The Brutal Truth 1999  R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Giving Tree
Director: Cameron Thor
Cast: Christina Applegate, Johnathon Schaech, Molly Ringwald, Paul Gleason, Moon Unit Zappa, Brad Harrison, Leslie Horan, Justin Lazard, Tiffany Salerno, Leslie Horan
Emily (Christina Applegate) invites her old high-school friends to her mountain home for a weekend reunion. But–when they arrive, Emily is a no-show. So, they all sit around, drink, and bicker. The next morning, they can't leave due to an earthquake that cuts them off from civilization, and they sit around and go through the same routine.
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Jack Frost 1998  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Troy Miller
Cast: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy, Joseph Cross, Henry Rollins, Scott Kraft, Dweezil Zappa, Eli Marienthal, Andrew Lawrence, Will Rothhaar, Mika Boorem, Benjamin Brock, Taylor Handley, Moon Unit Zappa
Charlie (Joseph Cross) is 11 years old when his father, Jack Frost (Michael Keaton), is killed in an automobile accident just before Christmas. The next year Jack comes back, reincarnated as a snowman, and tries to heal the family and teach Charlie how to deal with life without a father.
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Love Always 1997 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jude Pauline Eberhard
Cast: Marisa Ryan, Moon Unit Zappa, Beverly D'Angelo, James Victor, Michael Reilly Burke, Beth Grant, Mick Murray, Doug Hutchison, Gerard O'Donnell, Aaron Kuhr
When Julie Bradshaw's (Marisa Ryan) Spokane boyfriend proposes marriage, she leaves San Diego and embarks on an odyssey via Boston and Las Vegas only to arrive in Spokane with enough sense to realize that Mark is NOT the man of her dreams. Yuck.
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Nightmares 1983  R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Cristina Raines, Anthony James, Emilio Estevez, Moon Unit Zappa, William Sanderson, Veronica Cartwright, Lance Henriksen, Robin Gammell, Richard Masur, Bridgette Andersen
Four horror stories are related in this bland made-for-TV film that did not make the grade.
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Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills 1994  R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Philippe Mora
Cast: Beverly D'Angelo, Barry Humphries, Brion James, Moon Unit Zappa, Stephen McHattie, Aron Eisenberg, Sharon Martin, Brad Wilson
Pixie Chandler (Beverly D'Angelo) is turned into a pterodactyl after her paleontologist husband, Dick (Brad Wilson), upsets a shaman. The result is a silly story; but, somehow the acting and plot work together and result in enjoyable fare.
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The Spirit of '76 1990 PG-13, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lucas Reiner
Cast: David Cassidy, Olivia d'Abo, Geoff Hoyle, Jeffrey McDonald, Steve McDonald, Leif Garrett, Martin von Haselberg, Liam O'Brien, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Moon Unit Zappa, Don Novello
A mammoth electrical storm wipes out the entire historical database in the year 2176. A trio of scientists is sent back to 1776 in a time machine to retrieve the Constitution, but a glitch in the machine results in them being sent back to 1976. Not knowing that they are in the wrong year, the adventures in the wild and crazy 1970s begin for the scientists. Lots of guest stars don't help this one.
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| 1. The Boys Next Door (1985)
2. The Brutal Truth (1999)
aka: The Giving Tree
3. Jack Frost (1998)
4. Love Always (1997)
5. Nightmares (1983)
6. Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1994)
7. The Spirit of '76 (1990)
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