Jonathan Gries

Real Genius -- Three brainy college students plot an elaborate revenge when they learn they've been inadvertently working on a secret weapon for the military.

More American Graffiti -- Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Charles Martin Smith and Paul Le Mat return in this laugh-filled follow-up look into the lives of the gang from George Lucas' original coming-of-age classic, American Graffiti.

When a group of crazy college geniuses put their heads together, almost anything can happen. Hold on for a freewheeling, uproarious look at just how much mischief a bunch of high-IQers can concoct. Chris (Val Kilmer) is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is the 16-year-old whiz kid, and Lazlo (Jonathan Gries), America's number one brain, literally lives in a world of his own ... Chris' closet. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project, they still find time to turn the dorm into an ice-skating rink, dismantle a nerd's car and reassemble it in his room, and throw a beach party in the auditorium complete with a lagoon and bikini-clad beauties. When the geniuses discover that their unscrupulous mentor Professor Hathaway (William Atherton) has had them working on a secret weapon for the military, they plot an elaborate revenge. Their plan culminates in an incredible scheme that outsmarts the military and convinces the professor that it doesn't pay to fool with a Real Genius! !

Roy Dillon's (John Cusack) life is turned upside down when a con job goes bad. His estranged mother, Lilly (Anjelica Huston), who happens to be on the lam, reunites with her son to oversee his health care, only to be faced by Roy's headstrong, competitive, con-artist girlfriend Myra Langtry (Annette Bening). Myra does her best to win over her man in Stephen Frears's darkly funny and intricately layered look at life's seedy side.

This stylish film, brimming with clever plot twists, stars Val Kilmer as a down-and-out private eye and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as the sexy femme fatale who seduces him into danger.

In his film debut, director John Dahl weaves a quirky tale of love, murder and deception. Seedy private detective Jack Andrews (Val Kilmer) is hired by Fay Forrester (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer) to help her fake her own death in a clever scheme to escape from her mob pursuers. It seems she’s double-crossed them by stealing money she had been sent to pick up, and they are now intent on killing her. Through a series of plot-twists, double-crosses and surprises, Fay and Jack race each other to escape the mobsters, and to get the money before the other does.

One family's satellite television dish accidentally becomes a garbage disposal unit for a distant alien civilization in this sci-fi screamer. After the Puttermans install the new system, it begins receiving powerful transmissions from deep space. Eventually, a hideous alien life form is also beamed down into their household. One of the Puttermans has an idea about what's happening to them, but since he's just a kid, no one's paying attention.

When their unconventional efforts to capture notorious drug lord Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits) raise the ire of their bosses, wisecracking detectives Ray Hughes (Gregory Hines) and Danny Costanzo (Billy Crystal) are forced to take a much-needed vacation in the Florida Keys. While contemplating retirement, Ray and Danny return home to Chicago to settle some unfinished business, vowing to bring down Gonzales once and for all.

Lots of laughs and a great camaraderie is the recipe for two street-wise cops who have decided to quit the force and open a bar. However, the duo's plans come to an abrupt stop when Julio, a drug dealer who nearly killed them, has made bail and is about to complete a major drug deal. This motivates the two to stick with police work and bring Julio to justice.

Lots of laughs and a great camaraderie is the recipe for two street-wise cops who have decided to quit the force and open a bar. However, the duo's plans come to an abrupt stop when Julio, a drug dealer who nearly killed them, has made bail and is about to complete a major drug deal. This motivates the two to stick with police work and bring Julio to justice.

Whiz-kids (Val Kilmer and Gabe Jarrett) plot their revenge on a think tank that has them working on secret weapons for the military.

More American Graffiti. College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.