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Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Starring: Claudia McNeil, Janet MacLachlan, Robert Christian, Larry B. Scott, Roy Poole
Directed By: Jack Smight

Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting ...

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones
Directed By: John McTiernan

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer, Larry B. Scott, Matthew Dudley, Jill Schoelen
Directed By: Christopher Cain

Short of Top Gun, this could be the definitive boys movie of the 1980s. An 18-year-old (Jason Gedrick) gets instruction from an old vet (Louis Gossett Jr.) in how to fly an F-16 jet and kick butt in the Middle East, all while listening to his Walkman and--oh, yeah--saving his father from terrorist clutches. Gossett wears his tough-love face while the kids run rampant. Speaking of kids, ...

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Gedrick, Tim Thomerson, Larry B. Scott, Caroline Lagerfelt
Directed By: Sidney J. Furie

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Michele Scarabelli, Larry B. Scott, Harvey Aitken, Jack Blum
Directed By: George Erschbamer

Manufacturer: Fries Home Video
Starring: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Joanna Cassidy, David Ackroyd, Larry B. Scott, Jason Bernard
Directed By: Curtis Hanson

When Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine), Stan (Ted McGinley), Lamar, Ogre, Takashi, Trevor and a busload of nerds arrive for Booger's (Curtis Armstrong) wedding, things get relative-ly out of hand with the reluctant future in-laws. Chaos ensues as the nerds throw three outrageous parties-nerd style-driving the more "civilized" guests away. Horrified, Booger's father-in-law to-be (Joe Bologna), an ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Julia Montgomery, Corinne Bohrer, Christina Pickles
Directed By: Steve Zacharias

What is it about the mock documentary and popular music that seem to produce such deliciously subversive comedies? It worked for This Is Spinal Tap and it works again for Fear of a Black Hat, a mockumentary about a hot but hapless rap group. Writer-director Rusty Cundieff plays Ice Cold, leader of the gangsta rap group NWH (Niggaz with Hats), which also includes Tone-Def and Tasty ...

Manufacturer: Polygram Video
Starring: Reggie Bruce, Jeff Burr, G. Smokey Campbell, Deezer D, Howie Gold

Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
Starring: Raphael Sbarge, Page Hannah, Veronica Cartwright, Larry B. Scott, Dave Thomas
Directed By: Roger L. Simon

Manufacturer: Artisan Entertainment
Starring: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Maria Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn
Directed By: Walter Hill