Bigfoot 1987  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Danny Huston
Cast: Colleen Dewhurst, James Sloyan, Gracie Harrison, Joseph Maher, Adam Carl, Dianne Wiest, Candace Cameron Bure, Timothy Brown, Lucy Butler, Jerry Chambers, Dawan Scott, Bernard White
Not only one but Bigfoot AND his mate are encountered by an anthropologist and two kids in this Disney offering.
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The Evil That Men Do 1984  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher, Jose Ferrer, Rene Enriquez, John Glover, Raymond St. Jacques, Antoinette Bower, Joe Seneca
When his friend Moloch (Joseph Maher) is killed, ex-hit man Holland (Charles Bronson) returns to his old lifestyle and avenges the murder.
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Funny Farm 1988  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith-Osborne, Kevin O'Morrison, Joseph Maher, Jack Gilpin, Brad Sullivan, MacIntyre Dixon, Caris Corfman, William Severs, Mike Starr
This entertaining comedy is about a writer and his wife who move to rural Vermont. The purpose of the change of pace is to enable the writer to find peace and quiet as he creates his new book. What they discover is that rural living has unique problems that are unsuspected by the couple.
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 Heaven Can Wait 1978 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Maher, Hamilton Camp, Arthur Malet, Harry D.K. Wong, Stephanie Faracy, Jeannie Linero, George J. Manos
Whoops! Due to some bungling by an overzealous angel (Buck Henry), L.A. Rams football star Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) dies before he is supposed to. Joe's body is cremated before the error can be corrected, and, to make up for the error, archangel Mr. Jordan (James Mason) offers to place his soul in the body of Leo Farnsworth whose wife Julia (Dyan Cannon) and secretary Tony Abbott (Charles Grodin) have plotted his demise. Environmentalist Betty Logan (Julie Christie) convinces Joe to assume Leo's body, and, because he is attracted to her, he agrees. The deed is done. Joe hires his coach Max Corkle (Jack Warden) to get him in shape, straightens out Farnsworth's affairs, and struggles to get on the Rams' line-up. Meanwhile, Julia and Tony, who are sure they murdered Farnsworth, are trying to figure out just what is happening. The film won an Oscar for Best Art Direction and was nominated for eight others, including Best Picture, Actor (Beatty), Supporting Actor (Warden), Supporting Actress (Cannon), and Director.
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Hoods 1998 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mark Malone
Cast: Joe Mantegna, Kevin Pollak, Joe Pantoliano, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Foronjy, John Capodice, Vincent Berry, Joseph Maher, Robert Costanzo, Vincent Guastaferro
Kevin Pollak and Joe Mantegna play hit men in this comedy/drama. They are ordered to kill the son of an enemy mobster but then find out that the "victim" is only nine-years old.
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I.Q. 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau, Charles Durning, Lou Jacobi, Gene Saks, Joseph Maher, Stephen Fry, Frank Whaley, Tony Shalhoub, Keene Curtis, Alice Playten, Danny Zorn, Helen Hanft
With Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau) playing Cupid, Catherine Boyd (Meg Ryan) and Ed Walters (Tim Robbins) find each other in this romantic comedy. Ed starts out as an automobile mechanic (great looks–not so great mentality), but Einstein tutors him so that he can impress mathematician Catherine. It works.
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Just Tell Me What You Want 1980 R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Tony Roberts, Peter Weller, Dina Merrill, Joseph Maher, Michael Gross, David Rasche
When his mistress (Ali MacGraw) finally leaves her wealthy, but uncaring, corporate executive (Alan King), he pulls out all stops to get her back and away from her younger lover.
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My Old Man 1979  TV, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Kristy McNichol, Warren Oates, Eileen Brennan, Joseph Maher, Jess Osuna, David Margulies, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Joseph Leon, Mark Arnold, Michael Jeter, Peter Maloney, Kenneth Kimmins
After 14 years of separation, teenager Jo (Kristy McNichol) and her horse-trainer dad, Frank (Warren Oates), reunite, select a horse, and enter it in a race. Things look good for father and daughter, but problems lie just around the corner.
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My Stepmother Is an Alien 1988  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan, Joseph Maher, Seth Green, Harry Shearer, Ann Prentiss, Wesley Mann, Tony Jay
A spaceship from a doomed planet lands in Southern California carrying in it an alien (Kim Basinger) who just happens to have a snake that she carries in her purse. Her mission is to find an inept scientist (Dan Aykroyd) who might be able to re-create a ray that has affected the gravity on her planet.
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O.K. Garage 1998 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: All Revved Up
Director: Brandon Cole
Cast: John Turturro, Lili Taylor, Will Patton, Gemma Jones, Joseph Maher, Paul Calderon, Bruce MacVittie, Richard Bright, Olek Krupa, John Spencer
Rachel (Lili Taylor) has continuing car problems but keeps taking her car to the same shady mechanic. She finally turns to friend Sean (Will Patton) for help, and he brings Johnny (John Turturro) along, starting a love triangle in this weak effort, despite the good cast.
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Sister Act 1992 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Emile Ardolino
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nunn, Richard Portnow, Joseph Maher, Robert Miranda, David M. Parker
When placed in the Witness Protection Program, Delores (Whoopi Goldberg) is shocked to learn that she will be hiding in a convent. Although she has problems with the Mother Superior (Maggie Smith), Delores forms a great relationship with the students and nuns around her.
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Those Lips, Those Eyes 1980 R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Pressman
Cast: Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce, Jerry Stiller, Herbert Berghof, Joseph Maher, George Morfogen, Kevin McCarthy, Marshall Colt, Rose Arrick
While interning in Cleveland summer stock in the 1950s, Harry Crystal (Frank Langella) dreams of starring on Broadway in this insightful story about the perils of the thespian world.
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Time After Time 1979 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, Andonia Katsaros, Patti D'Arbanville, Keith McConnell, Laurie Main, Joseph Maher, Larry J. Blake, Kent Williams, James Garrett, Leo Lewis, Geraldine Baron, Karin de la Penha
The time is the 19th century when H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) invents a time machine, which Jack the Ripper (David Warner) uses to escape to modern-day San Francisco. H.G. follows Jack in an attempt to bring Jack back to the past. H.G. meets and falls in love with bank officer Amy Robbins (Mary Steenburgen) who acts as his guide. H.G. now hopes for a utopian existence, but Jack continues his activities as a serial killer.
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Under the Rainbow 1981  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Billy Barty, Eve Arden, Robert Donner, Adam Arkin, Mako, Jack Kruschen, Gary Friedkin, Joseph Maher
Bruce Thorpe investigates espionage via the little people playing "Wizard of Oz" Munchkins on the set in Hollywood. Talk about a terrible "comedy,"...
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| 1. Bigfoot (1987)
2. The Evil That Men Do (1984)
3. Funny Farm (1988)
4. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
5. Hoods (1998)
6. I.Q. (1994)
7. Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)
8. My Old Man (1979)
9. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
10. O.K. Garage (1998)
aka: All Revved Up
11. Sister Act (1992)
12. Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)
13. Time After Time (1979)
14. Under the Rainbow (1981)
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