Amityville: A New Generation 1993  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Murlowski
Cast: Ross Partridge, Julia Nickson-Soul, Lala Sloatman, David Naughton, Barbara Howard, Richard Roundtree, Terry O'Quinn, Jack Orend, Robert Rusler, Lin Shaye
This time around, a mirror from the old house ends up in an artist's loft, and bad things begin to happen as the mirror causes all kinds of problems.
|  | |
 Boat Trip 2003  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mort Nathan
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Vivica A. Fox, Roselyn Sanchez, Maurice Godin, Roger Moore, Lin Shaye, Victoria Silvstedt, Richard Roundtree, Bob Gunton, Ken Hudson Campbell, Zen Gesner
After suffering rejection from girlfriend Felicia (Vivica A. Fox), Jerry's (Cuba Gooding Jr.) best friend Nick (Horatio Sanz) convinces Jerry that a cruise to the Greek Isles is the answer to his woes. Nick books the cruise. But, there is one problem: this cruise books only gay men. Problems ensue for Jerry and Nick.
| | |
A Cinderella Story 2004 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Rosman
Cast: Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray, Dan Byrd, Regina King, Julie Gonzalo, Lin Shaye, Madeline Zima, Andrea Avery, Mary Pat Gleason, Paul Rodriguez, Whip Hubley, Kevin Kilner, Erica Hubbard, Simon Helberg
Teenager Sam (Hilary Duff) lives with her stepmother and sisters in the San Fernando Valley. You guessed it: Sam does most of the chores at the family diner, which leaves little time for high-school friends. But now, Sam's life might take a turn IF she manages to meet her internet boyfriend at the school Halloween dance.
| | |
 Dead End 2003  R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa
Cast: Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Mick Cain, Alexandra Holden, Billy Asher, Amber Smith, Karen S. Gregan, Steve Valentine, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Clement Blake
Frank (Ray Wise) has taken his family to his mother-in-law's for Christmas for 20 years, and this year he decides to take a short cut. This turns out to be a wrong decision as he picks up a woman and her baby, starting a chain deaths on the dark, dreary road.
| | |
 Detroit Rock City 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Adam Rifkin
Cast: Giuseppe Andrews, Edward Furlong, James DeBello, Sam Huntington, Lin Shaye, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Miles Dougal, Nick Scotti, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Shannon Tweed
Four Cleveland teens, determined to get into a Kiss concert in Detroit, beat all odds and bizarre situations to make it.
| | |
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd 2003  PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Troy Miller
Cast: Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Rachel Nichols, Luis Guzman, Eugene Levy, Cheri Oteri, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Mimi Rogers, Lin Shaye, Shia LaBeouf, Timothy Stack, Wayne Federman, Lucas Gregory, Holly Towne
In this prequel to 1994's "Dumb and Dumber," Eric Christian Olsen and Derek Richardson take on the Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels roles of Lloyd and Harry when they first met in high school. The two play foils in their principal's (Eugene Levy) shady plan to buy a condo on Waikiki.
| | |
Hester Street 1975 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cast: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard, Dorrie Kavanaugh, Doris Roberts, Zvee Scooler, Paul Freedman, Martin Garner, Lin Shaye, Mordecai Lawner, Philip Sterling, Joel Wolfe, Ed Crowley, Robert Lesser, Joanna Merlin
Jewish immigrants Gitl (Carol Kane) and her son Yossele (Paul Freedman) arrive in the United States at the turn of the 20th century to join Gitl's husband Jake (Steven Keats). Jake has been in New York for five years and has tried to adapt to the foreign ways of his newly adopted country. Gitl, unlike Jake, clings to her Old World culture, and Jake's effort to modernize her thinking–even trying to change Yoselle's name to Joey–brings problems to their marriage. Kane was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
| | |
The Hillside Strangler 2004 R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Chuck Parello
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Nicholas Turturro, Allison Lange, Marisol Padilla Sanchez, Jennifer Tisdale, Lin Shaye, Kent Masters King, Aimee Brooks, Natasha Melnick, Damon Whitaker
Cousins Kenneth Bianchi (C. Thomas Howell) and Angelo (Nicholas Turturo) embark on a crime spree in L.A. that resulted in the murder of 10 women during the late 1970s.
| | |
Kingpin 1996  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, William Jordan, Richard Tyson, Lin Shaye
When bowler Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) gets his arm amputated in an accident with the ball return, he turns to alcohol for solace. Then, years later, Roy meets Amish farmer Ishmael (Randy Quaid) who just happens to be a great bowler. Roy becomes his manager and plans, through Ishmael, to win a $1 million prize at an upcoming bowling tournament in Reno.
| | |
Living Out Loud 1998 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah, Martin Donovan, Richard Schiff, Elias Koteas, Suzanne Shepherd, Clark Anderson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Lin Shaye
Divorcee Judith Nelson (Holly Hunter) is so lonely that she gets involved with her doorman, Pat Francato (Danny DeVito), for whom she feels sorry. Their evolving friendship, however, leads to self-fulfillment for them both.
