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Director: Thom Eberhardt    More Info
Starring: Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place, Benjamin Salisbury, Meadow Sisto, Emannuel Logrono, J.A. Preston, Paul Anka, Dan Butler, Tom McGowan

 Chicago businessman Martin Harvey (Martin Short) inherits his uncle's yacht. He takes the whole family to the Caribbean where he hires on Captain Ron (Kurt Russell) to sail the boat to Florida. Captain Ron turns out to be a sailor who has no "sea legs." Not exactly one of Russell's good efforts.

Director: Arnold Schwarzenegger    More Info
Starring: Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis, Richard Roundtree, Gene Lythgow, Kelly Cinnante, Jimmy Workman, Vivian Bonnell, David Arnott, Sonny Carl Davis

 Forest ranger Jefferson Jones (Kris Kristofferson) has lost his cabin in a fire and states on TV that he would like a home-cooked meal on Christmas. What a great idea to serve him that meal on live TV as a guest on Elizabeth Blane's (Dyan Cannon) popular homemaker show. But Elizabeth can't cook, and the "fun" begins.

Director: Randall Miller    More Info
Starring: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Karyn Parsons, Alysia Rogers, Meshach Taylor, Rick Ducommun, Rhea Perlman, Lamont Johnson

 This is a lame-brained story about a straight A student (Christopher Reid) and a troublemaker (Christopher Martin), whose school records are inadvertently switched. The boys decide to play along with the error and pretend to be each other.

Director: Waris Hussein    More Info
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Joan Plowright, Lena Headey, Julie Walters, David Threlfall, John Wood, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Catherine Schell, Maggie Steed, Gwyneth Strong

 This British comedy/drama features Margaret (Lena Headey) as a young woman about to marry a mama's boy–40-year-old Syl (David Threlfall). Lili (Jeanne Moreau), a family friend, works to prevent the marriage.

Director: Ralph Bakshi    More Info
Starring: Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt, Michele Abrams, Janni Brenn-Lowen, William Frankfather, Greg Collins, Deirdre O'Connell, Maurice LaMarche

 Holli Would (Kim Basinger) is a sexy cartoon character who wants to become human. She decides that the best way to reach her goal is through seduction–of her creator (Gabriel Byrne).

Director: Mike Binder    More Info
Starring: Josh Charles, Jason Gedrick, Stephen Baldwin, Cheryl Pollak, Rita Taggart, Hy Anzell, Richard Edson, Ken Jenkins, Abraham Benrubi, David Schwimmer

 Three recent high school graduates are confronted with choices when they have an opportunity to make real money smuggling goods from Canada into Detroit.

Director: Paul Michael Glaser    More Info
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn, Dwier Brown, Chris Benson, Kevin Peeks, Barry Flatman, Rachelle Ottley, Steve Sears

 Spoiled, rich Kate (Moira Kelly) has just failed to win in pairs skating at the Olympics–due largely to her poor attitude. Now it's time to find another partner; but this proves difficult until her coach brings in an ex-Olympic hockey player (D.B. Sweeney). As they prepare for another Olympics, love blooms in this "old-fashioned" romantic comedy.

Director: Robert Zemeckis    More Info
Starring: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Sydney Pollack, Michael Caine, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke, Nancy Fish, Mary Ellen Trainor

 Years ago, after Madeline (Meryl Streep) stole Helen's (Goldie Hawn) plastic surgeon fiance Ernest (Bruce Willis), Helen ended up in a mental institution. Now, Helen has recovered from her breakdown and is determined to kill Madeline and get Ernest back. But, both women have been taking potions to prevent aging that has left them immortal, and their violent attacks on each other only leave them with injuries. As a result, both become dependent on the plastic surgery services of Ernest. The special effects in this film are worth the price of admission.

Director: Michael Ritchie    More Info
Starring: James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt, Heather Graham, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Marshall Bell, Cyndi James Gossett, Thomas Wilson Brown, Duane Davis

 Gabriel Caine (James Woods) and "Honey" Roy Palmer (Louis Gossett Jr.) pair up as con men who set up the ultimate scam on John Gillon (Bruce Dern), the owner of Diggstown. The deal–Palmer can win 10 boxing matches in 24 hours.

