The Best of Times 1986  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Kurt Russell, Robin Williams, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance, Donald Moffat, Margaret Whitton, M. Emmet Walsh, Donovan Scott, R.G. Armstrong, Dub Taylor, Carl Ballantine, Kathleen Freeman, Tony Plana, Kirk Cameron, Robyn Lively
John Dundee (Robin Williams) and Reno Hightower (Kurt Russell) try to overcome their past failings by reliving a missed pass at their Taft high-school football game in which their team lost to Bakersfield. Their solution is to replay the game–if they can convince others that the idea will work.
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The Comeback 1978  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror
aka: The Day the Screaming Stopped
Director: Pete Walker
Cast: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen, Sheila Keith, Holly Palance, Peter Turner, Richard Johnson, June Chadwick, Patrick Brock
While American pop star Nick Cooper (Jack Jones) writes new songs, he retreats to a country manor for peace and quiet. Instead of quiet, he becomes immersed in details about his wife's (Holly Palance) murder when her ghost reveals things to him that could help him solve her murder.
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 The Omen 1976  R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, Anthony Nicholls, Robert Rietty, Tommy Duggan, John Stride, Holly Palance, Sheila Raynor, Roy Boyd
The son of Satan is raised by a very nice couple, American Ambassador Robert Thorn and his wife Katherine (Gregory Peck and Lee Remick). Five years before, they had replaced their baby who did not survive childbirth with another. Now, a series of deaths have occurred, and their young boy, Damien (Harvey Stephens), is a suspect. Could he be the Antichrist?
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Under Fire 1983  R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ed Harris, Alma Martinez, Holly Palance, Hamilton Camp, Richard Masur, Enrique Lucero
Journalists (Nick Nolte and Joanna Cassidy) cover the revolution in Nicaragua and end up coming to the aid of the guerilla cause. Good stars do a good job in a better than good film.
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| 1. The Best of Times (1986)
2. The Comeback (1978)
aka: The Day the Screaming Stopped
3. The Omen (1976)
4. Under Fire (1983)
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