Hocus Pocus (Bette Midler) 1993
IMDB User Rating: 5.8/10
Director:Kenny Ortega
Genre:Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
Tagline:It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!
Plot:More than 300 years ago, 3 witches were sentenced to die in Salem, Massachusetts and a boy was turned into a cat (a black cat, naturally). Now it's Halloween, and the witches (who fly on [I kid you not] vacuum cleaners) are back. This time, they've got their eyes on immortal life and have turned their wrath on trick-or-treaters and it's up to the 300-year-old cat to save the day.
CAST
Bette Midler ... Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson
Sarah Jessica Parker ... Sarah Sanderson
Kathy Najimy ... Mary Sanderson
Omri Katz ... Max Dennison
Thora Birch ... Dani
Vinessa Shaw ... Allison
Amanda Shepherd ... Emily Binx
Larry Bagby ... Ernie / 'Ice' (as Larry Bagby III)
Tobias Jelinek ... Jay
Stephanie Faracy ... Jenny Dennison
Charles Rocket ... Dave Dennison
Doug Jones ... Billy Butcherson
Karyn Malchus ... Headless Billy Butcherson
Sean Murray ... Thackery Binx
Steve Voboril ... Elijah
Code:
Gus (Don Knotts) 1976
Dvd Rip English
Company:Walt Disney Productions
Genre:Comedy / Family / Sport
Tagline:It's the league's leading laugh scorer!
Plot Summary:The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so happy.
Code:
Code:
Freaky Friday (Jodie Foster) 1976
Dvd Rip English
Awards:Nominated for 3 Golden Globes
Director:Gary Nelson
Genre:Comedy / Family / Fantasy
Tagline:Annabel and her Mother are not quite themselves today- in fact, they're each other!
Plot Outline:Schoolgirl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.
Code:
Code:
Flubber (Robin Williams) 1997
Dvd English
Director:Les Mayfield
Genre:Family | Comedy | Fantasy
Tagline:The stuff dreams are made of.
Plot:Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air. I looks like rubber, so he calls it flubber. This film is based on the 1961 Disney classic, "The Absent-Minded Professor.
Code:
Code:
First Kid (Sinbad) 1996
Dvd English
Genre:Family / Comedy
Tagline:He's young. He's wild. He's fun. And he's the one protecting the president's son.
Plot Summary:Luke Davenport is the 13 year old son of Paul Davenport, the President of the United States, and first lady Linda Davenport. Ill tempered Agent Woods is the secret service agent in charge of Luke. Woods is fired after mistreating Luke in front of media cameras. Woods is then replaced by former boxer Sam Simms, who won a boxing title in 1977. Sam is eager to take the job-even though no one else wants it. Everyone thinks that Luke is just a brat when the only thing Luke wants is to just fit in and be like every other kid at his school, the Georgetown Academy. Sam almost gets fired when Luke gets decked at school by school bully Rob MacArthur. This is when Sam decides to use his boxing expertise to teach Luke how to fight. Luke has his eyes on classmate Katie Warren, but so does Rob. Katie agrees to go with Luke to an upcoming school dance, so Sam teaches Luke how to dance. Rob is also at the dance, but this time when Rob tries to deck Luke, Luke turns the tables and decks Rob. Sam is then fired for taking Luke to the dance without permission, although Luke had the permission of his parents, but secret service chief Morton didn't want Luke leaving the White House grounds while Luke's parents were on the campaign trail. Luke runs away anyway to meet a friend that he has been chatting on the internet with. The meeting is set to take place at a local mall,where Luke discovers that his secret friend is a now psychotic Woods, who blames Luke for his firing and wants revenge on Luke, but not if Sam can help it
CAST
Sinbad ... Sam Simms
Brock Pierce ... Luke Davenport
Blake Boyd ... Dash
Timothy Busfield ... Woods
Art LaFleur ... Morton
Robert Guillaume ... Wilkes
Lisa Eichhorn ... Linda Davenport
James Naughton ... President Davenport
Fawn Reed ... Susan Lawrence
Erin Williby ... Katie Warren
Zachery Ty Bryan ... Rob
Michael Krawic ... James
Bill Cobbs ... Speet
Jemar Jefferson ... Andre (as Jemar Jewann Jefferson)
Daniel Baron ... Yo-Yo
Code:
Dragonslayer (1981)
Dvd English
Awards:Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations
IMDB User Rating: 6.8/10
Director:Matthew Robbins
Genre:Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Tagline:IN THE DARK AGES DRAGONS WERE REAL. [USA theatrical]
Plot:A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone. An old wizard, and his keen young apprentice volunteer to kill the dragon and attempt to save the next virgin in line - the Kings own daughter.
CAST
Peter MacNicol ... Galen
Caitlin Clarke ... Valerian
Ralph Richardson ... Ulrich
John Hallam ... Tyrian
Peter Eyre ... Casiodorus Rex
Albert Salmi ... Greil
Sydney Bromley ... Hodge
Chloe Salaman ... Princess Elspeth
Emrys James ... Valerian's Father
Roger Kemp ... Horsrik
Ian McDiarmid ... Brother Jacopus
Ken Shorter ... Henchman
Jason White ... Henchman
Yolanda Palfrey ... Victim
Douglas Cooper ... Urlander
Code:
Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967)
Dvd English
Walt Disney Productions
IMDB:User Rating:6.7/10
Director:Winston Hibler
Genre:Family | Adventure
Plot:When a cougar raised by a group of loggers in the Pacific Northwest reverts to its natural instincts, the consequence could threaten its life. |
CAST
Ron Brown ... Jess Bradley
Brian Russell ... Potlatch
Linda Wallace ... Jess' Fiancée
Jim Wilson ... Farmer
Lewis Sample ... Chief Engineer
Clifford Peterson ... Mill Manager
Edward C. Moller ... Mill Hand
Rex Allen ... Narrator (voice)
Code:
Candleshoe (Jodie Foster) 1977
Dvd English
IMDB User Rating: 6.3/10
Director:Norman Tokar
Company:Walt Disney Pictures
Genre:Family / Adventure / Comedy
Plot Summary:Small time crook, Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor where Lady St. Edmund resides, with a number of children and her butler (Priory) is the resting place for a hoard of buried treasure. Unfortunately, he doesn't know where it is. Bundage recruits urchin Casey Brown to dupe Lady St. Edmund into thinking that she is her long lost granddaughter and then try to find the treasure. Unfortunately, Lady St. Edmund is flat broke and Casey, Priory and the children help the Lady to try to keep her home and pride, as they do all the chores and Priory acts as the butler, gardener, chauffeur, old major all at the same time!
CAST
Helen Hayes ... Lady St. Edmund
Jodie Foster ... Casey Brown
Leo McKern ... Harry Bundage
David Niven ... Colonel Dennis / Mr. Gipping / Mr. Priory / John
Veronica Quilligan ... Cluny
Ian Sharrock ... Peter
Sarah Tamakuni ... Anna
David Samuels ... Bobby
John Alderson ... Jenkins
Mildred Shay ... Mrs. McCress
Michael Balfour ... Mr. McCress
Sydney Bromley ... Mr. Thresher
Michael Segal ... Train Guard
Vivian Pickles ... Grimsworthy
Code:
Code:
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Comedy / Drama / Family / Fantasy
In this comedy, Peter Ustinov is the famous pirate's ghost that returns to our time. Blackbeard has been cursed by his last wife who was a notorious witch, so that he will never die. The only way to "break" the curse is to do (for once in his life) a good act. Is the famous pirate able to do something good?
Code: