Bongwater 1998  R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Sears
Cast: Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy, Jack Black, Andy Dick, Jeremy Sisto, Jamie Kennedy, Scott Caan, Patricia Wettig, Christian J. Meoli, George Kuchar, Michael Artura, Kyle Gass, Scott Anthony Ferguson
David (Luke Wilson) is a laid-back pot dealer with an itch to become an artist. Along comes Serena (Alicia Witt) who strives to push him into becoming the artist he wants to be. It's all about pot (and other drugs) and drug-filled romps in the hay.
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City Slickers 1991  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Noble Willingham, Tracey Walter, Josh Mostel, David Paymer, Bill Henderson, Jeffrey Tambor, Phill Lewis, Kyle Secor
On the occasion of his 39th birthday, Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) is confronted with the fact that he is running out of time to accomplish many things he has thought about doing. He takes his two best friends Ed and Phil (Bruno Kirby and Daniel Stern) with him on a two-week cattle drive where they run into tough old drover Curly Washburn (Jack Palance) and come close to discovering the meaning of life. Jack Palance won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Western
aka: City Slickers II
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz, Patricia Wettig, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Noble Willingham, David Paymer, Josh Mostel, Bill McKinney, Lindsay Crystal, Beth Grant, Jayne Meadows, Alan Charof
In this sequel, the story begins with Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) walking down the street telling his friend that he is getting too heavy. The camera pans to the "friend," who turns out to be Norman, the pet calf from the original "City Slickers." This time around, Mitch is lamenting the death of Curly, and, with his two friends Glen and Duke (Jon Lovitz and Daniel Stern) heads for the hills around Las Vegas and join Curly's twin brother Duke (Jack Palance) in search of a buried treasure.
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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 1998  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim McCanlies
Cast: Breckin Meyer, Peter Facinelli, Eddie Mills, Ethan Embry, Ashley Johnson, Patricia Wettig, Michael O'Neill, Eddie Jones, Wayne Tippet, Alexandra Holden
Four friends, members of the high-school senior class, made a pact to leave their small town of Dancer, Texas, and move to Los Angeles when they graduated. Now they, and the town as well, struggle with that decision.
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Guilty by Suspicion 1991 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Irwin Winkler
Cast: Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, George Wendt, Patricia Wettig, Sam Wanamaker, Martin Scorsese, Brad Sullivan, Gailard Sartain, Stuart Margolin, Chris Cooper, Luke Edwards, Ben Piazza, Tom Sizemore, Roxann Dawson, Robin Gammell
America's 1950s witch-hunt for Communists is the focus of this movie about the House Un-American Activities Committee's investigation of creative forces in Hollywood's film industry. Film director David Merrill (Robert De Niro) is estranged from his wife Ruth (Annette Bening), but when his boss Darryl F. Zanuck (Ben Piazza) tells him that he has been summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Ruth sympathizes with him. In an effort to help his friend Bunny Baxter (George Wendt), Merrill refuses to testify, and Merrill is blacklisted. But, after reuniting with Ruth, Merrill agrees to testify despite problems with his conscience.
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The Langoliers 1995 PG-13, 180 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Mystery / Horror
aka: Stephen King's The Langoliers
Director: Tom Holland
Cast: Patricia Wettig, Dean Stockwell, David Morse, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Frankie Faison, Baxter Harris, Kimber Riddle, Christopher Collet, Kate Maberly, Bronson Pinchot, Tom Holland, Julie Arnold Lisnet, Michael Louden, Kymberly Dakin, David Forrester
In this Stephen King story, several people on an airplane awaken to find that all of the other passengers (and the plane's crew as well) have disappeared. The survivors are able to land the plane but note that time is at a standstill. Now they must contend with the Langoliers, who are out to erase time.
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| 1. Bongwater (1998)
2. City Slickers (1991)
3. City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
aka: City Slickers II
4. Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
5. Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
6. The Langoliers (1995)
aka: Stephen King's The Langoliers
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