Category: Uncategorized
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THE MONGOOSE (2026)
STORYLINE: A highly decorated combat vet, Ryan ”Fang” Flanagan, is fleeing a murder scene at 130 miles an hour in a Mustang Shelby Super Snake GT350. (IMDb) In 1977, the car chase was on in Smokey and the Bandit, In The Cannonball Run (1981), there was a race across the country. A cross country…
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THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK (2026)
STORYLINE: When a theft goes awry, a veteran pickpocket is sent on a mission through New York to reclaim it. (IMDb) There was love and heartbreak in the 2003, New York City set rom com How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The mob was on the streets of New York, in Goodfellas (1990). …
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CHRISTMAS AT THE KRINGLES (2026 ~ Horror)
STORYLINE: The Severson family move to a suburban neighborhood where their neighbors, the Kringles, celebrate Christmas year-round and harbor sinister intentions to hypnotize and indoctrinate them. (IMDb) Once upon a Christmas, Krampus frightened filmgoers in the terrifying motion picture Krampus (2015). Santa had his reign of terror in Santa’s Slay (2005). In 1974, the…
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FJORD (2026)
STORYLINE: An immigrant Romanian family living in Norway is subject to an investigation and faces the scrutiny of the local judicial system. (IMDb) The 2023 feature Freemont, told a fictionalized story of a translator in the Agfan/U.S. war who immigrated to the U.S. after the war. At the heart of the film, House of…
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EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE (2026)
STORYLINE: An intimate portrait of two people bound by love, ambition, and the pursuit of the impossible. Elite ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson fell deeply in love while reaching the pinnacle of their sport: Everest’s north face. (IMDb) Racing was all the buzz, in the documentary Senna (2010), about the F One…
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THE MOSQUITO BOWL (2026)
STORYLINE: After Pearl Harbor, four star college footballers join the Marines. Before facing Okinawa’s invasion, they participate in a historic game with legendary players – for many, their final match. (IMDb) Flags of our Fathers (2006), and its companion film Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) depicted the events of the battle of Iwo Jima, …
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HOLIDAY 2026 RETROSPECTIVE: SCREAM (1996)
STORYLINE: A year after her mother’s death, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends started experiencing some strange phone calls. They later learned the calls were coming from a crazed serial killer, in a white faced mask and a large black robe, looking for revenge. His phone calls usually consist of many questions, the main…
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WILDWOOD (2026)
STORYLINE: The adventures of Prue McKeel as she sets off to the forests outside Portland to find her kidnapped brother. (IMDb) Forty years ago, in 1986, Jennifer Connolly, went to save her baby brother in the fantasy film Labyrinth. The land of Narnia was first discovered by the Pevensie siblings in The Chronicles of Narnia:…
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WICKER (2026)
STORYLINE: An ostracized fisherwoman commissions the local basketmaker to weave her a husband, but when her wicker creation proves unexpectedly extraordinary, his presence ignites jealousy and upheaval that threatens their quiet village. (Imdb) In Bride of Frankenstein (1935), a love story was created. It was back to school, in the John Hughes’ creation comedy Weird…
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KLARA and THE SUN (2026)
STORYLINE: A robot girl designed to prevent loneliness tries to save a heartbroken family of humans. (IMDb) Robin Williams, portrayed a robot wanting to become more human in Bicentennial Man (1999). Wall E (2008) traveled to outer space to change the fate of mankind. In Robot & Frank (2012), a jewel thief teaches…
