Miko Hughes Movies

The familiar Cinderella concept gets a sun-splashed makeover in Death to the Supermodels director Joel Silverman's wave-riding teen comedy. The misfits of Laguna Beach high school have suffered more abuse than they're willing to take at the hands of in-crowd bully Tyler Masters (Ryan Carnes), and as the senior trip draws ever closer their hunger to seek revenge for years of humiliation grows too powerful to resist. Enter newly arrived high school student Jordan (Corey Sevier), a former east-coaster who seems to be having a hard time fitting in at Laguna Beach. When Jordan learns that the highlight of the senior year is the annual surfing contest in Costa Rica, he soon hatches a plan that will give the downtrodden outcasts a much-needed ego boost while simultaneously serving Tyler with a well-deserved comeuppance. In order to do it right, though, Jordan will have to convince outcast hip-hopper Mo (Sisqo), morose Doris (Laura Bell Bundy), skate-punk Taz (Miko Hughes), and virginal Larry (Lee Norris) to break for Costa Rica a week early and train for the competition under the tutelage of loopy former surf pro Rip (Harland Williams). It's not going to be easy, but if Jordan can pull the troops together and make this wild plan work, he just might manage to leave his mark on Laguna Beach High after all. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

When a summer camp that has offered generations of memories to young boys is threatened with closure following the death of its beloved owner Bud, the camp's assistant director TJ has one last summer to convince Bud's son Richard not to sell in this nostalgic and heartwarming family oriented comedy. Bud's time has come and though his son Richard isn't particularly keen on selling his father's beloved Camp Kobie, the deafening pleas of Richard's greedy wife are becoming too much too ignore. As the summer gets underway, camp counselor TJ stages one last hurrah designed to convince Richard to keep the Camp Kobie tradition alive. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

A young boy named Ray (Miko Hughes) and his grandfather (James Karen) have one important thing in common -- they both love airplanes, and Gramps often joins Ray as he flies his model planes in the park. But Ray's parents think that Gramps has grown too old to care for himself -- and that it's time to put him in a nursing home. But Gramps doesn't want to go; Ray isn't sure if he can do anything to stop them, but he does think that he might be able to arrange for the one-time pilot to take an old prop plane back into the air one last time. Also released as Fly Boy, One Last Flight features Kathleen Lloyd, Gregory Itzin, and Joshua Boyd in supporting roles. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In this action-suspense thriller, orphaned nine-year-old autistic savant Simon (Miko Hughes) deciphers a government code hidden in a puzzle magazine. Calling for his prize, Simon triggers an alarm at the National Security Agency: NSA chief Nicholas Kudrow (Alec Baldwin), who says the code protects covert American operatives all over the world, sends an assassin to do away with Simon. Simon's parents are killed, but Simon survives, hiding in a secret closet crawlspace where he's later discovered by maverick FBI agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis). Simon is emotionally unpredictable, complicating matters as Art drags him all over Chicago, eluding Kudrow's hitman in a variety of interesting locations (train tracks, street scenes, heliport, Wrigley building) and improbable situations. Based on the novel Simple Simon by Ryne Douglas Peardon, the film features Industrial Light & Magic special FX/animation. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

This children's story of a dog and a dolphin borrows heavily from family movies of the past. Zeus is a dog who follows a neighbor, a marine biologist named Mary Beth (Kathleen Quinlan), to work one day. Aboard a ship, the dog meets Roxanne, a dolphin that Mary Beth is studying. When she sees the dog riding on the dolphin's back, she decides to study their friendship. A villainous fellow researcher, Claude (Arnold Vosloo), tries to steal her research, but he is thwarted by the dolphin, the dog, and the dog's young owner, Jordan (Miko Hughes). Terry (Steve Guttenberg), Jordan's father, is a songwriter who still pines for his dead wife. Jordan, together with Mary Beth's daughters, try to ignite a romance between their parents, who are both unattached. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

