Big Top Pee-Wee 1988  PG, 86 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cast: Paul Reubens, Kris Kristofferson, Susan Tyrrell, Penelope Ann Miller, Valeria Golino, Albert Henderson, Jack Murdock, Terrence Mann, Frances Bay, Kenneth Tobey, Wayne White, David Byrd, Mary Jackson, Anne Seymour, Leo Gordon
In Pee-Wee Herman's (Paul Reubens) second film, he awakens on his farm one morning and finds that a tornado has deposited a traveling circus on his property. Pee-Wee makes friends with the circus owner Mace Montana (Kris Kristofferson) and allows the circus to stay for awhile. He tries to get the attention of gorgeous trapeze artist Gina (Valeria Golino) by joining the circus as an acrobat. Good idea, but Pee-Wee's fiancee Winnie (Penelope Ann Miller) has other ideas about what Pee-Wee should do with his life. When the circus faces bankruptcy, Pee-Wee comes up with the idea, and they stage a three-ring spectacular–starring Pee-Wee.
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A Chorus Line 1985  PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges, Sharon Brown, Gregg Burge, Michael Douglas, Cameron English, Terrence Mann, Vicki Frederick, Janet Jones, Alyson Reed, Pat McNamara, Timothy Scott, Mansoor Najeeullah
In this film version of the long-running Broadway show, the off-stage lives of struggling performers are revealed as part of their auditions. While harsh director/choreographer Zach (Michael Douglas) puts those auditioning through their paces, his former girlfriend Cassie (Alyson Reed) appears at the theater to try out for the show, and Zach's own past rises to the fore.
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Critters 2: The Main Course 1988  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mick Garris
Cast: Scott Grimes, Liane Alexandra, Don Keith Opper, Barry Corbin, Tom Hodges, Sam Anderson, Lindsay Parker, Terrence Mann, Eddie Deezen, Herta Ware
Our ferocious furry friends are back after being mistaken for Easter eggs. It's more of the same, and you can watch it if you like your "main course" scraped from the bottom of your shoes.
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Critters 3: You Are What They Eat 1991  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Kristine Peterson
Cast: John Calvin, Aimee Brooks, Christian Cousins, Joseph Cousins, William Dennis Hunt, Nina Axelrod, Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Keith Opper, Terrence Mann, Frances Bay
The ferocious furry critters are back, and this time they chase the inhabitants of an apartment building up to the roof. This cheapie is, at least, better than the last entry, and the stage is set for "Critters 4."
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Critters 4: They're Invading Your Space 1991 PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Rupert Harvey
Cast: Don Keith Opper, Terrence Mann, Paul Whitthorne, Anders Hove, Angela Bassett, Brad Dourif, Martine Beswick
The ferocious, fanged, furry creatures are back one more time, and this time it's the future. After Charlie (Don Keith Opper) nearly destroys the last egg, animal activists, of course, say it would be illegal to eliminate a breed. So–off they go, deep-frozen, into space with Charlie. After being lost for 50-some years, they thaw, and Charlie has his hands full again.
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Light Years 1988 PG, 71 min.
Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: Gandahar
Director: Rene Laloux
Cast: Glenn Close, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Grey, John Shea, David Johansen, Terrence Mann, Penn&Teller, Bridget Fonda
This animated film, based on Isaac Asimov's story, is about the adventures of Prince Sylvain (voice of John Shea) who time-travels to a future fantasy world to deal with an evil force that is threatening his world.
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Mrs. Santa Claus 1996 G, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Terry Hughes
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Charles Durning, Michael Jeter, Terrence Mann, Lynsey Bartilson, Bryan Murray, David Norona, Debra Wiseman, Rosalind Harris, Grace Keagy, Chachi Pittman, Linda Kerns
This delightful, made-for-TV, family musical is set in the early 1900s as Santa (Charles Durning) is so busy in preparation for Christmas that he has no time for Mrs. Santa (Angela Lansbury). So Mrs. Santa takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a ride. But bad weather and an injured reindeer force her to make a stop in NYC. Her adventures are many as she sings and dances and saves the day for many before returning home just in time for Christmas.
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Solarbabies 1986  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Alan Johnson
Cast: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas, Charles Durning, Peter DeLuise, Adrian Pasdar, Frank Converse, Terrence Mann, Sarah Douglas
This is one of Mel Brooks' WORST films. It deals with a group of young people imprisoned in a fortress; their escape is dependent on a mystical force.
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| 1. Big Top Pee-Wee (1988)
2. A Chorus Line (1985)
3. Critters (1986)
4. Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
5. Critters 3: You Are What They Eat (1991)
6. Critters 4: They're Invading Your Space (1991)
7. Light Years (1988)
aka: Gandahar
8. Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
9. Solarbabies (1986)
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