4 Movies Starring Laraine Newman

Wholly Moses!

Wholly Moses!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-06-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

4.1 (1420 Reviews)

Director:

Gary Weis

Fullplot:

Harvey and Zoey, two tourists travelling through Israel, discover an ancient scroll describing the life of Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from Egyptian slavery, but Moses keeps blundering by and taking all the credit. Several other biblical stories, such as Lot and his wife, David and Goliath, and the miracles of Jesus, are also parodied in this story of the life of a man trying to follow the path to God, but somehow always seeming to lose his way.

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-06-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (4758 Reviews)

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Blake (based on a screenplay by)

Dan O'Bannon (screenplay)

Don Jakoby (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.

Problem Child 2

Problem Child 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-07-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.4 (15723 Reviews)

Director:

Brian Levant

Genres:

ComedyFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Scott Alexander (characters)

Larry Karaszewski (characters)

Scott Alexander

Larry Karaszewski

Fullplot:

Junior's back in his first adventure since his last! Junior and Ben move to Mortville which seems like the perfect town to live in. The Healys have a nice new house--and Junior get's a cool new room! And young women have formed a line at Ben's door in order to get a piece of him (romantically). Ben does feel he should get remarried so Junior can have a mom, so while Junior adjusts to his new school which includes a little girl who's as bratty as Junior and a teenage brain-dead ignoramous bully in Junior's sixth grade class, Ben finds some dates, which Junior sends running for the hills, in the meantime Junior pulls his infamous tricks on people: blowing up barbecues, taping the bully to the chalkboard, videotaping his babysitter and her boyfriend having sex and broadcasting it for the whole neighborhood to see, same old same old. Meanwhile, Ben meets the gorgeous school nurse (after the school's satellite dish get's pushed on his head) and they, well he, believes it's love at first site, until he meets LaWanda Dumore, a greedy business women who wants to marry Ben and send Junior to boarding school--in Baghdad! So Junior and his new friend, Trixie, must get rid of LaWanda (any way possible!) to bring their parents together!

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-07-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

57 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (301 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Your favorite cat and mouse are back with song, sorcery and slapstick in this enchanted tale with two bonus cartoons. The adventure begins when Tom and Jerry happen upon a mysterious glowing egg. Little do they know, this egg was stolen from a very large fire breathing dragon! In short time, baby Puffy hatches from his egg and takes Tom as his mommy. The angry mama dragon wants her baby back, but she's not the only one...a powerful witch named Drizelda captures the baby dragon for her own wicked plans! With the help of powerful allies and animal friends, Tom and Jerry must fight tooth and claw to stop the witch and get the baby dragon back to its mother. The action takes flight in a climactic ending filled with might, magic, and cartoon mayhem of course!

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