Basket Case 2 1990  R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Cast: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Kathryn Meisle, Heather Rattray, Jason Evers, Ted Sorel, Matt Mitler, Beverly Bonner, Leonard Jackson
Duane (Kevin Van Hentenryck) and his mutant twin brother are back, having survived certain death at the end of the previous film. As is often the case, this one just doesn't click like the original. They take refuge in a house of freaks with a reporter hot on their trail. Weird, but it will appeal to some.
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Basket Case 3: The Progeny 1992  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Cast: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Gil Roper, Dan Biggers, Jim O'Doherty, Tina Louise Hilbert, Beverly Bonner, Carla & Carmen Morrell, Jackson Faw, Jim Grimshaw
This is Director Frank Henenlotter's third installment of Duane (Kevin Van Hentenryck) and his mutant twin brother, and it picks up where #2 left off. The monstrous brother has a girlfriend who now expects a child as the house of freaks heads south to Uncle Hal's. Some fun here, and VERY weird.
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Blue Sky 1994  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane, Chris O'Donnell, Mitch Ryan, Dale Dye, Timothy Scott, Annie Ross
During the 1960s, Major Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) has more than he can deal with: he has a ditzy wife (Jessica Lange), and he is a scientist in the middle of the Army's testing of nuclear weapons. Jessica Lange won the Best Actress Oscar.
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Straight on Till Morning 1972  R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, Tom Bell, Annie Ross, Katya Wyeth, Claire Kelly, James Bolam, Harold Berens, John Clive, Mavis Villiers
Young Brenda (Rita Tushingham) leaves her home in Liverpool and heads to London to find a husband. She meets her "Prince Charming" Peter (Shane Briant) who, in addition to being charming, is a psychotic killer.
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Superman III 1983 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Jackie Cooper, Pamela Stephenson, Gavan O'Herlihy, Nancy Roberts, Graham Stark, Gordon Rollings, Henry Woolf, Peter Wear
Computer genius Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) is used by Ross Webster (Robert Vaughn) who is planning to take over the world. The plans include toying with a weather satellite to ruin the coffee bean trade in Columbia and a synthetic form of Kryptonite to turn Clark Kent and Superman (Christopher Reeve) into two personalities.
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Throw Momma from the Train 1987 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Danny DeVito
Cast: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey, Rob Reiner, Kate Mulgrew, Bruce Kirby, Oprah Winfrey, Annie Ross, Branford Marsalis, Joey DePinto, Raye Birk, Stu Silver, Olivia Brown, Philip Perlman
A college professor, Larry (Billy Crystal), and his student Owen(Danny DeVito) get mixed up in a scheme to rid each other of one ex-wife and one mother, respectively. Larry thinks the whole thing is a joke–until Owen tells Larry that he has killed Larry's ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew) and expects Larry to kill his Momma (Anne Ramsey). Now, the questions are: Did Owen really kill Margaret, and will Larry kill Momma? Anne Ramsey received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Yanks 1979 R, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Chick Vennera, Rachel Roberts, John Ratzenberger, Joan Hickson, Arlen Dean Snyder, Annie Ross
American soldiers go to England during World War II and are met with varied reactions from British citizens. This film highlights stories of three American GIs as they meet and fall in love with local women.
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| 1. Basket Case 2 (1990)
2. Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1992)
3. Blue Sky (1994)
4. Straight on Till Morning (1972)
5. Superman III (1983)
6. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
7. Yanks (1979)
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