Peter Werner – MRQE

A Dog Named Christmas (TV)

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

A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family – and their whole rural community – to participate in a local shelter’s inaugural “Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program.”

Hefner: Unauthorized (TV)

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

The unauthorized biography of Hugh Hefner and the birth of the Playboy empire.

Tempting Fate (TV)

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

A man who is still mourning the death of the woman he loves, meets a man who says he created a machine that can bring anyone to a parallel world. He goes and sees the woman he loves is still alive in that world and wants to stay. But when he discovers that this world has rules that differ from his world, he wants to leave but when he goes back to where the machine is, there’s a fire and the machine is destroyed and the man who built it is killed. He later meets a woman from his world who also built a machine of her own but the officials there upon seeing her thinks she’s crazy because her counterpart is alive and says she doesn’t know her. So he tries to help her so that they can return home.

Gracie’s Choice (TV)

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

For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children’s lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.

We Were the Mulvaneys (TV)

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

Based on the novel by the same name, We Were the Mulvaneys is a sensitive portrayal of one family’s journey as they face conflict, fear, tragedy and ultimately, themselves.

Two Mothers for Zachary (TV)

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

This fact-based TV movie takes place in Richmond, Virginia, the home of single mother Jody Shaffell. Appalled by the fact that Jody has come out of the closet and is living in an openly gay relationship with her female lover, Jody’s mother Nancy sues to gain custody of her grandson Zachary. A homophobic judge arranges for Zachary to be taken out of Jody’s home, whereupon Nancy sets about to thoroughly wipe her grandson’s memory clean of his previous “immoral” lifestyle–even unto demanding that the boy refer to her as Momma. The film’s script is careful to weigh both sides of the argument equally, demonstrating that for most of her life, Jody was hardly a paragon of responsible motherhood, having supped full of booze and promiscuity before realizing she was gay and promptly cleaning herself up; nor is Nancy depicted as a cold-hearted villain, merely a concerned grandmother who wants what she thinks is best for Zachary.

Blue Rodeo (TV)

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

Maggie Yearwood moves to a new town to be near her son, Peter, who has gone deaf as the result of an accident and is now attending a special school. She moves into a small house next door to Owen Whister and soon falls in love with the cowboy, who harbors a dark secret…

LBJ: The Early Years (TV)

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

LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1973. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Johnson.

On the Edge of Innocence (TV)

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

Teenage Zoe Tyler suffers from manic-depression. With a musician father who is never around life seems hard. Zoe eventually lands up in a psychiatric ward for treatment. There she meets Jake, an unstable teenager with an anger problem. They fall in love and are soon separated by their doctors, psychiatrists and parents. Fuming, Jake suddenly sees a chance for escape and takes Zoe with him, along with a few other patients. After a trip around the country, Jake and Zoe must face up to their illness and their crime.

The Unspoken Truth (TV)

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

Despite her parents’ misgivings, Brianne (Lea Thompson) marries Clay (James Marshall), and the couple soon have a daughter. It’s then that Clay begins to show the first signs that he’s unhinged. When he sees Brianne innocently talking to a man, Clay shoots him dead. At first, Brianne believes that her love for her husband can prevail. But when authorities threaten to take away custody of her daughter, she learns a horrible truth about her past.