Saturday, September 14, 2024

THE MIDDLE (2009 - 2018) draft

Created by: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
Starring: Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Atticus Shaffer, Chris Kattan, Brian Doyle-Murray

Samantha Adams, Ryan AgaheeRhonda Aldrich, Jill E. AlexanderKirstie Alley, Dean Anthony, Luis AnthonyMoises Arias, Michael William Arnold, Ed Asner, Noelani BaileyGrace Bannon, Adilah Barnes, Gabriel BassoFrances Bay, Terrence BeasorTommy Bechtold, Patricia Belcher, Jimmy Bellinger, Adrienne BerryDaniela Bobadilla, Parker Bolek, Michael Boucher, Shellita Boxie, Harry BoxleyKrista Braun, Peter Breitmayer, Julie Brown, Julianne Buescher, Casey Burke, Steve ByrneAimee CarreroLance Carter, David Chandler, Tahlena ChikamiBrock Ciarlelli, Greg Cipes, Bob Clendenin, Kristina CohenMindy Cohn, Parker ContrerasMason Cook, Josh Cooke, Greg CromerJohn Cullum, Christopher Darga, Brooke Dillman, Bonita DorssomCharles DoughertyRachel Dratch, Thomas F. Duffy, Lancaster DuplechinJason Edgar, Van Epperson, Mari FalconeAmy Farrington, Pat Finn, Christopher H. FisherAndrew J. Fishman, Dave Foley, Faith Ford, Harrison Forsyth, Margarita FrancoJohn Gammon, Richard Gant, Jessica Marie Garcia, Gavin Garrison, Keith GerchakWhoopi Goldberg, Paul R. Grace, Greer Grammer, Mary-Pat GreenWill Green, Rick HallSusan Harmon, Piper Mackenzie HarrisGregory Harrison, Rick Harrison, Brian HarveyLaura Heisler, Carolyn Hennesy, Cheryl Hines, Paul Hipp, Monica Horan, Megan HubbellDavid Hull, Betsy HumeDani Jacoby, Chris JorieLexi Jourden, Kiva JumpJane Kaczmarek, Keven Brahim Kaddi, Greg KasyanLaura Ann KeslingKeegan-Michael Key, Richard Kind, Aramis KnightDavid Koechner, Michael KostroffAndy Kreiss, Peggy LaneDevan Leos, Vicki Lewis, Daniel LewkSam Lloyd, Daniel A. Lopez, Norm Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Gia Mantegna, Rachael Marie, Marsha Mason, Katlin Mastandrea, Will MatthewsAlphonso McAuley, Jack McBrayer, Joel McCrary, Mandy McMillianTroy Metcalf, Andy MilderJeanette Miller, Aedin Mincks, Aidan MinerTina Mirka, Scott Michael Morgan, Mandy Musgrave, Suzy Nakamura, Jillian NelsonJake Netter, Sean O'Bryan, Chord Overstreet, Mary PasseriAlexa PenaVega, Antoine Perry, Jeffrey F. Perry, Blake Petchenick, Brayden PetchenickAaron Zachary Philips, Adam Pilver, Hilary PingleJeris PoindexterAidan Potter, Rachel QuaintanceAlan Rachins, Mike Randleman, Terrell Ransom Jr, Dale RaoulJen Ray, Roger Rees, Lisa Rinna, Azim RizkDoris Roberts, Mel Rodriguez, Ray Romano, Marion Ross, Cynthia RubeAlan Ruck, Dylan Rummel, Sarah RushEmily Rutherford, Garrett Ryan, Blaine Saunders, Keaton Savage, Sam SchuderBrandon Scott, Donovan ScottAmy Sedaris, Nick Shafer, Molly Shannon, Duane R. Shepard JrBrooke Shields, Laura SiegelGibson Bobby Sjobeck, Mackenzie Brooke SmithMalcolm Foster Smith, Maurice G. Smith, Riley B. SmithZachary Robert Smith, Erin SossamonScott Sperber, June SquibbCharles C. Stevenson Jr, French Stewart, Galadriel Stineman, Nicole Sullivan, Derek ThelerWesley Thompson, Dierk Torsek, Austin Trace, Nicole TravoltaTim TrobecChelsey Valentine, Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Van Dyke, Larell VanBurenJeffrey Wallace, Scott Ward, Audrey WasilewskiDerek Waters, Joseph WhippBetty White, Jackson White, Phillip WilburnCasey Wilson, Beau Wirick, Ping Wu, Monica Yudovich

