Big Bully 1996  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Tom Arnold, Rick Moranis, Julianne Phillips, Don Knotts, Carol Kane, Jeffrey Tambor, Curtis Armstrong, Faith Prince, Tony Pierce
David Leary (Rick Moranis) is a novelist who returns to his hometown of Hastings, Minnesota to teach at his old high school. He runs into his old nemesis, Ross "Fang" Bigger (Tom Arnold), who is now the shop teacher, and the feud from 25-years-ago is on again.
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 Forever Young 1992  PG, 138 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, George Wendt, Nicolas Surovy, David Marshall Grant, Robert Hy Gorman, Joe Morton, Art LaFleur, Millie Slavin, Veronica Lauren, Michael A. Goorjian, Eric Pierpoint, Walton Goggins
Daniel (Mel Gibson) is a test pilot who is cryogenically frozen in 1939 as part of a military experiment. David volunteers for the experiment so that he will not have to deal with his girlfriend Helen (Isabel Glasser) being in a coma. He wakes up in 1992 when young Nat (Elijah Wood) and Felix (Robert Hy Gorman) find the freezing unit while playing at an abandoned warehouse once run by the military. When David thaws out, the boys take him home where their mother Claire (Jamie Lee Curtis) takes care of him and helps him adjust to the modern world. Their friendship grows into love–until David learns that Helen is still alive.
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Friday the 13th, Part 2 1981 R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker, Warrington Gillette, Betsy Palmer, Stuart Charno, Walt Gorney, Marta Kober, Tom McBride, Bill Randolph, Lauren-Marie Taylor, Russell Todd, Cliff Cudney, Jack Marks
A group of teens arrives at a new camp near Camp Crystal Lake where the grisly murders took place five years before. Ginny (Amy Steel) leads the group as they look through the ruins of the old camp. Their snooping upsets the masked killer Jason (Warrington Gillette), and now Ginny tries her best to outwit him.
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Friday the 13th, Part 3 1982 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage, Jeffrey Rogers, Catherine Parks, Larry Zerner, Rachel Howard, David Katims, Nick Savage, Kevin O'Brien, Anne Gaybis, Richard Brooker, Gloria Charles, Cheri Maugans, Steve Susskind
In this sequel, Richard Brooker takes on the role of masked killer Jason Vorhees who has been terrorizing and killing visitors to Camp Crystal Lake. This time around, Jason zeroes in on Chris (Dana Kimmell) and her group of friends who are living in cottages at the lake. And, once again, murder and mayhem reign as more senseless murders take place.
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Halloween: H20 1998  R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Williams, Josh Hartnett, Adam Arkin, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, LL Cool J, Adam Hann-Byrd, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Janet Leigh, Chris Durand
Michael Myers (Chris Durand) is still at it–after 20 years–as he endlessly stalks his sister Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). This time the terror takes place at a boarding school where Laurie is headmistress.
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House 1986  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: William Katt, George Wendt, Kay Lenz, Richard Moll, Michael Ensign, Susan French, Mary Stavin, Billy Beck, Alan Autry, Steven Williams
Monsters greet a writer who is looking for peace and quiet in the house his aunt left him. There are sequels.
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Lake Placid 1999 R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Action / Thriller
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, Mariska Hargitay, David Lewis, Tim Dixon, Natassia Malthe, Jed Rees, Richard Leacock, Jake T. Roberts, Ty Olsson, Warren Takeuchi
A mysterious creature, with the jaws of a crocodile, lives beneath Lake Placid, Maine. Fish and game warden Jack Wells (Bill Pullman) is assigned to investigate. Paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda) is also assigned to help in the investigation, and they are joined by Professor Hector Cyr (Oliver Platt) who loves swimming with crocodiles. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bickerman (Betty White) tells them stories about her missing animals and husband. Now, the lake is the focus of an intense search for the mysterious creature that appears to have developed an appetite for animals and people.
