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The Concorde...Airport '79 1979 1 and a half stars

    PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller
aka: Airport '79

Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Alain Delon, Robert Wagner, Susan Blakely, George Kennedy, Sylvia Kristel, Eddie Albert, Bibi Andersson, Charo, Martha Raye, Cicely Tyson, John Davidson, Andrea Marcovicci, Jimmie Walker, David Warner, Mercedes McCambridge

  Co-pilots (George Kennedy and Alain Delon) are flying a Concorde jet from Washington, D.C., to Moscow when their jet becomes the target of missile fire and in danger of crashing over the Alps. The reason behind their dangerous situation is that a passenger, reporter Maggie (Susan Blakely), is carrying secret documents that threaten Harrison Industries, and its leader (Robert Wagner) wants to destroy the information and the carrier as well.

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened 1977 2 stars

    TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gilbert Moses
Cast: Jimmie Walker, James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Tamu, Kevin Hooks, Valerie Curtin

  A high-school basketball star has leukemia and looks for reconciliation with the father who never had time for him. Get out the hankies for this one.

The Guyver 1991 1 and a half stars

    PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang
Cast: Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack Armstrong, David Gale, Michael Berryman, Jimmie Walker, Spice Williams, Peter Spellos, Willard E. Pugh, Jeffrey Combs, David Wells, Deborah Gorman

  CIA agent Max Reed (Mark Hamill) sets off to obtain a mysterious box from a scientist, but the scientist is murdered after hiding the box from his killers. Sean (Jack Armstrong) finds the box, and, when he gets into a fight, the box causes him to be encased in armor and become a super-being. But the aliens, who can change into terrifying reptilian creatures, want their device back There is a sequel to this film that is based on a Japanese comic-book character.

Kidnapped 1986 1 and a half stars

    R, 98 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Howard Avedis
Cast: David Naughton, Barbara Crampton, Lance LeGault, Chick Vennera, Kim Evenson, Jimmie Walker, Michelle Rossi, Charles Napier, Gary Wood

  Bonnie (Barbara Crampton) and Detective Vince McCarthy (David Naughton) work against the clock to rescue her kidnapped sister.

Let's Do It Again 1975 3 stars

    PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Jimmie Walker, Ossie Davis, Denise Nicholas, Mel Stewart, Julius Harris, Val Avery

  Two Atlanta members (Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby) of a fraternal lodge find a way to con gamblers by using the occult to turn Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) into a winning prizefighter. This film follows "Uptown Saturday Night" and is followed by "A Piece of the Action."

Open Season 1996 2 and a half stars

    R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Wuhl
Cast: Robert Wuhl, Tom Selleck, Joe Piscopo, Dina Merrill, Rod Taylor, Helen Shaver, Gailard Sartain, Saul Rubinek, Jimmie Walker, Maggie Han

  A Public TV executive (Robert Wuhl) finds his shows receive top ratings (because of a tabulating error), and commercial networks jump on the bandwagon by inserting culture into their programming fare.

Water 1985 1 and a half stars

      PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dick Clement
Cast: Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter, Billy Connolly, Maureen Lipman, Dennis Dugan, Fulton Mackay, Jimmie Walker, Dick Shawn

  When mineral water is discovered and becomes the object of investment possibilities on a tiny Caribbean island, Governor Baxter Thwaites (Michael Caine) must deal with outside forces struggling for control of his once-peaceful island.

Movie Quick Pick

1. The Concorde...Airport '79 (1979)
aka: Airport '79
2. The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977)
3. The Guyver (1991)
4. Kidnapped (1986)
5. Let's Do It Again (1975)
6. Open Season (1996)
7. Water (1985)

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