EXTREMELY WICKED, SOMETHING EVIL AND VILE (2019)

Directed By: Joe Berlinger 
Written By: Michael Werwie 
Based on the book “The Phantom Prince: My Life With Ted Bundy” By: Liz Kendell 
Cinematography: Brandon Trost 
Editor: John Schaeffer 

Cast: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Angela Sarafyn, James Hetfield, Jeffrey Donovan, Terry Kinney, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario, Dylan Baker, John Malkovich, Brian Geraghty, Jim Parsons, Grace Victoria Cox 

A courtroom frenzy ensues and sweeps 1970s America when a young single mother meets Ted Bundy.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0058: LILYA 4-EVER (2002)

Written & Directed By: Lukas Moodysson 
Cinematography By: Ulf Brantas 
Editor: Michael Leszcylowski, Oleg Morgunov & Bernhard Winkler 

Cast: Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogutjarskij, Lyubov Agapova, Elina Benenson, Liliya Sjinkarjova, Pavel Ponomatjov 


Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Estonia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.

BEAUTIFUL BOY (2018)

Directed By: Felix Van Groeningen 
Written By: Luke Davies & Felix Van Groeningen 
Based On The Books “Beautiful Boy” & “Tweak” By: David Sheff & Nick Sheff 
Cinematography By: Riben Impens 
Editor: Nico Leunen 

Cast: Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Aquino, Timothy Hutton, Amy Forsyth, Amy Ryan, Andre Royo, Kaitlyn Dever, Lisagay Hamilton 

Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

I AM MICHAEL (2015)

Written & Directed By: Justin Kelly 
Based on an article By: Stacey Miller 
Based on the Magazine Article “My Ex-Gay Friend” By: Benoit Denizet Lewis 
Cinematography By: Christopher Blauvet 
Editor: Aaron I. Butler 


Cast: James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Watson, Charlie Carver, Avan Jogia, Daryl Hannah, Lesley Ann Warren, Jefferson Mays, Ahna O’Reilly 

Based on the fascinating true-life story of Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor after identifying as a heterosexual.

ESCAPE ROOM (2019)

Directed By: Adam Robitel 
Written By: Bragi Schut & Maria Melnik 
Story By: Bragi Schut 
Cinematography: Marc Spicer 
Editor: Steve Mirkovich 


Cast: Taylor Russell, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Nik Dodani, Jessica Sutton 

Six strangers are given mysterious black boxes with tickets to an immersive escape room for a chance to win tons of money. Being locked in several rooms with extreme conditions, they discover the secrets behind the escape room and must fight to survive and to find a way out.

CAM (2018)

Directed By: Daniel Goldhaber 
Written By: Isa Mazzei 
Story By: Daniel Goldhaber, Isa Mazzei & Isabelle Link-Levy 
Cinematography: Katelin Arizmendi 
Editor: Daniel Garber 


Cast: Madeline Brewer, Melora Hardin, Michael Dempsey, Patch Darragh, Imani Hakim, Samantha Robinson, Flora Diaz, Queii Tann 


An erotic webcam performer finds her followers stolen by a doppelganger who hijacks her channel, pushes the sexual envelope farther, and otherwise seems determined to destroy her life. Call it identity theft of a possibly supernatural kind.

HELL FEST (2018)

Directed By: Gregory Plotkin 
Written By: Seth M. Sherwood, Blair Butler & Akela Cooper 
Story: Chris Sey & William Penick 
Cinematography: Jose David Montero 
Editor: David Egan & Gregory Plotkin 


Cast: Amy Forsyth, Tony Todd, Cynthia Mercado, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Reign Edwards, Christian James, Matt Mercurio, Roby Attal 


A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show.

MANIAC (1980)

Directed By: William Lustig 
Written By: Joe Spinell & C.A. Rosenberg 
Story By: Joe Spinell 
Cinematography: Robert Lindsay 
Editor: Larry Marinelli 
Special Make-up & Effects By: Tom Savini 


Cast: Joe Spinell, Caroline Munroe, Tom Savini, Kelly Piper, Rita Monotone, Sharon Mitchell, Frank Pesce 


Frank Zito misses his mother, who was killed in a car accident years before. She was abusive to him, and made money selling her body, but Frank still misses her. He tries to keep her from leaving him, and reform her evil ways, by killing young women and putting their scalps on mannequins which he displays around his apartment. Photographer Anna D'Antoni takes a picture of him in the park, and he pursues and befriends her. Is she the one he has been looking for or just another mother wannabe?

THE DECLERATIONS OF MOVIE GOING (with Jeff Gallashaw*)

(ELECTRIC CINEMA IN LONDON)

 THE MOVIE AMENDMENTS

Now this is the first draft. This is open to additions. So feel free to suggest some or reply with your own or feel free to create your own.

This following list might give you insight into me. It might make you like me or hate me. As I know certain experiences re uncontrollable. This is what I hope for as a movie experience.

RIVER'S EDGE (2019)

Directed By: Isao Yukisada 
Written By: Misaki Setoyama 
Based on the Manga By: Kyoko Okazaki 
Cinematography: Kenji Maki 
Editor: Tsuyoshi Imai 


Cast: Fumi Nikiado, Ryu Yoshizawa, Aoi Morikawa, Shuhei Uesugi, Sumire 


Haruna is a high school student whose, school-mates, school and life is topsy turvy and often tragic. One of her classmates is the homosexual Ichiro. The boy is often bullied, derided and beaten. He has the scars to show for it. Haruna stands by Ichiro's side and comes to know Ichiro's secret. Then they discover a corpse by a river beside the tall grass.

BLOCKERS (2018)

Directed By: Kay Cannon 
Written By: Brian Kehoe & Jim Kehoe 
Cinematography: Russ T. Alsobrook 
Editor: Stacey Schroeder 


Cast: Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena, Gideon Adlon, Kathryn Newton, Geraldine Viswanathan, Gary Cole, June Diane Raphael, Hannibal Buress, Sarayu Blue, Gina Gershon, Ramona Young, Miles Robbins

Three parents try to stop their daughters from losing their virginity on prom night.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0057: THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN (1982)

Written & Directed By: Boaz Davisson 
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg 
Editor: Bruria Davidson 


Cast: Lawrence Monoson, Steve Antin, Diane Franklin, Joe Rubbo, Kimmy Robertson, Louisa Moritz, Brian Peck 


The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.

MOVIES WATCHED IN APRIL (2019)

ARTIST PRODUCED POSTER FOR THE MOVIE: MANDY