 Brother Bear 2003  G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Aaron Blaise, Robert(3) Walker
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Jason Raize, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, D.B. Sweeney, Joan Copeland, Michael Clarke Duncan, Harold Gould, Paul Christie, Daniel Mastrogiorgio, Estelle Harris
In this animated film, a Native American bear hunter, Kenai (Joaquin Phoenix), kills a bear and, magically, is turned into a bear himself. His brother (Jason Raize), thinking the bear has killed Kenai, hunts the bear that is really Kenai. Kenai's only hope lies in befriending a bear cub, Koda (Jeremy Suarez), and in the process learns the lesson of being kind not only to your brother but to animals as well. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
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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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Dancing in September 2000   R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
Cast: Nicole Ari Parker, Isaiah Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Jay Underwood, Marcia Cross, Michael Cavanaugh, Jenifer Lewis, Malinda Williams, Mel Jackson, Estelle Harris
Tommy (Nicole Ari Parker) is a TV writer who is looking for a new job after a run-in with her network management. She heads to a new, upstart network to sell her ideas and is interviewed by George (Isaiah Washington), a recently hired executive in the Programming Department. He likes Tommy's ideas and tries to sell them to upper management. Not the greatest show in town, but Parker is a highlight.
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Good Advice 2001 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Angie Harmon, Denise Richards, Jon Lovitz, Rosanna Arquette, Estelle Harris, Barry Newman, Lisa Rinna, John de Lancie, Francoise Surel
Ryan (Charlie Sheen) is a successful stockbroker until he sleeps with the wrong woman and gets bad advice from the woman's husband. Now he's out of work, and his live-in girlfriend, Cindy (Denise Richards), leaves him and heads to Brazil. When Cindy's boss, for whom she writes an advice column for a newspaper, wants to know where her column is, Ryan starts writing it. Ryan falls for the boss, Page (Angie Harmon), in this comedy that's better than most direct-to-video films.
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The Grand 2008 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Zak Penn
Cast: Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind, Chris Parnell, Ray Romano, Werner Herzog, Gabe Kaplan, Mike Epps, Judy Greer, Estelle Harris, Michael McKean, Michael Karnow, Jason Alexander
In this mockumentary, the Grand Championship of Poker is being held in Las Vegas. Newly released from rehab "One Eyed Jack" Faro (Woody Harrelson) is trying to win the $10,000,000 in order to keep his grandfather's hotel casino away from the wrecking ball. His task is not easy as he joins five other eccentric characters–siblings Lainie and Larry Shwartzman (Cheryl Hines and David Cross), autistic Harold Melvin (Chris Parnell), internet poker player Andy Andrews (Richard Kind), and Las Vegas regular "Deuce" Fairbanks (Dennis Farina)–duking it out at the table while other players and relatives provide amusing moments.
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 Lost & Found 1999  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Pollack
Cast: David Spade, Sophie Marceau, Patrick Bruel, Artie Lange, Mitchell Whitfield, Martin Sheen, Jon Lovitz, Estelle Harris, Rose Marie, Marla Gibbs
Dylan Ramsey (David Spade) wants to impress the beautiful Lila Dubois (Sophie Marceau). His solution: kidnap her dog and then return to her home as the savior of the dog's life. But, as can be imagined, events do not proceed quite so simply.
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Stand and Deliver 1987  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ramon Menendez
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosanna DeSoto, Andy Garcia, Ingrid Oliu, Karla Montana, Vanessa Marquez, Mark Eliot, Carmen Argenziano, Estelle Harris
Based on a true story, this film is about an unusual high-school teacher, Escalante (Edward James Olmos), who goes into an inner-city school to motivate the students into achieving more than anyone believes they are capable. Olmos was nominated for an Oscar.
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Summerdog 1977 G, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Clayton
Cast: James Congdon, Elizabeth Eisenman, Oliver Zabriskie, Tavia Zabriskie, Don Rutledge, Estelle Harris, Tony Capra, Gordon Johnson
Hobo is a playful dog adopted by a wholesome family during its summer vacation. Problems develop, however, when Hobo is taken home to the big city where dogs are not welcomed by the landlord.
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Teacher's Pet 2004 PG, 68 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Timothy Bjorklund
Cast: Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Shaun Flemming, Debra Jo Rupp, Jerry Stiller, Paul Reubens, David Ogden Stiers, Rob Paulsen, Wallace Shawn, Megan Mullally, Estelle Harris, Jay Thomas
Spot (Nathan Lane) is a very smart dog that dresses in human clothes and heads off to school with his eight-year-old master, Leonard (Shaun Flemming). When Spot learns about a scientist (Kesley Grammer) who changes animals into people, Spot undergoes the transformation. Of course there are problems, and it is those problems that provide the funnier part of the movie.
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 Toy Story 2 1999  G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, Kelsey Grammer, John Morris, Wayne Knight, Joan Cusack, Laurie Metcalf, Estelle Harris, Jodi Benson, R. Lee Ermey
While Andy (voice of John Morris) is off at summer camp, a greedy toy collector (voice of Wayne Knight), with plans to make big money, kidnaps Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) to complete his set of puppets from "Woody's Roundup." But all is not lost; Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Mr. Potato Head (voice of Don Rickles), Slinky Dog (voice of Jim Varney), Rex (voice of Wallace Shawn), and Hamm (voice of John Ratzenberger) spring to the rescue on a mission to retrieve Woody before Andy returns home.
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The West Side Waltz 1995 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ernest Thompson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Jennifer Grey, Kathy Bates, Ernest Thompson, Robert Pastorelli, Richard Gilliland, August Schellenberg, Hal Williams, Estelle Harris
Based on Ernest Thompson's 1981 Broadway play, Thompson now directs this film with Shirley MacLaine and Liza Minnelli in the Katharine Hepburn and Dorothy Loudon roles of aging Manhattan neighbors.
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| 1. Brother Bear (2003)
2. Chairman of the Board (1998)
3. Dancing in September (2000)
4. Good Advice (2001)
5. The Grand (2008)
6. Lost & Found (1999)
7. Stand and Deliver (1987)
8. Summerdog (1977)
9. Teacher's Pet (2004)
10. Toy Story 2 (1999)
11. The West Side Waltz (1995)
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