Wesley Addy – MRQE

Hiroshima (TV)

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

Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Except as actors, no Americans took part in the production. The three-hour film was made for television and evidently had no theatrical release, but is available on DVD for home viewing. A combination of dramatisation, historical footage, and eyewitness interviews, the film alternates between documentary footage and the dramatic recreations. Both the dramatisations and most of the original footage are presented as sepia-toned images, serving to blur the distinction between them. The languages are English and Japanese, with subtitles, and the actors are largely Canadian and Japanese.

Loving

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

Feature-length prime time pilot for a daytime soap centered around the wealthy and influential Aldens family, who almost alone own the small university town.

Network

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

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

A Modern Affair

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Modern Affair is an independent feature directed by Vern Oakley and produced by Tribe Pictures. Starring Stanley Tucci and Lisa Eichhorn, the film’s plot reverses the conventions of romantic comedies: instead of man meet woman – fall in love, marry and have baby, in this film the woman gets pregnant, then meets the father, then falls in love. Grace Rhodes (Lisa Eichhorn) is a lonely, successful executive whose biological clock is loudly ticking.

The Bostonians

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

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer’s charismatic daughter.

The Grissom Gang

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

The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase’s original ending.

Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte

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

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Ten Seconds to Hell

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

Two rivals from a German bomb squad are left to deactivate duds in postwar Berlin.

Time Table

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a meticulously-planned train robbery in Arizona.