Category: Upcoming Films

Supremacy

SupremacyRelease Date:  1/30/15 (VOD, Theaters; Original Release Date: 6/12/14-Los Angeles Film Festival)
Genre: Drama
Rating:  NR
Running Time: 106 mins.
Studio: Hidden Empire Film Group; Media House Capital
Director: Deon Taylor
Cast:  Danny Glover (Mr. Walker), Joe Anderson (Garrett Tully), Anson Mount (Sobecki), Derek Luke (Raymond), Evan Ross (Anthony), Lela Rochon (Odessa), Dawn Olivieri (Doreen), Mahershala Ali (Deputy Rivers).

Story:  Based on a true story. A paroled white supremacist has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage over a long night of terror as authorities cordon off the neighborhood where he and his lady accomplice are laying low. Facebook, IMDB.

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Megachurch Murder

a/k/a Shaker Pointe

Megachurch MurderRelease Date:  2/7/15 (Made-for-TV; Lifetime)
Genre: Drama
Rating:  NR
Running Time: 88 mins.
Studio: Pokeprod; Lifetime Television
Director:  Darin Scott

Cast:  Tamala Jones (Martha Spears), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Hamilton Spears), Michael Beach (Clay King), Shanica Knowles (Hannah Spears), Romeo Miller (Oliver King), Corbin Bleu (Marcus King), Dawnn Lewis (Lucille Williams).

Story:  After popular and charismatic megachurch leader Hamilton Spears commits suicide, his teenage daughter Hannah’s life goes off the rails. The only thing keeping her together is her new boyfriend, Oliver. When she finds evidence pointing to a church conspiracy and threats toward her father, she is determined to prove that Hamilton’s death was murder not suicide. As she gets closer to the truth, she realizes her own mother may be involved in her father’s murder…and that the boy she is falling in love with is the son of his killer. Source: Lifetime; IMDB.

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Back to School Mom

Back to School Mom

Release Date:  2/14/15 (Made-for-TV; Lifetime)
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  NR
Running Time: Unknown
Studio: Intelligent Media Productions; 120dB Films
Director:  Christopher Erskin
Cast:  Kimberly Elise (Mary Thomas), Denzel Whitaker (Noah Riley), Loretta Devine (Meghan Graham), Harry Lennix (Lawrence Riley), Rick Fox (Matthew Kessler), Garcelle Beauvais (Dee Riley).

Story:  Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old university, she becomes close friends with her popular and charming “peer tutor”—only to learn that he is actually the son she gave up 20 years earlier. Source(s): Lifetime, IMDB. Photo Source: Shadow and Act.

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Let’s Shake On It

Let's Shake On ItRelease Date:  3/10/15 (DVD)
Genre:  Romance/Comedy
Rating:  NR
Running Time: 112 mins.
Studio:  Maverick Entertainment
Director: Cornell Ford

Cast: Shaquita Blanks (Selene), William Anderson (Louis), Jarrett Glover (Brian) Tia Pratcher (Trina), Brad Tate (Tim), Tekeya Clark (NuNu), Darnell Gordon (Devon) Brandi Buie (Christi).

Story:  A simple dinner date turns into a fun loving challenge when Brian (Jarrett Glover) insists he can prepare a better meal then what he was served at a restaurant. His girlfriend Trina (Tia Pratcher) is sure he’ll fail especially since he has a reputation for burning food but will reward him if the meal is quality by treating him to an annual music festival. He plans to use his grandmother’s secret recipes to win but is faced with an unforeseen obstacle trying to obtain it. The judges are their friends, two of which were a loving couple until a chain of events led them to break up 2 years earlier. They finally reunite the day of the dinner challenge still struggling to fix their estranged relationship but find common ground after judging the competition. Source: Maverick Entertainment.

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Imprisoned by Love

Imprisoned by LoveRelease Date:  2/24/15 (DVD)
Genre:  Thriller
Rating:  NR
Running Time: 112 mins.
Studio:  Maverick Entertainment Group
Director:  Michael Angelo
Cast:  Reece Odum (Tracie), Marvin Baldwin, Jr. (Gerald), Regina Charles (Kim), Leah Monet Johnson (Brittany), Jaylin Simone (Jordan), Joyce White (Contessa Maxwell).

Story: Tracie, a devoted wife and mother, lives every day in fear at the hands of her abusive drunk husband Gerald. She does everything in her power to make a lifeless marriage work for the sake of her two loving children Jordan and Brittany. In the process, she almost loses everything. She feels trapped and alone in an abusive marriage that is spiraling into a bottomless abyss. Her friends and family serve as the voices of reason, but will the situation ever change or will Tracie continue to take the abuse and blame. Source: Maverick Entertainment.

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Legend of Black Annie, The

Black AnnieRelease Date:  2/10/15 (DVD)
Genre: Thriller
Rating:  NR
Running Time: 86 mins.
Studio: Cormarant Films, Mercury Rising Films, Maverick Entertainment Group
Directors: Terrence Flack, Shane Woodson

Cast: Tom Luce (Charles Warren, Sr.), Terrance Flack (Dr. Faulk), Shane Woodson (Holton Bundy), Arthur Richardson (Joe Willis).

Story: The Legend of Black Annie is a film loosely based on an urban legend. It starts in the late 1960s and ends in 2012. When a group of mischievous boys accidentally kill a young girl, her mother, who is versed in the art of voodoo, enacts revenge upon them and anyone involved in the cover-up. Local college professor Cornelius Faulk investigates the urban legend in an attempt to uncover the truth. Source:  Maverick Entertainment.

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