 Addams Family Values 1993  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane, Christine Baranski, Peter Graves, Dana Ivey, Peter MacNicol
When Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Angelica Huston) hire a nanny for their "blessed event" the Addams household is in its usual state of confusion.
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 Baby Geniuses 1999  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall, Peter MacNicol, Dom DeLuise, Ruby Dee, Kyle Howard, Kaye Ballard, Judith Drake, Randy Travis, Bill Wiley, Dan Monahan, Robin Klein
Elena Kinder (Kathleen Turner) and Heep (Christopher Lloyd) work for a successful company that makes baby products. Sounds fine, but there is a problem involving these two trying to crack the code on baby talk by testing real babies in their lab. One day, a baby escapes and tries to round up other babies to free those entrapped in the lab.
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Balto II: Wolf Quest 2001  G, 75 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Phil Weinstein
Cast: Maurice LaMarche, Jodi Benson, Lacey Chabert, David Carradine, Mark Hamill, Charles Fleischer, Peter MacNicol, Rob Paulsen, Nicolette Little, Melanie Spore
Balto, the half dog/half wolf, is back with Maurice LaMarche replacing Kevin Bacon as the voice of our hero. He has a daughter with an attitude, and together they explore the adventures of life.
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Bean 1997 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Burt Reynolds, Larry Drake, John Mills, Danny Goldring, Johnny Galecki, Chris Ellis, Andrew Lawrence, Peter Egan, Peter Capaldi, June Brown, Peter James
When an ineffective museum caretaker, Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson), arrives in Los Angeles to preside at an art gallery exhibit featuring the famous painting, "Whistler's Mother," young curator David Langley (Peter MacNicol) is forced to put up with Bean's havoc-producing antics.
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 Breakin' All the Rules 2004 PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Taplitz
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Peter MacNicol, Jennifer Esposito, Bianca Lawson, Jill Ritchie, Samantha Nagel, Grace Chan, Danny Comden
After his fiancee dumps him, Quincy Watson (Jamie Foxx) quits his job writing for a magazine and authors a best-selling how-to book, "The Breakup Handbook." Mayhem ensues when his friends and family follow the book's advice.
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By Dawn's Early Light 1990  TV, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Sholder
Cast: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones, Martin Landau, Darren McGavin, Rip Torn, Peter MacNicol, Jeffrey DeMunn, Kieran Mulroney, Nicolas Coster
The Soviets think the United States has launched a nuclear attack, and they quickly strike back. It was all a mistake; but is it too late to correct it?
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It 1995 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks, Harvey Korman, Peter MacNicol, Steven Weber, Amy Yasbeck, Lysette Anthony, Anne Bancroft, Clive Revill, Mark Blankfield, Megan Cavanagh, Chuck McCann, Avery Schreiber
The Prince of Darkness (Leslie Nielsen) is happy as a Transylvania vampire–even though he keeps tripping over his cape. However, he still has a huge ego to overcome as he tries to keep his dignity in impossible situations throughout this very funny Mel Brooks film.
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Dragonslayer 1981 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Adventure
Director: Matthew Robbins
Cast: Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre, Albert Salmi, Sydney Bromley, Chloe Salaman, Ian McDiarmid, Emrys James, Douglas Cooper, Roger Kemp, Ken Shorter, Jason White, Yolanda Palfrey
It is the sixth century, and a ferocious dragon is terrorizing the English countryside where the king sacrifices virgins in exchange for peace. The villagers summon wizard Ulrich (Ralph Richardson) to come to their aid. Along with his young apprentice Galen (Peter MacNicol) and beautiful Valerian (Caitlin Clarke), Ulrich sets out to slay the dragon. But, Ulrich's abilities fail him, and it rests on Galen to confront the dragon and enter into a vicious battle. The special effects are great.
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 Ghostbusters II 1989  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: Ivan Reitman
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol, David Margulies, Mary Ellen Trainor, Harris Yulin, Kurt Fuller, Janet Margolin, Wilhelm von Homburg
The Ghostbusters–Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Dr. Raymond Stanz (Dan Aykroyd), Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson)–have been restrained by the city from engaging in paranormal work. Meanwhile, Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) is now divorced and working as a restorer of art at a museum. While she is working on a portrait of Vigo the Carpathian, the portrait becomes hexed, and the ghost of Vigo (Wilhelm von Homburg) wants to take over the body of Dana's child. As slime oozes up from the streets of Manhattan, the Ghostbusters reunite in an effort to save New York City.
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 Hard Promises 1991  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Martin Davidson
Cast: Sissy Spacek, William Petersen, Brian Kerwin, Mare Winningham, Jeff Perry, Olivia Burnette, Peter MacNicol, Ann Wedgeworth, Amy Wright, Lois Smith, Ed Geldart, Jerry Haynes
After Joey (William Petersen) receives an invitation–sent by daughter Beth (Olivia Burnette)–to ex-wife Chris' (Sissy Spacek) wedding, he rushes home to Texas with plans of stopping the upcoming marriage.
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HouseSitter 1992 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Frank Oz
Cast: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delany, Julie Harris, Donald Moffat, Peter MacNicol, Richard B. Shull, Laurel Cronin, Ray Cooper, Christopher Durang, Cherry Jones, Suzanne Whang, Heywood Hale Broun, Vasek Simek, Mary Klug
Boston architect Newton Davis (Steve Martin) builds a dream home for Becky (Dana Delany), but she turns him down when he proposes marriage to her. Newton meets Gwen (Goldie Hawn) who suggests that they move into the house together and pretend to be married. The idea sounds good to Newton who goes along with the idea as the means to make Becky jealous. The lies begin to multiply until even the neighbors are brought into the scheme.
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Mojave Moon 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Kevin Dowling
Cast: Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Michael Biehn, Angelina Jolie, Alfred Molina, Jack Noseworthy, Zack Norman, Peter MacNicol, John Getz, Mary Joy, Lee Arenberg, Corin Nemec
While hanging out with his friends at a coffee shop, Al (Danny Aiello) flirts with Eli (Angelina Jolie) and ends up driving her to her trailer home in the Mojave Desert where she lives with her mother (Anne Archer) and her mother's psychotic boyfriend (Michael Biehn). Danny delivers Eli home and then sticks around–a very unwise move on his part.
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Olive, the Other Reindeer 1999 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Oscar Moore
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Dan Castellaneta, Joe Pantoliano, Edward Asner, Peter MacNicol, Tim Meadows, Jay Mohr, Kath Soucie, Diedrich Bader, David Herman, Tress MacNeille, Michael Stipe, Billy West, Mitch Rouse
When one of Santa's (voice of Ed Asner) reindeers breaks a leg, Santa announces he will be relying on "all of the other reindeer." But one dog–Olive (voice of Drew Barrymore)–thinks she hears, "Olive, the other reindeer." Believing that Santa has called on her for help with Christmas Eve deliveries, Olive and her penguin friend Martini (voice of Joe Pantoliano) head for the North Pole.
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Radioland Murders 1994 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Brian Benben, Ned Beatty, Mary Stuart Masterson, Michael Lerner, George Burns, Peter MacNicol, Brion James, Michael McKean, Robert Klein, Corbin Bernsen, Christopher Lloyd, Jim McKeny
The year is 1939, and station WBN is about to make its debut in Chicago. Opening night a series of murders begins, and it is up to police Lieutenant Cross (Michael Lerner) to solve the crimes.
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Recess: School's Out 2001 G, 84 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Cast: Ricky D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Courtland Mead, Pamela Adlon, Dabney Coleman, Robert Goulet, Melissa Joan Hart, Peter MacNicol
Ten-year-old students spend summer vacation saving their school from a threatened banning of recess in this spin-off of the Disney Channel cartoon series. A likeable family film.
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Roswell 1994 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen, Dwight Yoakam, Xander Berkeley, Bob Gunton, Kim Greist, Peter MacNicol, John M. Jackson, Nick Searcy, Charles Martin Smith
Jesse (Kyle MacLachlan) attends a military reunion in 1977 with the intent of clearing his name from an incident 30 years previously when he was assigned to investigate a possible extraterrestrial crash landing. He had been the fall guy for a cover-up, and what he learns at the reunion indicates that the deceit may be bigger than he thought. There could even be aliens among us.
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The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue 1998 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Musical
Director: Dick Sebast
Cast: Dom DeLuise, Andrew Ducote, Peter MacNicol, Ralph Macchio, William H. Macy, Eric Idle, Phillip Glasser, Meshach Taylor, Harvey Korman, Phillip Van Dyke, Darleen Carr, Steve Mackall, Alex Strange, Jamie Cronin, Hynden Walch
Our friendly mice are back in this sequel. Timmy (voice of Ralph Macchio) sets out to prove his courage when his friend Jenny (Hynden Walch) tells him that she believes her parents were captured by human scientists at the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health). Now, Timmy and his gang of intelligent rats that have escaped from NIMH set out to save Jenny's family from the evil NIMH lab folks.
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Sophie's Choice 1982  R, 151 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Josef Sommer, Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman, Josh Mostel, David Wohl, Robin Bartlett, John Rothman, Greta Turken, Marcell Rosenblatt, Moishe Rosenfeld, Eugene Lipinski, Joseph Leon
Sophie (Meryl Streep), a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, lives in a Brooklyn boarding house shared by Stingo (Peter MacNicol) and Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline). The trio becomes fast friends; however, through Sophie's stories about her tragic past, it becomes clear that she is not telling the truth. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her role as Sophie.
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| 1. Addams Family Values (1993)
2. Baby Geniuses (1999)
3. Balto II: Wolf Quest (2001)
4. Bean (1997)
5. Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
6. By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
7. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
8. Dragonslayer (1981)
9. Ghostbusters II (1989)
10. Hard Promises (1991)
11. Heat (1987)
12. HouseSitter (1992)
13. Johnny Bull (1986)
14. Mojave Moon (1996)
15. Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
16. Radioland Murders (1994)
17. Recess: School's Out (2001)
18. Roswell (1994)
aka: Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up
19. The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
20. Sophie's Choice (1982)
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