"Houston, we have a problem." Those words were immortalized during the tense days of the Apollo 13 lunar mission crisis, and the suspense, fear, and excitement of those days are captured in Ron Howard's epic recreation of the 1970 crisis. When the commander of the original mission Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise), bows out due to possible exposure to measles, astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) leads command module pilot Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and lunar module driver Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) on what is slated as NASA's third lunar landing mission. All goes smoothly until the craft is halfway through its mission, when an exploding oxygen tank threatens the crew's oxygen and power supplies. As the courageous astronauts face the dilemma of either suffocating or freezing to death, Mattingly and Mission Control leader Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) struggle to find a way to bring the crew back home, all the while knowing that the spacemen face probable death once the battered ship reenters the Earth's atmosphere. Even though the outcome, in which all three astronauts miraculously survived, is historical fact, the film derives suspense from the situation itself and from the actions of the heroic astronauts and the men on the ground. Howard's taut direction, a solid ensemble of players, and eye-opening special effects all add to the overall impact of the film, which has been hailed as one of Hollywood's best historical dramas. In 2002, the movie was released in IMAX theaters as Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience, with a pared-down running time of 116 minutes in order to meet the technical requirements of the large-screen format. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Joey (David Coulier) must choose between staying at home to watch the Super Bowl or honoring his promise to take Michelle (the Olsen twins) and her classmates to the museum (on a Sunday evening???) In his efforts to play the "Two Places at Once" game, Joey causes nothing but trouble for all concerned. Meanwhile, DJ (Candace Cameron) is on pins and needles during an interview for a college scholarship, in a hilarious and surprising scene with a pre-Drew Carey Show Kathy Kinney. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In this comedy, police detectives on the trail of a dangerous criminal are confronted with a new and unexpected danger: a typical suburban family. Osborn (Robert Davi) is a underworld figure with plenty of blood on his hands who, in hopes of keeping his dealings quiet, is operating out of an unassuming home in the suburbs. The police are determined to put Osborn behind bars, so rough-hewn veteran cop Jake Stone (Jack Palance) and his young partner Tony Moore (David Barry Gray) are assigned to stake out Osborn's home, and they get permission to keep watch from the house next door, which belongs to the Robberson family. However, Jake and Tony soon discover that this prime location may be more trouble than it's worth; Norman Robberson (Chevy Chase) is a dunderhead addicted to TV police shows who insists on helping whether it's a good idea or not, mother Helen (Dianne Wiest) keeps pestering Jake about why he shouldn't smoke, teenage daughter Cindy (Fay Masterson) develops a furious crush on Tony, and five-year-old son Billy (Miko Hughes) wants the cops to play vampire with him. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In another effort to emulate her older sisters, Michelle (the Olsen twins) begs coach Joey (David Coulier) to let her join his junior soccer team. Alas, Michelle proves to be terminally clumsy on the field--and to top off her previous blunders, she ends up scoring the winning goal for the wrong team. Elsewhere, Steph (Jodie Sweetin) resorts to subterfuge to produce a "candid" videotape documentary of the Tanner family; and Jesse (John Stamos) spends some quality time talking to his hair (no, really). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Now attending DiMaggio Junior High, Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) falls in with a group of "cool" kids, all of whom smoke cigarettes. Will she give in to peer pressure and light up as well, or will common sense prevail? Meanwhile, Jesse and Joey invite the kids to guest on the new "teen advice" segment of their radio show, only to scuttle the project with a silly argument over semantics. This episode marks the first appearance of Steph's freewheeling pal Gia (Marla Sokoloff). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Based on a true story, the made-for-TV Child Lost Forever was advertised as a "docudrama." A unwed teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption. 16 years later, the girl (played as an adult by Beverly D'Angelo), now married and the mother of two, decides to look for the son she lost. She finds that the boy died at age three under mysterious circumstances. The more she investigates, the more she realizes that she's stumbled upon a long-hushed-up case of child abuse. Child Lost Forever debuted November 16, 1992. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Put in charge of directing a patriotic play for Michelle's first-grade class, Jesse (John Stamos) and Joey (David Coulier) find themselves in hot water when Michelle (played by the Olsen twins) insists upon playing Yankee Doodle. Trouble is, there's another kid in class named Derek (Blake McIver Ewing) who is far more talented. Meanwhile, Steve (Scott Weinger) is fed up with the fact that DJ (Candace Cameron) makes all the important decisions in their relationship; and Becky (Lisa Loughlin) is unhappy that Danny (Bob Saget) is monopolizing her twin sons. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide