Better Off Dead 1985 PG, 97 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Savage Steve Holland Cast: John Cusack, Kim Darby, Diane Franklin, David Ogden Stiers, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong, Vincent Schiavelli, Taylor Negron, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Laura Waterbury, Dan Schneider, Yuji Okumoto, Brian Imada, Chuck Mitchell
When teenager Lane Meyer (John Cusack) gets dumped by his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) after she falls for the ski team captain, he tries, without success, to kill himself. Hoping to win Beth back, Lane challenges the new boyfriend to a ski race. In the meantime, Lane meets French exchange student Monique (Diane Franklin) and begins to fall for her. And through it all, Lane endures his mother's (Kim Darby) imaginative, but terrible, cooking. Followed by "One Crazy Summer."
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Good Burger 1997 PG, 95 min. Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Brian Robbins Cast: Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Abe Vigoda, Shar Jackson, Dan Schneider, Shaquille O'Neal, Jan Schweiterman, Ron Lester, Josh Server, Ginny Schreiber, Linda Cardellini, George Clinton, Robert Wuhl, Richard Haje
Good Burger is a small, independent fast-food restaurant located across the street from the thriving multi-chain Mondo Burger. Good Burger employees Ed (Kel Mitchell) and Dexter (Kenan Thompson) become involved in some unique forms of competition between the two restaurants.
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