 Brazil 1985  R, 142 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Peter Vaughan, Ian Richardson, Jim Broadbent
Directed by Monty Python performer Terry Gilliam, this is the story of Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce), a civil servant, who is trapped in a future society collapsing under the red tape of its own bureaucracy.
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C.H.U.D. 1984  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Douglas Cheek
Cast: John Heard, Kim Greist, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry, Brenda Currin, Laure Mattos, Justin Hall, Michael O'Hare, Cordis Heard, Vic Polizos, Eddie Jones, Sam McMurray, Frank Adu, J.C. Quinn, Patricia Richardson
Reporter Murphy (J.C. Quinn) tells photographer George Cooper (John Heard) about the government dumping nuclear waste under the streets of New York City, and Cooper decides to investigate. Meanwhile, police Capt. Bosch (Christopher Curry), whose wife (Laure Mattos) has been abducted, joins forces with The Reverend (Daniel Stern) who suspects something strange is going on beneath the streets. In fact, a tribe of Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers (C.H.U.D.) is preying on the citizens of New York City. Now, Bosch, The Reverend, Cooper, and Murphy race against time to stop the creatures.
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 1993  G, 84 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Comedy
Director: Duwayne Dunham
Cast: Don Ameche, Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Robert Hays, Kim Greist, Don Adler, Ed Bernard, Jean Smart, Veronica Lauren, William Phipps, Frank Roberts, Nurmi Husa
This is a remake of the original Disney "The Incredible Journey." Animals and voices blend into a delightful rendition of an adventure taken by two dogs–young bulldog Chance (voice of Michael J. Fox) and old golden retriever Shadow (voice of Don Ameche)– and one Himalayan cat Sassy (voice of Sally Field). Mistakenly believing that their owners have deserted them, their adventure takes them from their home in Oregon on an incredible trek across the Sierras that happily ends with a family reunion on Thanksgiving Day.
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Houseguest 1995 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Randall Miller
Cast: Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Jeffrey Jones, Kim Greist, Stan Shaw, Tony Longo, Mason Adams, Chauncey Leopardi
With a hit man on his trail, a newly released prison inmate (Sinbad) tries to get lost at a dental convention. He meets a "fellow dentist" (Phil Hartman) who invites him to his home where he came, ate, and STAYED.
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Manhunter 1986  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Red Dragon
Red Dragon: The Curse of Hannibal Lecter
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Tom Noonan, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Frankie Faison, Benjamin Hendrickson, Dan Butler, David Seaman, Michael Talbott, Michele Shay, Robin Moseley, Paul Perri
"The Tooth Fairy," is Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox), a psychotic killer. He is on the loose, and retired FBI agent Will Graham (William Petersen) is called back into service to track him down. Adapted from Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon," this is one story of the character Doctor Hannibal Lecter (the other is "Silence of the Lambs").
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Roswell 1994  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen, Dwight Yoakam, Xander Berkeley, Bob Gunton, Kim Greist, Peter MacNicol, John M. Jackson, Nick Searcy, Charles Martin Smith
Jesse (Kyle MacLachlan) attends a military reunion in 1977 with the intent of clearing his name from an incident 30 years previously when he was assigned to investigate a possible extraterrestrial crash landing. He had been the fall guy for a cover-up, and what he learns at the reunion indicates that the deceit may be bigger than he thought. There could even be aliens among us.
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Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th 2000 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Blanchard
Cast: Julie Benz, Majandra Delfino, Tiffani Thiessen, Simon Rex, Tom Arnold, Coolio, Aimee Graham, Kim Greist, Harley Cross, Mink Stole
Now we're making spoofs of spoofs of teen slash movies, but this one has a couple of fun moments and originality–like the character names. Hagitha Utslay (Tiffany-Amber Thiessen) is a reporter for Empty-V News and is now covering the murder rampage going on at the high school. Not only is the killer inept, but so is the security man–Doughy (Tom Arnold)–who is hired to protect the students. Got my drift?
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Throw Momma from the Train 1987 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Danny DeVito
Cast: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey, Rob Reiner, Kate Mulgrew, Bruce Kirby, Oprah Winfrey, Annie Ross, Branford Marsalis, Joey DePinto, Raye Birk, Stu Silver, Olivia Brown, Philip Perlman
A college professor, Larry (Billy Crystal), and his student Owen(Danny DeVito) get mixed up in a scheme to rid each other of one ex-wife and one mother, respectively. Larry thinks the whole thing is a joke–until Owen tells Larry that he has killed Larry's ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew) and expects Larry to kill his Momma (Anne Ramsey). Now, the questions are: Did Owen really kill Margaret, and will Larry kill Momma? Anne Ramsey received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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| 1. Brazil (1985)
2. C.H.U.D. (1984)
3. Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
4. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
5. Houseguest (1995)
6. Manhunter (1986)
aka: Red Dragon
aka: Red Dragon: The Curse of Hannibal Lecter
7. Punchline (1988)
8. Roswell (1994)
aka: Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up
9. Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000)
10. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
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