Chairman of the Board 1998  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alex Zamm
Cast: Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Jack Warden, Larry Miller, Raquel Welch, Mystro Clark, Jack Plotnick, Estelle Harris, M. Emmet Walsh, Bill Erwin
Surfer/inventor Edison (Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson) needs money for rent, so he looks for someone to buy his crazy inventions. He meets a billionaire who likes him so much that Edison inherits the man's company when he dies. Now Edison's inventions are a hit, and his competitors don't like it at all. Moronic, stupid comedy.
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Lucas 1986  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: David Seltzer
Cast: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tom Hodges, Jeremy Piven, Gary Cole, Ciro Poppiti, Guy Boyd, Kevin Wexted, Emily Seltzer, Erika Leigh
Fourteen-year-old Lucas (Corey Haim) is a nerd who is two years ahead in school and made fun of by the jocks. The girls have ignored him, but 16-year-old Maggie (Kerri Green) moves into his neighborhood during summer vacation, and Lucas becomes her only friend. Then, when school starts, Maggie becomes a cheerleader and meets football star Cappie Roew (Charlie Sheen). Now she has a new group of friends, and Lucas is not included. Lucas' solution: join the football team. He does make the team, but it takes an injury requiring hospitalization for him to gain the respect of the team.
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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise 1987  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Robert Carradine, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Curtis Armstrong, Donald Gibb, Ed Lauter, Anthony Edwards, James Hong, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Bradley Whitford, Barry Sobel, Tom Hodges, Jack Gilpin, Priscilla Lopez
The United Fraternity Council is meeting at Fort Lauderdale, and, once again, those cool jocks of Alpha Beta fraternity, led by Roger (Bradley Whitford), try to put down the nerds–Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine), Dudley "Booger" Dawson (Curtis Armstrong), Lamar Latrelle (Larry B. Scott), Arnold Poindexter (Timothy Busfield), and Harold Wormser (Andrew Cassese)–of Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity. What are the odds that the nerds' skill and cunning will once again win the game?
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Summer School 1987  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Patrick Laborteaux, Dean Cameron, Carl Reiner, Ken Olandt, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kelly Jo Minter, Shawnee Smith, Gary Riley, Fabiana Udenio, Richard Steven Horvitz, Francis X. McCarthy, Tom Troupe
After his fellow teacher Mr. Dearadorian (Carl Reiner) wins big money in the lottery, laid-back P.E. teacher Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon) is forced to teach summer school to remedial English students. During those summer months, as a result of Shoop's unorthodox teaching style, not only the students but the coach as well learn much about themselves and what it takes to succeed. Director Carl Reiner is able to keep this movie entertaining and funny.
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| 1. Chairman of the Board (1998)
2. Lucas (1986)
3. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
4. Summer School (1987)
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