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Eddie Macon's Run 1983 1 and a half stars

    PG, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell, Leah Ayres, Lisa Dunsheath, Tom Noonan, J.C. Quinn, Jay O. Sanders, J.T. Walsh, John Goodman

  Eddie (John Schneider) has escaped from prison and is determined to get to Mexico where his family is. Police officer Marzack (Kirk Douglas) is one small step behind. John Goodman's film debut.

Gotcha! 1985 2 stars

    PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Linda Fiorentino, Jsu Garcia, Alex Rocco, Marla Adams, Klaus Loewitsch, Christopher Rydell, David Wohl

  An American college student (Anthony Edwards) goes to Paris and meets a beautiful woman who then puts both of their lives in peril.

Natural Enemies 1979 1 star

    R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Louise Fletcher, Peter Armstrong, Jose Ferrer, Viveca Lindfors, Elizabeth Berridge, John Bartholomew

  A successful publisher, Paul Steward (Hal Holbrook), arises one morning and anguishes over his compulsion to kill his family and then commit suicide.

Revenge of the Nerds 1984 2 and a half stars

    R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Robert Carradine, Julia Montgomery, Ted McGinley, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Michelle Meyrink, Bernie Casey, James Cromwell, John Goodman, Andrew Cassese, Larry B. Scott, Brian Tochi, Matt Salinger, David Wohl, Donald Gibb

  Adams College nerds Lewis (Robert Carradine) and Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) have arrived on campus and find that the fraternities are not asking them to join. They join other nerds on campus and start their own branch of Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity. Now, the college jocks at Alpha Beta fraternity, led by Stan (Ted McGinley), start picking on the nerds in their free time. As a result of the harassment, the nerds proceed to show that skill and cunning will beat out strength and agility any time.

Tough Guys 1986 2 stars

      PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Dana Carvey, Darlanne Fluegel, Eli Wallach, Billy Barty, Matthew Faison, Nathan Davis

  Two old guys finish serving 30 years for train robbery. When they are released, they find they have trouble finding a respectable place in society, so they go back to their old ways.    1 User Review

Troop Beverly Hills 1989 1 star

    PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas, Mary Gross, Audra Lindley, Stephanie Beacham, Edd Byrnes, Jenny Lewis, David Wohl, Frankie Avalon

  This film just doesn't come off right as it tells the story of a Beverly Hills mother (Shelley Long) who is troop leader for her daughter's scout troop. A few good scenes from the rich girls save it some.

V.I. Warshawski 1991 2 stars

    R, 89 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning, Angela Goethals, Nancy Paul, Frederick Coffin, Charles McCaughan

  Kathleen Turner plays Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski who is hired by the 13 year-old daughter of a murdered hockey star. Her mission is to find the killer.

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