GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! (1989)

 

Directed by: Jim McBride

Based on the biography "Great Balls of Fire - The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis" by: Myra Gale Brown, Murray M. Silver Jr.

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Trey Wilson, John Doe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Steve Allen, Lisa Blount, Joshua Sheffield, Mojo Nixon, Jimmie Vaughan, David R. Ferguson, Robert Lesser, Michael St. Gerard, Lisa Jane Persky, Peter Cook, Jerry Lee Lewis

108 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:

A semi-fictionalized account of the early career of Jerry Lee Lewis is presented. The year is 1956, and he, as the front man, is trying to break into the business in a combo with among others his cousin, J.W. Brown, playing his rollicking version of the music he has always been interested in: what he heard emanating from the black honky-tonks of the south. Success and what goes along with it - fame and money - are arguably foremost on his mind. Against the many odds, he is able to gain that success, the odds including the Christian moral majority largely denouncing his type of music - hard driving rock 'n' roll - as that of the devil and thus anti-Christian, with one of his most vocal opponents with regard to his music being another cousin, sidewalk evangelist Jimmy Swaggart. He may derail his own success in his reckless behavior, especially falling prey to his urges with adoring young female fans, the most scandalous relationship being with J.W. and his wife Lois' thirteen year old daughter, Myra Gale Brown, who would go on imminently to become Myra Lewis, aka Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis, and who in part was looking for a protector in her fear during this nuclear age.

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LILITH FAIR: BUILDING A MYSTERY - THE UNTOLD STORY (2025)

 




















Directed by: Ally Pankiw
Starring: Sarah McLachlan, Olivia Rodrigo, Sheryl Crow, Suzanne Vega, Jewel, Liz Phair, Terry McBride, Dan Fraser, Denise Donlon, Kate Schellenbach, Paula Cole, Marty Diamond, Lisa Loeb, Buffy Childerhose, Brandi Carlile, Catherine Runnals, Indigo Girls (Amy Ray, Emily Saliers), Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Erykah Badu, Imani Coppola, Sandra Bernhard, Ann Powers, Natalie Merchant, Dan Levy, Thao Nguyen, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Osborne, Anthony Davis, Hugo Rempel, Diane Fraser

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

PLOT:
Drawing on over 600 hours of never-seen footage, this is the untold underdog story of Lilith Fair, the women's music festival of the late 90's.

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BUDDY HOLLY (1994)

 

Directed by: Spike Jonze

Starring: Weezer (Rivers Cuomo, Matt Sharp, Pat Wilson, Brian Bell), Al Molinaro

4 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Music video for the single, off the alt-rock band's debut album, "Weezer (The Blue Album)".

MUSIC VIDEO:

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (2014)

 




















Directed by: James Marsh
Based on the memoirs "Travelling to Infinity - My Life with Stephen" by: Jane Hawking
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, Christian McKay, Harry Lloyd, David Thewlis, Maxine Peake, Guy Oliver-Watts, Abigail Cruttenden, Charlotte Hope, Lucy Chappell, Enzo Cilenti, Georg Nikoloff, Alice Orr-Ewing, Frank Leboeuf, Michael Marcus, Adam Godley, Stephen Hawking

123 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.

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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1996)

 

Directed by: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Based on the novel by: Victor Hugo

Starring: (voices) Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, Charles Kimbrough, David Ogden Stiers, Mary Wickes, Mary Kay Bergman, Frank Welker, Corey Burton, Bill Fagerbakke, Gary Trousdale, Bob Bergen, Jim Cummings, Patrick Pinney, Philip Proctor

91 minutes

(G - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:

In 15th-century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen but gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo is hidden from the world by Frollo in the belltower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, decides to take part in the festivities, where he meets the lovely gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. The three of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his attempts to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Miracles. And Quasimodo must desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral of Notre Dame.

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SPELL (2020)

 

Directed by: Mark Tonderai
Starring: Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, John Beasley, Lorraine Burroughs, Hannah Gonera, Kalifa Burton, Tumisho Masha, Steve Mululu, Peter Butler, Andre Jacobs, Leo Wringer, Tafara Nyatsanza

92 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, disturbing images)

PLOT:
While flying to his father's funeral in rural Appalachia Kentucky, an intense storm causes Marquis to lose control of the plane carrying himself and his family. He soon awakens wounded, alone and trapped in Ms. Eloise's attic. Eloise claims she can nurse him back to health with a hoodoo figure she's made from his blood and skin. Unable to call for help, Marquis desperately tries to break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon.

TRAILER:

SOUNDS LIKE (2006)

 




















Directed by: Brad Anderson 
Starring: Chris Bauer, Laura Margolis, Nicholas Elia, Matty Finochio, Matthew Burgess, Blaine Anderson, Linnea Sharples, Grant Elliott, Richard Kahan, Robert Underwood, Jaida Kong, Michael Daingerfield, David Allan Pearson, David Lovgren, Nimet Kanji, Marc-Anthony Massiah, Michael Jonsson, Maggie Ma

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

PLOT:
Deeply affected by a personal tragedy, an office drone comes to realize his sense of hearing has taken on extraordinary capabilities that could drive him insane.

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