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• Ali G Indahouse
  
• Animal House
  
• Arthur & The Invisibles
  
• Babysitter's Club
  
• Batteries Not Included
  
• Be Kind Rewind
  
• The Blues Brothers
  
• Brady Bunch: The Movie
  
• Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
  
• Chinatown
  
• The Country Bears
  
• Daddy Day Camp
  
• Dodgeball
  
• Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along  Blog
  
• Empire Records
  
• Field Of Dreams
  
• Goodburger
  
• Goonies
  
• Hannah Montana: The Movie
  
• Herbie  Rides Again
  
• Hey Arnold! The Movie
  
• Hoot
  
• The House Bunny
  
• Indian Summer
  
• Joe's Apartment
  
• Little Rascals
  
• The Majestic
  
• Milagro Beanfield War
  
• My Blue Heaven
  
• National Lampoon’s Last Resort
  
• Old School
  
• Once Upon A Time In The West
  
• One Crazy Summer
  
• PCU
  
• Superman
  
• Superman Returns
  
• There Will Be Blood
  
• Tommy Boy
  
• Two Weeks Notice
  
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  
• Xanadu

Spotlight On... Real Estate Gone Bad

There are many villainous archetypes that pop up in the movies-- neglected underdogs seeking revenge, spurned heroes turned to villainy, misguided samaritans whose plans for a better world do more harm than good... all of these baddies combined can't hold a candle to

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Evil real estate deals!

This should be a no-brainer: Lex Luthor is doing battle with arguably the most powerful superhero ever in both Superman and Superman Returns simply because he has an evil, evil real estate scheme... and he is Superman's arch nemesis.

Lex Luthor doesn't even begin to scratch the surface-- he and his ilk are always closing down the family farm, the youth center, the orphanage, or the family business, which invariably causes a group of plucky underdogs to raise enough money to save the day. How they raise the money depends on the types of misfit: if it's the group of street dancers in Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo, there must be a way to dance up the money, but a pair of video store clerks about to go out of business in Be Kind Rewind are bound to start a DIY business re-imagining movies. Of course the Blues Brothers set out on a Homeric Odyssey to reunite the band and play a concert to save their orphanage.

There aren't always a group of misfits to raise money to stop these plots... movies like Chinatown and There Will Be Blood center around high stakes land developments, but neither of them end with a fundraisers or dance numbers.