The Boys in Company C 1978  PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Andrew Stevens, Stan Shaw, James Canning, James Whitmore Jr., R. Lee Ermey, Michael Lembeck, Craig Wasson, Scott Hylands, Noble Willingham, Santos Morales, Karen Hilger, Drew Michaels, Peggy O'Neal, Claude Wilson, Chuck Doherty
This film takes five young Marine recruits from basic training in 1967 to the jungles of Vietnam in 1968. Wise-cracking macho Vinnie (Michael Lembeck), athlete-turned-drug-user Billy Ray (Andrew Stevens), hippy Dave (Craig Wasson), drug dealer Tyrone (Stan Shaw), and aspiring writer Alvin (James Canning). Lots of action in this story that attempts to show insights of war and its effects on those who participate.
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Cannery Row 1982 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David S. Ward
Cast: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae, M. Emmet Walsh, Sunshine Parker, Santos Morales, John Huston, Tom Mahoney, Art LaFleur, John Malloy, James Keane, Sharon Ernster, Ellen Blake, Mary Margaret Amato
John Steinbeck's novel, set in Monterey, California, is brought to the screen with Nick Nolte as the marine biologist, Doc, who falls for local floozy Suzy (Debra Winger) after he meets her at the Bear Flag Restaurant. Romance blooms between the two but quickly turns sour. Meanwhile, Cannery Row inhabitants–including Mac (M. Emmet Walsh)–hope that Doc and Suzy will get back together because their love is the one thing in Doc and Suzy's lives that really counts.
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Summer Rental 1985  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: John Candy, Richard Crenna, Karen Austin, Rip Torn, Kerri Green, John Larroquette, Dick Anthony Williams, Richard Herd, Carmine Caridi, Santos Morales, Joseph Lawrence, Aubrey Jene, Lois Hamilton, Francis X. McCarthy, Pierrino Mascarino
Stressed-out air traffic controller Jack Chester (John Candy) is urged to take a vacation. He takes his wife Sandy (Karen Austin), their three children, and their dog to a resort at Citrus Cove, Florida. Instead of being able to relax, Jack endures one problem after another, which includes a sailing race against a snobby foe Jason (Richard Crenna) who he meets at the resort.
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 Three Amigos! 1986 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Western
Director: John Landis
Cast: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Patrice Martinez, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Joe Mantegna, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Philip Gordon, Fred Asparagus, Santos Morales, Tino Insana, Kai Wulff, Norbert Weisser
This film is a parody of "The Magnificent Seven," minus four of the heroes. Three silent-screen cowboys–Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short)–have been fired from the studio when they receive a message from Carmen (Patrice Martinez) begging them to save her Mexican town. They think that Carmen is paying them to perform their singing routine in a show, but she really wants them to rid her town of marauding El Guapo (Alfonso Arau) who is terrorizing her friends and neighbors. They do head south of the border and arrive in Carmen's town and then learn that Carmen has been kidnapped by El Guapo. What do they do? They perform acts of heroism–just like they have done on the screen–and save the town.
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| 1. The Boys in Company C (1978)
2. Cannery Row (1982)
3. Summer Rental (1985)
4. Three Amigos! (1986)
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