Bartok the Magnificent 1999  G, 71 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Cast: Hank Azaria, Kelsey Grammer, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Tim Curry, Jennifer Tilly, Phillip Van Dyke, Diedrich Bader, Glenn Shadix, French Stewart, Danny Mann, Zachary Charles
This animated family film relates adventures of Bartok the Albino Bat (Hank Azaria) and Zozi the Bear (Kelsey Grammer) as they rescue the kidnapped Prince Ivan (Phillip Van Dyke).
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 Beetle Juice 1988  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Musical
aka: Beetlejuice
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, Jeffrey Jones, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Goulet, Annie McEnroe, Maurice Page, Hugo Stanger, Rachel Mittelman, Patrice Martinez, Cindy Daly
This is Tim Burton's wacky film about a dead couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) haunting their own house and trying to rid it of the new owners and their tasteless post-modern renovations. After their own attempts fail, they hire Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a deranged lunatic of a ghost with an overactive libido. Lots of good special effects and some hilarious scenes.
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Bingo 1991  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Matthew Robbins
Cast: Cindy Williams, David Rasche, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Kurt Fuller, Joe Guzaldo, David French, Glenn Shadix, Janet Wright, Wayne Robson, Suzie Plakson, Simon Webb, Blu Mankuma
A mangy dog, Bingo, runs away from its cruel circus master and soon saves the life of Chuckie (Rober J. Steinmiller Jr.), a boy who doesn't fit in well with the other boys. Boy and dog become good pals, but his football-player dad (David Rasche) wants no part of the dog. The family packs up and heads East after Dad is traded to the Green Bay Packers–with Bingo following behind, having many adventures, and overcoming challenges along the way.
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 Demolition Man 1993 R, 114 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Comedy
Director: Marco Brambilla
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock, Wesley Snipes, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Bob Gunton, Glenn Shadix, Denis Leary, Andre Gregory, Bill Cobbs, Grand L. Bush, Pat Skipper, Steve Kahan
In the year 2031, two men who had been cryogenically frozen are thawed out, and their chase continues when policeman John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) is thawed to continue his efforts of decades ago when he tried to capture psychopath Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes). Now, Phoenix has escaped his frozen state, and it is necessary to free Spartan to ensure capture. A funny romp.
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Dunston Checks In 1996  PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cast: Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Paul Reubens, Graham Sack, Glenn Shadix
An Orangutan, Dunston, and his master, Lord Rutledge (Rupert Everett) are guests at the Majestic Hotel from which they perform jewel thefts. Of course, all plans go awry, but the script is so bad nobody cares.
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The Empty Mirror 1997  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry J. Hershey
Cast: Norman Rodway, Joel Grey, Glenn Shadix, Camilla Soeberg, Peter Michael Goetz, Doug McKeon, Hope Allen, Lori Scott, Raul Kobrinsky, Randy Zielinski
What if Hitler did not commit suicide and was forced to face the results of his evil deeds? That's the premise of this psychodrama in which settings and score support the mania of Hitler's master plan. Very unsettling!
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 Heathers 1989 R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Romance
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, Penelope Milford, Glenn Shadix, Renee Estevez, Jeremy Applegate, Lance Fenton, Patrick Labyorteaux, John Zarchen, Jon Matthews, Phill Lewis, Carrie Lynn
This black comedy involves teenagers and status symbols in high school. Three of the four most popular girls in high school are named Heather (Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker). The fourth most popular is Veronica (Winona Ryder) who, when she falls for Jason "J.D." Dean (Christian Slater), learns how to deal with the others–through murder!
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 It Runs in the Family 1994 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
aka: My Summer Story
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Charles Grodin, Kieran Culkin, Mary Steenburgen, Christian Culkin, Al Mancini, Troy Evans, Roy Brocksmith, Glenn Shadix, Dick O'Neill, Wayne Grace, Whit Hertford, Geoffrey Wigdor
This sequel to "The Christmas Story" finds the 1940s Parker family–The Old Man (Charles Grodin), Mom (Mary Steenburgen), son "Ralphie" (Kieran Culkin) and younger son Randy (Christian Culkin)–spending their summer vacation amidst hillbilly neighbors, killer spinning tops, and Mom's attempts at collecting china.
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Love Affair 1994 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
Cast: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn, Garry Shandling, Chloe Webb, Pierce Brosnan, Kate Capshaw, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Mazursky, Glenn Shadix
This is a remake of 1939's film and the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr version, "An Affair to Remember." Granted, this is a sentimental love story, but those who like to bring handkerchiefs to the theater (or to the TV room) will enjoy this one.
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Men 1997 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
Cast: Sean Young, Dylan Walsh, John Heard, Richard Hillman, Karen Black, Beau Starr, Shawnee Smith, Glenn Shadix, Annie McEnroe, Shannon Conlon, Kenneth Moskow, Annie Fitzgerald, Keith Odett, Gary Wolf, Eric B. Jones
Stella (Sean Young) lives with her alcoholic ex-boyfriend Teo (Dylan Walsh) and spends her time picking up men for one-night stands. Desiring to become a chef, but happy in her adventures with men, she accepts her ex's offer of a one-way ticket to L.A. Once there, she gets a job as a chef, does well at it, but still likes to continue going through men. After falling for one, she starts thinking that perhaps it is time to settle down. But tragedy strikes. Sean Young is good in this otherwise weak effort.
