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30th Anniversary Screening: Ghostbusters (1984)

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Review by CJ

Ghostbusters

Director:
Ivan Reitman

Starring:
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis

Other notable appearances:
Annie Potts, William Atherton, Ron Jeremy

Running time:
105 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Beetlejuice, Men in Black, Groundhog Day

 

Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! When scientists Ray Stantz (Aykroyd), Peter Venkman (Murray), and Egon Spengler (Ramis) are evicted from the university at which they worked, they decide to go into business for themselves – busting ghosts!

Their first client Dana Barrett (Weaver) lives in spook central and is plagued by the minion of Gozer, a Mesopotamian/Sumerian/Hittite god from 6,000BC. When Dana is possessed by the minion to summon Gozer, it is up to the Ghostbusters to save the cellist and save the world.

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Disney Princess Film Festival 2014: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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Review by CJ

Snow White

Director:
William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen

Starring:
Adriana Caselotti

Other notable appearances:
Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Roy Atwell

Running time:
83 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio 

 

The wicked Queen, infuriated that she is no longer the fairest in the land, sends the huntsman to kill Snow White and return with her heart. Unable to go through with the act, the huntsman sends Snow White running into the woods where she comes across a house belonging to seven dwarves. When the wicked Queen discovers that Snow White still lives, she takes matters into her own hands.

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Arachnoquake (2012)

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Review by CJ

Arachnoquake

Director:
G.E. Furst

Starring:
Edward Furlong, Megan Adelle, Tracey Gold, Bug Hall, Olivia Hardt

Other notable appearances:
Ethan Phillips

Running time:
86 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Sharknado, RoboCroc, Tremors

 

When an earthquake in New Orleans causes fissures in the ground, the locals are surprised to find their city overrun by giant, fire-breathing spiders. It is up to a small tour group to come together and stop the spiders before they take over the whole country.

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Yeti (2008)

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Review by CJ

Yeti

Director:
Paul Ziller

Starring:
Marc Menard, Carly Pope, Adam O’Byrne, Elfina Luk, Brandon Jay McLaren, Crystal Lowe

Other notable appearances:
Peter DeLuise, Ona Grauer

Running time:
87 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Avalanche Sharks, Amphibious, Piranhaconda

 

The plane carrying a college football team, assorted faculty and student volunteers crashes in the Himalayas. A small group of survivors is forced to endure freezing temperatures, starvation, and a yeti beast that wants to kill and eat them.

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Disney Princess Film Festival 2014: The Little Mermaid (1989)

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The Little Mermaid

Director:
Ron Clements, John Musker

Starring:
Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright, Jason Marin, Kenneth Mars

Other notable appearances:
Buddy Hackett, Rene Auberjonois

Running time:
83 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin

 

Princess Ariel is a mermaid and the youngest daughter of King Triton. When Ariel falls in love with the human Prince Eric, her father’s forbidding sends her into the clutches of sea-witch Ursula. Ariel becomes human and has three days to share true love’s kiss with Eric to stay that way. The catch is that Ursula’s price is Ariel’s voice. When Ursula and her minions start to play dirty, Ariel needs a little help from her friends to get to her happily ever after.

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