Flipper 1996 PG, 96 min. Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Alan Shapiro Cast: Elijah Wood, Paul Hogan, Jonathan Banks, Isaac Hayes, Chelsea Field, Jason Fuchs, Jessica Wesson, Mal Jones, Louis Seeger Crume, Bill Nolan, Mary Jo Faraci, Allison Bertolino
Sandy (Elijah Wood) is spending the summer visiting his uncle, Porter (Paul Hogan), in Key West, Florida. One day while boating with Porter, Sandy spots a dolphin, dubs him Flipper, and they form an attachment. When Sandy and Porter learn that toxic waste is being dumped locally, they realize the harm that could come to Flipper, and they set out to track down the culprit (Jonathan Banks).
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Longshot 2000 PG-13, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Lionel C. Martin Cast: Tony DeCamillis, Hunter Tylo, Joey Sculthorpe, Danielle Fishel, Frayne Rosanoff, Paul Sorvino, Shana Betz, C.J. Byrnes, Jen Morris, Jessica Wesson
Cameos by several pop bands help keep this from being a real bomb, but not by much (Britney Spears' cameo is a near disaster). A sleazy, but rich, man (Paul Sorvino) attempts to bribe Jack (Tony De Camillis) into dating a wealthy widow (Hunter Tylo) in order to obtain insider information.
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Milk Money 1994 PG-13, 107 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin Cast: Melanie Griffith, Ed Harris, Michael Patrick Carter, Malcolm McDowell, Anne Heche, Casey Siemaszko, Philip Bosco, Brian Christopher, Adam LaVorgna, Kevin Scannell, Jessica Wesson, Amanda Sharkey
Frank (Michael Patrick Carter) and his two buddies pool their money and bike to town to find a prostitute who will strip for them. They are befriended by kind-hearted V (Melanie Griffith), who ends up taking them home after their bikes are stolen. Frank thinks she would be a perfect new wife for his dad, Tom (Ed Harris), who is too preoccupied trying to save the wetlands. She stays in Frank's tree house, unknown to Tom who thinks she is a tutor for Frank. But a crime boss is after V, believing she has run off with the gang's money. Near the bottom of the barrel, jokes and all.
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| 1. Flipper (1996)
2. Longshot (2000)
3. Milk Money (1994)
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