Air America 1990  R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins, David Marshall Grant, Lane Smith, Burt Kwouk, Art LaFleur, Tim Thomerson, Ned Eisenberg, Marshall Bell, David Bowe, Harvey Jason, Sinjai Plengpanit, Natta Nantatanti
Pilots Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) and Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson) team up to fly for Air America Airlines in Laos. They fly CIA secret documents over Cambodia during the Vietnam War and become involved in rescue missions, drug trafficking, and corruption.
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Beethoven's 4th 2001 G, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: David M. Evans
Cast: Judge Reinhold, Julia Sweeney, Joe Pichler, Michaela Gallo, Art LaFleur, Matt McCoy, Dorien Wilson, Joyce Brothers, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Veanne Cox, Kaleigh Krish, June Lu, Nick Meaney, Natalie Marston, Jeff Coopwood
The slovenly St. Bernard is back again and continues his manner of destroying everything in his path. This time, the Newtons (Judge Reinhold and Julia Sweeney) send Beethoven to obedience school where the fun begins. Some laughs for the young ones in this direct-to-video film.
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 The Blob 1988  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Chuck Russell
Cast: Shawnee Smith, Donovan Leitch, Ricky Paull Goldin, Kevin Dillon, Billy Beck, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark, Art LaFleur, Del Close, Michael Kenworthy
There is plenty of gore and fair special effects in this remake of the 1958 film. The gooey mess falls from the sky and devours all in its path in gruesome ways. Will our teen duo save the day? It'll be hard when the townsfolk won't believe them. How about that restaurant cook who is sucked, head first, down the drain when he tries to plunge the Blob?
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Cannery Row 1982 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae, M. Emmet Walsh, Sunshine Parker, Santos Morales, John Huston, Tom Mahoney, Art LaFleur, John Malloy, James Keane, Sharon Ernster, Ellen Blake, Mary Margaret Amato
John Steinbeck's novel, set in Monterey, California, is brought to the screen with Nick Nolte as the marine biologist, Doc, who falls for local floozy Suzy (Debra Winger) after he meets her at the Bear Flag Restaurant. Romance blooms between the two but quickly turns sour. Meanwhile, Cannery Row inhabitants–including Mac (M. Emmet Walsh)–hope that Doc and Suzy will get back together because their love is the one thing in Doc and Suzy's lives that really counts.
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 Cobra 1986  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Lee Garlington, John Herzfeld, Val Avery, Art LaFleur, Brian Thompson, David Rasche, Marco Rodriguez, Ross St. Phillip, Nick Angotti, Nina Axelrod, John Hauk
L.A. cop Marion Cobretti, alias Cobra (Sylvester Stallone), helps track down a serial killer in this extremely violent film.
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Field of Dreams 1989  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Cast: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield, Gaby Hoffmann, Frank Whaley, Art LaFleur, Dwier Brown, James Andelin, Mary Anne Kean, Michael Milhoan, Steve Eastin
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) hears a mysterious voice telling him, "If you build it, he will come." He heeds the voice and turns his Iowa cornfield into a beautiful baseball diamond. Although his neighbors do not understand his actions, Kinsella continues to listen to the voice and finds a second chance to correct a past mistake. Great, especially if you like baseball.
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First Kid 1996  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David M. Evans
Cast: Sinbad, Brock Pierce, Blake Boyd, Timothy Busfield, Art LaFleur, Robert Guillaume, Lisa Eichhorn, Sonny Bono
Sam Simms (Sinbad) takes on the assignment of guarding the President's son, Luke (Brock Pierce), and befriends the "First Kid" who is in need of love and attention.
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 Forever Young 1992 PG, 138 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt, Nicolas Surovy, David Marshall Grant, Robert Hy Gorman, Joe Morton, Art LaFleur, Millie Slavin, Veronica Lauren, Michael A. Goorjian, Eric Pierpoint, Walton Goggins
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.
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In the Army Now 1994 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast: Pauly Shore, Andy Dick, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier, Esai Morales, Lynn Whitfield, Art LaFleur, Fabiana Udenio, Glenn Morshower, Beau Billingslea, Peter Spellos, Paul Mooney
Good friends–Bones Conway (Pauly Shore) and Jack Kaufman (Andy Dick)–join the Army Reserves to make enough money to buy a stereo store. But, they end up being called up for active duty in the Middle East conflict where they accidentally save their fellow soldiers.
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Jack the Bear 1993 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Cast: Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes, Gary Sinise, Art LaFleur, Stefan Gierasch, Bert Remsen, Reese Witherspoon, Andrea Marcovicci, Erica Yohn, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Lee Garlington, Lorinne Vozoff, Justin Mosley Spink
Two young boys, Jack (Robert J. Steinmiller) and Dylan (Miko Hughes), have moved to Oakland, California, where their widowed father, John (Danny DeVito), has been hired to host Saturday night horror films. John becomes obsessed with his job and finds little time for Jack and Dylan. Matters reach the crisis point after John attacks their neo-Nazi neighbor Norman Strick (Gary Sinise) on his TV show, and Norman kidnaps Dylan.
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 Man of the House 1995 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Orr
Cast: Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, George Wendt, David Shiner, Art LaFleur, Richard Portnow, Richard Foronjy, Peter Appel, Chief Leonard George
The trials and tribulations of a stepfather (Chevy Chase) trying to bond with his new son (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) are exacerbated during an Indian Guides camping trip.
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Mr. Baseball 1992 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi, Dennis Haysbert, Toshi Shioya, Art LaFleur, Larry Pennell, Kosuke Toyohara, Toshizo Fujiwara, Mak Takano
Jack Elliot (Tom Selleck) is a New York Yankee baseball player who is traded to a Japanese team. Unhappy at first, he shows his teammates how to loosen up, and they teach him to respect baseball. Along the way, he falls in love with his new manager's (Ken Takakura) daughter (Aya Takanashi), and life begins anew.
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Rescue from Gilligan's Island 1978 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Cast: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Judith Baldwin, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Vincent Schiavelli, Art LaFleur, Norman Bartold, Mary Gregory
After all those years, the crew of the Minnow is rescued after the Professor (Russell Johnson) uses part of a barometer from a Russian satellite that had crashed on the island. The barometer indicates that a huge wave will sweep the island, so Gilligan (Bob Denver) and crew prepare to ride it off the island and out to sea. The plan works, after a rescue by a Navy helicopter, and they arrive in Hawaii. Civilization has changed, and it is not easy to adjust–especially with those Russian spies looking for the barometer.
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 The Sandlot 1993  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: David M. Evans
Cast: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, James Earl Jones, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, Art LaFleur, Brandon Quintin Adams, Arliss Howard, Marty York, Brandon Quintin Adams, Grant Gelt, Shane Obedzinski, Victor DiMattia
Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry) is a shy boy whose mother and stepfather (Karen Allen and Denis Leary) move with him into a new neighborhood. He makes friends with Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez (Mike Vitar) who teaches him how to play baseball, and Scotty joins Benny's sandlot team that desperately needs its ninth member. Scotty helps himself to his stepfather's "Babe Ruth" autographed baseball and hits it for a home run. The problem is that the ball lands in Mr. Mertle's (James Earl Jones) junkyard, which is guarded by Mertle's snarling dog "The Beast." Now, the fun begins as Scotty and Benny devise ways to get the ball out of the junkyard by building ball-retrieving machines.
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 The Santa Clause 2 2002 G, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cast: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Danielle Woodman, Art LaFleur, Peter Boyle, Kevin Pollak
In this sequel to the 1994 film, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been serving as Santa Claus for the past nine years. But, there is a clause in his contract stating that he must get married before Christmas Eve of this year. That allows him just 28 days to find a Mrs. Claus or he will loose his super-Santa powers.
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 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 2006 G, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cast: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Martin Short, Ann - Margret, Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Art LaFleur, Aisha Tyler, Kevin Pollak, Jay Thomas
The holiday season is arriving at the North Pole, and Santa/Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has added to the chaos with the addition of his new family. His wife (Elizabeth Mitchell) is expecting a baby any day and misses her family. To make her happy, Santa has invited his in-laws (Ann-Margret and Alan Arkin) to visit. But Santa's in-laws do not know that Scott is Santa, so, to aid in the deceit, everything about the North Pole, including the elves, is disguised as being Canadian. Now, Jack Frost (Martin Short) appears on the scene and revises time and roles in an effort to take over not only Santa's red suit but his position as well. In the process, Jack Frost wreaks havoc on Santa's toy making production and also his family.
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Trancers 1985 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Future Cop
Director: Charles Band
Cast: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani, Art LaFleur, Telma Hopkins, Richard Herd, Anne Seymour, Miguel Fernandez, Biff Manard, Peter Schrum
There's trouble in Angel City (formerly Los Angeles) in the year 2247. Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) thought that he had taken care of "The Whistler" (Michael Stefani), who can call up his zombie-like Trancers. Then Jack finds out that Whistler has gone back to 1985 L.A. to get rid of the ancestors of the city's council. Jack goes back to stop that nonsense. Yes–the movie's cheap price tag shows, but it is fun. There are four sequels.
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Trancers II 1991 R, 87 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Charles Band
Cast: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward, Biff Manard, Martine Beswick, Jeffrey Combs, Alyson Croft, Telma Hopkins, Art LaFleur, Barbara Crampton
OK–the original, though cheap, was fun. But this one can't get away with the low production values (as they say) without comment. Jack (Tim Thomerson) got stuck in the past (now, 1991) after dealing with the Trancer problem in 1985. He is married to Lena (Helen Hunt) and another Trancer threat emerges, led by Whistler's (from the original) brother. To help Jack out, the 23rd-century council sends his wife back from the future. And you think he had problems before.
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Tycus 2000 R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Putch
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Peter Onorati, Finola Hughes, John Putch, Chick Vennera, Bert Remsen, Art LaFleur, Tommy Hinkley, Robert Romanus, Todd Allen
Jake (Peter Onorati), a tabloid photographer, gets wind of something strange going on in the Sierras and parachutes into a restricted area. There he finds a noted astronomer, Peter Crawford (Dennis Hopper), who has discovered a comet hurtling to Earth. In an attempt to save a chosen segment of humanity, Crawford has begun construction of a city beneath Earth's surface. No awards here.
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Unfaithfully Yours 1984 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Albert Brooks, Cassie Yates, Richard Libertini, Richard B. Shull, Art LaFleur, Jane Hallaren, Bernard Behrens, Jan Triska, Benjamin Rayson, Leonard Mann, Estelle Omens, Penny Peyser
This remake of 1948's "Unfaithfully Yours" stars Dudley Moore in the role of symphony conductor Claude Eastman who plots revenge for the affair he believes his wife Daniella (Nastassja Kinski) is enjoying with violinist Max Stein (Armand Assante). While conducting a symphony, Claude plots the method he will use to get revenge by murdering Daniella. But, the plan he dreams up turns out to be difficult to carry out, and the humor of his bungling becomes the name of the game.
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| 1. Air America (1990)
2. Beethoven's 4th (2001)
3. The Blob (1988)
4. Cannery Row (1982)
5. Cobra (1986)
6. Death Warrant (1990)
7. Field of Dreams (1989)
8. First Kid (1996)
9. Forever Young (1992)
10. In the Army Now (1994)
11. Jack the Bear (1993)
12. Man of the House (1995)
13. Mr. Baseball (1992)
14. Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
15. The Sandlot (1993)
16. The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
17. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
18. Trancers (1985)
aka: Future Cop
19. Trancers II (1991)
20. Tycus (2000)
21. Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
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