Tony Bill – MRQE

Oliver Twist (TV)

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Charles Dickens’ classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is again re-filmed in grand fashion. Richard Dreyfuss portrays Fagin, the unscrupulous leader of the young pick-pockets Oliver (Alex Trench) initially falls in with after escaping from a sweat shop and going to London to find his relatives. Written by John Sacksteder

Next Door (TV)

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Matt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbours whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud errupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.

One Christmas (TV)

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

Based on Truman Capote’s bittersweet tale of a young boy’s adventures with the father he’s never known in New Orleans in the 1930s..

Harlan County War (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.

Beyond the Call (TV)

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

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O’Brien (Sissy Spacek), is stunned to learn this and does not believe he could commit such a crime. She writes to him much to the dismay of her husband Keith and becomes obsessed with the case, exploring every avenue that may still be open to the doomed man. The trips to the prison take a toll on both her marriage and her family.

Flyboys

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

The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country’s first fighter pilots.

A Home of Our Own

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story is located in Los Angeles in the sixties. An energetic widow, Frances Lacey, with her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. Therefore they leave Los Angeles and head for the countryside, while facing all kinds of difficulties during their journey.

Untamed Heart

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner, helps fight off the assailants, and she begins a relationship with him — but not all their fellow Minnesotans are happy for them. Meanwhile, the couple face their own difficulties when Caroline finds about Adam’s past, including his unique health condition.

Five Corners

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.

Six Weeks

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

A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter, who’s dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sightsees most of the city.