Alamo Bay 1985  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, Ho Nguyen, Donald Moffat, Rudy Young, Cynthia Carle, Martino Lasalle, William Frankfather, Bill Thurman, Gary Basaraba
An American Vietnam vet, barely making a living fishing for shrimp off the Texas coast, feels further threatened by a group of Vietnamese immigrants who begin to fish in waters he has staked out for himself.
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 Creature from Black Lake 1976 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joy Houck Jr.
Cast: John David Carson, Dennis Fimple, Jack Elam, Bill Thurman, Dub Taylor, Jim McCullough Jr., Catherine McClenny, Becky Smizer, Michelle Willingham, Joy Houck Jr.
Two anthropology students head to Louisiana in search of a creature that may be the missing link. Despite run-ins with the sheriff, they are finally successful. The low budget shows, but Jack Elam (and Dub Taylor, to a lesser extent) makes it worth watching.
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Curse of the Swamp Creature 1966  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Buchanan
Cast: John Agar, Jeff Alexander, Francine York, Shirley McLine, Bill Thurman, Bill McGhee, Cal Duggan, Tony Huston, Roger Ready, Patrick Cranshaw
Another failure for Dr. Simond Trent (Jeff Alexander) in his swamp home: his latest attempt at creating a living creature fails and the body is disposed of in his alligator pond. But along comes oil surveyor Barry (John Agar) with his traveling companion, Brenda (Shirley McLine), and the mad doctor can try again with Brenda as the specimen. Bombs away!
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The Eye Creatures 1965  TV, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
aka: Attack of the Eye Creatures
Director: Larry Buchanan
Cast: John Ashley, Cynthia Hull, Warren Hammack, Chet Davis, Bill Peck, Tony Huston, Shirley McLine, Bill Thurman, Ethan Allen, Peter Graves, Charles McLine, Jonathan Ledford
Alien Eye Creatures land on Earth, and one is run over by a car driven by teenagers (John Ashley and Cynthia Hull) preparing to elope. Police are notified, but it is the teens who figure out that shining headlights on the Eye Creatures causes them to explode.
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 It Takes Two 1988 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Beaird
Cast: George Newbern, Kimberly Foster, Leslie Hope, Barry Corbin, Anthony Geary, Frances Lee McCain, Bill Bolender, Patrika Darbo, Marco Perella, Jerry Biggs, Scott Fults, John Hussey, Bill Thurman, Jim Holmes, Mickey Jones
Just before his wedding, Travis Rogers (George Newbern) dumps his bride, Stephi (Leslie Hope), when he buys a fancy, red sports car when beautiful Jonni Tigersmith (Kimberly Foster) encourages him to buy the car. After learning that the car is a junker, Travis and Jonni search for the crooked car dealer while Stephi waits at the altar.
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The Last Picture Show 1971  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Randy Quaid, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Bill Thurman, Sam Bottoms, Noble Willingham, Joe Heathcock, Jessie Lee Fulton, Sharon Taggart
In the small town of Anarene, Texas, during the 1950s, high-school football players Sonny and Duane (Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges) are best friends. The boys hang out at the local pool hall owned by Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson) who also owns the town's old movie house. There isn't much going in their world. Both boys are enamored with their beautiful fellow student Jacy (Cybill Shepherd in her first film), and Duane begins dating her. As graduation approaches, Duane enlists to serve in the Korean War, and Sonny continues his fling with Coach Popper's (Bill Thurman) wife Ruth (Cloris Leachman). Now, Sam the Lion has died, his theater is closing, and the boys find their own changing lives paralleling those of the world around them. Oscars went to Johnson and Leachman for their supporting roles. There were also six other nominations, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Bridges), Supporting Actress (Ellen Burstyn for her role as Jacy's mother), and Director.
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Raggedy Man 1981  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Fisk
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard, William Sanderson, Tracey Walter, R.G. Armstrong, Henry Thomas, Carey Hollis Jr., Ed Geldart, Bill Thurman
Divorcee Nita (Sissy Spacek) is raising her two sons in a Texas town. She thinks she has found the answer to her loneliness when she has an affair with a sailor (Eric Roberts), but when he leaves suddenly Nita finds herself in more dire circumstances than she was before.
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 Silverado 1985 PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Adventure / Western / Comedy / Drama
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Kline, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Goldblum, Linda Hunt, Scott Glenn, John Cleese, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Joe Seneca, Marvin J. McIntyre, Sheb Wooley, Jon Kasdan, Todd Allen, Bill Thurman
This Western has it all: adventure, comedy, and drama. The story is about "good guys" Paden (Kevin Kline), Emmett (Scott Glenn), and Mal (Danny Glover) who rescue Emmett's brother Jake (Kevin Costner) from jail where he is being held by Sheriff Langston (John Cleese). They pull off the escape, Jake joins the group, and they arrive in Silverado. Now, they meet frontier widow Hannah (Rosanna Arquette), card shark Slick (Jeff Goldblum), and saloon operator Stella (Linda Hunt)–all of whom have their own stories to tell. The "good guys" confront corrupt Sheriff Cobb (Brian Dennehy) and attempt to rid Silverado of vice. But, when dealing with the nasty sheriff and murdering ranchers, a showdown is a certainty.
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The Sugarland Express 1974 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Goldie Hawn, William Atherton, Michael Sacks, Ben Johnson, Gregory Walcott, Steve Kanaly, Louise Latham, Dean Smith, Bill Thurman, Harrison Zanuck, Jessie Lee Fulton, Ted Grossman
This story is based on the real-life experience of Clovis Poplin (William Atherton) and wife Lou Jean (Goldie Hawn) who escaped from prison and attempted to reclaim their baby from foster parents. Spielberg's first feature film.
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Where the Red Fern Grows 1974  G, 97 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging, Lonny Chapman, Stewart Petersen, Jill Clark, Jeanna Wilson, Bill Dunbar, Bill Thurman, Rex Corley, Robert S. Telford, John Lindsey
In the 1930s, 12-year-old Oklahoman Billy Coleman (Stewart Petersen) saves up hard-earned money to buy two hunting dogs. The bond formed between Billy and his dogs teaches him the responsibility he needs to get through tough times.
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Zontar, the Thing from Venus 1966 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Larry Buchanan
Cast: John Agar, Susan Bjurman, Tony Huston, Pat Delaney, Neil Fletcher, Bill Thurman, Carol Gilley, Warren Hammack, Colleen Carr, Jeff Alexander
A bat-like alien from Venus–Zontar–contacts space scientist Curt Taylor (John Agar), lands on Earth via satellite, hides in a cave, and begins disrupting the world's power services. Now, the weight of the world rests on Taylor's shoulders as he struggles to halt Zontar's plans to dominate the world.
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| 1. Alamo Bay (1985)
2. Creature from Black Lake (1976)
3. Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966)
4. The Eye Creatures (1965)
aka: Attack of the Eye Creatures
5. It Takes Two (1988)
6. The Last Picture Show (1971)
7. Raggedy Man (1981)
8. Silverado (1985)
9. The Sugarland Express (1974)
10. Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
11. Zontar, the Thing from Venus (1966)
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