Director: Jonathan Lynn    More Info
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Victoria Rowell, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, Kevin McCarthy, Charles S. Dutton, Noble Willingham, James Garner, Gary Frank

 This satire on Washington, D.C. politics involves con man Thomas Jefferson Johnson (Eddie Murphy) elected to public office who later sees the error of his ways. When Johnson decides to fight the lobbyists, he uses a con game as his method of getting even.

Director: Mike Newell    More Info
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, Alfred Molina, Jim Broadbent, Michael Kitchen, Neville Phillips, Stephen Beckett, Matthew Radford

 Lottie Wilkins (Josie Lawrence) and Rose Arbuthnot (Miranda Richardson) rent a Northern Italian villa and use it as the break form their unhappy marriages. Mrs. Fisher (Joan Plowright) and Caroline Dester (Polly Walker), who Lottie and Rose had not known previously, join them for a month of sunshine during which they form close friendships and reassess their marital relationships. An excellent remake of the 1935 film.

Director: Les Mayfield    More Info
Starring: Sean Astin, Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore, Megan Ward, Robin Tunney, Rick Ducommun, Mariette Hartley, Richard Masur, Patrick Van Horn

 The premise of this film is that two boys dig up a frozen caveman, thaw him out, and introduce him to the world. This movie ends up being better than one would think and is worth watching on a SLOW afternoon.

Director: Ted Kotcheff    More Info
Starring: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole, Wendy Crewson, Robert Pastorelli, Michael Murphy, Kevin Chevalia, Margaret Kay Murphy, Joseph Miller

 Stockbroker Jon Aldrich (Tom Selleck) lives the good life with his wife Audrey (Wendy Crewson) and kids–until his parents (Don Ameche and Anne Jackson) move in with them. The move triggers problems: Audrey moves out, and then Jon is fired for insider trading. As if things were not bad enough, Jon's sister, Arlene (Christine Ebersole), moves in with him and brings her kids along. What more could go wrong?

Director: Jay Sandrich    More Info
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Talia Shire, Jonathan Silverman, Joanna Gleason, Madeline Kahn, George Wyner, Dakin Matthews, Ron Frazier, Stephen Caffrey, Paul Collins

 Self-made millionaire Aram Katourian (Jack Lemmon) tries to teach his lazy son, Michael (Jonathan Silverman), a lesson in how to succeed in business. To accomplish his goal, Aram claims bankruptcy and wants Michael to help regain the family's wealth. Plans go awry but lead to very surprising results.

Director: Steve Miner    More Info
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt, Nicolas Surovy, David Marshall Grant, Robert Hy Gorman, Joe Morton, Art LaFleur

 Daniel (Mel Gibson) is a test pilot who is cryogenically frozen in 1939 as part of a military experiment. David volunteers for the experiment so that he will not have to deal with his girlfriend Helen (Isabel Glasser) being in a coma. He wakes up in 1992 when young Nat (Elijah Wood) and Felix (Robert Hy Gorman) find the freezing unit while playing at an abandoned warehouse once run by the military. When David thaws out, the boys take him home where their mother Claire (Jamie Lee Curtis) takes care of him and helps him adjust to the modern world. Their friendship grows into love–until David learns that Helen is still alive.

Director: Nick Park    More Info
Starring: Peter Sallis

 In this delightful animated short film, Wallace and Gromit discover their larder of cheese is empty. The solution–of course!–is a trip to the Moon, which we all know is made of cheese.

Director: Sam Irvin    More Info
Starring: Rod Steiger, Heather Graham, Lyman Ward, Lauren Hutton, Isaac Hayes, Michael Beach, Zelda Rubinstein, Irwin Keyes

 Ben Kallin (Rod Steiger) keeps an electric chair in his basement as the means for executing those HE feels need punishment. The blackest of black comedies.