| | |
 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: John Saxon, Ronee Blakely, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Johnny Depp, Charles Fleischer, Jack Shea, Joseph Whipp, Lin Shaye, Joe Unger, Mimi Craven, Ed Call
Years ago, angry locals took the law into their own hands and burned Fred Krueger alive after they discovered that he was abusing children. Now, Freddie (Robert Englund) has returned in the dreams of his killer's children, and the children begin to die. Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) is also having dreams about Freddie, and when her friends are meeting their demise, Nancy knows that she must stay awake and draw the dream killer out of the dreams and into the present-day world. This is great fare in the horror genre. In fact, the story of teenagers with some very bad dreams spurred many sequels.
| | |
 Snakes on a Plane 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: David R. Ellis
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Rachel Blanchard, Byron Lawson, Flex Alexander, Kenan Thompson, Keith Dallas, Lin Shaye, Bruce James, Sunny Mabrey, Casey Dubois, Gerard Plunkett, Elsa Pataky
FBI agent Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) is escorting murder witness Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips) on a plane from Hawaii to Los Angeles where Jones will testify against crime lord Eddie Kim (Byron Lawson). In an effort to prevent Sean from testifying, Kim plots to release a crate of poisonous snakes that–after coming in contact with pheremone infested leis that will drive them wild–will attack and kill those aboard the plane.
| | |
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror 2006 R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
aka: Hood of Horror
Director: Stacy Title
Cast: Snoop Dogg, Ernie Hudson, Danny Trejo, Pooch Hall, Anson Mount, Daniella Alonso, Lin Shaye, Brande Roderick, Richard Gant, Aries Spears, Dallas Page, Jeffrey Licon, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Noel Gugliemi, Tucker Smallwood
Devon has sold his soul to the devil and is now the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg). He guides the viewer through three tales of horror in which depraved residents of the Hood of Horror get their due rewards.
| | |
Surf School 2006  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joel Silverman
Cast: Harland Williams, Ryan Carnes, Corey Sevier, Laura Bell Bundy, Miko Hughes, Lee Norris, Sisqo, Angie Ruiz, Taylor Negron, Lin Shaye, Chad Amsel, Diane Delano
The senior trip of a surf safari to Costa Rica is coming up for students at Laguna Beach High School. When a group of misfits is not invited, they decide to crash the party. But, first they must learn to surf. To accomplish their goal, they travel to Costa Rica a week before the event and enroll in a surfing school run by a surf bum (Harland Williams). And a teen comedy ensues.
| | |
The Temp 1993 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Faye Dunaway, Dwight Schultz, Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Scott Coffey, Dakin Matthews, Colleen Flynn, Maura Tierney, Lin Shaye, Jesse Vint
Kris Bolin (Lara Flynn Boyle) fills in as a temporary office assistant when Peter Dern's (Timothy Hutton) secretary goes on vacation. Murder and mayhem quickly follow her arrival as the corporate office is turned into her own "playhouse."
| | |
 There's Something About Mary 1998 R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Cast: Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Chris Elliott, Lin Shaye, Lee Evans, Jeffrey Tambor, W. Earl Brown, Harland Williams, Keith David, Markie Post, Sarah Silverman, Khandi Alexander, Dan Murphy, Brett Favre
Ted (Ben Stiller) missed out on his high-school prom date with Mary (Cameron Diaz) years ago because of an embarrassing accident. Now, 13 years later, Ted realizes that he still cares for Mary and hires investigator Pat Healy (Matt Dillon) to find her. Pat locates Mary in Miami, becomes interested in her, and tries to keep Ted away. Ted catches on and heads for Miami only to find even more suitors in his way.
| | |
Wish You Were Dead 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Valerie McCaffrey
Cast: Cary Elwes, Elaine Hendrix, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Sally Kirkland, Gene Simmons, Tanya Allen, Dennis Burkley, Lin Shaye, Robert Englund, Shannon Tweed
Macbeth (Cary Elwes), an insurance adjuster in a small Southern town, is conned into signing over a big policy to harlot Sally Rider (Mary Steenburgen). Sally then hires a hit woman, Jupiter (Elaine Hendrix), to kill Macbeth in this black crime comedy. Saved (somewhat) by the good supporting cast who play various eccentrics in the town.
| | |
| 1. Amityville: A New Generation (1993)
2. Boat Trip (2003)
3. A Cinderella Story (2004)
4. Dead End (2003)
5. Detroit Rock City (1999)
6. Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
7. Hester Street (1975)
8. The Hillside Strangler (2004)
9. Kingpin (1996)
10. Living Out Loud (1998)
11. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
12. Snakes on a Plane (2006)
13. Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006)
aka: Hood of Horror
14. Surf School (2006)
15. The Temp (1993)
16. There's Something About Mary (1998)
17. Wish You Were Dead (2000)
In The News
|
