I mean, you know, older movies.
- Animalympics. This was a nice cartoon with a great soundtrack by 10cc.
- The Barbarians. Peter and David Paul were twin bodybuilders who starred in this hilarious, stupid fantasy. Mindlessly amusing.
- Goin' Coconuts. Donnie, Marie, and Hawaii. What else do you need? Seriously, I don't get why this isn't on DVD -- I know I'm not the only Donnie-and-Marie fan who saw this more than once!
- The Great Brain. One begins to wonder if the Osmonds themselves are keeping these things off DVD; this time, it's Jimmy getting the shaft. This is no example of great cinema, but it's a great kids' movie and much better than a lot of the other crap that gets put out for kids today.
- Heart of Darkness. This is a very good television adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novella with Tim Roth as Marlow and John Malkovich as Kurtz. It was out on LaserDisc, but surprisingly still unavailable on DVD.
- Here Come the Tigers. This awful piece of garbage was good enough for me to enjoy at least twenty times when I was in elementary school and didn't know better. It's a vulgar rip-off of The Bad News Bears and really not worthy of a DVD release, but I'm sure enough people would buy it to make it profitable.
- Hugo the Hippo. Burl Ives, Paul Lynde, Jimmy Osmond, and Marrie Osmond provide voices for this film I remember nothing about except that I liked it. Oh, and I think there was a song that helped me remember always how to spell "Hippopotamus."
- The Land that Time Forgot. Its sequel was actually better, but this was a pretty fun movie about people getting lost in time and having to escape gigantic dinosaurs. This would have been a great MST3K movie.
- The Mouse and his Child. I remember loving this animated flick about a wind-up toy that searches for someone to make him self-winding. Saw it again in college and couldn't believe how dark it was. Voices by Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, and Cliff Osmond (!).
- On the Right Track. It's Gary Coleman as a homeless boy who can pick triples at the race-track. I was almost sure Kari Michaelsen (the hot blonde from Gimme a Break) was in this, but maybe that was the other Gary Coleman movie I liked.
- One on One. I know a lot of guys my age who really liked this. Robbie Benson, Annette O'Toole, and Melanie Griffith are in this pretty-good basketball movie. Why do they always mess up a good sports movie with that romance stuff?
- The Shaggy D.A.. How in the world can this not be on DVD? I'm shocked. Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette, Dick Van Patten, and the legendary Vic Tayback! There should be NO Suzanne Pleshette movies unavailable on DVD.
- Tomboy. I won't comment on this one, except to say that it's worth a rental or two.
- Under the Yum Yum Tree. Amusing Jack Lemmon / Carol Lynley picture that I'm suprised doesn't get shown on television very much. A nice, sweet film.
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