Father and Scout 1994  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Richard Michaels
Cast: Bob Saget, Brian Bonsall, Heidi Swedberg, Troy Evans, Stuart Pankin, David Graf, Kimberly Scott, Denver Pyle, Brian Levinson, Chachi Pittman, Lucy Butler
Urban-oriented Spencer Paley (Bob Saget) takes his son and scout Michael (Brian Bonsall) on a camping trip and shows his ineptness in the out-of-doors in this weak made-for-TV effort that has just a few good one-liners.
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Guarding Tess 1994  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert, James Rebhorn, Richard Griffiths, Dale Dye, David Graf, John Roselius, James Handy, Don Yesso, James Lally, Brant von Hoffman, Harry Lennix, Susan Blommaert
One of the worst assignments for a Secret Service agent is the unglamorous role of guarding U.S. ex-Presidents' family members. A former First Lady, Tess (Shirley MacLaine), puts her staff through their paces as she lives out her years secluded in her home following her husband's death. Doug Chesnic (Nicholas Cage) is her choice for "protector," and their interactions provide a comedic relief to a dramatic story.
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Irreconcilable Differences 1984 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, Sam Wanamaker, Allen Garfield, Sharon Stone, David Paymer, David Graf, Stuart Pankin, Luana Anders, Larry Marko, Lorinne Vozoff, Jenny Gago, Rex Reed, Eloise Hardt
Albert and Lucy (Ryan O'Neal and Shelley Long) are happily married–until Albert's Hollywood career soars upward, and Lucy publishes a popular book. Now, with their marriage falling apart, their nine-year-old daughter Casey (Drew Barrymore) talks to a lawyer about suing Albert and Lucy for divorce because they are so busy with their own lives that they are neglecting her.
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Police Academy 1984 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Donovan Scott, George Gaynes, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Michael Winslow, Ted Ross, Andrew Rubin, Leslie Easterbrook, Debralee Scott, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thompson
This satire on police academies contains overblown characters acting out a script that, at times, seems nonexistent. However, it did do well at the box office and spawned many sequels.
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 1985  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Colleen Camp, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bruce Mahler, Marion Ramsey, Howard Hesseman, Bob Goldthwait, George Gaynes, Art Metrano, Julie Brown, Peter Van Norden, Ed Herlihy, Tim Kazurinsky
Episode two is just as inane as episode one, but this time the group of inept rookies is set loose on the public.
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Bob Goldthwait, Art Metrano, Tim Kazurinsky, Leslie Easterbrook, Brant von Hoffman, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thomson, Shawn Weatherly, Ed Nelson
Still just as inane as the first two movies, this one involves rival academies joining forces. Nevertheless, fans flocked to the theaters to see their heroes.
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 1987  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Drake
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bob Goldthwait, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Sharon Stone, Marion Ramsey, George Gaynes, Tim Kazurinsky, David Spade, Leslie Easterbrook, Lance Kinsey, G.W. Bailey, Derek McGrath, Billie Bird
In this sequel, Police Academy Commandant Lassard (George Gaynes) is determined to recruit civilian volunteers to work with his overworked police force. Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) is assigned the job of training the new volunteers, but problems lie ahead when Captain Harris (G.W. Bailey) schemes to get Lassard's job and is determined to see the "Citizens on Patrol" program fail.
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Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 1988  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Myerson
Cast: Matt McCoy, Janet Jones, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, George Gaynes, Rene Auberjonois, G.W. Bailey, Leslie Easterbrook, Lance Kinsey, Tab Thacker, George R. Robertson, Archie Hahn, James Hampton
As the title states, a group of men in blue are assigned duty on Miami Beach. Good luck to the Miami area, as well as to anyone with enough spare time to watch this one. Steve Guttenberg must also have had enough, since he's absent in this one.
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 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege 1989 PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bonerz
Cast: Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Matt McCoy, Bruce Mahler, Kenneth Mars, G.W. Bailey, Gerrit Graham, Leslie Easterbrook, George R. Robertson, Lance Kinsey, Brian Seeman, Darwyn Swalve
They are back, and now the bumbling policemen are battling crime against Mr. Big. More silliness prevails in this box office biggie.
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Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow 1994 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Metter
Cast: George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Leslie Easterbrook, G.W. Bailey, Christopher Lee, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Charlie Schlatter, Richard Israel, Gregg Berger, Vladimir Dolinsky, Pamela Guest, Stuart Nisbet, David St. James
So–you thought the "Police Academy" series was gone forever, but you were wrong. This time around, America's worst police force heads to Russia to help uncover the tough computer hacker.
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Suture 1993 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Scott McGehee
Cast: Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill, David Graf, Michael Harris, Fran Ryan, John Ingle, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Sanford Gibbons
Two brothers are separated at birth–Vincent (Mel Harris) and Clay (Dennis Haysbert) later meet at their father's funeral. Clay is a good, unsuspecting man who gets blown up by a car bomb–set off by his brother Vincent in order to cover Vincent's murder of their father. Clay lives, suffers amnesia, goes through plastic surgery, and is helped by his psychiatrist (Sab Shimono) to become "Vincent" (who everyone believes he is). The question is–will Clay regain his true identity before the real Vincent returns? (It's also clever that one brother is white, the other black.)
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| 1. Father and Scout (1994)
2. Four Friends (1981)
3. Guarding Tess (1994)
4. Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
5. Police Academy (1984)
6. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
7. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
8. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
9. Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
10. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
11. Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994)
12. Suture (1993)
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