Family Friendly Movies

Night of the Comet

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April 15, 2017September 22, 2024

Night of the Comet (1984), starring Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney

Synopsis of Night of the Comet

It’ s the first comet to buzz the planet in 65 million years. And everyone seems to be celebrating its imminent arrival. Everyone, that is, except Regina Belmont (Catherine Mary Stewart, The Last Starfighter) and her younger sister Samantha (Kelli Maroney, Chopping Mall). These sisters are two Valley Girls who care more about fashion trends than astronomy. But at daybreak, the girls discover that they’re the only residents of Los Angeles whom the comet hasn’t vaporized …. Or turned into a zombie. So, they do what all good Valley Girls do…they go shopping! But these gals flee with killer zombies and blood-seeking scientists in hot pursuit!

Red River

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April 10, 2017November 11, 2022

Red River (1948), starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Harry Carey, Sr., Noah Beery, Jr., directed by Howard Hawks

Product description of Red River

One of the finest westerns ever made, this “monumental, sweeping and powerful” masterpiece (Variety) features impassioned performances, stunning cinematography and adventure on a grand scale. Starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift (in his screen debut), Walter Brennan, Harry Carey, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr., Red River is a hard-hitting, action-packed adventure that captures the grandeur, majesty and danger of the wild American West.Wayne gives “one of the best performances of his career” (Cinebooks) as Tom Dunson, a self-made cattle baron who’ll do anything to protect his way of life. So when plummeting livestock values demand that he drive his herd through thetreacherous Chisholm Trail, Tom proves that he’ll risk anything to reach his destination even his own sanity.

The Secret Invasion

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April 2, 2017January 20, 2024

The Secret Invasion (1964), starring Stewart Granger, Mickey Rooney, Raf Vallone, Henry Silva, Edd Byrnes, directed by Roger Corman

Synopsis of The Secret Invasion

The Secret Invasion is the story of British Intelligence. They use criminals to work behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia during World War II.

Eat my Dust

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March 27, 2017August 31, 2024

Eat My Dust starring and directed by Ron Howard, produced by Roger Corman

Editorial review of Eat My Dust courtesy of Amazon.com

Way back in 1976, actor-director Ron Howard made a bargain with shlockmeister producer-director Roger Corman. It went something like this: Corman agreed to produce Howard’s feature directorial debut, the 1977 Grand Theft Auto, and Howard agreed to star in another of Corman’s pieces of drive-in fodder, the quirky Eat My Dust! Read More »Eat my Dust

The X from Outer Space [monster movie]

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March 24, 2017January 10, 2022

The X from Outer Space (1967)

Synopsis of The X from Outer Space

When a scientist crew returns from Mars with some space spores that contaminated their ship, they inadvertently bring about a nightmarish Earth invasion. After the spores are analyzed in a lab, one escapes, eventually growing into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast. An intergalactic monster movie from long time Shochiku stable director Kazui Nihonmatsu, The X from Outer Space was the first in the studio’s short but memorable cycle of horror pictures.

Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

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March 24, 2017September 17, 2023

Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) starring Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff

Synopsis of Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house, finds an abandoned submarine with lots of gadgets that he can use, and also finds a marooned chimp from the US Space program and a native girl named Wednesday who was exiled by her father. Wednesday thinks Crusoe wants to marry her, and when her father arrives on the island to collect her and Crusoe refused to marry her, chaos ensues.

Divorce American Style

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March 23, 2017May 11, 2022

Divorce American Style (1967), starring Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards

Synopsis for Divorce American Style

After 17 years, things have got too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, they are re-united at a night club where they realize that their marriage was better than their divorce.

Walt – The Man Behind The Myth

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March 22, 2017January 10, 2022

Walt – The Man Behind The Myth

Product Description of Walt – The Man Behind The Myth

From Mickey Mouse to Mary Poppins to Disneyland and beyond, Walt Disney touched the hearts of millions with his special brand of magic. In this revealing portrait, you’ll discover the man behind the myth as never before. Inspired by daughter Diane Disney Miller and hosted by Disney legend Dick Van Dyke, the film features all-new interviews with friends, family, collaborators, and experts plus never-before-seen home movies. Through good times and bad, including a brush with bankruptcy during World War II, Walt remained a driven innovator and perfectionist behind studio gates and devoted family man at home. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, Walt – The Man Behind The Myth offers the most intimate look yet at the man whose legacy continues to inspire the world.

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

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March 21, 2017November 29, 2022

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, starring Kevin Kline, Macaulay Culkin, Jessica Lynn Cohen, Bart Robinson Cook, Darci Kistler

Synopsis of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

Angels and sugarplums. Candy canes and ice. A magic prince, a dreamy young girl, a mysterious old man and a Christmas tree that grows sky high. Enter the world of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, featuring the New York City Ballet, and let this all-new movie version of a timeless Yuletide fantasy, narrated ny Academy Award(R) winner Kevin Kline, draw you under its spell. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Darci Kistler, and Bart Robinson Cook. Year: 1993 Director: Emile Ardolino Starring: Bart Robinson Cook, Macaulay Caulkin, Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel

My Geisha

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March 20, 2017October 31, 2021

My Geisha, starring Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Bob Cummings

Product description of My Geisha

Who’s that mysterious Oriental beauty? It’s Shirley MacLaine! Meet Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine), an enormously popular Hollywood comedienne married to movie-maker Paul Robaix. And meet Yoki Mori (also MacLaine), the recently discovered geisha star of Paul’s in-progress film version of Madame Butterfly. Paul doesn’t know it yet, but that’s no geisha – that’s his wife! Yves Montand (as Paul), Edward G. Robinson and Bob Cummings join MacLaine in the romantic comedy My Geisha. Paul is eager to prove he can make a hit film without his wife. Lucy, however, wants to prove she can handle a dramatic role. So she secretly follows Paul to Japan, dons a disguise and gives a topsy-turvy spin to this delightful, gorgeously filmed comedy of mistaken identities.