17 Again 2009 PG-13, 102 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Burr Steers Cast: Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry, Tyler Steelman, Allison Miller, Sterling Knight, Michelle Trachtenberg, Adam Gregory, Hunter Parrish, Mario Cassem, Katerina Graham, Tiya Sircar, Melissa Ordway, Melora Hardin
Twenty years after high-school basketball star Mike (Zac Efron) dropped his sport to marry his pregnant girlfriend Scarlet (Allison Miller), Mike's (now played by Matthew Perry) marriage to Scarlet (now played by Leslie Mann) is on the rocks. Mike is alienated from his children Alex and Maggie (Sterling Knight and Michelle Trachtenberg), and his job is not going well. Miraculously, Mike is transformed back to his teenage body and is enrolled in the same school that his children attend. Will Mike recapture his years missed when he dropped out of basketball, or will he decide to devote his time to helping his wife and children?
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Black Christmas 2006 R, 84 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Glen Morgan Cast: Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, Andrea Martin, Crystal Lowe, Oliver Hudson, Karin Konoval, Robert Mann, Jessica Harmon, Leela Savasta, Cainan Wiebe
In this remake of the 1974 film, psychotic Billy Lenz (Robert Mann) escapes from the insane asylum and returns to his family home where he murdered his mother and her lover years before. The house has been sold and now functions as a sorority house, but there is a killer in the attic. Is Billy home for Christmas and on a killing spree attacking one sorority sister after another?
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EuroTrip 2004 R, 92 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Schaffer Cast: Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester, Kristin Kruek, Jessica Boehrs, Lucy Lawless, Vinnie Jones, Matt Damon, Fred Armisen, Rade Serbedzija, Cathy Meils
Immediately following high-school graduation, four friends–Scotty (Scott Mechlowicz), Cooper (Jacob Pitts), and twins Jenny (Michelle Trachtenberg) and Jamie (Travis Wester)–enjoy a European vacation fraught with mayhem as Scotty tracks down his e-mail pen pal.
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Harriet the Spy 1996 PG, 102 min. Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Bronwen Hughes Cast: Michelle Trachtenberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Vanessa Lee Chester, J. Smith-Cameron, Robert Joy, Eartha Kitt, Charlotte Sullivan, Gregory Smith, Teisha Kim, Cecilley Carroll, Nina Shock, Conor Devitt, Alisha Morrison, Nancy Beatty, Sally Cahill
Based on Louise Fitzhugh's children's book, this is the story of Harriet (Michelle Trachtenberg), a 13-year-old girl who prowls her neighborhood spying on its happenings and making entries in her notebook. When her notebook is discovered, Harriet must pay the consequences.
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Ice Princess 2005 G, 92 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Tim Fywell Cast: Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panettiere, Trevor Blumas, Connie Ray, Kirsten Olson, Juliana Cannarozzo, Jocelyn Lai, Michelle Kwan, Brian Boitano
Physics whiz Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg) dreams of being a champion figure skater despite her mother's (Joan Cusack) plan to send her to Harvard.
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Inspector Gadget 1999 PG, 80 min. Genre: Family
Director: David Kellogg Cast: Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Andy Dick, Cheri Oteri, Dabney Coleman, Mike Hagerty, Rene Auberjonois, Frances Bay, Mr. T, Richard Kiel, Richard Lee-Sung, Bobby Bell, Hank Barrera
Inspector Gadget (Matthew Broderick) is the ultimate crime-fighting machine–equipped with body, suit, and hat filled with gadgets to help him defeat the evil Claw (Rupert Everett). All this and he even has time to fall in love with the robotic surgeon, Brenda (Joely Fisher), who made him possible.
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Mysterious Skin 2005 NC-17, 99 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Gregg Araki Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg, Bill Sage, Jeffrey Licon, Lisa Long, Chris Mulkey, Richard Riehle, Chase Ellison, Mary Lynn Rajskub, George Webster
Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Brian (Brady Corbet) are in their 20s now, but as boys their lives were affected in different ways by their pedophile, Little League baseball coach (Bill Sage). When problems of the past become overwhelming, Brian and Neil work together using clues to uncover what happened.
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Richie Rich's Christmas Wish 1998 G, 84 min. Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: John Murlowski Cast: David Gallagher, Martin Mull, Eugene Levy, Keene Curtis, Jake Richardson, Lesley Ann Warren, Richard Fancy, Marla Maples, Kathleen Freeman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Blake Jeremy Collins, Austin Stout, Richard Riehle, Don McLeod
The "It's a Wonderful Life" storyline is tried again in this direct-to-video follow-on to the original "Richie Rich." Our richest-boy-in-the-world hero Richie Rich (David Gallagher) is blamed for the loss of toys intended for an orphanage, but the loss was really caused by the town's brat. Richie wishes he had not been born, but the wish is overheard by Professor Keanbean's (Eugene Levy) wish machine and he is taken back in time. He finally succeeds in getting back and making Christmas better for everyone.
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| 1. 17 Again (2009)
2. Black Christmas (2006)
3. EuroTrip (2004)
4. Harriet the Spy (1996)
5. Ice Princess (2005)
6. Inspector Gadget (1999)
7. Mysterious Skin (2005)
8. Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)
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