Geppetto 2000  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Tom Moore
Cast: Drew Carey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brent Spiner, Rene Auberjonois, Seth Adkins, Usher Raymond, Ana Gasteyer, Wayne Brady, Melissa Bailey, Anthony Crivello, Kane Hodder
This Disney live-action musical version of Pinocchio is actually an OK retelling of the classic tale, this time as seen through the eyes of Geppetto, Pinocchio's (Seth Adkins) creator. Drew Carey does a good job in the role of Geppetto who learns that children are not perfect. Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the Blue Fairy and Brent Spiner as Stromoli are a hoot.
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 Independence Day 1996   PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Harry Connick Jr., Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Harvey Fierstein, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, Adam Baldwin, Brent Spiner, Margaret Colin
Gigantic spacecrafts enter the Earth's atmosphere with the mission of destroying the planet. The American President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) rallies the countries of the world to participate in a joint venture against the threatening aliens. Now the Capitol and White House have been destroyed by the aliens, fighter pilot Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) and his squadron attack the aliens, and the adventures begin. 2 User Reviews
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| | Grandma 2003 03/15/2009 | | Even though it's Not believable, it's still a good movie! My favorite part was when Cpt. Hiller, played by Will Smith, punched the alien in the face and welcomed him to Earth! Then, there was the part when David finally figured out that the best way to get rid of them was to give them a "cold"! A virus, of all things!!!! Great stuff! |
| | Hee Hee | 1fatts 10/12/2007 | So there are levels of suspending disbelief.
Those aren't real people living through that stuff on the screen. They're actors. We know that. But we suspend disbelief and play along with Clark Gable dissing Vivian Leigh because otherwise we wouldn't enjoy the movie.
But, as I say, there are levels.
Road Runner can't really run into the picture of the train tracks that Wiley Coyote has painted on the rock, and Wiley Coyote can't get run over by the train. We know that too, but we are ready to go further in suspending disbelief to enjoy the cartoon.
Levels.
There ain't much that's even vaguely plausible in Independence Day. The scriptwriters couldn't have taken anything they wrote seriously. Certainly not the dialogue. Certainly not the plot. There really are critics out there who wanted to talk about the Jew and the Black Man saving the planet as some symbolic turn in the demographic history of the United States. Really. They really wrote that.
This is a silly movie. It has really nice special effects. Things blow up good! People say silly things and defeat bad aliens from somewhere bad. And Data has funny hair and glasses.
You go "Wow!" at the special effects and "Hee Hee" at the silly plot and the silly dialogue and eat popcorn and drink $6.00 cups of over-sweet coca cola.
That's what this movie is for, and it does that job just fine. If you want plot, dialogue, character development . . . stay home.
Wiley Coyote draws the train tracks on the rock and Road Runner runs into the picture, down the tracks and into the tunnel.
Hee hee. |
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Halle Berry, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Brent Spiner, Obba Babatunde, Loretta Devine, Cynda Williams, Tamara Taylor, LaTanya Richardson, D.B. Sweeney, William Atherton
The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge–the first black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (1954's "Carmen Jones")–is insightfully portrayed by Halle Berry. The story begins with Dandridge's early vaudeville acts and continues through her professional triumphs, which culminated tragically in her fatal overdose on prescription drugs.
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 The Master of Disguise 2002  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Perry Andelin Blake
Cast: Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin, Brent Spiner, Edie McClurg, Maria Canals-Barrera, Austin Wolff, Robert Machray, Mark Devine, Michael Bailey Smith, Rachel Lederman
After Fabbrizio Disguisey (James Brolin) and his wife (Edie McClurg) are kidnapped, his son, Pistachio (Dana Carvey)–true to Disguisey family tradition–uses his powers of disguise and saves the day.
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 Material Girls 2006  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, Maria Conchita Alonso, Brent Spiner, Ty Hodges, Marcus Coloma, Obba Babatunde, Reagan Dale Neis, Henry Cho, Misti Traya
Teenage heiresses Tanzie and Ava Marchetta (Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff) must face the realities of life when the cosmetics company inherited from their father begins to fail. After a rough start (they accidentally burn down their home), the sisters begin to realize that they can, and must, use their own unique abilities to regain success.
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Out to Sea 1997  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Martha Coolidge
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, Gloria DeHaven, Brent Spiner, Elaine Stritch, Hal Linden, Donald O'Connor, Edward Mulhare, Rue McClanahan
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau work together again–this time as Herb Sullivan and Charlie Gordon who are professional dance partners for women passengers on a cruise ship. This is their seventh film together, and Lemmon/Matthau fans will not be disappointed.
