The New Guy 2002 PG-13, 100 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Ed Decter Cast: DJ Qualls, Lyle Lovett, Eddie Griffin, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, Parry Shen, Jerod Mixon, Sunny Mabrey, Ross Patterson, Illeana Douglas, Matt Gogin, Horatio Sanz, Geoffrey Lewis, Charlie O'Connell, Gene Simmons
Expelled from Texas' Rocky Creek High School, Dizzy Harrison (DJ Qualls) meets Luther (Eddie Griffin) who teaches him how to be "cool." Dizzy then enrolls in East Highland High School where he adopts a new persona: that of cool "Gil Harris." Gil gains popularity and even dates head cheerleader Danielle ((Eliza Dushku). All goes well–for awhile–until the truth comes out.
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Red Surf 1990 R, 104 min. Genre: Drama
Director: H. Gordon Boos Cast: George Clooney, Doug Savant, Dedee Pfeiffer, Philip McKeon, Rick Najera, Gene Simmons, Vincent Klyn, Eddie Frias, Marco Hernandez, James Medina, Rudy Negrete, Tony Colitti, Donovan Haylock, Noel Alumit, Everett Lamar
Ex-surfer Mark Remar (George Clooney) now runs drugs along with buddy Attila (Doug Savant). Mark's pregnant girlfriend (Dedee Pfeiffer) threatens to leave unless he stops the drug business and Mark agrees to stop–after one last job. Of course, things go very wrong in this loser (despite the good cast).
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Runaway 1984 PG-13, 99 min. Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton Cast: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Stan Shaw, G.W. Bailey, Joey Cramer, Chris Mulkey, Anne-Marie Martin, Michael Paul Chan, Elizabeth Norment, Carol Teasdale, Babs Chula, Jackson Davies, Paul Batten
The time is set in the future, and robots have replaced many humans to perform menial labors. When it is learned that "runaways"–robots that have been programmed to kill–are on the loose, police detective Jack Ramsay (Tom Selleck) and his partner Karen Thompson (Cynthia Rhodes) are assigned the task of stopping the killing spree. Charles Luther (Gene Simmons) is responsible for programming the robots and is plotting to form his army of robots. Now, Jack's son Bobby (Joey Cramer) is the target, and Jack and Karen must outwit Luther in order to save David and humanity as well.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive 1987 R, 104 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Gary Sherman Cast: Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris, William Russ, Susan McDonald, Jerry Hardin, Hugh Gillin, Robert Harper, Eli Danker, Joseph Nasser, Suzanne Wouk
In this updated version of the popular TV show, Rutger Hauer plays the grandson of the TV hero played by Steve McQueen in the show, "Wanted Dead or Alive." When international terrorists begin their bloody work in the United States, Nick Randall (Hauer) is called into action.
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Wish You Were Dead 2000 R, 90 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Valerie McCaffrey Cast: Cary Elwes, Elaine Hendrix, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Sally Kirkland, Gene Simmons, Tanya Allen, Dennis Burkley, Lin Shaye, Robert Englund, Shannon Tweed
Macbeth (Cary Elwes), an insurance adjuster in a small Southern town, is conned into signing over a big policy to harlot Sally Rider (Mary Steenburgen). Sally then hires a hit woman, Jupiter (Elaine Hendrix), to kill Macbeth in this black crime comedy. Saved (somewhat) by the good supporting cast who play various eccentrics in the town.
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| 1. The New Guy (2002)
2. Red Surf (1990)
3. Runaway (1984)
4. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)
5. Wish You Were Dead (2000)
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