Released January 24 , 2017 in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Sandy Duffy is a known novelist as well as TV personality and teacher.
Many people know who Sandy is.
But he has a problem.
Sandy is addicted to stealing things.
Not that he needs to steal , he isn't hurting for cash.
He just gets a rush from doing it.
One day , while shopping , Sandy gets caught stealing.
The security guard is going to report him but Sandy tries any bribe he can to get out of it.
But there is one thing Sandy never thought of doing to stay out of getting in trouble and that one thing is way more than Sandy ever bargained for.
Stars Stephen Graham , Conleth Hill , Lara Pulver , Arsher Ali , Tara Cush , Karen Hassan , Stuart Graham , Ian McElhinney , Paul Kennedy , James Edlin , Frank Cannon , Derek Mayne
Directed by Michael Lennox
Not Rated
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Released August 17th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Jonah is the youngest of young three boys.
Their parents , although they love each other and try hard to make ends meet , struggle regularly.
The result of their parents hardships is a volatile one.
Although their home life is hard to deal with , Jonah's brothers deal better than he does.
Jonah longs for another life , a more peaceful one.
He lives most of his days in his head and through his secret drawings. , while struggling with many feelings.
Stars Evan Rosado , Josiah Gabriel , Isaiah Kristian , Sheila Vand , Raul Castillo , Terry Holland
Directed by Jeremiah Zagar
Rated R
DRAMA
(A 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL NEXT INNOVATOR AWARD WINNER)
Released January 21st in the US.
Filmed in Utah.
The story : Married Annie is an artist who has been working day and night at home.
She has an son Peter and a younger , withdrawn daughter Charlie.
Annie's mom , who Charlie was very close to , just past away.
The family is taking her passing in various different ways but Charlie seems to be effected the most.
When Peter asks to borrow the car to go to a school party , Annie insists he take Charlie along.
Peter willingly takes his little sister along but he only went to the party to get to hang out with a girl from class that he likes.
So Peter ends up disregarding Charlie which is a bad idea.
It seems to Annie her life is falling apart and attempts going to a group meeting for a way of dealing.
There , she meets Joan , a sympathetic and helpful lady that seems to truly understand what Annie is going through.
Annie confides in Joan unknowing that , Joan has been watching her...
Stars Toni Collette , Alex Wolff , Milly Shapiro , Gabriel Byrne , Mallory Bechtel , Jake Brown , Jarrod Phillips , Heidi Mendez , Moises L Tovar , Morgan Lund , Ann Dowd
Directed by (& story written) Ari Aster
Rated R
MYSTERY/HORROR
(FIRST RELEASED AS A 2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AT MIDNIGHT FILM)
Released March 28 , 2014 in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Guy is a guy with a bad attitude.
He's middle aged , single and proof reads product warranties for a living.
Guy has decided , seeing how he got a bad rap as a kid , to enter any and all spelling bees , making his way to the mother of them all.
There is no law against it and Guy takes his reporter friend along with him , just to make sure he is able to enter without too much trouble.
Although trouble is all Guy gets!
Everyone involved in the spelling bees believe it is just ridiculous for him , a grown adult , to be competing against kids more than 20 years younger than him.
It is unfair and he clearly is just doing it to win the cash prizes.
But Guy's mission goes a lot deeper than winning money or a trophy.
Stars Jason Bateman , Kathryn Hahn , Beth Grant , Allan Miller , Allison Janney , Ben Falcone , Patricia Belcher , Phillip Baker Hall , Rohan Chand , Matthew Zhang , Steve Witting
Directed by Jason Bateman
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA
"Is "um" the word? I'll be guessing at the m's..."
Released October 2nd in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : "Drood" is an unreliable dad who works as a cartoonist.
After waking up late and then spending the rest of the day out and about , he returns to find his apartment broken into.
Nothing was stolen but the place is a mess and , oh the guy who broke in is still there.
The next thing Drood knows he is in a car with the intruder along with another man driving.
The men believe Drood knows something they want to know and insist he tell them but he has no idea what they are talking about.
Aggravated with getting the run around , the driver tries getting at him but Drood falls out of the moving car...
After saving his own life , Drood takes himself over to the police station to report his apartment being stolen and then being kidnapped.
But the cops are more concerned about a recent murder , a murder that Drood finds out he is a possible suspect of.
Stars Tom Hulce , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , Adam Ant , Judith Barsi , Rosalind Chao , Harry Dean Stanton , Virginia Madsen , Don Keith Opper , John Doe , Millie Perkins , Robert Beltran
Directed by Wayne Wang
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Released sometime in 1980 in the US...
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Jennifer is a geological scientist who works for her father.
While studying some photographs , Jennifer sees a strange radio activity pattern that was not there the last time she checked...
She gets the okay to check it out and off to the small town of Little Creek , New Mexico she goes.
There she has a few strange run in's but shakes them off quickly due to getting some help from the local marshal.
But soon some unexplained cattle mutilations occur and then , humans are being murdered and mutilated as well.
That's when Jennifer and the marshal really get involved to try and stop whatever it is that's going on there...
Stars Zachery Vincent , Michael R Starita , Farah Bunch , Vincent Schiavelli , Cybill Sheppard , Raymond Burr , Jan Michael Vincent , Martin Landau , Neville Brand , Brad Rearden
Directed by Greydon Clark
Not Rated
SCIFI/MYSTERY
Made for TV , airing December 4th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
Based on truths.
The story : The Crowes are a typical happy , loving family which consists of a mother , father , a 14-year-old son Michael and two younger daughters , Stephanie and Shannon.
One night , unlike any other night in the Crowe household they all go to sleep.
During the course of the night Mrs. Crowe hears a door open but assumes its the cat...
Young Michael also hears a door open but assumes someone was at the door , that it had been answered and goes back to sleep.
The next morning Mr. Crowe wakes for work.
He goes into Stephanie's room to wake her only to find she has been murdered...
The next thing the family knows they are being put through the wringer and subjected to full body exams.
When the police decide to take Michael and Shannon and place them into protective custody , Mr. and Mrs. Crowe lose it but they don't have a choice.
They must go along with the polices' wishes , no matter how hard.
But while in custody , the police begin questioning young Michael.
Even though Micheal repeatedly swears he didn't do it , the police convince him that somehow he has killed Stephanie without knowing it or remembering it , .
Stars Mark Rendall , Hannah Lochner , Anna Mary Wilson , Ally Sheedy , Michael Riley , Karl Pruner , Chris Owens , John Bourgeois , Rosemary Dunsmore , Geoffrey Bowes , Karen Glave
Directed by Don McBrearty
Not Rated
DRAMA/THRILLER/HISTORY
