Karel Bursík (Lukás Vaculík), as a child called Kajda, recalls his childhood spent in Prague – Zizkov. His father (Vladimír Mensík), a shoe-maker Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Making Mr. Right (1987) Susan Seidelman, John Malkovich, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
A reclusive scientist builds a robot which looks exactly like Dr. Ulysses, a scientist set to go on a long-term space mission. Read More »
Rush Week (1988) Bob Bralver, Pamela Ludwig, Dean Hamilton, Roy Thinnes, Horror
When Toni Daniels, an ambitious student reporter, goes in search of an exciting story, she discovers the dark secrets of Tambers College. Read More »
Criminally Insane 2 (1987) Nick Millard, Priscilla Alden, Michael Flood, Jane Lambert, Horror
A mental hospital, faced with a severe decrease in funding, is forced to release mass-murderer Ethel Janowski into a halfway house. