Camp Nowhere 1994  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jonathan Prince
Cast: Jonathan Jackson, Christopher Lloyd, Andrew Keegan, Marne Patterson, Melody Kay, M. Emmet Walsh, Ray Baker, Kate Mulgrew, John Putch, Peter Scolari, Romy Windsor, Burgess Meredith
Nerdish "Mud" Himmel (Jonathan Jackson) does not look forward to another summer of computer camp, and his friends aren't looking forward to their respective summer camps either. So Mud comes up with a scheme: get weird teacher Dennis Van Welker (Christopher Lloyd) to pose as a camp director and talk the parents into sending their children to the fake camp. Oh, yes, parents aren't allowed at the camp. The plan works, and more young ones find out about the camp and want to attend. Chaos reigns supreme in this weak, but at-times funny, family comedy.
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Perfect Harmony 1991  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Will Mackenzie, Michael Robison
Cast: Peter Scolari, Darren McGavin, Catherine Mary Stewart, Moses Gunn, Justin Whalen, Eugene Byrd, David Faustino, Casey Ellison, Richie Havens, Cleavon Little, Jeff Cohen, Devin Ratray
In the 1950s, Derek Sanders (Peter Scolari) serves as a choirmaster at a South Carolina prep school where he tries to reduce racial tensions among members of his all-White boys' choir. When one choir member, Taylor Bradshaw (Justin Whalen), befriends orphaned, Black Landy Allen (Eugene Byrd), Derek is impressed with Landy's voice and tries to find a place for him in the choir.
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 The Polar Express 2004  G, 92' min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Hayden McFarland, Peter Scolari, Michael Jeter, Steven Tyler, Phil Fondacaro, Debbie Lee Carrington, Ed Gale, Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak, Nona Gaye, Chris Coppola, Charles Fleischer, Isabella Peregrina
Late on Christmas Eve, Billy (Hayden McFarland) is lying in bed hoping to hear Santa's sleigh, which will relieve his doubts about Santa. Instead of the jingle of the sleigh, a magic train, driven by a kind conductor (Tom Hanks), appears, and Billy climbs aboard for a trip to the North Pole. Billy and the other kids on board arrive at Santa's workshop where Santa gives Billy a sleigh bell. The next morning, on Christmas Day, Billy wakes up at home and finds the sleigh bell under his Christmas tree. Animation in "The Polar Express" reflects the drawings in Chris Van Allsburg's 1986 Caldecott Medal winning book and uses motion capture (using a computer to develop a virtual 3-D image of the actor) to enhance the story. Visually stunning. The film received three Academy Award nominations.
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 The Rosebud Beach Hotel 1984 R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Big Lobby
The No-Tell Hotel
Director: Harry Hurwitz
Cast: Colleen Camp, Peter Scolari, Christopher Lee, Fran Drescher, Eddie Deezen, Chuck McCann, Hank Garrett, Hamilton Camp, Daniel Greene, Monique Gabrielle, Cherie Currie
Mr. Clifford King (Christopher Lee)–the owner of a dilapidated, seaside hotel–offers to let his daughter Tracy's (Colleen Camp) boyfriend (Peter Scolari) take over the management. When Tracy arranges for hookers to serve as the hotel's bellhops, business skyrockets.
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 That Thing You Do! 1996 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Tom Hanks
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Charlize Theron, Obba Babatunde, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Ellis, Alex Rocco, Bill Cobbs, Rita Wilson, Peter Scolari, Chris Isaak
In 1964, a young rock group, The Wonders (Tom Everett Scott, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, and Ethan Embry), is signed by agent/manager Mr. White (Tom Hanks) and instant stardom results. This story is about one summer of joy for the group's members and their gradual realization that they are only one facet of the huge industrial complex dominating the music world.
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| 1. Camp Nowhere (1994)
2. Perfect Harmony (1991)
3. The Polar Express (2004)
4. The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
aka: The Big Lobby
aka: The No-Tell Hotel
5. That Thing You Do! (1996)
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