Back to the Beach 1987  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lyndall Hobbs
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Connie Stevens, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley, Demian Slade, John Calvin, Joe Holland, David Bowe, Laura Urstein, Linda Carol, Hartley Silver
In this satire on the famous beach movies of the sixties starring the famous duo of Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, it's their kids who are the teens. The daughter has moved in with a bum in Malibu and their son is a punk rocker. On the way to Hawaii, they stop in California and discover that some of their gang is still hanging around.
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Casper: A Spirited Beginning 1997 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Sean McNamara
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael McKean, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Edie McClurg, Richard Moll, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Foley, Pauly Shore
Ten-year-old loner Chris Carson (Brendon Ryan Barrett) meets Casper and introduces him to Stretch, Stinkie, and Fatso in this film that is definitely geared toward young children.
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Doing Time on Maple Drive 1992  TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Olin
Cast: James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara, Jayne Brook, David Byron, Lori Loughlin, Jim Carrey, Philip Linton, Bennett Cale, Richard Israel, Janice Lynde, Mark Chaet
In this made-for-Fox-TV movie, matters in the lives of a dysfunctional family come to a head when it is discovered that their pride and joy, Matt (William McNamara), is gay.
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In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory 1997  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Lori Loughlin, Bruce Campbell, Bradley Whitford, Brad Sullivan, Susanna Thompson, Victor Morris, Shannon Day, Russ Fast, Karen Stapleton, Mariangela Pino, Cheryl Hansen, Michael Lucas
Explosives expert Jill (Lori Loughlin) and hubby, ex-cop Jeff (Bruce Campbell), decide on a life of crime as bank robbers to satisfy their love of money–and the inherent dangers involved. As the FBI tries to stop them and the press glorifies their escapades, their heists become bigger and more explosive until the inevitable showdown.
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Moondance Alexander 2007 G, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Michael Damian
Cast: Kay Panabaker, Don Johnson, Lori Loughlin, James Best, Sasha Cohen, Whitney Sloan, Joe Norman Shaw, Mimi Gianopulos, Aedan Tomney, Landon Liboiron, Greg Lawson, Julia Maxwell, Tom Carey
Teenager Moondance Alexander (Kay Panabaker) has been the victim of teasing by her classmates and is looking forward to summer vacation–despite problems with her eccentric mother (Lori Loughlin). Moondance takes a job delivering horse supplies for Mr. McClancy (James Best) when she discovers a lost pinto pony named Checkers. When she returns the pony to its owner, the gruff Dante Longpre (Don Johnson), Moondance talks him into training her and Checkers for the Bow Valley Classic. It takes work, but they learn that working together really pays off.
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Secret Admirer 1985 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Greenwalt
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston, Dee Wallace, Cliff De Young, Fred Ward, Leigh Taylor-Young, Casey Siemaszko, Geoffrey Blake, Rodney Pearson
This comedy of errors begins with Michael (C. Thomas Howell) finding an anonymous love letter in his locker on the last day of school. Hoping it is from Deborah (Kelly Preston), on whom he has a crush, he comes up with a scheme to find out, with the help of his (and Deborah's) friend, Toni (Lori Loughlin). Before long, the mix-ups start, with the families involved in the fray. Who REALLY wrote the love note? I'm betting on Toni.
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Too Far to Go 1979 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Blythe Danner, Kathryn Walker, Ken Kercheval, Josef Sommer, Glenn Close, Reed Birney, Doran Clark, Lori Loughlin, Adam Storke
Based on John Updike's tales, this adaptation was originally made for TV and features Michael Moriarty and Blythe Danner as Richard and Joan Maple whose marriage is disintegrating on a downward spiral. This film marks Glenn Close's film debut.
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| 1. Back to the Beach (1987)
2. Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
3. Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992)
4. In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory (1997)
5. Moondance Alexander (2007)
6. Secret Admirer (1985)
7. Too Far to Go (1979)
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