Buddy 1997   PG, 84 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Caroline Thompson
Cast: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Irma P. Hall, Peter Elliott, Paul Reubens, John Aylward, Mak Wilson, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Mark Sealey, Robert Tygner, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, Star Townsend, Peter Hurst
In the 1920s, a wealthy woman, Gertrude Lentz (Renee Russo), lived in her mansion with a myriad of geese, dogs, cats, fish, two chimpanzees, a parrot, and a gorilla. Based on her true story (the gorilla's name is Buddy), the plot involves the dilemma faced when Buddy grows from cute baby into a 900 lb. gorilla. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 04/29/2007 | | It is inspirational and a wonderful movie to share with your family |
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Heavenly Creatures 1994  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Jackson
Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Clive Merrison, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Simon O'Connor, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliott, Gilbert Goldie, Geoffrey Heath
Based on the facts behind a true murder case in Christchurch, New Zealand, this film chronicles the meeting and plotting of Pauline (Melanie Lynskey) and Juliet (Kate Winslet) that culminates in the murder of Pauline's mother (Sarah Pierse). This is the story of two girls who retreat into an imaginary world that overlaps into gruesome realities.
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 The Island of Dr. Moreau 1996  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Ron Perlman, Marco Hofschneider, Temuera Morrison, Peter Elliott, William Hootkins, Daniel Rigney, Mark Dacascos, Nelson de la Rosa, Neil Young, Miguel Lopez, David Hudson
Based on H.G. Wells' story, this is the tale of Edward Douglas' (David Thewlis) rescue at sea that brings him to Doctor Moreau's (Marlon Brando) island where the evil doctor and his assistant, Montgomery (Val Kilmer), perform grotesque genetic experiments involving the crossbreeding of animals with humans.
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King Kong Lives 1986  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: John Guillermin, Charles McCracken
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, Peter Michael Goetz, George Yiasoumi, Peter Elliott, Frank Maraden, John Ashton, Alan Sader, Lou Criscuolo, Marc Clement, Debbie McLeod, Ted Prichard, Richard Rhodes, Larry Souder, Jayne Gray
King Kong did not die after all, and now he has a female, Lady Kong, for company. The couple (Peter Elliott and George Yiasoumi) escapes and leads the Army on a hearty, if not very believable, chase.
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Night of the Demon 1957  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Curse of the Demon
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, Athene Seyler, Liam Redmond, Reginald Beckwith, Ewan Roberts, Peter Elliott, Rosamund Greenwood
American psychologist Dr. John Holden (Dana Andrews) heads to London to attend a symposium aimed at exposing a witchcraft/devil-worshipping cult as a fraud. Upon arrival, he is advised that the symposium leader has died unexpectedly. The cult leader (Niall MacGinnis) is now out to get the good doctor who has his hands full since, indeed, a demon can be summoned.
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| 1. Buddy (1997)
2. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
3. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
4. King Kong Lives (1986)
5. Night of the Demon (1957)
aka: Curse of the Demon
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