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Gacy. (2003) Mark Holton, Charlie Weber, Glenn Morshower, Tom Waldman, Allison Lange, Joleen Lutz, Kenny Schwartz, Jeremy Lelliott, Joseph Sikora, Joe Roncetti, Matt Farnsworth, Adam Baldwin, Eddie Adams, Larry Hankin, Rick Dean. Directed by Clive Saunders. Based on the story of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a man who killed and buried 30 men and boys in the crawl space below his house. Categories: Drama, Crime and Mystery.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R
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Garage Days. (2002) Kick Gurry, Maya Stange, Pia Miranda, Brett Stiller, Chris Sadrinna, Andy Anderson, Marton Csokas. Written and directed by Alex Provas. The story of a garage band in Sydney, Australia trying to make it big and dealing with how they handle the temptations of drugs and a romantic triangle that develops within the band. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Musical.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R
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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. (1987) Mackenzie Astin, Anthony Newley, Katie Barberi, Ron MacLachlan, J. P. Amateau, Marjory Graue, Kevin Thompson. Directed by Rodney Amateau. Characters from the popular kids trading card series live in the cellar of a magic store owner. When some older teenagers trying to make it in the fashion business discover that the garbage pail kids can make interesting clothing designs, they conspire to exploit them and the store owner's twelve year old assistant. Categories: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG
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Garden State. (2004) Zach Braff, Ian Hom, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ron Liebman, Method Man, Jean Smart. Directed by Zach Braff. A young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Romance.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R
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Getting to Know You. (1999) Heather Matarazzo, Zach Braff, Michael Weston, Bebe Neuwirth, Mark Blum, Bo Hopkins. Written and directed by Lisanne Skyler. Judith, a shy teenaged girl about to enter a foster home and her older brother who is going off to college are stuck waiting at a bus station for five hours. They end up examining their loyalty to each other, their family troubles, and their true feelings about what is important in life after she meets street-smart Jimmy, who passes the time by telling her the life stories of various people they see in the waiting room. Based on several short stories by Joyce Carol Oates. Category: Drama.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: NR, probably would be R
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Ghost in the Machine. (1993) Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Ted Marcoux, Wil Horneff, Jessica Walter, Brandon Adams. Directed by Rachel Talalay. A serial killer dies, but his soul pentrates the electrical circuitry of a computer network. When the killer targets Terry Munroe and her teenage son, Josh, their only choice for survival is with the help of a computer hacker. Categories: Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R
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Ghoulies II. (1987) Damon Martin, Royal Dano, J. Downing, William Butler, Phil Fondacaro, Kerry Remsen. Directed by Albert Band. The ghoulies come to a struggling carnival company, where they help boost business, but then start killing the customers. Category: Horror

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R
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Gleaming the Cube. (1989) Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Min Luong, Ed Lauter, Micole Mercurio, Richard Herd, Charles Cyphers, Max Perlich, Tony Hawk, Tommy Guerrrero, Christian Jacobs. Directed by Graeme Clifford. Christian Slater plays a skateboarder whose life is radically changed when his stepbrother is mysteriously killed, and he is determined to find out why. Categories: Drama, Crime and Mystery, Teenagers.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Glory Road. (2006) Josh Lucas, Dumaine Radcliff, James Olivard, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols, Kip Weeks, Al Shearer, Samuel Garland, Mitch Eakins, Alphonso McAuley, John Voight, . Directed by James Gartner. In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship. This is a film about winning and race relations in the 1960s. Categories: Drama, Sports.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG
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The Goonies. (1985) Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Keri Green, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliani, Anne Ramsey. Directed by Richard Donner. Five kids living in an Oregon coastal town search for buried treasure while being pursued by bumbling but ruthless crooks. Categories: Adventure, Family.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG
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Grandmother's House. (1988) Eric Foster, Kim Valentine, Len Lesser, Ida Lee, Brinke Stevens, Michael Robinson. Directed by Peter Rader. When their father dies, Lynn and her younger brother David have to move in with their grandparents. One morning a dead man is found near their new home. A friend tells David, that it's not the first. Shortly after he sees his grandparents carry a body into the garage - are they the murderers? Categories: Crime and Mystery, Action/Adventure.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: R
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Grease. (1978) John Travolta, Olivia Newton John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci, Kelly Ward, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Frankie Avalon, Didi Conn, Joan Blondell. Directed by Randal Kleiser. This Hollywood remake of the popular Broadway musical features fifties rock and roll music augmented by music from the BeeGees, a strong cast headed by John Travolta, lots of cameo performances to be appreciated by baby boomers, and of course lots of black high top chucks. Categories: Musical, Romance.

ChucksConnection Rating: MPAA Rating: PG
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Grease 2. (1982) Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lorna Luft, Mareen Teefy, Alison Price, Pamela Segall, Adrian Zmed, Peter Frechett, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman. Directed by Patricia Birch. This sequel to Grease falls flat because it is missing a lot of necessary elements: most of the orginal cast, a good musical score, and interesting story. Categories: Musical, Drama, Romance.

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