An American Tail 1986  G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Don Bluth
Cast: Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff, Madeline Kahn, Erica Yohn, Amy Green, Christopher Plummer, John Finnegan, Hal Smith, Pat Musick, Will Ryan, Cathianne Blore, Neil Ross
In Steven Spielberg's first animated film, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his immigrant family while voyaging to the United States in the late 19th century. The many hardships that Fievel goes through may bother young children, but all turns out OK by film's end.
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Big Trouble 1986  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning, Robert Stack, Paul Dooley, Valerie Curtin, Richard Libertini, Steve Alterman, John Finnegan
"The In-Laws" duo (Peter Falk and Alan Arkin) are back with some funny moments, but not as many as in the original film. An insurance agent (Arkin) needs more money if he wants to get his boys through college. One way is to help the flighty Blanche (Beverly D'Angelo) in her plot to kill her husband (Falk).
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 The Natural 1984  PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey, Robert Prosky, Richard Farnsworth, Joe Don Baker, Darren McGavin, John Finnegan, Alan Judge, Paul Sullivan Jr., Robert Rich III, Michael Madsen
Nineteen-year-old farm boy Roy Hobbs (Paul Sullivan Jr.) arrives on the baseball scene with his homemade bat "Wonderboy." He is ready to try out for the Chicago Cubs when his dreams hit a snag. A mysterious woman, Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey), shoots him with a silver bullet forcing Roy to drop out of baseball. Now, 15 years later, Roy (Robert Redford) is back in baseball as a 35-year-old rookie with the New York Knights where he becomes the star player attracting fans AND women, including sultry siren Memo Paris (Kim Basinger) and his high-school girlfriend Iris Gaines (Glenn Close). It is an old-fashioned story of good triumphing over evil. The climax of Roy's home-run hit is a classic. The film received four Oscar nominations, including Glenn Close for Best Supporting Actress.
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Opening Night 1977 N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, Peter Bogdanovich, Laura Johnson, John Finnegan, James Karen
All the backstage drama of an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) is presented in this insightful film written by, directed by, and starring John Cassavetes.
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A Woman Under the Influence 1974  R, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cassavetes
Cast: Peter Falk, Gena Rowlands, Matthew Cassel, Matthew Laborteaux, Angelo Grisanti, Katherine Cassavetes, Lady Rowlands, Fred Draper, O.G. Dunn, John Finnegan, Christina Grisanti, Mario Gallo, Eddie Shaw, James Joyce, Charles Horvath
Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands) is married to construction worker Nick (Peter Falk) and is the mother of three children. The pressures of being a suburban housewife weigh on Mabel, and she suffers a mental breakdown. After spending six months in a mental hospital, Mabel returns home to a "welcome party" and experiences an emotional meltdown that puts her marriage in further jeopardy. Rowlands was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award.
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| 1. An American Tail (1986)
2. Big Trouble (1986)
3. The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
4. The Natural (1984)
5. Opening Night (1977)
6. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
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