AFTER I WATCH A MOVIE OR SOMETHING ON TV , I RUN TO MY COMPUTER AND WRITE DOWN THE STORY.... I DO NOT CRITIQUE THE CINEMA , ONLY TELL YOU ABOUT IT BECAUSE , TO EACH ITS OWN. I GUESS , IN ALL HONESTY , THE REASON I WATCH ANYTHING IS BECAUSE SOMEHOW , SOMETHING ABOUT IT HAS KEPT MY INTEREST IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER , LONG ENOUGH TO MENTION IT...AND REMEMBER....
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Girlfriends (1978)
Released August of 1978 in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story : Young Susan and Anne are roommates as well as best gal pals.
Susan is an aspiring dreamer of a photographer while Anne is still looking to find herself.
Right after things start looking good for Susan's photography career , they two get a new , bigger apartment.
But before they move in , Anne tells Susan that she is going to get married....
This leaves Susan feeling a bit strange but she deals.
It seems every relationship Susan enters afterwards just doesn't work out the way she would hope.
All the while , staying in contact with Anne , who is gradually regretting her choices.
Stars Melanie Mayron , Anita Skinner , Eli Wallach , Christopher Guest , Jean De Baer , Adam Cohen , Nancy Mette , Kenneth McMillan , Bob Balaban , Albert Rogers , Amy Wright
Directed by Claudia Weill
Rated PG
DRAMA
ABBA : The Movie (1977)
Released in February of 1979 in the US.
Filmed in Australian and Sweden.
The story : It is 1977 and ABBA is all the rage.
Now in Australia , the band will be performing for a weeks time there.
Poor Ashley Wallace who doesn't know too much about the band works as a radio DJ.
His boss is very adamant that he get a personal interview with the band that he would like Ashley to air as a radio show.
Having that will surely bring in lots of exposure.
So Ashley sets out to meet the band , somewhere , somehow - to get the job done.
Stars Anni Frid Lyngstad , Agnetha Faltskog , Benny Anderson , Bjorn Ulvaeus , Robert Hughes , Bruce Barry , Stig Anderson , Tom Oliver , Richard Norton
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom
Rated G
MUSIC/COMEDY/DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
The Night Stalker (2016)
Made for TV , airing June 12th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story : Some twenty years ago , Kit was a teenager living in California.
One summer the horrendous crimes of Richard Ramirez AKA The Night Stalker were continuously all over her tv.
Kit had become obsessed with the killer and the crimes which were being committed.
In June of 2013 , Kit is now a lawyer.
There is a man on death row in Texas who is charged with a crime Kit and her boss believe Ramirez is actually guilty of.
So the boss has sent Kit to interview Ramirez and get him to admit to all of his crimes in an effort to save an innocent mans life.
Stars Lou Diamond Phillips , Bellamy Young , Louis Herthum , Chelle Sherill , Benjamin Barrett , Andrew Ruiz , Zoe McLaine , Elester Latham , Evan Kishiyama , Victoria Cruz , Linas Phillips , Eddie Ramos , Mark Kelly , Annalisa Cochane , Austin Fryberger , Alice Rietveld , Kimberly Jurgen , Jennifer Lafleur , Eddie Martinez , Samantha Neyland , Julian Alexander , David A Garcia
Directed by (& story written) Megan Griffiths
DRAMA/HISTORY
Blow (2001)
Released April 6th in the US.
Filmed in California , Mexico , Illinois and Canada.
Based on truths.
The story : When George was little he watched as his parents constantly fought about their lack of income.
George vowed at a young age to never be poor.
As a young man in the 60s George relocated with his best friend to California.
There the two quickly fell into the marijuana crowd. Soon they were dealing marijuana and making tons of cash. But it was a dangerous business , followed by going to prison from time to time.
Things went on like that for sometime until George met a man in prison who turned him onto cocaine trafficking.
This was a whole new , exciting world for George with a higher intake as well as a higher consequence.
But he was good at it.
Stars Jesse James , Ray Liotta , Alan James Morgan , Rachel Griffiths , Johnny Depp , Ethan Suplee , Franka Potente , Kevin Gage , Paul Reubens , Jordi Molla , Penelope Cruz , Miguel Sandoval , Cliff Curtis , Max Perlich , Dan Ferro , Tony Amendola , Bobcat Goldthwait , Michael Tucci
Directed by Ted Demme
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA/HISTORY
Vibes (1988)
Released August 5th in the US.
Filmed in Ecuador and California.
The story : Nick and Sylvia are both psychics.
They met , along with a group of other psychics , while doing a study.
When Sylvia is approached by a man claiming that he would like her to help him find his lost son in the mountains of Ecuador , she asks Nick to help her.
But there is another reason for going into those mountains that Sylvia and Nick didnt know about and they aren't the only people doing the looking.
Stars Ramon Bieri , Michael Lerner , Jeff Goldblum , Cyndi Lauper , Jerry Vichi , Hercules Vilchez , Leo V Finnie lll , Googy Gress , Ray Stoddard , Harbey J Goldenberg , Tom Henschel , Susan Bugg , Rodney Kageyama , Van Dyke Parks , Steven Scott , Julian Sands , Park Overall
Directed by Ken Kwapis
Rated PG
COMEDY/ADVENTURE/MYSTERY
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Released July 6th in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Don is a young guy who just moved into his own apartment.
Next door lives free-spirited Jill.
The day after Jill thinks Don is a peeping tom she overhears him on the phone with his mother.
That is when she decides to introduce herself.
Don welcomes Jill into his home and after Jill realizes Don is blind , they spend a lot of time really getting to know each other.
Soon Don's mom shows up , much to Don's dismay.
Because Don's mom is so overly worried about him she kind of sends Jill in the opposite direction of him.
But Don and Jill do really enjoy each other....
Stars Goldie Hawn , Edward Albert , Eileen Heckart , Michael Warren , Paul Ryan , Charlene Jones , Sandra Vacey , Paul Michael Glaser
Directed by Milton Katselas
Rated PG
DRAMA/COMEDY
All Good Things (2010)
Released December 3rd in the US.
Filmed in Connecticut and New York.
Based on truths.
The story : David is a young man who is constantly under the thumb of his over-bearing , real estate mogul father.
When David is running an errand for his dad , he meets Katherine and the two hit it off.
After some time David thinks he knows everything he needs to know about pretty Katherine and asks her to marry him , which she does.
Katherine believes her life could not be any better as long as she has the love of David.
But when David's fathers demands , along with his own demons begin to get the best of him David turns into someone Katherine didnt know.
The couple grow apart but David will not allow his wife to leave him which quite possibly resulted in her murder.
Stars Tristian Comeau , Amelia Martin , Matthew Floyd Miller , Arwen and Jordie , Ryan Gosling , Frank Langella , Michael Esper , Kristen Dunst , Lily Rabe , Diane Venora , Phillip Baker Hall , Nick Offerman , Kristen Wiig , John Cullem , Maggie Kiley , Stephen Kunken , Liz Stauber , Marion McCorry , Mia Dillon
Directed by Andrew Jarecki
Rated R
DRAMA/THRILLER/MYSTERY/HISTORY
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