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Theatrical: Jan 27, 2006

Studio: Universal Studios

Genre: Comedy

Producer: Tim Bevan, David Brown, Liza Chasin, Lindsay Doran

Duration: 97

Summary: Mr. Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) has just lost his wife and is now left with his seven children who misbehave so much that all the nannies have run away. Now he is told by a mysterious voice that he should get Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) who is a magical woman with special powers.

Theatrical: Jul 29, 1983

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Adventure

Producer: Robert Grand, Matty Simmons

Duration: 98

Summary: The Griswold family, father Clark W., wife Ellen, daughter Audrey and son Rusty, set out in high spirit to spend their vacation driving cross-country from Chicago to a glorious climax in Walley World on the West Coast. The trip which Clark planned down to the minute, slowly loses its smoothness from the moment the first grain of sand gets in. A meeting with constantly-in-debt, simple-minded cousin Eddie results in the Griswold family giving cantankerous aunt Edna a lift to Phoenix. Of course, the Griswolds receive one strike of bad luck after another, and when they finally arrive at Walley World, they have to find out that the park is closed for maintenance. But Clark promised his beloved family the best vacation ever...

Theatrical: Jul 26, 1985

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Comedy

Producer: Stuart Cornfeld, Matty Simmons

Duration: 94

Summary: The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language...

Theatrical: Dec 1, 1989

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Comedy

Producer: William S. Beasley, Mauri Syd Gayton, John Hughes, Tom Jacobson

Duration: 97

Summary: It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

Theatrical: Jan 1, 2004

Studio: Touchstone

Genre: Action

Producer: Oren Aviv, Jerry Bruckheimer, Benjamin Melniker, Chad Oman

Duration: 131

Summary: Benjamin Franklin Gates descends from a family of treasure-seekers who've all hunted for the same thing: a war chest hidden by the Founding Fathers after the Revolutionary War. Ben's close to discovering its whereabouts, as is his competition, but the FBI is also hip to the hunt.

Theatrical: Dec 21, 2007

Studio: Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Genre: Action

Producer: Oren Aviv, John Bernard, Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman

Duration: 124

Summary: While Ben is presenting new information about John Wilkes Booth and the 18 pages missing from Booth's diary, one man stands up and presents a missing page of John Wilkes Booth's diary. Thomas Gates, Ben's great-grandfather, is mentioned in the page. It shows that Ben's great-grandfather could have been involved with Abraham Lincoln's murder. When doing more research, the conspiracy takes Ben, Abigail, and Riley to Buckingham Palace (which they break into). It takes them to a book in the White House (which they break into also) and they even steal a page from the book. But in order to see more from the book, their choice is either get elected president or kidnap the President of the United States. Which do they choose? It's obvious. The conspiracy then crosses to Mount Rushmore and they even mention the JFK conspiracy. Can Ben clear his family's name? Or will his family be linked to the murder of Abraham Lincoln?

Theatrical: Aug 27, 1993

Studio: Castle Rock Entertainment

Genre: Crime

Producer: Jack Cummins, Gordon Mark, Peter Yates

Duration: 120

Summary: Leland Gaunt comes to Sheriff Alan Pangborn's pleasant little New England town, and opens a store. What this kindly Satan sells is whatever you need, from a surcease from pain to an object which you have always coveted. The Faustian price is, of course, corruption, and soon the poor sheriff's town is wracked by jealousy, spite, and violence.

Theatrical: Jul 28, 1995

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Action & Adventure

Producer: Rob Cowan, Irwin Winkler

Duration: 114

Summary: "The Net", the first of Hollywood's big cyberthrillers of the mid-1990s, was also the most successful, thanks in large part to the natural appeal of star Sandra Bullock. Still riding high from "Speed" and "While You Were Sleeping", Bullock plays a computer expert victimized by sinister cyberforces who steal her identity for reasons unknown. It's a clever combination of high-tech paranoia and Hitchcockian references (including Jeremy Northam as a romantic stranger named Devlin, after Cary Grant in "Notorious"). Film historians may look back someday on films like this--Roger Ebert calls them "hacksploitation"--to see what they reveal about our society's reaction to the increasing role of technology in our lives, just as we now study the fears of Communism and the atom bomb reflected in films of the 1950s. Dennis Miller and Diane Baker costar. "--Jim Emerson"

Theatrical: Jul 20, 1984

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Fantasy

Producer: Mark Damon, Bernd Eichinger, Dieter Geissler, John W. Hyde

Duration: 102

Summary: Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.

