The Curse 1987  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
aka: The Farm
Director: David Keith
Cast: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee, John Schneider, Amy Wheaton, Steve Carlisle, Kathleen Jordon Gregory, Hope North, Steve Davis
Religious fanatic Nathan (Claude Akins) keeps his family in line on his Tennessee farm. Meanwhile, land developer Davidson (Steve Carlisle) is attempting to buy out area farms on the news that a dam may be built in the area. But all that is forgotten after a meteor lands on the farm. The meteor oozes a slimy liquid that enters the water supply, and the affect on people, animals, and plants is a catastrophe, and mutants abound. Zac (Wil Wheaton), Nathan's stepson, avoids the contamination and sets out to bring help. A weak effort all around.
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 Flashdance 1983  R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Adrian Lyne
Cast: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Belinda Bauer, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T. Heffner, Lee Ving, Cynthia Rhodes, Ron Karabatsos, Malcolm Danare, Philip Bruns, Micole Mercurio, Lucy Lee Flippin, Don Brockett, Durga McBroom
A Pittsburgh steel worker by day, Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) is a bar room dancer by night. Her dream is to study dance and, as she dances at the bar room, she dreams of being selected to study at the local ballet company. Her boyfriend is her wealthy boss Nick (Michael Nouri), and he gives Alex financial help toward her goal. Alex does come to terms with her dreams and finds the inner strength to turn them into reality. The music makes the movie, and "Flashdance...What a Feeling" won the Academy Award for Best Song.
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 Godzilla 1998 PG-13, 139 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria, Maria Pitillo, Michael Lerner, Harry Shearer, Arabella Field, Philippe Bergeron, Malcolm Danare, Kevin Dunn, Vicki Lewis, Doug Savant, Lorry Goldman, Christian Aubert, Frank Bruynbroek
Godzilla is resurrected following French nuclear tests in the South Pacific, and the 90-foot monster crosses Panama and heads north where he lays waste to NYC's Wall Street and the subway system–all this with the U.S. Army in close pursuit. Also on Godzilla's trail is NRC biologist Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick), and close behind are Nick's ex-girlfriend Audrey Timmonds (Maria Pitillo), who is looking for a big news story, and French secret service agent Philippe Roach (Jean Reno), who is trying to protect his country's reputation. 1 User Review
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| | Roland Emmerich Strikes Again! | 1fatts 04/13/2009 | It is perfectly justifiable not to like Roland Emmerich movies. He seems to believe that subtlety involves using only a two-ton sledgehammer instead of a ten-ton sledgehammer, when a tack hammer will do.
He does to "the monster movie" in Godzilla what he did to "the alien movie" in Indpendence Day and would later do to "the ecology movie" in The Day After Tomorrow." Good special effects; a plot that comes out of a blender; and dialogue written by a ten-year-old and spoken with deep commitment to the "Omigosh, Batman!" school of acting.
But that's the fun of the thing. If you want more, don't spend the money. If you want to watch things blow up or crash or crack or whatever which make no more demands of your wit or intelligence than a Hardy Boys book, you can have some fun. It's like Jackie Chan movies with better special effects and no sense of humour. |
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The Lords of Discipline 1983  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Franc Roddam
Cast: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock, Michael Biehn, Rick Rossovich, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton, Matt Frewer, John Lavachielli, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Mark Breland, Malcolm Danare, Greg Webb, Ed Bishop
Set at Carolina Military Institute in the Deep South, racism is the theme of this story when the school admits its first Black cadet. Cadet Will McClean's'' (David Keith) faculty mentor (Robert Prosky) gives him the mission of trying to prevent the plots of a secret group, "The Ten," who are cadets determined to support their out-dated way of life.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
aka: European Vacation
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Eric Idle, Victor Lanoux, John Astin, Paul Bartel, Mel Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Lively, Didier Pain, Cynthia Szigeti, Malcolm Danare, Kevi Kendall, William Zabka
The Griswold family is back at it again. This time, Clark and Ellen (Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo) and their children Rusty and Audrey (Jason Lively and Dana Hill) compete on a family game show and win a trip to Europe. There is plenty of trouble awaiting them in Europe–from London where Clark must learn to drive a European car, to Paris where their camcorder is stolen, and then on to Germany to meet relatives IF they can find the correct home. All of this culminates in the camcorder thief selling erotic pictures of Ellen and then Ellen being kidnapped by other thieves. By the vacation's end, the Griswold family is very happy to return to American soil.
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| 1. The Curse (1987)
aka: The Farm
2. Flashdance (1983)
3. Godzilla (1998)
4. The Lords of Discipline (1983)
5. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
aka: European Vacation
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