Liar Liar (1997)
2022-07-19
Conniving attorney Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) is an ace in the courtroom, but his dishonesty and devotion to work ruin his relationships. His wife, Audrey (Maura Tierney), has left him for a more dependable man, and Fletcher often breaks the commitments he makes to his beloved son, Max (Justin Cooper). When Max wishes his dad would stop lying for 24 hours, Fletcher suddenly finds that he can only speak the truth — on the day his career-deciding court case has to be won. Commissioned by Steve W/Group (Pending).
Release date: March 18, 1997 (USA)
Director: Tom Shadyac
Screenplay: Judd Apatow, Stephen Mazur, Paul Guay
Awards: MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic

Notting Hill (1999)
2022-07-12
William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love. Commissioned by Will N. (3/25/21).
Release date: May 13, 1999 (USA)
Director: Roger Michell
Featured song: She
Screenplay: Richard Curtis
Box office: 363.9 million USD

Event Horizon (1997)
2022-07-05
When the Event Horizon, a spacecraft that vanished years earlier, suddenly reappears, a team is dispatched to investigate the ship. Accompanied by the Event Horizon’s creator, William Weir (Sam Neill), the crew of the Lewis and Clark, led by Capt. Miller (Laurence Fishburne), begins to explore the seemingly abandoned vessel. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors, and that the horrors that befell the Event Horizon’s previous journey are still present. Commissioned by Robert W. (3/25/21).
Release date: August 15, 1997 (USA)
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Screenplay: Philip Eisner
Budget: 60 million USD
Story by: Philip Eisner

So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
2022-06-28
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie (Mike Myers) falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels (Nancy Travis) and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer — “Mrs. X” — wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right. Commissioned by Kiki E. (3/16/21).
Release date: July 30, 1993 (USA)
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Screenplay: Robbie Fox
Budget: 20 million USD
Movie: So I Married an Axe Murderer

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
2022-06-21
Jack Spade (Keenen Ivory Wayans) comes home to the ghetto and finds his brother dead from a gold chain overdose. With the help of his hero, John Slade (Bernie Casey), and a team of washed-up crime fighters, Spade declares vengeance on Mr. Big (John Vernon), the white crime leader responsible for selling gold chains on the streets. But Spade realizes that he must take matters into his own hands to finish the job in this zany spoof of 1970s blaxploitation films. Commissioned by Christina J. (2/26/21).
Initial release: December 14, 1988
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenplay: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Production Company: United Artists
Producers: Carl Craig, Eric L. Gold, Raymond Katz, Peter McCarthy

Needful Things (1993)
2022-06-14
When a creepy older man named Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow) moves to a small town in Maine and sets up an antique shop, bad things soon follow. Gaunt has the remarkable ability of selling people exactly what they want most, but his ideal purchases come at a price that involves more than just money. Through Gaunt’s manipulation, the citizens of the town gradually turn on one another, resulting in violence that Sheriff Alan Pangborn (Ed Harris) struggles to contain. Lisa C. (Pending 2/25/21).
Release date: August 27, 1993 (USA)
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Story by: Stephen King
Adapted from: Needful Things
Screenplay: W. D. Richter

The Wedding Singer (1998)
2022-06-07
Set in 1985, Adam Sandler plays a nice guy with a broken heart who’s stuck in one of the most romantic jobs in the world, a wedding singer. He loses all hope when he is abandoned at the altar by his fiancé. He meets a young woman named Julia (Drew Barrymore), who enlists his help to plan her wedding. He falls in love with her and must win her over before she gets married. Commissioned by Steve W. (Pending)
Release date: February 13, 1998 (USA)
Director: Frank Coraci
Featured song: Somebody Kill Me
Screenplay: Tim Herlihy
Producers: Jack Giarraputo, Robert Simonds, Richard Brener

Krull (1983)
2022-05-31
On the planet of Krull, an evil creature called the Beast decimates the world’s army and kidnaps the lovely Princess Lyssa (Lysette Anthony), who is destined to become queen. Her brave beau, Prince Colwyn (Ken Marshall), leads a motley band of warriors, including Ergo (David Battley) and Kegan (Liam Neeson), to rescue his beloved. However, before he can face the Beast, Colwyn must locate a mystical weapon known as the Glaive, which he can use to slay the hideous villain. Commissioned by Laurence S. (2/24/21).
Release date: July 29, 1983 (USA)
Director: Peter Yates
Music composed by: James Horner
Budget: 50 million USD
Box office: 16.9 million USD

Blood In Blood Out (1993)
2022-05-24
Prison, drugs and gang war touch three young men (Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt) in East Los Angeles from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Release date: April 16, 1993 (USA). Commissioned by Paul P. (2-11-21).
Director: Taylor Hackford
Box office: 4.497 million USD
Screenplay: Jimmy Santiago Baca, Floyd Mutrux, Jeremy Iacone
Producers: Taylor Hackford, Jerry Gershwin

Nuns on the Run (1990)
2022-05-17
Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian (Eric Idle) and Charles (Robbie Coltrane) get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police and Brian’s angry girlfriend, the two take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior (Janet Suzman) that they’re nuns, a charade they are forced to maintain as their enemies arrive. Commissioned by Kevin B. (2/11/21).
Initial release: March 16, 1990
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Screenplay: Jonathan Lynn
Box office: 10.96 million USD
Music composed by: George Harrison, Frank Fitzpatrick, David Kitay, Yello

Full Metal Jacket (1987)
2022-05-13
Stanley Kubrick’s take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis (Matthew Modine), quickly christened “Joker” by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey), and pudgy Private Lawrence (Vincent D’Onofrio), nicknamed “Gomer Pyle,” as they endure the rigors of basic training. Though Pyle takes a frightening detour, Joker graduates to the Marine Corps and is sent to Vietnam as a journalist, covering — and eventually participating in — the bloody Battle of Hué. Commissioned by Steve W. (Pending).
Release date: June 26, 1987 (USA)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Budget: 17 million USD
Awards: London Film Critics’ Circle Award for Director of the Year, MORE
Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick, Gustav Hasford, Michael Herr

Jumanji (1995)
2022-05-10
A magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst). While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. When they start playing, they free Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who’s been stuck in the game’s inner world for decades. If they win Jumanji, the kids can free Alan for good — but that means braving giant bugs, ill-mannered monkeys and even stampeding rhinos! Commissioned by Steve W. (Pending)
Release date: December 15, 1995 (USA)
Director: Joe Johnston
Box office: 262.8 million USD
Budget: 65 million USD
Story by: Chris Van Allsburg, Jim Strain, Greg Taylor

Blade (1998)
2022-05-03
Blade is a 1998 American superhero horror film directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, it is the first installment of the Blade film series. Commissioned by Steve W. (Pending)
Release date: August 19, 1998 (USA)
Director: Stephen Norrington
Featured song: Confusion
Box office: 131.2 million USD
Producers: Wesley Snipes, Peter Frankfurt, Robert Engelman

Silverado (1985)
2022-04-26
Rambling man Emmett (Scott Glenn) assembles a group of misfit cowboys (Kevin Costner), (Kevin Kline, Danny Glover). After helping a group of settlers track down a pack of thieves, Emmett and his men descend on the troubled town of Silverado to seek their fortunes. Soon after arriving, they discover that the town has fallen into the grasp of greedy rancher Ethan McKendrick (Ray Baker) and corrupt Sheriff Cobb (Brian Dennehy) with whom many of Emmett’s men have unfinished business. Commissioned by James B. (2/3/21).
Release date: July 10, 1985 (USA)
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Music composed by: Bruce Broughton
Box office: 32.19 million USD
Screenplay: Lawrence Kasdan, Mark Kasdan

Three O'Clock High (1987)
2022-04-19
Preppy high school reporter Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) is asked to write a story on a tough new kid named Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson), a boy rumored to have a violent past. Jerry tries to call off the story, but in the process, he infuriates Buddy, who challenges him to a parking lot brawl immediately after school that same day. As Jerry desperately attempts to escape the impending fight, he instead ends up finding the courage to stand up to Buddy. Commissioned by Jen Rank for Husband’s birthday special. (11-22-21)
Release date: October 9, 1987 (USA)
Director: Phil Joanou
Location: Ogden High School utah.gov
Music by: Tangerine Dream
Box office: $3.6 million
Produced by: David E. Vogel

