 The Addams Family 1991  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Judith Malina, Dan Hedaya, Elizabeth Wilson, Dana Ivey, Paul Benedict, Carel Struycken, Christopher Hart, Jimmy Workman, John Franklin, Tony Azito, Douglas Brian Martin
Confusion reigns in the Addams' mansion when an impostor, Gordon Craven (Christopher Lloyd), pretends to be long-lost Uncle Fester. Gordon is working with his mother Abigail (Elizabeth Wilson), under instructions from attorney Tully Alford (Dan Hedaya), and they are plotting to get the wealthy Addams family's money. Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) are perfectly cast as the unassuming Mr. and Mrs. Addams.
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 Addams Family Values 1993 PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane, Christine Baranski, Peter Graves, Dana Ivey, Peter MacNicol, Jimmy Workman, Kaitlyn-Kristen Hooper, Carel Struycken, Christopher Hart, David Krumholtz
When their new baby boy, Pubert (Kaitlyn and Kristen Hooper), is born, Gomez and Morticia Addams (Raul Julia and Angelica Huston) hire nanny Debby Jellinsky (Joan Cusack) to care for Pubert and the other children, Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) and Wednesday (Christina Ricci). But, Debby has her own agenda and sends Wednesday and Pugsley off to summer camp so that she will not have witnesses in her plot to seduce and then kill Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) and get the Addams family fortune. Now, it is up to Pugsley and Wednesday, who are the only ones who understand what is going on, to get out of camp and warn the family.
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Big Trouble 2002 PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Omar Epps, Stanley Tucci, Dennis Farina, Ben Foster, Janeane Garofalo, Jason Lee, Tom Sizemore, Johnny Knoxville, Jack Kehler, Sofia Vergara, Patrick Warburton, Zooey Deschanel, Heavy D
A great cast highlights this comedy based on humor columnist Dave Barry's first novel. Set in Miami, the lives of a variety of types–gunrunners, FBI agents, hippies, school kids, thugs, and even a family dog (high on psychedelic toad saliva)–fade in and out of each others' lives.
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For Love or Money 1993  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Anthony Higgins, Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Tucker, Bob Balaban, Isaac Mizrahi, Udo Kier, Dan Hedaya, Bobby Short, Fyvush Finkel, Mike Moyer, Paula Laurence, Donna Mitchell, Debra Monk, Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Doug Ireland (Michael J. Fox) works as a concierge at a New York hotel and dreams of someday opening his own hotel. Christian Hanover (Anthony Higgins) has the needed money and considers helping Doug if Doug will take care of Christian's mistress, Andy Hart (Gabrielle Anwar), when he does not have time for her because he is already married. Doug agrees, but, when he falls in love with Andy, he must choose between love or money.
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 Get Shorty 1995  R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, David Paymer, Miguel Sandoval, Martin Ferrero, Jon Gries, Renee Props, Jacob Vargas, Linda Hart, Bobby Slayton
Miami loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) heads for Hollywood to collect on a gambling debt from B-movies producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman). After meeting Harry, Chili stays on to be part of the film business when Harry convinces him that he has a great script that could be Academy Award material IF Harry can convince a major star, Martin Weir (Danny DeVito), to take the lead role. Meanwhile, Harry is in cahoots with drug dealer Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo) who also wants in on the action. Bette Midler and Harvey Keitel are among several guest stars in this enticing crime story.
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Men in Black 1997 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, Siobhan Fallon, Mike Nussbaum, Jon Gries, Sergio Calderon, Carel Struycken, Fredric Lehne, Richard Hamilton, Kent Faulcon, John Alexander
Federal agents–Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)–are assigned to monitor alien activity in New York City. They uncover the diabolical plot of an intergalactic terrorist, Edgar (Vincent D'Onofrio), to destroy Earth. Now, Agent K and Agent J race against time to prevent Edgar from accomplishing his dastardly deed. The film won an Academy Award for Best Makeup and received two other nominations.
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Men in Black II 2002 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, David Cross, Jack Kehler, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, Peter Spellos, Michael Jackson, Michael Bailey Smith, Lenny Venito
Those MiB operatives–Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)–are back, but Agent J must first get Agent K out of retirement and restore his memory that the MiB agency's neuralizer has wiped out. Then it's time to save the Earth, which is once again threatened by aliens out to destroy it.
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RV 2006 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, Alex Ferris, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Brian Howe, Richard Cox
Advertising executive Bob Munro (Robin Williams) is scheduled for a meeting in Colorado at the same time he has scheduled a family vacation in Hawaii with his wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines) and kids–teenager Cassie (JoJo) and pre-teen Carl (Josh Hutcherson). Bob finds a solution: a cross-country trip in an oversized RV. The family embarks on the camping trip, but problems arise; in fact, they erupt in the form of the septic tank's contents. That's when they meet the Gornecke family (Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Chloe Sonnenfeld, and Alex Ferris). As homeless campers, the Gornickes home-school their kids at the campground. The snooty Munros try to avoid the Gornickes, but they keep crossing paths, and, by story's end, the Gornickes have taught the Munros a valuable lesson in family relationships.
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Wild Wild West 1999  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Western Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek, M. Emmet Walsh, Ted Levine, Frederique Van Der Wal, Musetta Vander, Sofia Eng, Ling Bai, Mike H. McGaughy, Jerry Wills, Garcelle Beauvais, Buck Taylor, Rodney A. Grant
Eccentric inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) wants to change the course of history by killing President Grant (Kevin Kline) and giving most of the country back to England and Spain. Enter special agents James T. West (Will Smith) and Artemus Gordon (also played by Kevin Kline) who, as they are investigating the strange disappearances of many scientists, walk right into the dastardly plot.
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| 1. The Addams Family (1991)
2. Addams Family Values (1993)
3. Big Trouble (2002)
4. For Love or Money (1993)
5. Get Shorty (1995)
6. Men in Black (1997)
7. Men in Black II (2002)
8. RV (2006)
9. Wild Wild West (1999)
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