The story of Billy Mills, the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Silkwood (1983) Mike Nichols, Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle Read More »
Best Seller (1987) John Flynn, James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living Read More »
Chan Is Missing (1982) Wayne Wang, Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew
Two cabbies search San Francisco’s Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Read More »
To stigma AKA Stigma (1982) Pavlos Tasios, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Olia Lazaridou, Kostas Ballas
A young couple (Antonis Kafetzopoulos and Olia Lazaridou) have a baby affected with the Down Syndrome. Read More »
Whatever Happened to Susan Jane? (1982) Marc Huestis, Ann Block, Francesca Rosa, Lulu
This camp classic follows Marcie Clark, a polyester suburban housewife dissatisfied with her bouffant-and-barbecue Read More »
Eversmile New Jersey (1989) Carlos Sorin, Daniel Day-Lewis, Mirjana Jokovic, Gabriela Acher
Traveling dentist O’Connell traverses South America on his motorcycle for the ‘Eversmile’ foundation of New Jersey Read More »
The Scarecrow (1982) Sam Pillsbury, Jono Smith, Tracy Mann, Daniel McLaren
The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam Read More »
From Riches to Rags AKA Qian zuo guai (1980) John Woo, Ricky Hui, Qiqi Chen, Ka Yik
A doofus wins the lottery. He and his best friend live it up until a fortune teller tells him that he’s going to die. Read More »
Cutting it Short AKA Postriziny (1981) Jirí Menzel, Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík
Short Cut is a comedy revealed more in the acting and witty dialogue than in the simple premise of the story itself Read More »
The Promising Boy AKA Decko koji obecava (1981) Milos ‘Misa’ Radivojevic, Aleksandar Bercek, Dara Dzokic, Rade Markovic
Slobodan Milosevic is young promising guy. He is a solid student, obedient son and considerate boyfriend. Read More »
Student Bodies (1981) Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie, Kristen Riter, Matthew Goldsby, Jerry Belson
A killer named the Breather terrorizes students at a high school. Whenever the killer finds students having sex, he kills them. Read More »
Bashu, the Little Stranger AKA Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989) Bahram Beizai, Susan Taslimi, Parviz Poorhosseini, Adnan Afravian
During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Read More »
Hanna K. (1983) Costa-Gavras, Jill Clayburgh, Jean Yanne, Gabriel Byrne
Hanna Kaufman is a Jewish-American, who moved to Israel and now works as a defense lawyer there. Read More »
Taoism Drunkard AKA Gui ma tian shi (1984) Cheung-Yan Yuen, Yat Chor Yuen, Shun-Yee Yuen
A Taoist priest is ordered to find a Cherry Boy to appease his temple’s ancestors. Read More »