John Landis
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Super K to the Rescue! Greenville Elementary and the Academy for Superior Children battle it out for the annual prize of Best Kindergarten Holiday Show. After Nigel Danforth and the Fearsome Foursome do everything they can to wreck the Super K's show, Mr. Arnold Armstrong and the kids are sure they'll lose. When things don't turn out quite as Danforth had hoped, he hatches a plan to get rid of Christmas once and or all. It's up to the Super K's to...
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The school day at Superhero Kindergarten is a lot like that at any other kindergarten. except these six extraordinary students have a secret. They are superheroes! Rather than powers derived from a radioactive spider bite or gamma rays, these special kids' powers are inspired by items commonly found in kindergarten classrooms across the globe including crayons, paste, putty and building blocks. And thankfully, they have Arnold Armstrong (AKA Captain...
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After Jake Blues is release from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a...
8) Three amigos
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The Three Amigos, a silent screen comedy act, arrive in a remote Mexican hamlet for what they think is a lucrative personal appearance, only to discover that they are expected to save the village from a terrorizing gang of bandits.
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American grindhouse explores the history of exploitation films. From the early "Nudie cuties" to the Blaxploitation boom in the 70's, American grindhouse boasts interviews with film critics Herschell Gordon Lewis, Joe Dante, Larry Cohen, John Landis, Fred Williamson, Kim Morgan and many more, and features over 200 clips.
10) The sci-fi boys
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Legendary sci-fi directors Jackson, Lucas, Spielberg, etc, started out as kids making amateur movies inspired by Famous Monsters magazine. They grew up to take Hollywood by storm, inventing the art and technology for filming anything the mind can dream.
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The original take-off cult classic from the highly successful team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (Airplane, The Naked Gun), this "uproariously funny [film]" - TV Guide launched a thousand laughs and serves as a precursor to the raunch-fests of the '80s and the blockbuster success of the Farrelly Brothers films. Directed by the legendary John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers), THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE features a lewd, loosely...
12) Clue
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Who killed Mr. Boddy? Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with the gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Blackmail leads to murder when six colorful characters with dark secrets and hidden agendas converge at a Gothic mansion.
13) Trading places
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Two old business partners bet that they can turn a street hustler into a successful businessman.
14) Innocent blood
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The ghoul just wants to have fun! She also wants an occasional bad guy to sink her fangs into because she never, ever takes from the innocent. Anne Parillaud is Marie, a vampire who imperils Pittsburgh when she fails to kill one of her victims, mob boss Sal Macelli. Sal realizes what a lucky stiff he is: a vampire with deadly powers! If Marie and her undercover-cop boyfriend can't stop the mobster's new family of goons, Pittsburgh will be the pits....
16) The Stupids
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An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.
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Pampered African Prince Akeem is a rebel who is against an arranged marriage and heads to Queens, New York to find a new bride. His regal father agrees to allow the prince 40 days to roam the U.S., sending the prince's faithful retainer Semmi along to make sure nothing untoward happens. To avoid fortune hunters, Prince Akeem conceals his true identity and gets a "regular" guy job at a fast-food restaurant.
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Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. The campus's only other frat house is full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men that no one can stand except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of their fraternity to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade.