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Director: John Waters    More Info
Starring: Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Polly Bergen, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Kim McGuire, Darren E. Burrows, Stephen Mailer

 Set in Baltimore in 1954, it is the "Drapes" vs. the "Squares" in this good comedy/musical. Cry-Baby (Johnny Depp) is the bike-riding, black-jacketed, juvenile delinquent from the wrong side of the tracks, while Allison (Amy Locane) is a good girl who falls for Cry-Baby and is looking for a new lifestyle. The 1950s are recreated well, complete with jukeboxes and music of the era.

Director: Reginald Hudlin    More Info
Starring: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Robin Harris, Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson, Paul Anthony, Desi Arnez Hines II, Lou B. Washington, Clifton Powell

 This good rap musical involves teenagers Kid (Christopher Reid) and Play (Christopher Martin) who throw a party for their friends while Play's parents are away. Even though Kid is grounded, he sneaks out of his house so he won't miss out on the fun. Although rival rappers and authority figures try to interfere, these guys still manage to impress the girls.

Director: Herbert von Karajan    More Info
Starring: Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig

 Herbert von Karajan conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for this presentation of Puccini's opera about Lieutenant Pinkerton's tragic love affair with Cho-Cho-San.

Director: Gary Trousdale    More Info
Starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers, Rex Everhart, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Jo Anne Worley, Mary Kay Bergman

 The animation of this popular fairy tale is a highlight of this Disney film. It is the story of beautiful young Belle (voice of Paige (O'Hara) who is forced to live with a Beast (voice of Robby Benson). She learns to look beneath the surface of another and discovers a gentle kindness hidden behind the beast's gruff exterior. The song "Beauty and the Beast" won an Academy Award as did the musical score. The film was also nominated for Best Picture.

Director: Alan Parker    More Info
Starring: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Johnny Murphy, Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney

 "The Commitments" is a band made up of working-class Dubliners that was formed by an ambitious young Dubliner to bring soul music to the area. The film is filled with great 1960s'-like music. This movie was adapted from a Roddy Doyle novel, which was the first of his "Barrytown" trilogy. The other two novels, which continue slices of life of working-class Dubliners, are "The Snapper" and "The Van," which were also made into movies.

Director: Oliver Stone    More Info
Starring: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kevin Dillon, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Michael Madsen, Billy Idol, Kathleen Quinlan, Dennis Burkley, Josh Evans

 Val Kilmer stars in this Oliver Stone movie about the late rocker, The Doors' front man Jim Morrison. As is often the case, Stone's work is unique. It not only tells the story, almost documentary style, of a beach boy-poet who turns into a self-destructive, obnoxious rock star. It is a good example of how fame is often a two-edged sword.

Director: Robert Townsend    More Info
Starring: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, Harry Lennix, Tico Wells, Diahann Carroll, Theresa Randle, Lamont Johnson, Paul Benjamin

 A 1960s' soul group rises to fame only to enter the devastating world of drugs so readily available to them when they reach stardom.

Director: Mark Rydell    More Info
Starring: Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal, Patrick O'Neal, Christopher Rydell, Arye Gross, Norman Fell, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Portnow, Bud Yorkin

 Dixie Leonard (Bette Midler) joins song and dance man Eddie Sparks (James Caan) and entertains American troops through three wars. This film is filled with 50 years of great music and Bette received an Oscar nomination.

Director: Doug McHenry    More Info
Starring: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Iman, Paul Anthony, Queen Latifah, Tony Burton, William Schallert, Martin Lawrence, Helen Martin

 The first time around, the party was given while parents were away. Now, Kid (Christopher Reid) is in college but has loaned Play (Christopher Martin) money and is broke–but determined to find money for his college tuition. Play comes up with the solution: throw an all-night pajama party jam to raise funds to pay off the loan. Whoopi Goldberg makes a brief, comic appearance.

