield , Moon Unit Zappa , Dawn Schneider , Paul C. Dancer , Richard Pachorek , Lesa Lee , Kenneth Cortland , Kurt Christian , Don Draper , Leonard O. Turner , Christopher McDonald , Hank Garrett , Patti D'Arbanville
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Rated R
DRAMA/THRILLER

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Max and Mary (2009)


Released September 25th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story: Mary is a very lonely little girl.
Max is a very lonely older man.
Soon the two find themselves sharing everything under the sun with each other as they are penpals.
As time goes by, things change for Mary and Max.
When things start to look up for Miss Mary, Max cannot handle it.
Stars (voices by) Barry Humphries , Toni Collette , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Eric Bana , Renée Geyer , Ian 'Molly' Meldrum , John Flaus , Julie Forsyth , Christopher Massey , Leanne Smith
Directed by (and story written) Adam Elliot
Not Rated
ANIMATION/DRAMA

Panic In Needle Park (1971)


Released July 13th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story: Bobby is kind of a big thing on the streets.
Everyone seems to know him and know what he's about.
He meets a girl he wants to spend all his time with and he takes her in.
But soon, her life isn't as pretty as it may have been if she'd never met Bobby.
Stars Al Pachino , Kitty Winn , Raul Julia , Alan Vint , Richard Bright , Kiel Martin , Michael McClanathan , Warren Finnerty , Marcia Jean Kurtz , Angie Ortega , Larry Marshall , Paul Mace
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Rated PG
DRAMA