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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The Dark Backward 1991  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
aka: The Man with Three Arms
Director: Adam Rifkin
Cast: Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Caan, Rob Lowe, King Moody, Claudia Christian, Danny Dayton, Carrie Lynn, Anna Berger, Tom Hodges, Adam Rifkin
Unhappy garbage man Marly Malt (Judd Nelson) moonlights as a comedian, but his fellow garbage man Gus (Bill Paxton) is the only one who enjoys his humor. Marty is a failure in the comic genre–until he grows a third arm out of his back and is billed as "Desi the Three-Armed Wonder Comic." With Gus providing backup on his accordion, Marty finally gets laughs.
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Going Overboard 1989 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Valerie Breiman
Cast: Adam Sandler, Tom Hodges, Lisa Collins, Peter Berg, Ricky Paull Goldin, Warren Selko, Billy Zane, Adam Rifkin, Steven Brill, Terry Moore, Scott LaRose, Burt Young
Although he holds the menial job of a cruise ship waiter, Shecky Moskowitz (Adam Sandler) dreams of being a standup comic. Guess what? Shecky's chance comes when the ship's comedian is believed lost at sea, and now he has the opportunity to prove himself.
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Heavyweights 1995  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Ben Stiller, Aaron Schwartz, Tom McGowan, Shaun Weiss, Tom Hodges, Jeffrey Tambor, Paul Feig, Leah Lail, Kenan Thompson, Anne Meara
Overweight Gerry Garner (Aaron Schwartz) is sent to Camp Hope–hopefully for a summer of fun. He is pleased when he notes that the other campers are also substantially overweight. But the camp has changed hands and is now run by a wild fitness guru, Tony (Ben Stiller), who intends to whip the campers into shape while filming the process for an infomercial on his weight loss/fitness system. The young campers don't care for that one bit, and the rebellion begins. Disney missed the mark with this slapstick effort.
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Lucas 1986  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: David Seltzer
Cast: Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Tom Hodges, Jeremy Piven, Gary Cole, Ciro Poppiti, Guy Boyd, Kevin Wexted, Emily Seltzer, Erika Leigh
Fourteen-year-old Lucas (Corey Haim) is a nerd who is two years ahead in school and made fun of by the jocks. The girls have ignored him, but 16-year-old Maggie (Kerri Green) moves into his neighborhood during summer vacation, and Lucas becomes her only friend. Then, when school starts, Maggie becomes a cheerleader and meets football star Cappie Roew (Charlie Sheen). Now she has a new group of friends, and Lucas is not included. Lucas' solution: join the football team. He does make the team, but it takes an injury requiring hospitalization for him to gain the respect of the team.
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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise 1987 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Roth
Cast: Robert Carradine, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Curtis Armstrong, Donald Gibb, Ed Lauter, Anthony Edwards, James Hong, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Bradley Whitford, Barry Sobel, Tom Hodges, Jack Gilpin, Priscilla Lopez
The United Fraternity Council is meeting at Fort Lauderdale, and, once again, those cool jocks of Alpha Beta fraternity, led by Roger (Bradley Whitford), try to put down the nerds–Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine), Dudley "Booger" Dawson (Curtis Armstrong), Lamar Latrelle (Larry B. Scott), Arnold Poindexter (Timothy Busfield), and Harold Wormser (Andrew Cassese)–of Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity. What are the odds that the nerds' skill and cunning will once again win the game?
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| 1. Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
2. The Dark Backward (1991)
aka: The Man with Three Arms
3. Going Overboard (1989)
4. Heavyweights (1995)
5. Lucas (1986)
6. Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
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