“The power… of really bad television!”
The Scoop: 1990 PG, directed by John De Bello and starring Debi Fares, Rick Rockwell, and John Astin
Tagline: Any way you slice it.
Summary Capsule: Prof. Gangreen attempts to control the media with the power of little red ripe fruits
“God, you’re alive! I thought that rabbit was eating your head.”
The Scoop: 1991 R, directed by Richard Shepard and starring Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, and Eszter Balint
Tagline: He wants to be tied down. She wants to be tied up. It’s not what you think.
Summary Capsule: Lucy is obsessed with Harry Houdini. Monte needs a greencard pronto. So they plan to rob the restaurant they work at.
“The girl of my dreams is a vegetable!”
The Scoop: 1988 PG, directed by John De Bello and starring Karen Mistal, John Astin, and George Clooney
Tagline: The vegetables of doom return! They’re bad and this time they’re really stewed!
Summary Capsule: The nasty tomatoes are back, and a new (80s) generation rise up to fight the menace. Plus, there’s this really cute babe.
“He’s like a turd that won’t flush!”
The Scoop: 1995 PG-13, directed by Kevin Reynolds and Kevin Costner and starring Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Dennis Hopper
Tagline: Beyond the horizon lies the secret to a new beginning.
Summary Capsule: Fish-man breaks his code of uppity-ness to help a naked woman and a tattooed kiddo find dirt.
“There are certain times in your life when I guess you’re not supposed to have anyone, you know? Certain doors you gotta go through alone.”
The Scoop: 1990 PG, directed by John Patrick Shanley, and starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Dan Hedaya, and Abe Vigoda
Tagline: An Average Joe. An Adventurous Comedy.
Summary Capsule: Joe vs. a volcano
“I am nobody Mr. Hayes, but I do not intend to be nobody for long. It is too exhausting.”
The Scoop: 1993 R, directed by Stewart Main and Peter Wells starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, and Lisa Chappell
Tagline: In The Game Of Love There Are No Rules
Summary Capsule: If a David Lynch movie and a very early Baz Luhrmann movie had a baby starring a woman who looks like reincarnated Maureen O’Hara with a cast full of New Zealand regulars, this’d be it.
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet is taking out the trash.”
The Scoop: 1993 PG-13, directed by John McTiernan and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Austin O’Brien, and Bridgette Wilson
Tagline: This isn’t the movies anymore.
Summary Capsule: A kid travels into the movies and then brings the action heroes and bad guys out into the real world.
“Look at yourself. You couldn’t drive a wheelchair.”
The Scoop: 1981 R, directed by George Miller and starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, and Michael Preston
Tagline: In the future, cities will become deserts, roads will become battlefields and the hope of mankind will appear as a stranger.
Summary Capsule: A car-driving anti-hero defends a small community in post-apocalyptic Australia
“Think I got eyes in my butt?” “That’s where your brains are.”
The Scoop: 1988 R, directed by Donald Petrie and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, and Vincent D’Onofrio
Tagline: Discover a movie which hits home about love, friendship, dreams and life. A movie that you’ll be talking about long afterwards. Experience something special, something romantic, something honest.
Summary Capsule: 3 girls, in limbo between high school and college, learn about life, love and damn good pizza.
“This is Buttkiss, Klahn’s bodyguard – he is tough and ruthless. This is Kwong, Klahn’s chauffeur – he is rough and toothless. ”
The Scoop: 1997 R, directed by John Landis and starring Marilyn Joi, Colin Male, David Zucker, and Ed Griffith
Tagline: This movie is totally out of control!
Summary Capsule: SNL skits go R-rated (and sometimes, X-rated)
