Beethoven's 5th 2003  G, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Family / Adventure
Director: Mark Griffiths
Cast: Dave Thomas, Faith Ford, Daveigh Chase, Tom Poston, John Larroquette, Katherine Helmond, Sammy Kahn, Richard Riehle, Clint Howard, Kathy Griffin, Rodman Flender, Tina Ullman, Tom Musgrave, Elizabeth Warner, Joel Hurt Jones
Beethoven is back with yet another set of characters as 12-year-old Sara (Daveigh Chase) and Beethoven grab a bus and head west to Quicksilver for the summer. Awaiting her is Uncle Freddy (Dave Thomas) who is not the only kook in town; it appears that exposure to mercury from an old mine has caused most of the townsfolk to be odd. Beethoven stirs things up when he starts digging.
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Blind Date 1987  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, Mark Blum, William Daniels, Graham Stark, Joyce Van Patten, George Coe, Phil Hartman
Bruce Willis is an upwardly mobile professional. Just when his blind date with a beautiful blonde (Kim Basinger) looks like it might be the start of something great, she has a drink and turns the night into a living hell. Not only does she almost destroy a restaurant, she has a jealous ex-boyfriend (John Larroquette). A real Bomb!
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Cat People 1982  R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller / Romance
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, Annette O'Toole, John Heard, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley Jr., Scott Paulin, John Larroquette, Frankie Faison, Ray Wise, Ron Diamond, Lynn Lowry, Tessa Richarde, Patricia Perkins, Berry Barajas
Nastassja Kinski stars as beautiful dress designer Irena Gallier with a bizarre family trait: when she makes love, she turns into a savage black panther and ravages her mate. The only one she can safely make love to is her brother Paul (Malcolm McDowell)–another cat person. But she loves Oliver Yates (John Heard), the head of a zoo, whom she would kill if aroused. A good–and scary–film. Remake of the 1942 movie starring Simone Simon.
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Choose Me 1984  R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Genevieve Bujold, Keith Carradine, Lesley Ann Warren, Patrick Bauchau, Rae Dawn Chong, John Larroquette, Edward Ruscha, Gailard Sartain, Robert Gould, John Considine
This is one of the best movies of 1984. It is a very clever comedy/drama that centers on relationships among a group of late-night owls. The group includes such people as a nightclub owner, a radio sex talk-show hostess, and an escapee from a mental hospital.
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Convicted 1986  TV, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: John Larroquette, Lindsay Wagner, Carroll O'Connor, Bert Remsen, Patricia Gaul, Jenny Lewis, Jaime McEnnan, Christopher Roberts, Caitlin O'Heaney
After a man (John Larroquette) is falsely accused and convicted of rape, his loyal wife (Lindsay Wagner) spends five years determined to uncover the truth behind the crime.
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Heart Beat 1980 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Byrum
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, John Heard, Ray Sharkey, Ann Dusenberry, Margaret Fairchild, Tony Bill, John Larroquette, Steve Allen
This story is loosely based on the story of Jack Kurouac (John Heard) whose friend Neal Cassady (Nick Nolte) keeps leaving his wife, Carolyn (Sissy Spacek), for travels and the company of Jack.
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Isn't She Great 2000 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Bergman
Cast: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, John Cleese, John Larroquette, Amanda Peet, Dina Waters, Paul Benedict
Bette Midler plays romance-novelist Jacqueline Susann, and Nathan Lane takes on the role of Susann's husband, Irving Mansfield, in this shallow rendering of the triumphs and tragedies of the ambitious Jacqueline Susann's life–cut short by cancer.
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Meatballs Part II 1984 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Cast: Archie Hahn, John Mengatti, Tammy Taylor, Richard Mulligan, Hamilton Camp, Kim Richards, John Larroquette, Paul Reubens, Misty Rowe, Felix Silla
Armand "Flash" Carducci (John Mengatti) is on probation when he is sent to serve as a counselor at Camp Sasquatch. Once there, Flash meets and becomes enamored with Cheryl (Kim Richards), and his campers become enthralled with an alien, nicknamed Meathead, whose parents dropped it off at camp to earn an Earth merit badge. The rival Camp Patton, across the lake, is run by the evil Hershey (Hamilton Camp) who wants to take over Camp Sasquatch. Hershey challenges Camp Sasquatch to an end of summer boxing match in an effort to claim the camp for himself. Will Flash be able to save the day?
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Recipe for Disaster 2003 G, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harvey Frost
Cast: John Larroquette, Lesley Ann Warren, Melissa Peterman, Margo Harshman, Devon Werkheiser, Andrew James Allen, Bill Dawes, Michelle Brookhurst, Ivan Marks, Melissa Schuman, Marion Ramsey, Michael Prozzo
When their parents (John Larroquette and Lesley Ann Warren) must leave to secure a missing license on the night their family's new restaurant opens, their children attempt to save the day and take charge of serving up exotic meals to the customers.
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Richie Rich 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette, Edward Herrmann, Jonathan Hyde, Christine Ebersole, Michael McShane, Stephi Lineburg, Chelcie Ross, Mariangela Pino, Joel Robinson, Jonathan Hilario, Reggie Jackson, Claudia Schiffer, Wanda Christine, Ben Stein
Twelve-year-old Richie (Macaulay Culkin) is the richest kid in the world and has every toy he ever wanted, but he has no friends. Richie loves his parents, Richard and Regina (Edward Herrmann and Christine Ebersole), who hire Reggie Jackson to coach him, but Richie wants friends his own age to play with. Meanwhile, Lawrence Van Dough (John Larroquette), who works for Richie's dad, is plotting to kill Richard and Regina in order to become C.E.O. of the company. Now, Richie–with help from butler Cadbury (Jonathan Hyde), Prof. Keenbean (Michael McShane), and some kids his own age–puts together a plan to foil Van Dough's plot and save Richard and Regina.
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Second Sight 1989 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Zwick
Cast: John Larroquette, Bronson Pinchot, Bess Armstrong, Stuart Pankin, John Schuck, James Tolkan, William Prince, Michael Lombard, Christine Estabrook, Marisol Massey
John Larroquette plays a detective who uses a mystic (Bronson Pinchot) for insight in his cases.
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Southland Tales 2007  R, 144 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Kelly
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Campana, Nora Dunn, Beth Grant, Wood Harris, John Larroquette, Bai Ling, Jon Lovitz, Christopher Lambert, Mandy Moore, Holmes Osborne, Lisa K. Wyatt
A nuclear strike on Texas has resulted in political and environmental disasters that have caused the United States to institute strict security measures to ward off terrorists. Action-movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) is married to Madeline (Mandy Moore) whose father, Senator Bobby Frost (Holmes Osborne), is a Republican vice-presidential candidate plotting a national takeover. But, Boxer is kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and now, after gaining freedom, suffers amnesia, can not remember Madeline, and has teamed up with porn princess Krysta (Sarah Michelle Gellar). He is also involved with a Hermosa Beach police officer (Sean William Scott) whose identity has split in two–resulting in twins, Roland and Ronald Taverner. Taverner's efforts to find himself just might provide the key to a dangerous conspiracy.
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Robert Hooks, Christopher Lloyd, Nichelle Nichols, James Sikking, Merritt Butrick, Phil Morris, Scott McGinnis, Robin Curtis, John Larroquette
Whoops! Just when we thought that Spock (Leonard Nimoy) was dead, it turns out that his spirit is alive and is residing in the body of Enterprise crewman Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Spock's body must be transported back to the planet Vulcan, and Adm. Kirk (William Shatner) steals the Enterprise to retrieve Spock's coffin on the planet Geneses. Problems erupt when they encounter a Klingon ship, but Kirk wins the battle, retrieves the coffin, and heads for a ceremony on Vulcan to re-fuse Spock's body.
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 Stripes 1981  R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles, Sean Young, John Larroquette, Judge Reinhold, John Diehl, Dave Thomas
Down-and-out John (Bill Murray) enlists in the Army after viewing a very slick TV advertisement. In addition, he manages to convince his best friend (Harold Ramis) to sign up with him. Once there, they find that the Army is not what they thought it would be. John Candy adds to the fun of this movie.
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Summer Rental 1985 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Karen Austin, Rip Torn, Kerri Green, John Larroquette, Dick Anthony Williams, Richard Herd, Carmine Caridi, Santos Morales, Joseph Lawrence, Aubrey Jene, Lois Hamilton, Francis X. McCarthy, Pierrino Mascarino
Stressed-out air traffic controller Jack Chester (John Candy) is urged to take a vacation. He takes his wife Sandy (Karen Austin), their three children, and their dog to a resort at Citrus Cove, Florida. Instead of being able to relax, Jack endures one problem after another, which includes a sailing race against a snobby foe Jason (Richard Crenna) who he meets at the resort.
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 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974  R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danzinger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn, John Larroquette, Jim Siedow, Edwin Neal, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan, John Henry Faulk, Gerry Green, Ed Guinn, Joe Bill Hogan, William Creamer
When Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) takes her wheelchair-bound brother Franklin (Paul A. Partain) to their grandfather's cemetery after learning that it has been vandalized, Sally's friends join them. Not a good idea. One-by-one, they are hacked to death by a vicious family of cannibals, including Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) who wields a chainsaw when confronting his victims. This film quickly had a cult following and spawned sequels. 1 User Review
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| | brill! | rich-the-horror-lover 08/21/2007 | | again, another top horror from the 70's. ery, spooky, frightening, wonderful. My favourite part is where the dad has the girl in the van, and its just his spooky face you see- those big teeth! poking and profdding the girl. Great part. |
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Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante
Cast: Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Kevin McCarthy, John Lithgow, John Larroquette, Scatman Crothers, Selma Diamond, Abbe Lane, Burgess Meredith, Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Bill Quinn, Murray Matheson
This is Vic Morrow's last film as he and two Asian children were killed in a tragic helicopter accident while filming this movie. It is actually a remake of the TV show, and the last segment with George Miller directing is the best story with John Lithgow portraying a terrified passenger on an airplane. Each of the four Directors headed one segment.
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| 1. Beethoven's 5th (2003)
2. Blind Date (1987)
3. Cat People (1982)
4. Choose Me (1984)
5. Convicted (1986)
6. Heart Beat (1980)
7. Isn't She Great (2000)
8. Meatballs Part II (1984)
9. Recipe for Disaster (2003)
10. Richie Rich (1994)
11. Second Sight (1989)
12. Southland Tales (2007)
13. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
14. Stripes (1981)
15. Summer Rental (1985)
16. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
17. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
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