Blast from the Past 1999  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, Dave Foley, Joey Slotnick, Scott Thomson, Hugh Wilson, Don Yesso, Rex Lynn
Calvin (Christopher Walken) and Helen Webber (Sissy Spacek) mistakenly believe a nuclear bomb has exploded, and they head to their bomb shelter where they remain for 35 years raising their son, Adam (Brendan Fraser). One day Adam leaves the shelter to buy supplies; he meets the worldly Eve Rustikov (Alicia Silverstone) who helps him buy needed shelter supplies, and love blooms.
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982   R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Eric Stoltz, Vincent Schiavelli, Amanda Wyss, Scott Thomson, Forest Whitaker, Kelli Maroney, Blair Tefkin, D.W. Brown
Lifestyles of teenagers–including jobs, sex, and drugs–are wryly depicted in this film. The story is based on Cameron Crowe's book relating his experiences when he returned to high school and pretended to be a student. While stoned student Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) spends much of his time arguing with his history teacher Mr. Hand (Ray Walston), other students–including Stacy (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Linda (Phoebe Cates), Mark (Brian Backer), and Mike (Robert Romanus)–visit the shopping mall, surf, eat fast-food, and experiment with sex. When they do attend class, wild havoc is often the order of the day.
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 Frightmare 1983  R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Horror Star
Director: Norman Thaddeus Vane
Cast: Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin, Jennifer Starrett, Barbara Pilavin, Carlene Olson, Scott Thomson, Donna McDaniel, Jeffrey Combs, Alan Stock, Peter Kastner
Horror film star Conrad Radzoff (Ferdy Mayne) murders his director and shortly thereafter dies himself. Horror film club teens decide to pay tribute to their hero with a party and steal the body for the event. They shouldn't have done that since Conrad is brought back as a zombie by a medium and takes revenge on the youngsters. Really bad, except Ferdy Mayne is fun as the flamboyant Conrad.
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Parasite 1982  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles Band
Cast: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, James Davidson, Al Fann, Tom Villard, Scott Thomson, Cherie Currie, Vivian Blaine, James Cavan
Originally shown in 3-D, this rip-off of "Alien" and others is set in the near future, and the U.S. is now a grim military state. Scientist Paul Dean (Robert Glaudini) has created a parasite, which grows in one's body until it is big enough to get out and find another donor. Dean's research has caused him to have one in his own body that he is able to get out, but it gets loose and raises havoc throughout the countryside. As gory as it is bad. Demi Moore plays his friend in her second film.
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training 1986  PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Paris
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey, Bob Goldthwait, Art Metrano, Tim Kazurinsky, Leslie Easterbrook, Brant von Hoffman, Bruce Mahler, Scott Thomson, Shawn Weatherly, Ed Nelson
Still just as inane as the first two movies, this one involves rival academies joining forces. Nevertheless, fans flocked to the theaters to see their heroes.
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 Twister 1996 PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Jan de Bont
Cast: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Zach Grenier, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Scott Thomson, Todd Field, Sean Whalen, Gregory Sporleder, Joey Slotnick, Wendle Josepher
An unfunded team of university researchers–including Bill Harding (Bill Paxton), his soon-to-be ex-wife Jo (Helen Hunt), and Bill's new fiancee Melissa (Jami Gertz)–chase tornadoes to obtain scientific data useful for prediction and control of the deadly twisters. While the love triangle lacks substance, the special effects of tornadoes are excellent and make this a movie worth watching. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Special Effects and Sound.
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| 1. Blast from the Past (1999)
2. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
3. Frightmare (1983)
aka: The Horror Star
4. Parasite (1982)
5. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
6. Twister (1996)
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