The Astronaut Farmer 2007   PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot, Jasper Polish, Logan Polish, Bruce Dern, Mark Polish, Jon Gries, Tim Blake Nelson, Sal Lopez, J.K. Simmons, Kiersten Warren, Rick Overton, Richard Edson, Julie White
After dropping out of NASA's astronaut training program to save the family ranch, Charles Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) risks everything attempting to launch his own barn-built rocket so that he can follow his dream of orbiting Earth. Although he has the support of his wife Audrey (Virginia Madsen) and their children–Shepard (Max Thieriot), Stanley (Jasper Polish), and Sunshine (Logan Polish)–the FBI, FAA, NASA, CIA, and Homeland Security want nothing more than to destroy Charles' dream. 1 User Review
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| | A beautiful film | A Fan 08/19/2007 | | I thought it a beautiful film where family stills sticks together despite negative things that come into there life, to bad we dont have alot of that today. The kids were great...jasper and logan polish were cute actresses and real in there roles. Hope there are more films like this. |
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Blind Fury 1990  R, 86 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Brandon Call, Terry O'Quinn, Lisa Blount, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Noble Willingham, Meg Foster, Nick Cassavetes, Rick Overton, Sho Kosugi
Blindness is the gimmick employed when a sightless swordsman uses his martial-arts skills in a quest against evil. The swordsman is based on a blind Samurai, Zatoichi, who made Japanese movies in the 1960s.
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Earth Girls Are Easy 1989 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Julien Temple
Cast: Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Brown, Charles Rocket, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Michael McKean, Larry Linville, Rick Overton, Diane Stilwell, June C. Ellis, Lisa Fuller
Manicurist Valerie Dale (Geena Davis) dumps her cheating fiancee Dr. Ted Gallagher (Charles Rocket). Then, three aliens–Mac (Jeff Goldblum,), Wiploc (Jim Carrey), and Zeebo (Damon Wayans)–land in her swimming pool, and she brings them into her salon for complete makeovers. They emerge as handsome dudes, and Valerie falls for Mac. A zany weekend ensues, and now Valerie must decide between Mac and Ted, who now wants her back. Appealing in an offbeat way.
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 Eight Legged Freaks 2002 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ellory Elkayem
Cast: David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scott Terra, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug, Rick Overton, Leon Rippy, Eileen Ryan, Matt Czuchry, Jay Arlen Jones, Riley Smith, Jane Edith Wilson, Roy Gaintner, Jack Moore, Matt Holwick
After ingesting hazardous chemicals, spiders grow to gigantic sizes on Taft's Exotic Spider Farm in Prosperity, Arizona, and go on a feeding frenzy eating all humans in sight.
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Fat Albert 2004  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Joel Zwick
Cast: Kenan Thompson, Kyla Pratt, Shedrack Anderson III, Jermaine Williams, Keith Robinson, Alphonso McAuley, Aaron Frazier, Marques Houston, Dania Ramirez, Omarion, Keri Lynn Pratt, Rick Overton
The 1970s' cartoon series is updated as live-action in this story about depressed teen Doris (Kyla Pratt) for whom the cartoon characters Fat Albert (Kenan Thompson) and the Cosby kids jump out of the TV set–and into a modern world completely foreign and confusing to them–in an attempt to cheer up Doris.
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 Groundhog Day 1993   PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Bill Murray, Chris Elliott, Andie MacDowell, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton, Rick Ducommun, Rick Overton, Harold Ramis, Robin Duke, Michael Shannon, Willie Garson, Carol Bivins, Les Podewell
Weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) comes to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover Groundhog Day activities and report on whether a shadow was spotted. Once there, he finds himself trapped in time and must relive the same day over and over. The key to his escape lies with TV producer Rita (Andie MacDowell) in his ability to become a better person.
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Gung Ho 1986  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, Clint Howard, Rance Howard, Sab Shimono, Rick Overton, So Yamamura
This likable comedy highlights the differences in Japanese and American cultures. Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) attempts to save his hometown by pleading with the Japanese to open an automobile plant. The Japanese finally do, and the plant workers must now adapt to the Japanese style of management.
