Movies that HBO showed me a million times as a child

When you run a 24 hour cable movie network, the economics of the situation dictate that not all 24 hours will be broadcasting quality fare. You're gonna have some gaps to fill in the low rated time slots that will need to be filled with dirt-cheap shitty movies that will be utilized so often you'd think they were in the public domain.

Thanks to this phenomenon, I was able to become intimately familiar with several PG-13 gems as a child. Here now is my childhood:


Just One of the Guys

Terry is an aspiring journalist/30 year old high school senior that is absolutely convinced that she isn't nominated for a top journalism prize because she's a woman. Her solution? Transfer high schools, dress up like a boy, and get into fights with the "Sweep the Leg" asshole from Karate Kid (He plays an asshole in this one too...typecast!).



Sidekicks/Ladybugs


Unfortunately it's hard to NOT choose sides in the great "Ladybugs/Sidekicks" debate. Personally I prefer the action packed Sidekicks (Two points for featuring Winnie Cooper and Bull from Night Court, Negative one point for Joe Piscopo). But no matter what side you fall in the matter, I think we can all agree that these two movies pretty much encapsulate the full Brandis experience.



Berry Gordy's the Last Dragon

Not a single ethnic group gets by unscathed in this funky-fresh kung fu epic. I kind of imagine this is what went down a lot in the pre-Gulianni New York City.



Little Giants

The Sandlot + Football and Rick Moranis - Charm = Little Giants.



Dutch

Ed O'Neil's crowning achievement.



Weekend at Bernie's 2

A Weekend at Bernie's sequel that's inexplicably set in the Caribbean? Sound like someone parlayed a crappy directing job into a paid vacation. I'm not sure I've ever ever seen the first one, but I feel like I've gotten the jist.