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A pop culture devotee who is happiest watching any incarnation of Star Trek, reading Stephen King or Joe Hill novels, viewing great movies [primarily from the action, horror, adventure or science fiction genres], or flipping through a DC comic. Dream jobs would include: Starfleet Captain, joining the Green Lantern Corps, Pokémon Master, Disney Princess or plumber for the Mushroom Kingdom.

Disney Movie Stars Film Festival 2016: Aladdin (1992)

Aladdin

Director:
Ron Clements, John Musker

Starring:
Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried

Other notable appearances:
Pinocchio, Sebastian, Beast

Running time:
90 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Beauty and the Beast (1991), Tangled, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog

 

Aladdin is a ‘street rat’ who has a chance encounter with Princess Jasmine that changes both of their lives. The problem is that Princess can only marry a prince. When Aladdin finds a magic lamp and releases the genie inside, he wishes himself into a prince so that he can marry his true love. However, the evil Jafar and his feathered accomplice Iago have other plans …

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Zombeavers (2014)

Zombeavers

Director:
Jordan Rubin

Starring:
Rachel Melvin, Courtney Palm, Lexi Atkins, Hutch Dano, Jake Weary, Peter Gilroy

Other notable appearances:
Rex Linn, Bill Burr, John Mayer, so many beaver double entendres

Tagline:
You’ll all be dammed!

Running time:
77 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Lake Placid 2-4, Piranha 3D, Cabin in the Woods

 

Six teenagers head to a cabin in the woods for a weekend of debauchery. However, their plans are disrupted when they find themselves under attack from a horde of zombie beavers.

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Disney Movie Stars Film Festival 2016: Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Beauty and the Beast 02

 

Director:
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Starring:
Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Richard White

Running time:
84 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Cinderella (1950), Cinderella (2015), The Little MermaidAladdinTangledThe Princess and the FrogFrozen

 

Belle is a sweet and imaginative girl tired of her life in a ‘poor, provincial town’. Beast is a self-centred prince whose castle has been enchanted until he can overcome his selfish ways. To break the spell Beast must learn to love another and earn their love in return. When Belle agrees to stay in the castle so her father will be freed, Beast attempts to win her affections with the help of his servants. Can she learn to love a beast?

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It Follows (2014)

It Follows

Director:
David Robert Mitchell

Starring:
Maika Monroe, Lili Sepe, Olivia Luccardi, Jake Weary, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto

Running time:
100 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Sinister, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Nineteen-year-old Jay’s life is turned upside-down after a sexual encounter leaves her cursed to be followed by a malevolent creature only she can see.

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Killer Mermaid (2014)

Killer Mermaid

Director:
Milan Todorovic

Starring:
Kristina Klebe, Natalie Burn, Slobodan Stefanovic, Dragan Micanovic, Sofija Rajovic

Other notable appearances:
Franco Nero

Running time:
94 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Piranhaconda, Deep Blue Sea, Piranha 3D

 

Two girls from the USA, Kelly (Klebe) and Lucy (Burn), arrive in Montenegro to holiday with Lucy’s college ex-boyfriend (Stefanovic) and his fiancee (Rajovic). When they and another local (Micanovic) decide to check out an abandoned prison island, they find themselves part of a world they didn’t even know existed.

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