Brewster's Millions 1985  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Hume Cronyn, Jerry Orbach, Joe Grifasi, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Stephen Collins, Peter Jason, David White, Jerome Dempsey, David Wohl, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan
This version of George Barr McCutcheon's novel involves baseball player Montgomery Brewster (Richard Pryor) who will inherit $300 million if he can obey the will's stipulations, which include spending all of the money within one month and keeping the inheritance a secret. His friends–baseball catcher Spike Nolan and girlfriend Angela (John Candy and Lonette McKee)–do not understand the reason behind Brewster's spending spree and try to help, but that task proves overwhelming.
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D.A.R.Y.L 1985  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Colleen Camp, Kathryn Walker, Josef Sommer, Ron Frazier, Steve Ryan, David Wohl, Barret Oliver, Danny Corkill, Ed Grady, Blain Fairman, Amy Linker, Tucker McGuire, Hardy Rawls
Daryl (Barret Oliver) is a boy with amnesia who is found by the side of the road. Because he doesn't know who his real parents are, he is placed with foster parents, Joyce and Andy Richardson (Mary Beth Hurt and Michael McKean), and gradually grows to like them. His name is an acronym, and he represents a secret government experiment (Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform), a clone combined with a computer. The G-men want him back, and Daryl wants to stay with his new family. A touching story, especially for kids.
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Hot Shots! Part Deux 1993 PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson, David Wohl, Mitch Ryan, Gregory Sierra
In this satire on adventure films, Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) rescues U.S. prisoners who are still in the Persian Gulf area following the war.
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Like Father, Like Son 1987   PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rod Daniel
Cast: Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, Patrick O'Neal, Sean Astin, Camille Cooper, Micah Grant, David Wohl, Maxine Stuart
A surgeon (Dudley Moore) accidentally places a few drops of an old Indian mind exchange potion into his Bloody Mary. He and his son's (Kirk Cameron) minds are thus exchanged. What then happens is inane as each tries to cope with being in the other's body. Punch lines fail, and so does this film.
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Revenge of the Nerds 1984 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Robert Carradine, Julia Montgomery, Ted McGinley, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Michelle Meyrink, Bernie Casey, James Cromwell, John Goodman, Andrew Cassese, Larry B. Scott, Brian Tochi, Matt Salinger, David Wohl, Donald Gibb
Adams College nerds Lewis (Robert Carradine) and Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) have arrived on campus and find that the fraternities are not asking them to join. They join other nerds on campus and start their own branch of Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity. Now, the college jocks at Alpha Beta fraternity, led by Stan (Ted McGinley), start picking on the nerds in their free time. As a result of the harassment, the nerds proceed to show that skill and cunning will beat out strength and agility any time.
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Sophie's Choice 1982  R, 151 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Josef Sommer, Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman, Josh Mostel, David Wohl, Robin Bartlett, John Rothman, Greta Turken, Marcell Rosenblatt, Moishe Rosenfeld, Eugene Lipinski, Joseph Leon
Sophie (Meryl Streep), a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, lives in a Brooklyn boarding house shared by Stingo (Peter MacNicol) and Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline). The trio becomes fast friends; however, through Sophie's stories about her tragic past, it becomes clear that she is not telling the truth. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her role as Sophie.
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Terms of Endearment 1983 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: James L. Brooks
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, John Lithgow, Danny DeVito, Betty King, Huckleberry Fox, David Wohl, Lisa Hart Carroll, Troy Bishop, Norman Bennett, F. William Parker
This excellent comedy/drama covers three decades in the relationship of Aurora Greenaway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter Emma (Debra Winger). Aurora has overly protected Emma during her childhood until Emma finally escapes to marry college professor Flap (Jeff Daniels). But that marriage is doomed when Flap begins an affair with a college student, and Emma turns to a married man (John Lithgow) for solace. Meanwhile, Aurora deals with being a grandmother while finding her own consolation in her next-door neighbor, astronaut Garrett Breedlove (Jack Nicholson). Academy Awards were received for Best Picture, Actress (MacLaine), Supporting Actor (Nicholson), Director, and Writing. There were also six nominations, including Best Actress (Winger) and Supporting Actor (Lithgow).
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Troop Beverly Hills 1989  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas, Mary Gross, Audra Lindley, Stephanie Beacham, Edd Byrnes, Jenny Lewis, David Wohl, Frankie Avalon
This film just doesn't come off right as it tells the story of a Beverly Hills mother (Shelley Long) who is troop leader for her daughter's scout troop. A few good scenes from the rich girls save it some.
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Wackness 2008 R
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jonathan Levine
Cast: Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jane Adams, Method Man, Aaron Yoo, Talia Balsam, David Wohl, Bob Dishy, Joanna Merlin, Shannon Briggs
It is the summer of 1994 on Manhattan's Upper East Side, and Luke (Josh Peck) has just graduated from high school but is continuing his drug dealing activities before heading off to college. He is seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley)–a pot smoker–who trades therapy sessions with Luke for bags of weeds. When Luke tells Dr. Squires that he is depressed, Dr. Squires tells him to go out with a girl, get high, and have sex. What Dr. Squires does not know is that Luke has a crush on Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby) who just happens to be Dr. Squires' daughter.
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 The War of the Roses 1989 R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Danny DeVito
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sagebrecht, Sean Astin, G.D. Spradlin, Peter Donat, Dan Castellaneta, Gloria Cromwell, David Wohl
A married couple (Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner) finds that a simple, civilized divorce is not in the cards for them as they systematically fight over every material possession.
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| 1. Brewster's Millions (1985)
2. D.A.R.Y.L (1985)
3. Gotcha! (1985)
4. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
5. Like Father, Like Son (1987)
6. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
7. Sophie's Choice (1982)
8. Terms of Endearment (1983)
9. Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
10. Wackness (2008)
11. The War of the Roses (1989)
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