The Karate Kid Part III
Kreese, his life in tatters after his karate school was defeated by Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, visits Terry, a friend from Vietnam. Terry is a ruthless business man and a martial arts expert, and he vows to help Kreese take revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.
Director: John G. Avildsen
Stars: Jonathan Avildsen Martin Kove Pat E. Johnson Pat Morita Ralph Macchio Randee Heller Robyn Lively Sean Kanan Thomas Ian Griffith William Christopher Ford
The Karate Kid
12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
Director: Harald Zwart
Stars: Jackie Chan Jaden Smith Taraji P. Henson Tess Liu Wang Ji Wenwen Han Xu Ming Yu Rong-Guang Zhensu Wu Zhiheng Wang
The Next Karate Kid
During a commemoration for Japanese soldiers fighting in the US Army during World War II, Mr. Miyagi meets the widow of his commanding officer. He gets to know her granddaughter Julie, an angry teenager who is still feeling the pain of losing both her parents in an accident and is having problems with her grandmother and her fellow pupils. Mr. Miyagi decides to teach her karate to get her through her pain and issues and back on the right path.
Director: Christopher Cain
Stars: Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad Chris Conrad Constance Towers Hilary Swank Jim Ishida Michael Cavalieri Michael Ironside Pat Morita Rodney Kageyama Walton Goggins
The Karate Kid Part II
Mr. Miyagi and Daniel take a trip to Okinawa to visit Mr. Miyagi's dying father. After arriving Mr. Miyagi finds he still has feelings for an old love. This stirs up trouble with an old rival who he originally left Okinawa to avoid. In the mean time, Daniel encounters a new love and also makes some enemies.
Director: John G. Avildsen
Stars: Danny Kamekona Joey Miyashima Marc Hayashi Martin Kove Nobu McCarthy Pat Morita Ralph Macchio Tamlyn Tomita William Zabka Yuji Okumoto
A Bug’s Life
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Director: John Lasseter
Stars: Dave Foley David Hyde Pierce Denis Leary Hayden Panettiere Joe Ranft Jonathan Harris Julia Louis-Dreyfus Kevin Spacey Phyllis Diller Richard Kind
Antz
In this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Stars: Anne Bancroft Dan Aykroyd Danny Glover Gene Hackman Grant Shaud Jane Curtin Jennifer Lopez John Mahoney Paul Mazursky Woody Allen