Director: Darwin Knight    More Info
Starring: David Staller, Elizabeth Walsh, Beth McVey, Christopher Rath, James Baldwin, Darin De Paul, Alexandra Kinter, Richard Kinter, Joey Leone, Harsh Nayyar

 This video version of the stage play "The Phantom of the Opera" was filmed before a live audience and stars David Staller as the Phantom and Elizabeth Walsh as the young singer Christine who he coaches. Christine dreams of becoming a star and, unknowingly, becomes caught in a dangerous situation with her tutor, Erik/the Phantom, when the Phantom determines to make her a star–no matter what the cost.

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Glen Campbell, Eddie Deezen, Sandy Duncan, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ellen Greene, Phil Harris, Christopher Plummer, Toby Scott Ganger, Kathryn Holcomb, Jason Marin

 In this animated adventure, rain and flood waters threaten the farm, so young farm boy Edmond (voice of Toby Scott Ganger)–who by now has been turned into a cat–gathers together a mouse Snipes (voice of Eddie Deezen), a magpie Peepers (voice of Sandy Duncan), and a dog Patou (voice of Phil Harris) for a trip to the city to bring back their rooster, Chanticleer (voice of Glen Campbell). They believe that Chanticleer's crowing will chase away the clouds and bring back the sun. When they do arrive in the city, the group discovers that because Chanticleer has become a rock star, it is almost impossible to get near him. Never fear, by story's end, Chanticleer is back on the farm, and happiness reigns.

Director: Lewis Gilbert    More Info
Starring: Liza Minnelli, Shelley Winters, Bill Irwin, Ellen Greene, Julie Walters, Robyn Stevan, Jane Krakowski, Andrea Martin, Sheila McCarthy, Nora Dunn

 Mavis Turner (Liza Minnelli) is a former dancer who agrees to teach a class of clumsy students to tap dance for a performance in a charity show.

Director: John Musker    More Info
Starring: Robin Williams, Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale, Lea Salonga, Bruce Adler, Brad Kane

 The voice of Robin Williams is the genie in the lamp that provides comic relief in this Disney animated tale of Aladdin and his magic carpet. A Best Song Academy Award went to "A Whole New World." Four nominations were also received.

Director: Mick Jackson    More Info
Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, Ralph Waite, Robert Wuhl, Debbie Reynolds, Tomas Arana, Mike Starr, Richard Schiff

 Popular singing star Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) has been threatened by an obsessed fan. Enter Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) who has been hired to protect her. Complications arise when Frank begins to fall for Rachel and fears that her life is truly in danger.

Director: Arne Glimcher    More Info
Starring: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz Jr., Celia Cruz, Roscoe Lee Browne, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tito Puente, Talisa Soto

 Brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo (Armand Assante and Antonio Banderas) leave Cuba and travel to the U.S. in the early 1950s to pursue their dream of making names for themselves on the Latin music scene. They succeed as The Mambo Kings but encounter more than a few problems in the process. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song ("Beautiful Maria of My Soul").

Director: Darrell James Roodt    More Info
Starring: Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Dumisani Dlamini, Sipho Kunene, Tertius Meintjes, Mbongeni Ngema, Robert Whitehead, Somizi Mhlongo

 Based on the oppression of South Africa's apartheid, this is the story of Sarafina (Leleti Khumalo) whose teacher (Whoopi Goldberg) shows her how to escape bigotry through music. Unusual rendition of the musical stage play.

Director: Baz Luhrmann    More Info
Starring: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Barry Otto, Gia Carides, Antonio Vargas, Peter Whitford, John Hannan, Sonia Kruger

 Fran (Tara Morice) is a wallflower dreaming of dancing with ballroom dancing champion Scott (Paul Mercurio). Lo and behold, Scott chooses Fran as his new partner, and they soar to new heights in ballroom dancing.

Director: Phil Roman    More Info
Starring: Richard Kind, Dana Hill, Anndi McAfee, Charlotte Rae, Henry Gibson, Rip Taylor, Sydney Lassick, Tony Jay, Michael Bell, Ed Gilbert

 Tom and Jerry are just as lovable in this full-length version as they are in their shorter cartoon stories. In this case, Tom and Jerry (voices of Richard Kind and Dana Hill) team up to rescue a young girl from her governess and lawyer.