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The Informant! 2009 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Matt Damon, Lucas McHugh Carroll, Eddie Jemison, Rusty Schwimmer, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Tom Papa, Rick Overton, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas F. Wilson, Craig Ricci Shaynak, Scott Adsit, Ann Dowd, Allan Havey, Howie Johnson
In the early 1990s, Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) is a rising star at the agri-business powerhouse Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in Decatur, Illinois. After Whitacre exposes his company to a multi-national price-fixing conspiracy, the FBI needs evidence concerning the conspiracy and convinces Whitacre to wear a wire along with a tape recorder in his briefcase while attending meetings around the world. The result is one of the FBI's largest price-fixing cases, but Whitacre's own misdeeds lead to his world crashing around him, and he is convicted of price-fixing, money laundering, wire fraud, and tax fraud and sentenced to a nine-year prison term. Based on a true story.
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Jackpot 2001 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Polish
Cast: Jon Gries, Daryl Hannah, Garrett Morris, Patrick Bauchau, Adam Baldwin, Rosie O'Grady, Peggy Lipton, Mac Davis, Rick Overton, Suzanne Krull
Sunny Holiday (John Gries) is a loser who dreams of becoming a famous singer, and his means to that end is competing in karaoke contests on a 43-city tour. He has left his wife, Bobbi (Daryl Hannah), behind with their daughter and sends her a weekly $1.00 lottery ticket in lieu of child support. Traveling with his manager, Les (Garrett Morris), in Bobbi's pink New Yorker, Sunny heads for Jackpot, Nevada, for the next contest and then, ultimately, on to L.A. for that big break.
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Million Dollar Mystery 1987  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
aka: Money Mania
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Eddie Deezen, Wendy Sherman, Rick Overton, Mona Lyden, Douglas Emerson, Royce D. Applegate, Pam Matteson, Penny Baker, Tawny Fere, LaGena Hart, Tom Bosley, Kevin Pollak, Daniel McDonald, Gail Neely
Sidney Preston (Tom Bosley) is dining at the Apache Acres Motel and Diner when he suffers a heart attack and, gasping for his last breath, tells fellow travelers at the diner that he has stolen $4 million. He gives them clues of four locations where he has stashed the money, and all who hear him take off in search of the money. As a promotion for the film, sponsors offered $1 million to the first person to correctly spot where the money is located. There were over 300,000 entrants, and 15-year-old Alesia Jones won the prize.
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 Mrs. Doubtfire 1993 PG-13, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday, Mara Wilson, Robert Prosky, Martin Mull, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, Rick Overton, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, Anne Haney, Sydney Walker
Miranda (Sally Field) received custody of the children when she divorced Daniel (Robin Williams). Daniel misses his family and disguises himself as a British housekeeper to get back inside the family circle. And the fun begins.
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 The Rocketeer 1991 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Bill Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino, Ed Lauter, Rick Overton, Terry O'Quinn, James Handy, Jon Polito
In 1938, an ace pilot (Bill Campbell) spots a robbery of a portable rocket pack that can send its owner flying through the air. After obtaining the device, he finds that others, including a Nazi (Timothy Dalton), are hot on his trail.
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The Tripper 2007 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: David Arquette
Cast: Lukas Haas, Balthazar Getty, Jaime King, Courteney Cox, Paul Reubens, David Arquette, Thomas Jane, Jason Mewes, Rick Overton, Richmond Arquette, Brad Hunt, Paz de la Huerta, Marsha Thomason
This attack on the morally righteous right-wing political establishment involves a group of hippie friends attending an annual music festival in the woods. This time, the festival turns into a scene of terror when a psycho killer–who, as a boy, was traumatized by hippies in the same woods being used for the festival. The killer wears a Ronald Reagan mask, brandishes an ax, and chops up the hippies, which, needless to say, accounts for plenty of blood and gore in this film.
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 Willow 1988 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, Warwick Davis, Patricia Hayes, Billy Barty, Rick Overton, Pat Roach, Gavan O'Herlihy, David Steinberg
Willow (Warwick Davis) is a wizard who must keep a special child away from the clutches of the wicked queen (Jean Marsh). This movie is an enchanting fantasy.
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| 1. The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
2. Blind Fury (1990)
3. Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
4. Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
5. Fat Albert (2004)
6. Groundhog Day (1993)
7. Gung Ho (1986)
8. The Informant! (2009)
9. Jackpot (2001)
10. Million Dollar Mystery (1987)
aka: Money Mania
11. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
12. The Rocketeer (1991)
13. The Tripper (2007)
14. Willow (1988)
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