Ladyhawke (1985)
2022-04-12
Upon breaking out of a dungeon, youthful thief Phillipe Gaston (Matthew Broderick) befriends Capt. Navarre (Rutger Hauer), a man with a strange secret. Navarre and his lover Lady Isabeau d’Anjou (Michelle Pfeiffer) were cursed by the wicked Bishop of Aquila (John Wood), who desires Lady Isabeau for himself. His dark magic prevents the pair from ever being in each other’s presence except at twilight, so they enlist Gaston in a dangerous plot to overthrow the Bishop and break his evil enchantment. Commissioned by Jose V. (1/28/21).
Release date: April 12, 1985 (USA)
Director: Richard Donner
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing,
Music composed by: Andrew Powell, Andy Powell
Screenplay: Edward Khmara, Tom Mankiewicz, Michael Thomas, David Webb Peoples

Taps (1981)
2022-04-05
Bunker Hill Military Academy has been targeted by real estate developers for demolition. The students, outraged at the thought of their school being turned into condominiums, vow to fight back. Led by Cadet Maj. Brian Moreland (Timothy Hutton), they stage a school-wide rebellion that ends with them in charge of the campus. After winning over the headmaster (George C. Scott), Brian and his fellow cadets, Alex (Sean Penn) and David (Tom Cruise), face their toughest battle yet — with the Army. Commissioned by Jamie L. (1/15/21) Pending.
Release date: December 20, 1981 (USA)
Director: Harold Becker
Budget: 14 million USD
Box office: 35.86 million USD
Screenplay: James Lineberger, Darryl Ponicsan, Robert Mark Kamen

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
2022-03-29
The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans — Uncas (Eric Schweig), his father Chingachgook (Russell Means), and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) — live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters (Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi May) of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of which they wanted no part: the French and Indian War. Commissioned by Daniel H. (1/14/21).
Release date: September 25, 1992 (USA)
Director: Michael Mann
Music composed by: Trevor Jones, Randy Edelman
Awards: BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, BAFTA Award for Best Makeup & Hair
Screenplay: Michael Mann, Christopher Crowe, Philip Dunne, John L. Balderston

Jacob's Ladder (1990)
2022-03-22
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie (Elizabeth Peña), and ex-wife, Sarah (Patricia Kalember), try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer’s chiropractor friend, Louis (Danny Aiello), fails to reach him as he descends into madness. Commissioned by Carmelita (1/13/21).
Release date: November 2, 1990 (USA)
Director: Adrian Lyne
Screenplay: Bruce Joel Rubin
Box office: 26.1 million USD
Budget: 25 million USD

Friday (1995)
2022-03-15
Friday is a stoner comedy film franchise created by Ice Cube and DJ Pooh. The series takes place in South Central Los Angeles and follows the exploits of perpetually unemployed Craig Jones and his family, who over the course of the franchise, are thrust into various conflicts that happen to occur on a Friday. Commissioned by Bralen D. (1/2/21)
Characters: Deebo, Smokey, Pinky, Craig Jones, Big Worm, Baby D’
Movies: Friday, Next Friday, Friday After Next, Last Friday
Directors: Steve Carr, Marcus Raboy, F. Gary Gray
Production companies: Cube Vision, New Line Cinema, Priority Films, Ghetto Bird Productions

The Grifters (1990)
2022-03-08
Hard-as-nails Lily Dillon (Anjelica Huston) works as a swindler for dangerous bookie Bobo (Pat Hingle), probably the only man she fears. Arriving in Los Angeles on “business,” Lily looks up her son, Roy (John Cusack), a small-time con artist content with paltry sleight-of-hand cheats. Roy’s girlfriend, Myra (Annette Bening), looks like an All-American type but is a grifter looking to pull off another big-time con. The convergence of the three hustlers inevitably means trouble for all of them. Commissioned by Rachel C. (1/6/21)
Release date: December 5, 1990 (USA)
Director: Stephen Frears
Story by: Jim Thompson
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Awards: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress

White Men Can't Jump (1992)
2022-03-01
Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) is a white basketball hustler who banks on black players underestimating his skills on the court. When he pulls one over on Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes), his victim sees a lucrative opportunity, and they become partners in the con game, plying their trade across the courts of Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Billy has to keep one step ahead of mobsters, to whom he owes money while staying on the good side of his “Jeopardy!”-obsessed, motormouth wife (Rosie Perez). Don Sause Fantasy Basketball Winner.
Release date: March 27, 1992 (USA)
Director: Ron Shelton
Produced by: David V. Lester; Don Miller; Michelle Rappaport
Music by: Bennie Wallace
Box office: $90.8 million

