A parody/homage to Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate Movie is a comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Mermaid Legend (1984) Toshiharu Ikeda, Mari Shirato, Kentarô Shimizu, Jun Etô, Crime, Drama, Horror
Following a woman is framed for the murder of her husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge on the corrupt businessmen accountable. Read More »
Sharkys Machine (1981) Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tom Sharky is a narcotics cop in Atlanta who is demoted to after a botched bust. At the depths of the humble division, while exploring a high-dollar prostitution ring Read More »
High Season (1987) Clare Peploe, Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Comedy, Romance
About the isle of Rhodes, Katherine, an expatriate English photographer, lives with her daughter. Read More »
Big Business (1988) Jim Abrahams, Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Comedy
From the 1940s at the little town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of twins have been born at precisely the exact same hospital on precisely the exact same night. Read More »
That Day on the Beach (1983) Edward Yang, Sylvia Chang, Ming Hsu, Terry Hu, Drama
Two friends who have not seen each other for two years return. One is a powerful concert pianist back from a European tour and another has only started a brand new small business. Read More »
52 Pick-Up (1986) John Frankenheimer, Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, Crime, Thriller
He has been put up, and they need $100,000. To guard his wife’s political ambitions, Harry will not go to the authorities; rather, he excels them and then does not pay. Read More »
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) Rob Epstein, Harvey Fierstein, Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Documentary, Biography, History
An actual twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the very first openly homosexual U.S. politicians elected to public office Read More »
Terror Squad (1988) Peter Maris, Chuck Connors, Brodie Greer, Bill Calvert, Action, Horror, Thriller
Libyan terrorists attack a nuclear power plant. Pursued by authorities the terrorists flee at an exciting chase order and wind up carrying a high school course as hostage. Read More »
Love in Hong Kong (1983) Joe D’Amato, Guy Royer, Marianne Aubert, Élodie Delage, Romance, Thriller
Julie is placed under stress by her boss when his paper sheds blood into a rival. Read More »
The Cry of the Owl (1987) Claude Chabrol, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Robert is a professional and artist, in Vichy after breaking up from his wife, Véronique, herself recently engaged. Read More »
Lassistente sociale tutto pepe (1981) Nando Cicero, Nadia Cassini, Renzo Montagnani, Yorgo Voyagis, Comedy
Nadia is a social worker who’s attempting to maintain the occupants of a neighborhood slum online. Read More »
Chariots of Fire (1981) Hugh Hudson, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Biography, Drama, Sport
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided United Kingdom of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Read More »
Creepshow (1982) George A. Romero, Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
Five tales of terror are introduced. The first deals with a demented old man coming from the tomb to find the Father’s Day cake his murdering daughter gave him. Read More »
The Bunker (1981) George Schaefer, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman, Drama, History, War
Back in 1945, The Third Reich is in its death throes with the Allies relentlessly attacking the capital town of Berlin. Read More »