Theatrical: Jul 29, 1988

Studio: Columbia Pictures Corporation

Genre: Family

Producer: Mishaal Kamal Adham, Ken Annakin, Robin S. Clark, Gary Mehlman

Duration: 100

Summary: After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.

Theatrical: Nov 22, 1995

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Genre: Crime

Producer: John Badham, D.J. Caruso, Cammie Crier

Duration: 90

Summary: Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to go to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and kill Eleanor, who is giving an afternoon speech. While Jones is watching Lynn in a van, Smith watches Watson in order to prevent Watson from alerting the authorities. Watson must quickly find some way to get himself and Lynn out of this seemingly impossible situation.

Theatrical: Dec 22, 2006

Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entert.

Genre: Action

Producer: Michael Barnathan, Steven Brown, Chris Columbus, Thomas M. Hammel

Duration: 110

Summary: In New York, the unemployed divorced Larry Daley is a complete loser. His son Nick is very disappointed with his father that is gong to be evicted, and Larry accepts the job of night watchman in the Museum of Natural History as the substituted for three old security guards that have just retired to raise some money and pay his bills. In his first nightshift, Larry realizes that everything at the museum comes to life at night. The Museum transforms in a complete chaos with the inexperienced Larry, and he learns that since an old Egyptian stone came to the Museum in 1950, the was statues comes to life until dawn. When Larry brings his son to spend a night with him, the three old guards break in the Museum to stole the magic stone. Larry organizes the historic characters to help him to arrest the criminals and save the museum.

Theatrical: Nov 16, 1984

Studio: New Line Cinema

Genre: Fantasy

Producer: John Burrows, Stanley Dudelson, Sara Risher, Robert Shaye

Duration: 91

Summary: On Elm Street, Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends including Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Freddy Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Freddy tries to pick off his victims one by one. When he has you in your sleep, who is there to save you?

Theatrical: Nov 1, 1985

Studio: Heron Communications

Genre: Fantasy

Producer: Stephen Diener, Stanley Dudelson, Michael S. Murphey, Sara Risher

Duration: 87

Summary: A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her fear.

Theatrical: Feb 27, 1987

Studio: Heron Communications

Genre: Fantasy

Producer: Wes Craven, Stephen Diener, Niki Marvin, Sara Risher

Duration: 96

Summary: Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist specializing in dream therapy. She meets a group of children at a local hospital facing Freddy Krueger, the same demon she once encountered in her sleep. One of them is Kristen, who has the power to draw other people into her dreams. Working with a male doctor assigned to the case, Nancy helps the kids realize their special abilities within the nightmare world. When Freddy captures one of her charges, she leads a rescue attempt into Krueger's domain, in hopes of putting his spirit to rest once and for all.

Theatrical: Aug 19, 1988

Studio: Heron Communications

Genre: Fantasy

Producer: Stephen Diener, Karen Koch, Sara Risher, Robert Shaye

Duration: 99

Summary: Following up the previous Nightmare film, dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen (who can draw others into her dreams) wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice soon realizes that Freddy is taking advantage of that unknown power to pull a new group of children into his foul domain.

Theatrical: Aug 11, 1989

Studio: New Line Cinema

Genre: Fantasy

Producer: Rupert Harvey, Sara Risher, Robert Shaye, Jon Turtle

Duration: 89

Summary: Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His intention is to be "born again" into the real world. The only one who can stop Freddy is his dead mother, but can Alice free her spirit in time to save her own son?

Theatrical: Sep 13, 1991

Studio: New Line Cinema

Genre: Fantasy

Producer: Michael De Luca, Michael N. Knue, Robert Shaye, Aron Warner

Duration: 89

Summary: In part six of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, dream monster Freddy Krueger has finally killed all the children of his hometown, and seeks to escape its confines to hunt fresh prey. To this end, he recruits the aid of his (previously unmentioned) daughter. However, she discovers the demonic origin of her father's powers and meets Dad head-on in a final showdown (originally presented in 3-D).

Theatrical: Oct 14, 1994

Studio: New Line Cinema

Genre: Drama

Producer: Wes Craven, Jeffrey Fenner, Marianne Maddalena, Sara Risher

Duration: 112

Summary: Heather is an actress happily married, she has a little child: Dylan She is worried about a maniac who is ringing frequently at her house. She think the maniac is Freddy the killer of her previous film Meanwhile Wes Craven is having some nightmares and inspired by that events he is writing the script for a new Nightmare series film. Heather is scared by some murders and by the schizophrenia of her son. The only way left to save her son is to act for the last time the part of Nancy to defeat Freddy forever.

