Moonwalker is a 1988 American experimental anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through a collection of short films about Jackson, some of which are long-form music videos from Jackson’s 1987 album Bad. The film is named after his famous dance, “the moonwalk”, which he originally learned as “the backslide” but perfected the dance into something no one had seen before. The movie’s introduction is a type of music video for Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” but is not the official video for the song. The film then expresses a montage of Michael’s career, which leads into a parody of his Bad video titled “Badder”, followed by sections “Speed Demon” and “Leave Me Alone”. What follows is the biggest section where Michael plays a hero with magical powers and saves three children from Mr. Big. This section is “Smooth Criminal” which leads into a performance of “Come Together”.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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Transylvania Twist
The nephew of a librarian must go collect a 200 year old book, “The Book of Ulthar.” that should have never been checked out by the Evil Count Orlock cause one of the spells in it could bring about the end of the world. During his trip to the castle, he meets Marissa, a gorgeous rock star and heir to the castle’s fortune. There they must confront the only other heir to the fortune and the book, Uncle Byron; and Uncle Byron and his 3 adopted nieces all have very, very, very broad smile.
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Bad Cop, no Donut
After a number of donut related robberies occur, Dorman and his co-worker, Dean, are tasked with discovering this donut bandit. However, the culprit seems to be under their noses.
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Kennosuke-sama
A comedy about a family of old-fashioned samurai living in modern-day Tokyo whose young son has to head out for an important date.
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Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders
Space-faring hero and galactically-renowned stud Flesh Gordon is kidnapped by a group of space cheerleaders hoping to use him to save their planet. A being simply known as Evil Presence has been rendering the men of their world impotent, and the women are desperate for some form of relief. Flesh’s girlfriend Ardor, meanwhile, is following behind to try to keep him out of trouble, but soon finds herself kidnapped by Evil Presence’s henchman who has plans of his own. Can Flesh get the men of this planet standing tall once again?
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My Pragues Understand Me
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