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Last House on the Left 1972  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Hess, Lucy Grantham, Sandra Cassel, Marc Sheffler, Jeramie Rain, Fred J. Lincoln, Richard Towers, Cynthia Carr, Martin Kove, Ada Washington, Steve Miner, Marshall Anker, Ray Edwards, Anthony J. Forcelli
While attending a rock concert, 17-year-olds Mari (Sandra Cassel) and Phyllis (Lucy Grantham) are kidnapped by escaped convicts Krug, Junior, and Sadie (David Hess, Marc Sheffler, and Jeramie Rain) who torture, rape, and then murder them. Later, the killers seek refuge in the home of John and Estelle Collingwood (Richard Towers and Cynthia Carr) who, unbeknownst to the killers, are Mari's parents. When John and Estelle discover the truth about the people they have given shelter to, they plot to seek a horrifying revenge.
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My Father the Hero 1994 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton, Faith Prince, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Hearn, Robyn Peterson, Frank Renzulli, Manny Jacobs, Emma Thompson
Divorced Andre (Gerard Depardieu), realizing that he had not spent much time with his 14-year-old daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl), over the years, takes her to a resort in the Caribbean. Embarrassed to be seen with him, and bitter about their past estrangement, she makes up stories about him to a handsome 16-year-old boy, Ben (Dalton James). Included in the stories are that Andre is her lover, a spy, and other assorted tales. When fellow vacationers give him a cold shoulder, he is told by Nicole what she has done. He even goes along with the ruse. This is a remake of the French film "Mon Pere, Ce Heros," ("My Father the Hero") also starring Depardieu but not nearly as good as the original.
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Soul Man 1986 PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones, Arye Gross, Leslie Nielsen, Max Wright, James Sikking, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jeff Altman, Linda Hoy
As a way to get into Harvard law school, a young White man (C. Thomas Howell) turns himself into a Black man to facilitate winning a scholarship. Some funny moments occur when he meets people he knew before his color change. In addition, he falls in love with the woman (Rae Dawn Chong) who was next in line for the scholarship and could have used the money more than he.
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Texas Rangers 2001 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Dylan McDermott, Ashton Kutcher, Usher Raymond, Randy Travis, Tom Skerritt, Vincent Spano, Leonor Varela, Matt Keeslar
The Texas Rangers are recommissioned 10 years after the Civil War; it's mission: clean up the West. The story isn't much, but the scenery in this western is beautiful.
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Warlock 1989 R, 103 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant, Mary Woronov, Kevin O'Brien, Richard Kuss, Allan Miller, Anna Levine, David Carpenter, Kay E. Kuter
Boston, 1961, and the Warlock has been sentenced to death. He calls forth his "Master" and escapes by being vaulted to present day L.A. where he proceeds to cast an evil spell. But his adversary, Giles Redferne (Richard E. Grant), was swept along with Warlock and, with the help of a valley girl (Lori Singer), sets about to save the day.
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 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken 1991 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Gabrielle Anwar, Cliff Robertson, Michael Schoeffling, Dylan Kussman, Kathleen York, Frank Renzulli, Nancy Moore Atchison, Lisa Norman, Lorianne Collins, Elizabeth Hayes
Sonora (Gabrielle Anwar) joins a carnival where Dr. Carver (Cliff Robertson) teaches her how to ride stunt horses. Her dream is to be a "diving girl" diving with her horse into 40 feet of water. She succeeds, falls in love with Al (Michael Schoeffling), and suffers a tragedy of blindness that she bravely overcomes. Good Disney fare.
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| 1. Big Bully (1996)
2. Forever Young (1992)
3. Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981)
4. Friday the 13th, Part 3 (1982)
5. Halloween: H20 (1998)
6. House (1986)
7. Lake Placid (1999)
8. Last House on the Left (1972)
9. My Father the Hero (1994)
10. Soul Man (1986)
11. Texas Rangers (2001)
12. Warlock (1989)
13. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
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