Director: Allan Moyle    More Info
Starring: Penelope Ann Miller, Eric Thal, Alfre Woodard, Julianne Moore, Andy Romano, Ray McKinnon, William Forsythe, Xander Berkeley, Michael O'Neill, Christopher John Fields

 Timid librarian Betty Lou (Penelope Ann Miller) endures many woes: a whining sister; a fundraiser she is heading that is getting out of control; and, worst of all, a cop husband, Alex (Eric Thal), who is too busy investigating a murder to come home for their wedding anniversary dinner. So, when Betty Lou finds the murder weapon while walking the dog and can't get hold of Alex, she turns herself in as the murderess in order to get attention. During detention, her cellmate provides some assertiveness training, and the fun really begins. Miller's performance saves this otherwise so-so film.

Director: Stephen Frears    More Info
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, Joan Cusack, Kevin J. O'Connor, Maury Chaykin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Tom Arnold, Warren Berlinger, Christian Clemenson

 Andy Garcia plays John Bubber who takes credit and the $1,000,000 reward for the rescue effort of a burning airplane. In fact, the real hero is Bernie LaPlante (Dustin Hoffman) who is amazed at the attention and money Bubber receives.

Director: Chris Columbus    More Info
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard, Devin Ratray, Tim Curry, Gerry Bamman, Brenda Fricker, Dana Ivey

 This sequel of "Home Alone" again features Macaulay Culkin as Kevin who does not do well in arriving at the right place on family vacations. This time, Kevin boards the wrong plane and arrives in New York City while the rest of his family flies to Florida for Christmas vacation. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are back in their roles as bungling burglars.

Director: Randal Kleiser    More Info
Starring: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Lloyd Bridges, John Shea, Keri Russell, Kenneth Tobey, Gregory Sierra

 This sequel to HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS again stars Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski, the scientist-father whose family endures his experiments gone awry. This time around, two-year-old son Adam is zapped by his father and grows to 112 feet tall!!

Director: Andrew Bergman    More Info
Starring: James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker, Pat Morita, Johnny Williams, John Capodice, Robert Costanzo, Anne Bancroft, Peter Boyle, Burton Gilliam

 After promising his dying mother that he will never marry, Jack Singer (Nicholas Cage) is faced with the problem of the possibility of losing his girlfriend Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) and agrees to Betsy's plan to elope to Las Vegas. Once there, Jack puts off the wedding for a few hours while he plays poker in a game arranged by gambler Tommy Korman (James Caan). Jack loses big time in the poker game, and Tommy offers to clear the debt in return for a weekend with Betsy. Jack convinces Betsy to go, and she and Tommy fly to Hawaii. Now, Jack suddenly finds himself incredibly jealous and, despite pitfalls along the way, frantically goes in pursuit of Betsy. This story is fast-paced and VERY funny.

Director: Frank Oz    More Info
Starring: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delany, Julie Harris, Donald Moffat, Peter MacNicol, Richard B. Shull, Laurel Cronin, Ray Cooper, Christopher Durang

 Boston architect Newton Davis (Steve Martin) builds a dream home for Becky (Dana Delany), but she turns him down when he proposes marriage to her. Newton meets Gwen (Goldie Hawn) who suggests that they move into the house together and pretend to be married. The idea sounds good to Newton who goes along with the idea as the means to make Becky jealous. The lies begin to multiply until even the neighbors are brought into the scheme.

Director: Alexandre Rockwell    More Info
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Pat Moya, Will Patton, Jim Jarmusch, Carol Kane, Sully Boyar, Steven Randazzo, Stanley Tucci

 Five-hundred pages of script, no money to get it produced, nor enough money to pay the rent on his sleazy NYC tenement is the plight of Aldolpho (Steve Buscemi). He's also interested in his standoffish neighbor Angelica (Jennifer Beals). Aldolpho advertises in the hopes of finding a backer, and his ad is answered by Joe (Seymour Cassel), a con artist. Together they search for money–often using illegal means–in this dark comedy.

Director: John Landis    More Info
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Robert Loggia, Anthony LaPaglia, Don Rickles, David Proval, Chazz Palminteri, Luis Guzman, Rocco Siusto, Marshall Bell, Tom Savini

 Marie (Anne Parillaud) is a vampire out to "suck blood" from the criminal elements of Pittsburgh. Her "main meal" is mobster Sal "the Shark" Macelli (Robert Loggia). Joining forces with a cop, Joe (Anthony LaPaglia), in her quest, romance follows. A fun mix of horror, comedy, and action.