Jack Frost 1996  R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Fantasy
Director: Michael Cooney
Cast: Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel, F. William Parker, Eileen Seeley, Rob LaBelle, Zack Eginton, Jack Lindine, Kelly Jean Peters, Marsha Clark, Chip Heller, Brian Leckner, Darren O. Campbell, Shannon Elizabeth
While on his way to his execution, serial killer Jack Frost (Scott MacDonald) is involved in an accident during which chemicals react with his body, and he mutates into a living snowman. Now, Jack Frost becomes a murdering snowman killing off his victims, one by one, while seeking revenge on Sheriff Sam Tiler (Christopher Allport) who had originally apprehended him.
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Jinxed! 1982 R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Val Avery, Jack Elam, Benson Fong, Jacqueline Scott, F. William Parker, Ian Wolfe, George Dickerson
Las Vegas lounge singer Bonita (Bette Midler) teams up with blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl), who has been "jinxed" by Bonita's lover, Harold (Rip Torn). Bonita and Willie hatch a plot to kill Harold and collect on his life insurance.
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Sydney 1997  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Hard Eight
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, F. William Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nathanael Cooper, Wynn White, Robert Ridgely, Melora Walters, Kathleen Campbell, Michael J. Rowe
Seasoned gambler Sydney (Philip Baker Hall) teaches young John (John C. Reilly) the intricacies of his profession. Two years later, John and Sydney are still friends, and now John and waitress/hooker Clementine (Gwyneth Paltrow) are a hot item. Enter Jimmy (Samuel L. Jackson), a Reno low-life. One night the four characters are in a motel room with a bloody corpse that has a lot to do with failing to pay for Clementine's services and John's reaction. How they work themselves out from their dilemma provides a perceptive view of the four personalities that is entertaining and enlightening.
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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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| 1. Jack Frost (1996)
2. Jinxed! (1982)
3. Sydney (1997)
aka: Hard Eight
4. Terms of Endearment (1983)
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