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Tag Archives: 1980s
Edge of Sanity (1989) Gérard Kikoïne, Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur Thorp
When Henry Jekyll’s experiments with cocaine have gotten out of control, he transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. Read More »
Baja Oklahoma (1988) Bobby Roth, Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Coyote, Swoosie Kurtz
Dan Jenkins co-wrote the screenplay based on his novel of the same name about Juanita Read More »
Ki lo sa? (1986) Robert Guédiguian, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre Banderet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Here, Guédiguian regulars Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Pierre Banderet play four disparate individuals who Read More »
The Shinobi Ninja (1981) Yasuhiro Shikamura, Tadashi Yamashita, Eric Lee
Fighters hired to steal back a secret document that if public could destroy all democracy. Read More »
Sword of Heaven (1985) Byron Meyers, Tadashi Yamashita, Deke Anderson, Jerry Baxter
A Japanese policeman in Los Angeles uses an ancient magic sword to battle killers and an extortion ring. Read More »
True Story of the Nun of Monza (1980) Bruno Mattei, Zora Kerova, Mario Cutini, Paola Corazzi
Sister Virginia de Leyva becomes the new Mother Superior at the convent of Monza. Read More »
Teacher Somsri (1985) Chatrichalerm Yukol, Chalita Pattamapan, Ron Rittichai, So Asanachinda
A feisty teacher leads a group of slum-dwellers against a real estate developer who is determined Read More »
The Mother of Kings (1987) Janusz Zaorski, Magda Teresa Wójcik, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Franciszek Pieczka
Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol’s husband under the tram. Read More »
Eight Taels of Gold (1989) Mabel Cheung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah Mon
Chinese ex-pat returns to his home town in China after a long absence in New York. Read More »
Chronicle of Good Hoodlums (1984) Fernando Lopes, Nuno Duarte, João Perry, Lia Gama
A gang decides to rob the Gulbenkian Museum, tired of their petty robberies. Read More »
The Seven Seductions (1981) Charles Webb, Annette Haven, Richard Pacheco, Georgina Spelvin
Christopher Hamilton is a wealthy and arrogant British playboy seeking the ultimate sexual experience. Read More »
Tricks of the Trade (1988) Jack Bender, Cindy Williams, Markie Post, John Ritter
Catherine’s world goes to pieces when she learns from the police that her husband Donald got killed – shot in the apartment of a prostitute! Read More »
Goodbye Pork Pie (1981) Geoff Murphy, Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman
Local goon, Gerry, hires a yellow mini in Kaitaia using a stolen license. Read More »
No Trace of Sin (1983) José Fonseca e Costa, Victoria Abril, Saul Santos
A young man coming from the high-bourgeois family, Henry, recives in the barrack where he’s getting the military service Read More »