215 episodes
(TV-PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

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Brick asks Frankie to come to his class presentation dressed in a costume. Frankie organizes a publicity stunt in hopes of saving her job. Frankie and Mike's romantic anniversary getaway is ruined by various family matters. Frankie encourages Sue to fight for her right to attend a class trip. Mike involves Brick in various activities to help him interact with others. Axl accidentally breaks down the front door and Mike insists he fix it. An accident leads to a visit from a social worker, Bob tries to help Mr. Ehlert shoot a commercial. Mr. Ehlert forces the staff to work on Thanksgiving, Brick gets lost in a corn maze. Frankie tries to stop her kids from fighting, Mike considers firing Aunt Edie. Mike offers to organize the family Christmas so Frankie can focus on rehearsing a solo for Mass. Sue wants an expensive pair of jeans in order to fit in with her peers. Sue has a confrontation with a neighbor's son, Axl is asked to help Brick with a gym requirement. Mike discovers a dinosaur bone in the quarry at work, Brick decides to run for school historian. Frankie vows to stop yelling at the kids if they follow through on their school work and chores. Frankie and Mike try to plan a quiet, romantic Valentine's Day without the kids. Mike helps Brick train for a regional spelling bee, Sue's birthday is forgotten. Axl is heartbroken when his girlfriend breaks up with him, Sue and Brick watch a scary movie. Frankie worries about her job when a motivational consultant is asked to speak to the sales staff. Mike receives tickets to a basketball game that falls on the day of the funeral of Frankie's uncle. Mike and Frankie decide to cut unnecessary expenses, including their cable TV. Frankie worries that Axl will be heartbroken when his occasional girlfriend reenters his life. Frankie does more for Mike and the kids and less for herself on Mother's Day, Sue steals a magnet. Mike decides that he and Brick should be more social at the Heck family barbecue. Frankie and Mike find out that Brick may be held back a grade, a test reveals Axl to be gifted.

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

FAST FIVE (2011)
























Directed by: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Gal Gadot, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Joaquim de Almeida, Elsa Pataky, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Michael Irby, Alimi Ballard, Fernando Chien, Yorgo Constantine, Geoff Meedy, Luis Da Silva, Jeirmarie Osorio, Eva Mendes

130 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he's not the only one on their tail. Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can't separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey... before someone else runs them down first.

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FAST & FURIOUS (2009)
























Directed by: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, John Ortiz, Gal Gadot, Laz Alonso, Sung Kang, Ron Yuan, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Shea Whigham, Liza Lapira, Jack Conley, Greg Cipes, Neil Brown Jr, Brandon T. Jackson

107 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:
Heading back to the streets where it all began, two men rejoin two women to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Connor. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS (1995)
























Directed by: Stephen Herek
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Jay Thomas, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joanna Gleason, Alicia Witt, Damon Whitaker, Forest Whitaker, Terrence Howard, Alexandra Boyd, Beth Maitland, Anthony Natale, Joseph Anderson, Nicholas John Renner

143 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success.

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

FROZEN (2010)
























Directed by: Adam Green
Starring: Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers, Emma Bell, Rileah Vanderbilt, Ed Ackerman, Adam Johnson, Kane Hodder, Will Barratt, Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Peder Melhuse, Cody Blue Snider

93 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:
Eager to go out for one last session before night falls during a skiing trip on the slopes of snow-capped Mount Holliston, the young snowboarders, Parker and Dan, and skier, Joe, talk the chairlift operator into letting them up. However, the ski lift comes to a halt before the trio gets off, trapping the friends, and leaving them dangling nearly fifteen metres above hard snowpack. Now--confined in a cramped space amid thick darkness, while knowing that the resort will be closed for the next five long days--the unfortunate thrill-seekers are up against the mountain's freezing temperatures, and a ravenous pack of wolves waiting for their slightest mistake. Can they survive when there's nowhere to go but down?

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Friday, March 1, 2024

JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION (2004)
























Directed by: Christopher Erskin
Starring: Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Steve Harvey, Solange Knowles, Shad "Bow Wow" Moss, Gabby Soleil, Shannon Elizabeth, Aloma Wright, Jennifer Freeman, Christopher B. Duncan, Godfrey, Jeremiah "J.J." Williams Jr, Lee Garlington, Jason Momoa, Lorna Scott, Philip Daniel Bolden, Rodney Perry, Shari Headley, DeRay Davis, Kurupt, Tanjareen Martin, Lichelli Lazar-Lea

97 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, crude humor, brief drug material)

PLOT:
AAA can't help the roadside emergency that is the Johnson family's vacation. Even the on-board navigation system has a meltdown on Nate Johnson and his family's cross-country trek to their annual family reunion/grudge match. Reluctantly along for the ride are Nate's wife, who's only in it for the kids; their rapper-wannabe son; their teenage daughter who's fashioned herself as the next Lolita; and their youngest, whose imaginary dog Nate just can't seem to monitor. Can the Johnsons survive one another and all the obstacles the road throws at them to make it to Caruthersville, Missouri? Can they find Missouri?

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

INCIDENT ON AND OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD (2005)
























Directed by: Don Coscarelli
Starring: Bree Turner, Angus Scrimm, John DeSantis, Ethan Embry, Heather Feeney

51 minutes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
When Ellen's car breaks down on a deserted mountain road in the middle of nowhere, she encounters a monster-like man who is intent on killing her. Ellen will not go down without a fight and the game of cat-and-mouse soon shifts as Ellen fights back.

Part of Showtime's "Masters of Horror" anthology series.
 

THE MIDDLE (2009 - 2018) draft

Created by: Eileen Heisler , DeAnn Heline Starring: Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Atticus Shaffer, Chris Kattan...