Firehouse Dog 2007  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Todd Holland
Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Bill Nunn, Scotch Ellis Loring, Mayte Garcia, Teddy Sears, Steven Culp, Dash Mihok, Bree Turner, Hannah Lochner, Claudette Mink, Shane Daly, Katie Finneran, Brandon Craggs
Pampered Hollywood stunt dog Rexxx gets lost and wanders into the life of 12-year-old Shane (Josh Hutcherson) whose father is the widowed fire chief Connor Fahey (Bruce Greenwood). Rexxx rescues a firefighter, becomes a neighborhood hero, and his act of heroism saves the fire station from being shut down. Shane and Rexxx join forces to track down an arsonist, but problems lie ahead when Rexxx's former owner (Dash Mihok) tracks him down and wants to have him back at work as a stunt dog.
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 Krippendorf's Tribe 1998  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Todd Holland
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, Gregory Smith, Carl Michael Lindner, Stephen Root, Elaine Stritch, Tom Poston, David Ogden Stiers, Lily Tomlin
A college professor, James Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss), receives a grant to locate a lost New Guinea tribe. He fails in his quest but decides to fake a successful sabbatical by filming the "tribe" using his own children (Natasha Lyonne and Gregory Smith) dressed up to look like the New Guinea tribe. This film is fun and provides OK family entertainment.
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Miracle Dogs 2003 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Craig Clyde
Cast: Kate Jackson, Ted Shackelford, Alana Austin, Stacy Keach, Rue McClanahan, Daniel Roebuck, Wayne Rogers, Josh Hutcherson, K.C. Clyde, Dudley Swetland, Patrice Moncell, Talbot Perry Simons, Todd Holland
Young Charlie (Josh Hutcherson) has just moved to Cleveland with his parents (Kate Jackson and Ted Shackelford) when Charlie finds "Annie," a thee-legged Springer Spaniel that has just had puppies. With help from the janitor (Stacy Keach), Charlie hides Annie and the puppies in the hospital where his parents work. But it doesn't take long for the dogs to start wandering around the hospital, and, miraculously, after encounters with the dogs, patients begin to heal. Of course, hospital rules do not allow dogs in patients' rooms, problems ensue, and the dogs are sent to an animal shelter. Now, a wealthy patient (Rue McClanahan) realizes that the dogs have cured her illness, and she ensures that the dogs are rescued, and new homes are found.
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 The Waterboy 1998 PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Adam Sandler, Fairuza Balk, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Jerry Reed, Blake Clark, Larry Gilliard Jr., Allen Covert, Clint Howard, Rob Schneider, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Al Whiting, Todd Holland, Robert Kokol
Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler) has enjoyed his job as the waterboy for a college football team, but they fire him. Despite his overprotective mother's (Kathy Bates) wishes, Bobby joins another team, the Mud Dogs, who are coached by neurotic Coach Klein (Henry Winkler). He also finds a girlfriend, Vickie (Fairuza Balk), who has much to teach Bobby about the birds and the bees. Bobby becomes a star player on the Mud Dogs. They win their games and now are scheduled to face Bobby's former team in the Bourbon Bowl.
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The Wizard 1989  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Todd Holland
Cast: Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Christian Slater, Beau Bridges, Vince Trankina, Wendy Phillips, Dea McAllister, Sam McMurray, Will Seitzer, Roy Conrad, Jenny Lewis
Separated following their parents' divorce, Corey (Fred Savage) and Jimmy (Luke Edwards) rejoin each other and run away to Los Angeles where Corey wants to help autistic Jimmy compete in a $30,000 video game championship. But, as they travel across the Southwest, concerned family members are on their trail.
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| 1. Firehouse Dog (2007)
2. Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
3. Miracle Dogs (2003)
4. The Waterboy (1998)
5. The Wizard (1989)
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