The Black List
Mysti Berry
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�Based on the author�s book of the same name. A young gangster goes to
work in the LAPD
as a mole investigating a crime against the head of the Mexican mafia
but learns more
about justice than he expected from his seasoned partner.�<<
At first glance I thought this was a film based on the former MWSMer's
novels, but I guess not.
>>DESPERADOS by Ellen Rapoport
�After a woman sends an indignant email to her new beau, who's gone
radio silent postsex,
she discovers he's comatose in a Mexican hospital and races south of
the border
with her friends in tow to intercept the email before he recovers.�<<
Yawn.
>>THE GUNSLINGER by John Hlavin
�A tough ex-Texas Ranger has unfinished business with the Mexican
gangsters who
tortured his brother to death, and when they kidnap his brother's
young son, he comes
after them with everything he has got.�<<
Yawn.
>>BY WAY OF HELENA by Matthew Cook
�A Texas Ranger and his wife move to a frontier town to investigate
the disappearance
of Mexicans in the area, and soon find themselves caught in the cult
of personality
that rules the area.�<<
A film that would inflame anti-illegal immigrant militia types? I can
see why this was shelved for the time being.
>>DOC AND HOWIE WHACK A GRANNY by Steve Leff
�Two men, Doc and Howie, inadvertently kill an elderly woman when they
neglect to help
her carry groceries up stairs. The incident puts them in position to
get closer to the
woman's attractive granddaughters, and they struggle with deciding
whether to tell the
women the truth about the circumstances under which they met.�<<
Wrong on so many levels. So glad someone had the presence of mind to
block it from moving forward.
>>MIXTAPE by Stacey Menear
�A thirteen year old outcast finds a mixtape that belonged to the
deceased parents she
never knew, accidentally destroys it, and uses the song list to go on
a journey to find
all the music in an attempt to get to know her parents.�<<
A *journey*? She could recreate the tape in about half an hour on
iTunes. I don't get it.
>>BOOK SMART by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins
�Two overachieving high school seniors realize the only thing they
haven't accomplished
is having boyfriends, and each resolves to find one by prom.�<<
[Massive eye-roll.]
>>MOTOR CITY by Chad St. John
�A small time hood is framed and sent to prison, only to exact revenge
years later.�<<
How is this in any way, in any dimension, in any area of the space-
time continuum, in any parralel galaxy, orginal? Seriously.
>>THEY FALL BY NIGHT by Zach Baylin
�A burned out detective investigates the kidnapping of a socialite
couple's child.�<<
Or that?
>>NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH by Jared Stern
�A suburban �neighborhood watch� group, actually a front for dads to
get some male
bonding time away from the family, uncovers a plot bent on destroying
the world.�<<
I smell Tim Allen. Although, to be fair, it could be interesting.
>>BEST ACTRESS by Michael Zam and Jaffe Cohen
�The story of the infamous career-long battle between screen legends
Joan Crawford and
Bette Davis, focusing on the on-set experience of the only film they
ever made together
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE.�<<
Let's cast this together. Susan Sarandon vs. Signourney Weaver?
Annette Benning vs. Glenn Close? Bette White vs. Judi Dench?
>>THE SITTER by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka
�A suspended college student, living at home with his single mom, is
talked into babysitting
the three, young kids next door.�<<
This is what's wrong with American filmmaking today. How can this in
any way even be under serious consideration? How can the script have
made it this far down the gauntlet? This premise was worn-out and
hackneyed even before Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson took his swing at bat
with "The Pacifier."
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Avoid normal situations.
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Ooh, a Bobby Fischer movie. Lukas Haas would be perfect.
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"The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. That is not always
easy to achieve." -- Dean Acheson