Released October 28th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Maryland.
The story : Dr. Jake Rainer is a retired child therapist.
The police call him in to take a look at a brutal murder scene and then spring it on him.
They want the doctor to work with the severally traumatized mute autistic Tim , who appears to have witnessed his parents murders.
Tim and his older sister Sylvie are the only survivors of the attacks , but she wasnt there either.
Sylvie can however tell of what she knows and speak for her little brother.
She helps recruit the unwilling doctor to help her brother as this is the only way the mystery of their parents death can be solved.
Stars Richard Dreyfuss , Linda Hamilton , Brandon Stouffer , Treva Moniik King , J.T. Walsh , Zahn McClarnon , Ron Tucker , Catherine Shaffner , Ben Faulkner , Liv Tyler , John Lithgow , Jane Beard , Heather M. Bomba , Marianne E.
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Rated R
MYSTERY
Made for NBC, airing April 8th in the US.
The story: It is Springtime once again and The Smurfs are eagerly getting ready for their Spring/Easter celebration.
Meanwhile, Gargamel is up to his old tricks, thinking of ways to capture Smurfs.
Gargamel visits his powerful Godfather Balthazar, asking that he tell him how to catch Smurfs.
Balthazar tells Gargamel there are no such things as Smurfs, that they are purely legend.
He also tells him of the different spell books he has, which using Smurfs could change lead into gold among many other spells.
Gargamel humors Balthazar about believing there is no such thing as Smurfs and steals one of the spellbooks.
Now Gargamel is off to cast a sleeping spell on Mother Nature so she will not allow Spring to be sprung.
Gargamel knows this will cause Papa Smurf to visit her and his plan works.
Now it's up to Papa Smurf to rescue Mother Nature so she can return the Spring weather.
Stars (voices by) Don Messick, Lucille Bliss, Michael Bell, Paul Winchell, Keene Curtis, June Foray, Alan Oppenheimer, Michael Bell, William Callaway, Hamilton Camp, Danny Goldman, Frank Welker
Directed by Gerard Baldwin
Not Rated
ANIMATION/FAMILY/SERIES/EASTER
Released October 16th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Washington.
The story : When Sally and Jillian were young , they lost their mother and father.
Right after , they began living with their two aunts.
Their aunts taught them that they came from a long line of powerful witches , including themselves.
They also taught them that their grandmother had cursed them all , the curse being if they were to ever fall in-love the person in question would die.
Sally hoped to never fall in love and Jillian couldnt wait to.
As adults , Sally found herself married to the love of her life and raising two daughters.
Jillian found love in living vivaciously.
Both were equally happy , but being truly happy in their current situations is only just a matter of time.
Stars Caprice Benedetti , Camilla Belle , Lora Anne Criswell , Stockard Channing , Dianne Wiest , Annabella Price , Sandra Bullock , Nicole Kidman , Goran Visnjic , Mark Feuerstein , Alexandra Artrip , Evan Rachel Wood , Aidan Quinn , Chloe Webb , Martha Gehman , Lucinda Jenney
Directed by Griffin Dunne
Rated PG13
DRAMA/COMEDY
"Most excellent..."
Released July 25th in the US.
Filmed in Connecticut , California and the UK.
The story : Oren Little is a grumpy , aging man.
He lost his wife a few years ago and since then his personality has been...lacking.
Oren is looking to sell the giant , expensive house he shared with his wife and son and while in the process is living at another waterfront property that he owns.
The other tenants dont like Oren very much as he is just not a nice person.
Soon Oren is met by his son , who he hasnt seen in quite sometime.
His son informs him that he will soon be going to prison and he needs Oren to watch his almost 10-year-old daughter while hes gone.
Oren protests but he doesnt have a choice.
One of the older women who lives next door to Oren at the waterfront property , Leah - helps him with his granddaughter.
This is out of pure sympathy for the granddaughter , knowing how awful Oren is.
Eventually Oren , Leah and his granddaughter become very close , teaching Oren what it is to be a happy , caring person once again.
Stars Michael Douglas , Frances Sternhagen , Diane Keaton , Austin Lysy , Michael Terra , Sawyer Tanner Simpkins , Yaya DaCosta , Rob Reiner , Sterling Jerins , Annie Parisse , Maxwell Simkins , Maurice Jones , Scott Shepherd , Frankie Valli
Directed by Rob Reiner
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA
Released June 23rd in the US.
Filmed in California and the UK.
The story : Five detectives are invited to a murder and dinner party at another private detective's home.
Only none of the detectives invited know who the invitee is , although they all know each other.
One by one they arrive with their companions and each one encounters some strange happening.
Being almost killed is no exception in the catergory of strange.
Everything about the home is strange , from its help , to the food and their accomidations.
But they are all their to solve a murder crime and one will be guilty of it.
Stars Truman Capote , Alec Guinness , David Niven , Maggie Smith , Peter Sellers , Richard Narita , Peter Falk , Eileen Brennan , Elsa Lanchester , Nancy Walker , James Coco , James Cromwell , Estelle Winwood , Myron the dog , (voice) Fay Wray
Directed by Robert Moore
Rated PG
COMEDY/MYSTERY
Released July 28th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Susan is just desperate to locate her long lost fiancee', Bruce.
Three years ago , Bruce disappeared somewhere in the mountains of Mexico.
Susan is convinced Bruce is alive and needs her to save him. *yawn*
Susan takes three men with her , an understanding scientist guy Russ - who is in love with Susan...but Susan wants Bruce... , Lee , a pilot who will fly them out there no problem even though hes been hanging on the bourbon pretty hard and greedy , pain in the ass Marty - who is just bonkers for uranium.
The four get out there by the skin of their teeth.
After their close to crash landing , they begin exploring and looking around.
Sam happens to get a glimpse of a oddly large lizard and tries telling Susan and Lee about it but it disappears before they can see it.
So Sam shrugs it off cause , ha it must be his eyes playing tricks on him.
Next , Susan and Sam see a giant mouse and then a giant hawk attack it.
This blows their mind , but they decide not to tell the others.
O.O
Stars
Gloria Talbott , Manuel López , James Craig , Tom Drake , Lon Chaney Jr. , Vicente Padula , Duncan 'Dean' Parkin
Directed by (& story written) Bert I. Gordon
B&W
Not Rated
SCIFI/HORROR
Released May 18 , 2012 in the US.
Filmed in Michigan and New Jersey.
The story : Virginia is a young single mom to 16-year-old Emmet.
Emmet is doing the best he can , looking out for his not-so-stable mom but hes just a kid.
Virgina has been having an affair with the local sheriff who happens to be a married Mormon for the past 16 years.
When Virginia gets sick , she cannot accept that. She decides she is with child instead.
Her lover thinks their relationship is all fun and games until she tells him shes pregnant and keeping the baby.
Now hes serious and wants nothing much to do with her as he sees this as cause to make him lose the state senate election he is now trying to win.
This leaves Virgina and Emmet with even less resources.
Stars Jennifer Connelly , Ed Harris , Barry Shabaka Henley , Carrie Preston , Harrison Gilbertson , Emma Roberts , Toby Jones , Paul Walter Hauser , Tom Van Howe , Kevin Patrick Brown , Ward Burton , Yeardley Smith , Amy Madigan , Dennis Rauss , Meighan Gerachis , Kathy Ruark , Rocky Rector , Jack Rutledge , Audrey Morgan , Bradley Matthys , Lucas Grabeel , Tristan Peach
Directed by (& story written) Dustin Lance Black
Rated R
DEPRESSING DRAMA
