Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! 1989 PG-13, 102 min. Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Jean-Claude Lord Cast: Michael Pare, Marina Orsini, Bernie Coulson, Matthew Laurance, Michael Rhoades, Anthony Sherwood, Mark Holmes, David Matheson, Paul Markle, Kate Lynch, Harvey Atkin, Vlasta Vrana, Larry King, Bo Diddley, Michael "Tunes" Antunes
In this sequel to the original film ("Eddie and the Cruisers"), Eddie (Michael Pare), who was thought to have died in a car wreck, turns up alive and well in Montreal where he is using a new identity, "Joe West." "Eddie and the Cruisers" was a hot band in the 1960s, and now his old recording company plans to make a fortune on "Eddie and the Cruisers" lost tapes from that era. The songs that were recorded in the 1960s are finally released in an album, and it is a big hit. This encourages Eddie, under his alias of Joe West, to start a new band and go on the road, but keeping his real identity a secret might prove difficult. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band provide the music for this film.
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Honey 2003 PG-13, 94 min. Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Bille Woodruff Cast: Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer, Joy Bryant, Lil' Romeo, David Moscow, Lonette McKee, Zachary Williams, Jull Weber, Laurie Ann Gibson, Christian Monzon, Al Shearer, O'Neal McNight, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Anthony Sherwood, Wes Williams
Strong, sexy hip-hop dancer and music-video choreographer Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) enjoys a glamorous lifestyle. But, success has taken its toll on her past relationships, and Honey must make a decision between glittering success and family and friends who she has excluded from her life. Honey chooses to return to her roots and plans to start a dancing school with a group of neighborhood kids.
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Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs 1988 TV, 100 min. Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: James Frawley Cast: Harry Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Purl, Wendy Crewson, Rachel Ticotin, Brent Carver, Maria Mayenzet, Anthony Sherwood, Raymond Singer, Hrant Alianak, Christopher Britton, Henry Chao, Louis Di Bianco, Paul Coeur, Sam Malkin
Harry Anderson is at his crazy best in this comedy/mystery film. He plays CIA Agent Freddie Fallon who, as a houseguest of Alan and Beverly Rossmore (Ed Begley Jr. and Linda Purl), imposes on his hosts to help solve a mystery. They live at the International Arms apartment building in New York, and Fallon has tracked down a hit man to their building. The hit man, who uses household appliances to kill, is plotting to assassinate the President–and the killer might be next door! (The killer did WHAT with the cookie cutter?)
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Switching Channels 1988 PG, 105 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Ted Kotcheff Cast: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, George Newbern, Al Waxman, Joe Silver, Ken James, Anthony Sherwood
This story originated as a Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur Broadway play "The Front Page"; later three movie versions (one titled "His Girl Friday") were made. The story revolves around television news director John L. Sullivan IV (Burt Reynolds) who tries to keep his ex-wife, Christy Colleran (Kathleen Turner), from marrying again.
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Terror Train 1980 R, 97 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Spottiswoode Cast: Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner, David Copperfield, Derek McKinnon, Sandee Currie, Vanity, Timothy Webber, Anthony Sherwood, Greg Swanson, Sandee Currie, Howard Busgang, Steve Michaels, Donald Lamoureux, Victor Knight
Fraternity brothers board a train for a costume party that turns into a terror-filled excursion when a mentally disturbed former fraternity member takes advantage of this opportunity to kill his former friends. Among the students on the train is Alana Maxwell (Jamie Lee Curtis) who, along with the other women students, panics when members of the fraternity are killed off, one by one. The conductor, Carne (Ben Johnson) tries to calm things down, but it is a train ride destined to be filled with terror.
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| 1. Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989)
2. Honey (2003)
3. Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988)
4. Switching Channels (1988)
5. Terror Train (1980)
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