John Alexander – MRQE

The Mill at Calder’s End

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the remote village of Calder’s End stands an old windmill, a repository of dark secrets. Nicholas Grimshaw has returned to this haunted place, his childhood home, intent on breaking a generations old family curse. Grimshaw’s journey takes him deep below the decaying mill,into mysterious, forgotten catacombs, where upon he confronts the very source of the evil that has corrupted his family. The Mill at Calder’s End is a gothic tale inspired by the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and M.R. James and is told with the use of 36 inch tall bunraku rod puppets operated by puppeteers dressed in black.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity’s annihilation.

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

Alien Private Eye

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An alien sent to Earth to retrieve a drug that was sent here on a black disc has to fight her race’s enemies, who are also on Earth to search for the drug.

One Foot in Hell

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can’t pay for the medicine she needs. The remorseful townspeople hire Mitch to be a deputy sheriff, thereby enabling him to plot an elaborate bank robbery with the help of an artist, a pickpocket, a gunslinger and a bar-girl.

The Man in the Net

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A artist living in a quiet Connecticut town is the main suspect in the disappearance of his shrew wife. Things turn ugly when the townsfolk attempt to take the law into their own hands.

Where There’s Life

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father’s homeland, Michael is not happy that he’s become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.

Cass Timberlane

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass’ Brad Criley. While quarreling the Judge tells Virginia to stay with Brad, but when she becomes sick he brings her home.

The Jolson Story

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a non-Jewish dancer, and marries her. In the end he chooses success on the stage.

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he’s Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.