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 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993  PG, 75 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
aka: Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Edward Ivory, Susan McBride, Debi Durst, Greg Proops, Kerry Katz, Randy Crenshaw, Sherwood Ball, Carmen Twillie
This is a delightful Tim Burton film that uses stop-action and replacement animation. Halloweentown's hero, Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon, singing voice of Danny Elfman), takes a walk in the woods and enters a tree that is the doorway to Christmastown. Jack is overwhelmed with the good will he finds and now wants to take over Christmas by kidnapping Santa (voice of Edward Ivory) and do Christmas as only Halloweentown can. They capture Santa, but boogeyman Oogie Boogie (voice of Ken Page) re-captures Santa along with Jack's girlfriend Sally (voice of Catherine O'Hara), which leads to an inevitable confrontation. By story's end, Jack is riding in the sky in a coffin-like sled pulled by skeletal reindeer ready to deliver presents to the world's children.
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Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Mollie Miller
Cast: Hayley Mills, Barry Bostwick, John M. Jackson, Leanne Creel, Monica Creel, Joy Creel, Jayne Meadows, Sasha Mitchell, Glenn Shadix
Once more Hayley Mills plays twin sisters, Sharon and Susan, in this film set amidst a Hawaiian honeymoon.
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Planet of the Apes 2001 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren, Paul Giamatti, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Erick Avari, Luke Eberl, Evan Parke, David Warner, Glenn Shadix, Chris Ellis, Freda Joh Shen
When astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) is stranded on a strange planet, he is greeted by human-like apes who keep humans as pets. Davidson is saved by a sympathetic chimp, Ari (Helena Bonham Carter), and meets a band of captured humans who want him to lead a revolt against the apes that are led by General Thade (Tim Roth). It isn't long before Davidson takes on the role of a messiah.
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Red Dirt 2000  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tag Purvis
Cast: Dan Montgomery Jr., Karen Black, Aleksa Pallandino, Walton Goggins, Peg O'Keef, John Mese, Glenn Shadix, Jo-Ann Robinson
Griffith (Dan Montgomery Jr.) lives in a small, poor town in Mississippi taking care of his crippled aunt (Karen Black) and hopes that some day he can get out of this place and make something of himself. His affair with his cousin is jeopardized when a man comes to town and rents a cabin from Griffith. Griffith has a strong attraction for the man, an attraction he hasn't felt before. Dumb as dirt–red Mississippi dirt.
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 Sleepwalkers 1992 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Brian Krause, Madchen Amick, Alice Krige, Jim Haynie, Cindy Pickett, Ron Perlman, Lyman Ward, Dan Martin, Glenn Shadix, Cynthia Garris
A mother (Alice Krige) and her son (Brian Krause) move into a sleepy Midwestern town; it soon becomes clear that the couple is not your run-of-the-mill family, but turn into monstrous sleepwalkers that prey on young virgins for their life force. Descended from cats, they are only vulnerable to a cat's scratch. Their next victim, Tanya (Madchen Amick), proves to be a tough one to deal with. Bad, but might be fun on a winter's night.
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Sparkler 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Darren Stein
Cast: Park Overall, Veronica Cartwright, Jamie Kennedy, Steven Petrarca, Freddie Prinze Jr., Don Harvey, Sandy Martin, Grace Zabriskie, Gloria LeRoy, Glenn Shadix
Melba May (Park Overall) "escapes" life in California–her trailer park and husband Flint (Don Harvey)–and heads for Las Vegas where she meets her old high-school friend, Dottie Delgato (Veronica Cartwright). But Flint learns Melba has won a $1,000,000 sweepstakes prize and wants to share in her wealth.
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Storm Trackers 1999 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Storm
Director: Harris Done
Cast: Luke Perry, Martin Sheen, Robert Knott, Renee Esteves, Alexandra Powers, Marc McClure, David Moses, Glenn Shadix, John Ingle, Mark Chaet, David Sederholm, Tim Colceri
A government team is working on a top secret project to alter weather as a weapon of mass destruction. An experiment in 1992 did result in a large hurricane but could not be controlled. Now, seven years later, meteorologist Ron Young (Luke Perry) has developed a program that may allow success. Young is hired, and the test is run. A massive hurricane is formed and is to be aimed at Mexico, but things go wrong and it heads toward L.A. Young, finding out what his program is being used for, sets out to save L.A. Terrible.
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| 1. Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
2. Beetle Juice (1988)
aka: Beetlejuice
3. Bingo (1991)
4. Demolition Man (1993)
5. Dunston Checks In (1996)
6. The Empty Mirror (1997)
7. Heathers (1989)
8. It Runs in the Family (1994)
aka: My Summer Story
9. Love Affair (1994)
10. Men (1997)
11. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
aka: Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
12. Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)
13. Planet of the Apes (2001)
14. Red Dirt (2000)
15. Sleepwalkers (1992)
aka: Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
16. Sparkler (1997)
17. Storm Trackers (1999)
aka: Storm
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