Wednesday, December 30, 2015

A Christmas Story (1983)


Released November 18th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and Ohio.
The story : It's Christmas time , a kids favorite time of the year.
Young Ralphie has taken to downtown with his little brother and pals to see their favorite toy store window display.
Ralphie gets his first look at the Red Ryder BB gun and it is awesome.
Now he needs to find a way to get his parents to get him the BB gun for Christmas this year , even though they claim he will shoot his eye out.
Stars Peter Billingsley , Ian Petrella , Melinda Dillon , Darren McGavin , Scott Shwartz , Jean Shepherd , Jeff Gillen , Zack Ward , Tedde Moore , RD Robb , Yano Anaya , Colin Fox
Directed by Bob Clark
Rated PG
COMEDY


" I could feel the Christmas noose beginning to tighten."

Monday, December 28, 2015

Bridget Jone's Diary (2001)


Released April 13th in the US.
Filmed entirely in England.
The story : Bridget Jones is a single , 42-year-old , who believes shes overweight and would really fancy a special man in her life.
Bridget attends a family friends Christmas party where she meets a man with potential , Mark....or so she thinks.
She overhears Mark insult her and she instantly puts a label of hate on him.
Back at work , Bridget's boss begins flirting with her which she begins to enjoy more and more.
The two get together and begin what Bridget believes is a relationship.
Later on , Bridget runs into Mark and finds out her boss was friends with him.
He tells her that he was the best man at Mark's wedding and that Mark ran off with his fiancee.
This puts a bad flavor on Mark for sure with Bridget , even if he tells her he fancies her.
Stars Renee Zellwenger , Gemma Jones , Jim Broadbent , Colin Firth , Hugh Grant , James Faulkner , Celia Imrie , Charmain May , Paul Brooke , Felicity Montaug , Shirley Henderson , Sally Phillips
Directed by Sharon Macguire
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA

A Christmas Horror Story (2015)


Released October 2nd in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : It is Christmas eve in the happy town of Bailey Downs.
Molly , Ben and Dillon are all going to an abandoned boarding school to make a documentary for school about a murdered young couple that were killed on that very same night a year ago.
Dillons girlfriend Caprice , who is a petty thief , scoffed the keys to the school from her dad for them.
Caprice is off to her dads aunts place for the holidays with her mom , dad and brother , all of which have some hidden demons.
Police officer Scott has taken his wife and their small son out onto someones private property to steal their Christmas tree.
Somehow , this is a night of terror - as anyone who has an innocence about them gets possessed by evil forest trolls , while anyone who has anger in their heart is terrorized by Krampus...
Stars George Buza , William Shatner , Zoe De Grand Maison , Alex Ozerov , Shannon Kook , Amy Forsyth , Jeff Clarke , Michelle Nolden , Adrian Holmes , Olunike Adeliyi , Orion John , Alan C Peterson , Damir Andrei , Ken Hall , Jessica Clement , Corinne Conley , Julian Richings
Directed by Grant Harvey , Steven Hoban and Brett Sullivan
Not Rated
MYSTERY/HORROR

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)


Released  July 16th in the US.
Filmed in England and New York,
The story : Alice and William are a young , successful couple.
At a yearly party they attend , William helps the host save a womans life while Alice gets acquainted with a mysterious Hungarian man.
William realizes a man from his past is playing piano at the party and gets invited to his up coming gig.
Later on Alice questions William about going-ons at the party.
She ends up telling him she almost cheated on him in the past.
Now this becomes a repetitive image in Williams' mind.
William goes to see his piano playing friend who informs him of a very secret sex party.
William must go even though his friend tells him its not a good idea.
William becomes mystified and intrigued by the party and its go-ers but its not a safe place for him.
Stars Tom Cruise , Nicole Kidman , Sydney Pollack , Marie Richardson , Vinessa Shaw , Sky du Mont , Rade Serbezija , Leelee Sobieski , Faye Masterson , Thomas Gibson , Todd Field , Leon Vitali
Directed by Stanley Kurbick
Rated R
DRAMA/MYSTERY

God Told Me To (1976)


Released sometime in November of 1976.
Filmed in New York and England.
The story : One sunny day , a sniper decides to sit atop a water tower and take out people at random.
Policeman Peter Nicholas takes it upon himself to climb the tower to talk to the man.
Peter gets answers to the questions he asks.
The one that gets to him most is the answer to why on earth he would do such a thing....then the man purposely falls to his death.
Soon more random killings occur and this begins to look like a diabolical trend.
All of the people who do this horrifying deed all say the same thing - 'God told me to.'
There is some sort of brainwashing going on it seems and seeing how Peter believes himself a very religious man , he must find out why God is seemingly to blame here.
Stars Tony Lo Bianco , Deborah Raffin , Sandy Dennis , Mike Kellin , Sylvia Sidney , Richard Lynch , Robert Drivas , Sam Levene , Sammy Williams , Andy Kaufman , Harry Bellaver , Robert Nichols
Directed by (& story written) Larry Cohen
Rated R
SCIFI/MYSTERY/HORROR

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Lava (2014)


Released June 19 , 2015 in the US.
The story : Once apon a time there lived a lonely volcano.
He lived in the ocean and so much wanted someone to love.
Many , many years past and the volcano stayed alone , singing his lovely  , sad song.
Then one day , as he was almost completely under the ocean , a lady volcano surfaced.
She has heard his song and thought it to be just for her.
Destined to be together , they found a way.
Stars (voices by) Kuana Torres Kahlel , Napua Makua
Directed by John Ford Murphy
Not Rated
ANIMATION

Inside Out ; Disney's (2015)


Released June 19th in the US.
The story : When Riley was born , she was born with five human emotions.
Those emotions being Joy , Sadness , Fear , Disgust and Anger - all live inside Riley.
The emotions are there to make sure Riley grows to be a balanced , happy human - controlling all of her past , present and future memories.
Joy is in charge of all the other emotions as Riley needs to be happy most of all.
When Riley is twelve , her parents move her from Minnesota - the home she has only known , to San Francisco.
Joy tries hard to keep Riley happy but when Sadness begins touching Riley's happy memories , things begin to go down hill for Riley.
Now Joy is on a mission to get back in charge of Riley's happy emotions , no matter what it takes.
Stars (voices by) Amy Poehler , Phyllis Smith , Richard Kind , Bill Hader , Lewis Black , Mindy Kaling , Kaitlyn Dias , Diane Lane , Kyle MacLachlan , Josh Cooley , Paula Pell , Paula Poundstone , Flea  , John Ratzenberger , Laraine Newman , Elissa Knight , Molly Jackson , Pete Docter , Ronnie Del Carmen
Directed by Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen
Rated PG
ANIMATION/FANTASY/ADVENTURE/DRAMA