 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Udo Kier, Noble Willingham, Troy Evans, David Margulies, Mark Margolis, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Dan Marino, Raynor Scheine, Frank Adonis, John Capodice, Judy Clayton
Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) has the unusual job of searching for lost pets. Now, he has been assigned a difficult task: find the Miami Dolphin's stolen mascot. It is the eve of the Super Bowl game, and the dolphin MUST be found by kick-off time.
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Blank Check 1994  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Cast: Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, James Rebhorn, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Faustino, Chris Demetral, Miguel Ferrer, Michael Lerner, Tone Loc, Rick Ducommun, Debbie Allen, Alex Zuckerman
Eleven-year-old Preston (Brian Bonsall) becomes a millionaire when a gangster gives him a blank check after wrecking Preston's bike. Preston goes on a spending frenzy, but the bad guys want their money back–badly. A weak, Disney offering.
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Car 54, Where Are You? 1994  PG-13, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bill Fishman
Cast: David Johansen, Fran Drescher, John C. McGinley, Nipsey Russell, Rosie O'Donnell, Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Al Lewis, Tone Loc
WELL, if you were a fan of the original 1960s television series, you may find some redeeming qualities in this film. If not, forget it, and check out another film. It is the same old story, no new twists and turns, but it will fill up an hour and a half on a rainy afternoon.
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992  G, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Bill Kroyer
Cast: Tim Curry, Samantha Mathis, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Grace Zabriskie, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Kathleen Freeman, Tone Loc
This animated presentation tells the story of how one human, Zak (Christian Slater)–accidentally shrunk in size–helps the little creatures protect their Australian rainforest from intruding forces.
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 Poetic Justice 1993 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Tyra Ferrell, Regina King, Joe Torry, Roger Guenveur Smith, Billy Zane, Khandi Alexander, Maya Angelou, Lori Petty, Michael Rapaport, Tone Loc
After her boyfriend is murdered, young Justice (Janet Jackson) becomes an L.A. hairdresser and retreats into the world of poetry. Later, she meets postal worker Lucky (Tupac Shakur) and must decide if she is ready to fall in love again. The poetry in this film is that of Maya Angelou who assumes the role in this film of Aunt Jane.
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 Surf Ninjas 1993 PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Neal Israel
Cast: Ernie Reyes Jr., Rob Schneider, Nicolas Cowan, Leslie Nielsen, Tone Loc, John Karlen, Ernie Reyes Sr., Keone Young, Tad Horino, Neal Israel
After inheriting a South Seas island, surfers Johnny (Ernie Reyes Jr.) and Adam (Nicolas Cowan) must fight off the evil Colonel Chi (Leslie Nielsen) who threatens their property rights.
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Titan A.E. 2000  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Art Vitello
Cast: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Janeane Garofalo, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Ron Perlman, Tone Loc, Jim Breuer, Jim Cummings, Alex D. Linz, Charles Rocket, Ken Hudson Campbell, Tsai Chin
In this animated sci-fi film, the year is 3028 A,D., and the alien Drej destroy Earth. Only young Cale (voice of Matt Damon) holds the key to survival–a genetically coded map pointing to the gigantic spaceship, "Titan"–but the Drej are in hot pursuit.
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| 1. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
2. Blank Check (1994)
3. Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)
4. FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
5. Poetic Justice (1993)
6. Surf Ninjas (1993)
7. Titan A.E. (2000)
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