Blues Brothers 2000 1998  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, J. Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples, Kathleen Freeman, Frank Oz, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Steve Lawrence
The Blues are back as Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) again tries to aid Mother Superior Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman) in her quest for funds for a children's hospital. Elwood heads for New Orleans hoping to reunite the band and enter the New Orleans' Battle of the Bands. While the plot involves Elwood leading cops and Russian mobsters on a merry chase, this film works as a tribute to the blues.
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Deepstar Six 1989  R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Cast: Taurean Blacque, Nancy Everhard, Greg Evigan, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Peeples, Matt McCoy, Cindy Pickett, Marius Weyers, Elya Baskin, Thom Bray
Deep under the sea is a research base where a nuclear missile site is to be completed soon. When it is discovered that the base is resting on a thin layer of seabed, it makes sense to use explosives to destroy the layer–well, the team leader thought it made sense. Wouldn't you know it, a sea monster is unleashed–and it is hungry. Slow, poor.
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 Half Past Dead 2002  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Michael Paul
Cast: Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Nia Peeples, Kurupt, Tony Plana, Michael Taliferro, Matt Battaglia, Richard Bremmer, Stephen J. Cannell, Claudia Christian, Linda Thorson, Bruce Weitz, Michael McGrady, Hannes Jaenicke
Undercover FBI agent Sascha Petrosevitch (Steven Seagal) and mobster Nicholas (Ja Rule) are imprisoned in the reopened New Alcatraz prison when they foil an extortion plot to force death-row inmate Lester (Bruce Weitz) to reveal where he has stashed $200 million in gold.
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Return to Lonesome Dove 1993  TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Robe
Cast: Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Rick Schroder, Louis Gossett Jr., William Petersen, Oliver Reed, Reese Witherspoon, Dennis Haysbert, Timothy Scott, CCH Pounder, Chris Cooper, Nia Peeples
This made-for-TV sequel to the highly successful original miniseries has a new cast, and the story is not based on the novel of Larry McMurtry. Ex-Texas Ranger Woodrow Call (Jon Voight, replacing Tommy Lee Jones) buries his friend Gus at Lonesome Dove and gathers a group of cowboys to help drive a herd of Mustangs from Texas to his Montana ranch. And the saga begins.
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Tower of Terror 1997  TV, 89 min.
Genre: Family
Director: D.J. MacHale
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Michael McShane, Amzie Strickland, Melora Hardin, Alastair Duncan, Lindsay Ridgeway, John Franklin, Wendy Worthington, Kirsten Dunst
This Disney production is based on its Disneyworld ride by the same name. There's a mystery behind the old hotel where five people disappeared in the 1930s', and reporter Buzzy Crocker (Steve Guttenberg) is out to uncover what happened. There are plenty of twists and turns (and "startles") to keep your attention. Not great, but could be fun for the older youths.
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| 1. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
2. Deepstar Six (1989)
3. Half Past Dead (2002)
4. Return to Lonesome Dove (1993)
5. Tower of Terror (1997)
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