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Phenomenon 1996 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, David Gallagher, Richard Kiley, Jeffrey DeMunn, Troy Evans, Bruce A. Young, Brent Spiner
George Malley (John Travolta) is an average guy who is knocked unconscious by a mysterious light and awakens to discover that he has gained the "gift" of great intelligence. His fellow townspeople, however, look upon George's higher brainpower as an affliction and treat him with suspicion.
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 South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 1999 R, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Director: Trey Parker
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell, Anthony Cross-Thomas, Franchesca Clifford, George Clooney, Minnie Driver, Eric Idle, Brent Spiner, Dave Foley, Deb Adair
Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny (all voiced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone) are ecstatic when an R-rated, Canadian film comes to South Park. But, almost immediately, a vigilante group forms–Mothers Against Canada–with plans for an all-out war. The war rages, and, oh yes, Kenny is killed.
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Star Trek: First Contact 1996 PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige, Michael Horton, Neal McDonough, Robert Picardo, Marnie McPhail, Dwight Schultz
It is the 24th century, and the Enterprise is on a mission in space when Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew become involved in a battle between a Borg Cube and Federation ships. The Enterprise destroys the Cube, but part of it escapes. Now, the alien Borgs, led by Borg Queen (Alice Krige), are set to attack Earth. The Enterprise chases the Borgs but end up in a time distortion and are now in the 21st century. The only hope is for warp drive inventor Zefram Cochran (James Cromwell) to make a faster-than-light trip to the stars.
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Star Trek: Generations 1994 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Carson
Cast: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Whoopi Goldberg, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Alan Ruck, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Jenette Goldstein, Thomas Kopache
Retired officers James T. Kirk (William Shatner), "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan), and Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) are guests on the maiden voyage of Enterprise-B when disaster strikes. Kirk is presumed dead, but he is really trapped in the Nexus purgatory. Now, 78-years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of Enterprise-D rescue Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell) who, unknown to Picard, is plotting to destroy the world. When Picard realizes that Soran presents a real danger, he convinces Kirk to leave his comfort zone in purgatory and come to his aid. This is a milestone film in that two generations of starship officers, Kirk and Picard, work together to stop an alien from destroying the universe.
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Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Anthony Zerbe
Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew risk courts martial as they try to save the peaceful Ba'ku race from a forced relocation by the Son'a who want them exiled from the planet.
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Star Trek: Nemesis 2002  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Baird
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, Whoopi Goldberg, Diana Muldaur
The Enterprise has been diverted to the planet Romulus where the crew uncovers plans by the Romulans to attack Earth and throw the universe out of kilter.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... 1994 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Colm Meaney, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Denise Crosby
It's hard for Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew to remember where or when they are, as they bounce back and forth between the past, present and future. Meanwhile, a space anomaly must be figured out in this film, the swan song for the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series.
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Superhero Movie 2008 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Craig Mazin
Cast: Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Leslie Nielsen, Kevin Hart, Marion Ross, Ryan Hansen, Keith David, Brent Spiner, Robert Joy, Jeffrey Tambor, Robert Hays, Nicole Sullivan, Tracy Morgan, Regina Hall
Following his parents' murder, teenager Rick Riker (Drake Bell) lives with his Aunt Lucille (Marion Ross) and Uncle Albert (Leslie Nielsen). Rick's father's dying wish was that Rick would become a hero. But, Rick does not appear to be fulfilling his father's wish. He can't even get up enough nerve to tell Jill Johnson (Sara Paxton) how much he cares for her. One day, Rick's class takes a field trip to Amalgamated Pharmaceuticals where Rick is bitten by a dragonfly. Rick recovers from the bite and finds that he has gained super powers with skin as strong as steel, and he decides to use his powers to promote goodness. He dons a costume and becomes The Dragonfly. But, as always happens, there is a nemesis–this time, in the person of Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald) who is the CEO of Amalgamated Pharmaceuticals and has become a super-villain in the form of The Hourglass. Will The Dragonfly find the means to stop The Hourglass from leeching the life force from all he encounters in order to achieve immortality?
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| 1. Geppetto (2000)
2. Independence Day (1996)
3. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
4. The Master of Disguise (2002)
5. Material Girls (2006)
6. Out to Sea (1997)
7. Phenomenon (1996)
8. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
9. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
10. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
11. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
12. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
13. Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994)
14. Superhero Movie (2008)
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