Vice Versa (1988)
2022-02-25
After an airport mishap leaves businessman Marshall Seymour (Judge Reinhold) in possession of a mysterious skull following a trip to the South Pacific, he unwittingly falls victim to its magical powers when he and his son Charlie (Fred Savage) swap bodies. Unable to switch back, each must lead the other’s life while trying to figure out the cause of the sudden change — all the while avoiding a pair of smugglers intent on getting their hands on the apparently valuable skull. Commissioned by Paul C aka “Dirk Diggler” (1/6/21).
Release date: March 11, 1988 (USA)
Director: Brian Gilbert
Language: English
Production company: Columbia Pictures
Box office: 13.7 million USD

Stargate (1994)
2022-02-22
In modern-day Egypt, professor Daniel Jackson (James Spader) teams up with retired Army Col. Jack O’Neil (Kurt Russell) to unlock the code of an interstellar gateway to an ancient Egypt-like world. They arrive on a planet ruled by the despotic Ra (Jaye Davidson), who holds the key to the Earth travelers’ safe return. Now, in order to escape from their intergalactic purgatory, Jackson and O’Neil must convince the planet’s people that Ra must be overthrown. Commissioned by Steve. W (12.29.20)
Release date: October 28, 1994 (USA)
Director: Roland Emmerich
Music composed by: David Arnold
Budget: 55 million USD
Screenplay: Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin

Twelve Monkeys (12 Monkeys) (1995)
2022-02-15
Traveling back in time isn’t simple, as James Cole (Bruce Willis) learns the hard way. Imprisoned in the 2030s, James is recruited for a mission that will send him back to the 1990s. Once there, he’s supposed to gather information about a nascent plague that’s about to exterminate the vast majority of the world’s population. But, aside from the manic Jeffrey (Brad Pitt), he gets little in the way of cooperation, not least from medical gatekeepers like Dr. Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe). Commissioned by Steve. W (12.29.20)
Release date: January 5, 1996 (USA)
Director: Terry Gilliam
Awards: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, MORE
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, MORE
Screenplay: Chris Marker, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples

Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
2022-02-08
Crusading nobleman Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes) escapes from prison in Jerusalem and returns home to find that the evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) has confiscated his family estate and is abusing the citizenry. Robin enlists his blind attendant, Blinkin (Mark Blankfield), his friend Will Scarlett O’Hara (Matthew Porretta) and Little John (Eric Allan Kramer) to help regain his home. Robin also hopes to woo the beautiful Maid Marian (Amy Yasbeck), but her chastity belt may prove a challenge. Commissioned by Steve. W (12.29.20)
Release date: July 28, 1993 (USA)
Director: Mel Brooks
Producer: Mel Brooks
Screenplay: Mel Brooks, Evan Chandler, J. David Shapiro

It (1990)
2022-02-01
In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon that poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown. Commissioned by Steve. W (12.29.20)
Release date: November 18, 1990 (USA)
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
First episode date: November 18, 1990
Final episode date: November 20, 1990

Alien (1979)
2022-01-25
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma. Commissioned by Steve. W (12.29.20)
Release date: May 25, 1979 (USA)
Director: Ridley Scott
Screenplay: Dan O’Bannon
Budget: 11 million USD
Film series: Alien

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
2022-01-18
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), a rather clueless police detective, tries to foil a plot to turn innocent people into assassins through mind control. After his partner, Norberg (O.J. Simpson), is shot, Frank sets out to find the culprit, leading him to business tycoon Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban). However, Frank has no evidence until he meets Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley), Ludwig’s assistant. She knows nothing about Ludwig’s devious plans, but falls for Frank and agrees to help him. Commissioned by Joe S> (10/2/2021)
Release date: December 2, 1988 (USA)
Director: David Zucker
Adapted from: Police Squad!
Budget: $12 million
Music by: Ira Newborn
Produced by: Robert K. Weiss

An American Werewolf in London (1981)
2022-01-11
David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne), two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he’s plagued by violent nightmares of his mutilated friend, who warns David that he is becoming a werewolf. When David discovers the horrible truth, he contemplates committing suicide before the next full moon causes him to transform from man to murderous beast. Commissioned by Rob T. (12/13/20)
Release date: August 21, 1981 (USA)
Director: John Landis
Film series: An American Werewolf
Screenplay: John Landis
Awards: Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
