Cyborg 2 1993  R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Schroeder
Cast: Elias Koteas, Angelina Jolie, Jack Palance, Billy Drago, Karen Sheperd, Allen Garfield, Ric Young, Renee Griffin, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tracey Walter, Jim Youngs, Patrick O'Connell, John Durbin
It is the year 2074, and the PinWheel Robotics Corporation has created a female cyborg, Casella "Cash" Reese (Angelina Jolie), that is designed to detonate after entering chief competitor Kobayashi Electronics' headquarters. But problems develop in PinWheel's plan when Cash begins to have feelings for a human, Colson "Colt" Ricks (Elias Koteas). With the help of Mercy (Jack Palance), a presence on the computer screen, Cash and Colt try to escape the planned detonation of Cash.
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The Final Terror 1981  R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Bump in the Night
Campsite Massacre
Director: Andrew Davis
Cast: John Friedrich, Rachel Ward, Adrian Zmed, Daryl Hannah, Joe Pantoliano, Ernest Harden Jr., Lewis Smith, Mark Metcalf, Cindy Harrell, Akosua Busia, Jim Youngs
Forest rangers camp in the woods where they discover an old hut filled with body parts, and a butler bumps the campers off, one by one.
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 Footloose 1984  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn, Lori Singer, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Laughlin, Frances Lee McCain, Timothy Scott, Elizabeth Gorcey, Jim Youngs, Douglas Dirkson, Lynne Marta, Arthur Rosenberg, Alan Haufrect
This teenage musical is about Ren (Kevin Bacon) whose parents move from Chicago to a town where music and dancing are barred. His love interest is Lori (Dianne Wiest) who is the daughter of Reverend Shaw Moore (John Lithgow) who supports the ban, and that results in a confrontation between Ren and The Reverend. The town council also becomes involved when Ren leads the town's teenagers in a revolt against laws abolishing rock & roll and dancing.
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Out of Control 1985  R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Holzman
Cast: Martin Hewitt, Betsy Russell, Jim Youngs, Claudia Udy, Andrew J. Lederer, Cindi Dietrich, Richard Kantor, Sherilyn Fenn
Teenagers, on their way to a private island retreat, endure a plane crash. They find themselves on an island where they undergo hardships, yet they mix humor, sex, drinking, and drugs into their survival efforts. Get the picture?
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Skeeter 1993  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Clark Brandon
Cast: Jim Youngs, Tracy Griffith, Charles Napier, Michael J. Pollard, Jay Robinson, William Sanderson, Eloy Casados, John Putch, Saxon Trainor, Stacy Edwards, John F. Goff, George "Buck" Flower, Eric Lawson
Greedy land developer Drake (Jay Robinson) is buying up property in the town of Clear Sky and dumping toxic waste nearby. The result is bat-sized mosquitoes sucking human blood, and people are dying. Deputies Boone (Jim Youngs) and Tucker (Eloy Casados) investigate, and Boone calls in environmental agent Gordon Perry (William Sanderson). Meanwhile, Boone rekindles his romance with Sarah (Tracy Griffith) who has returned to town for a funeral. Gordon and Sarah discover the mosquitoes' nest in a mine. Sarah is trapped, but Gordon escapes to find help. Will there ever be a way to put an end to the ecological disaster?
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 Splendor in the Grass 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O'Reilly, Ned Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jim Youngs, Nicholas Pryor, Ally Sheedy, K Callan, Graham Jarvis, Todd Elliot, Macon McCalman, Richard McKenzie, Doran Clark, Toni Kalem
In Kansas during the 1920s, teenagers Deanie (Melissa Gilbert) and Bud (Cyril O'Reilly) are in love. Deanie comes from a middle-class family, and her mother (Eva Marie Saint) preaches to her about keeping her virginity to the point that Deanie is headed for a nervous breakdown. Bud's wealthy father Ace (Ned Beatty) wants him to go to Yale, but Bud wants to get married and settle down as a rancher. While the story is about class consciousness and the strict rules of sexuality during an earlier era, it provides enjoyable fare.
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 The Wanderers 1979  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Alan Rosenberg, Jim Youngs, Tony Ganios, Linda Manz, Samm-Art Williams, Val Avery, Olympia Dukakis, William Andrews
Based on Richard Price's novel, this parody on 1960s movies focuses on ethnic gangs at a Bronx high school. The gangs–the Irish Ducky Boys, the Baddies, the Wongs, and the Fordham Baddies–come to terms with themselves and each other in this film, which has become a cult favorite.
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| 1. Cyborg 2 (1993)
2. The Final Terror (1981)
aka: Bump in the Night
aka: Campsite Massacre
3. Footloose (1984)
4. Hot Shot (1986)
5. Nobody's Fool (1986)
6. Out of Control (1985)
7. Skeeter (1993)
8. Splendor in the Grass (1981)
9. The Wanderers (1979)
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