John D. Hancock – MRQE

California Dreaming

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

Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes “California-ized,” while learning about love and life in the Golden State.

Suspended Animation

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

Hollywood animator Tom (Alex McArthur) gets lost in the Michigan woods after a snowmobile ride goes wrong. He finds refuge at an isolated cabin inhabited by two sisters (Laura Esterman and Sage Allen). Initially grateful to them, Tom soon realizes that the women are cannibals who peg him as their next meal. Tom’s friends manage to rescue him, but he’s perpetually haunted by his horrific ordeal.

A Piece of Eden

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

A bittersweet comedy that follows three generations of the unlucky Tredici family from Corsica in the 1940’s to an Indiana fruit farm in the present.

Swan Song

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Troubled 13-year-old Julie loses her mother and must go to Indiana to live with her grandmother Karen. A former star of stage and screen, Karen has the early stages of Alzheimer’s and wants to pass on all she knows to her granddaughter before it’s too late. Will their troubled relationship allow this to happen?

Prancer

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides the reindeer in her barn and feeds it cookies, until she can return it to Santa. Her father finds the reindeer an decides to sell it to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.

Baby Blue Marine

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

A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the “baby blue” fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero’s uniform. A small Colorado town takes him in, treating him like the hero he appears to be.

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death

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

Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica’s terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.

Sticky My Fingers… Fleet My Feet

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sticky My Fingers … Fleet My Feet is a 1970 short film directed by John D. Hancock. It follows a group of Madison Avenue touch football buffs who are beaten by a teenaged boy and begin to feel their age. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Bang the Drum Slowly

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce’s impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.