Director: Penelope Spheeris    More Info
Starring: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle, Colleen Camp, Donna Dixon, Ione Skye, Meat Loaf

 Sleazy TV executive Ben Kane (Rob Lowe) offers a great contract to Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), and their show moves from being a public cable network TV show in Wayne's basement to being broadcast on a Prime Time TV network from downtown Chicago. Now, as they discover a new world of dangers, temptations, and PARTIES, Wayne must work to keep the love of his life, Cassandra Wong (Tia Carrere), out of Ben's grasp.

Director: Tamra Davis    More Info
Starring: Chris Rock, Allen Payne, Deezer D, Chris Elliott, Phil Hartman, Theresa Randle, Ice-T, Charles Q. Murphy, Khandi Alexander, Art Evans

 CB4 stands for the name of a rap group, Cell Block 4. Its members pretend to be gang members to make their message appear more realistic. The film fails in its attempt to satirize the rap scene of music; however, it does provide some entertainment.

Director: Emile Ardolino    More Info
Starring: Bette Midler, Cynthia Gibb, Peter Riegert, Edward Asner, Christine Ebersole, Michael Jeter, Andrea Martin, Linda Hart, Anna McNeely, Jennifer Rae Beck

 This TV remake of the Jules Styne/Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical is based on famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee (Cynthia Gibb) and involves her relationship with her domineering stage mother, Mama Rose (Bette Midler). Mama Rose has dreamed of stardom but having failed now concentrates on her daughters June (Jennifer Rae Beck) and Louise (Gibb) in her effort to turn them into vaudeville stars. Louise does succeed, but, instead of becoming a vaudeville star, she gains fame as burlesque stripper "Gypsy Rose Lee."

Director: Sandy Wilson    More Info
Starring: Kim Coates, Jim Byrnes, Hoyt Axton, Charlene Fernetz, Lisa Brokop, Beverley Elliott, Blu Mankuma, Dave "Squatch" Ward, Tamsin Kelsey, James Kidnie

 After he loses his job as a symphony violinist, Graham (Kim Coates) leaves girlfriend Jane (Charlene Fernetz) to tour with Frank Hay's (Jim Byrnes) country-western band. Problems arise when Jane suspects that there is more than meets the eye in the relationship between Graham and Frank's daughter, Debbie (Lisa Brokop).

Director: Emile Ardolino    More Info
Starring: Kevin Kline, Macaulay Culkin, Jessica Lynn Cohen, Darci Kistler, Wendy Whelan, Gen Horiuchi, Bart Robinson Cook, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Margaret Tracey

 New York City Ballet staged Tchaikovsky's ballet for the screen, and the familiar music and ballet performances are enjoyable. The story involves young Marie (Jessica Lynn Cohen) who is given a magical nutcracker doll at a party on New Years Eve. Later, Marie falls asleep and dreams that she is in a world where toys come to life. The nutcracker doll is transformed into a prince (Macaulay Culkin). The prince rescues Marie and takes her on a magical trip to the Land of the Sweets. Kevin Kline narrates.

Director: Toby Shelton    More Info
Starring: Jason Alexander, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Liz Callaway, Brad Kane, Dan Castellaneta, Scott Weinger, Frank Welker, Linda Larkin, Jim Cummings

 This sequel to "Aladdin" relates the story of how the parrot Iago (voice of Gilbert Gottfried) tries to switch allies and befriend Aladdin (voice of Scott Weinger) and Princess Jasmine (voice of Linda Larkin).

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Cloris Leachman, Phillip Glasser, Tawny Sunshine Glover, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Pryce, Charles Nelson Reilly

 In this animated film, matters get rough for Stanley (voice of Dom DeLuise), a good troll in a land ruled by the evil queen (voice of Cloris Leachman) who expects all trolls to be mean. After growing too many flowers (that ruin the barren land), Stanley is banished to New York, where he lands in Central Park. When Stanley befriends two human children, the Queen heads to NYC to take care of the situation of Stanley's niceness to humans.