Theatrical: Mar 10, 2000

Studio: Lions Gate

Genre: Horror

Producer: Mark Allan, Antonio Cardenal, Michel Cheyko, Wolfgang Glattes

Duration: 133

Summary: The sleazy book dealer Corso (Depp) is hired by the obscure obsessive Balkan to find the only other two copies of his rare book in existence. The book is called 'The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows', and Balkan wants to authenticate his copy of this 17th century occult work, said to have been written by the devil. And thus begins an almost 'Angel heart'ish (remember that one with Rourke and De Niro) escapade, filled with physical and supernatural catalysts and obstacles

Theatrical: Apr 29, 1994

Studio: Hbo Home Video

Genre: Action

Producer: James Eastep, Jake Eberts, Gale Anne Hurd, Michael R. Joyce

Duration: 130

Summary: The year is 2022, prison systems from all over the world are now run by private corporations and have become business. After being sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his commanding officer who ordered him to wipe out innocent people. Convicted soldier John Robbins is dumped on the prison island Absolom (after he refused to execute his cell-mate and assaulted the Warden). On Absolom, convicts are put there to either survive or die. Robbins finds the prison island is inhabited by two camps, The Outsiders, tribes of savage prisoners led by the evil Walter Merrick and The Insiders, a community of prisoners living in a fortified village "The Compound" led by The Father. Robbins finds escape from Absolom is impossible, surveillance satellites monitor Absolom and gunships prevent all convicts from escaping from the prison island and The Warden has secretly put a spy on Absolom. Caught up in a feud between the two camps, Robbins is determined to escape from the prison island and finds it is his ultimate challenge as nobody has ever escaped and he agrees to help The Insiders defend "The Compound" from The Outsiders

Theatrical: Feb 9, 2007

Studio: Paramount Home Video

Genre: Comedy

Producer: John Davis, David B. Householter, Eddie Murphy, Brian Robbins

Duration: 102

Summary: Norbit (Murphy) is a normal person, who after being adopted by Mr. Wong (Murphy), ends up being married to the very large, Rasputia (Murphy). Norbit's childhood love, Kate Thomas (Newton) arrives back in town to buy the orphanage. Norbit sees this as his chance to get back together with Kate, until he discovers that she is in fact engaged to Deion Hughes (Gooding, Jr.). Norbit isn't going to lay this to rest, whilst he tries to survive life with Rasputia, and it looks like Deion also has something he would like to keep secret.

Theatrical: Jul 22, 1994

Studio: Castle Rock Entertainment

Genre: Comedy

Producer: Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Jeffrey Stott, Alan Zweibel

Duration: 87

Summary: Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus north starts off on an hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him.

Theatrical: Feb 15, 1991

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Adventure

Producer: Lester Berman, Michael Ewing, John D. Schofield, Robert K. Weiss

Duration: 93

Summary: A financier [Chevy Chase] meets a spurned lover [Demi Moore] and agrees to take her to a business meeting. On the way there, they run a stop sign in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. They are arrested and taken to the local court. But all is not as it seems: the courthouse and the "prison" are a maze of zany booby- traps and deadly contraptions. The antics of the captured couple as they try to escape from the mad judge and his bizarre family make up the rest of this unusual film.

Theatrical: Oct 20, 1995

Studio: New Line Home Video

Genre: Drama

Producer: I. Marlene King, Eric McLeod, Demi Moore, Jennifer Todd

Duration: 102

Summary: Four childhood friends (Griffith, Moore, O'Donnell and Wilson) gather together to prepare for the birth of Wilson's baby. While together, they reminesce about when they were kids (Birch, Hoffmann, Ricci and Moore respectively) in 1970.

Theatrical: Feb 23, 2007

Studio: New Line Home Video

Genre: Drama

Producer: Richard Brener, Mike Drake, Toby Emmerich, Linda Fields

Duration: 98

Summary: On his birthday, Walter Sparrow, an amiable dog-catcher, takes a call that leaves him dog bit and late to pick up his wife. She's browsed in a bookstore, finding a blood-red-covered novel, a murder mystery with numerology that loops constantly around the number 23. The story captivates Walter: he dreams it, he notices aspects of his life that can be rendered by "23," he searches for the author, he stays in the hotel (in room 23) where events in the novel took place, and he begins to believe it was no novel. His wife and son try to help him, sometimes in sympathy, sometimes to protect him. Slowly, with danger to himself and to his family, he closes in on the truth.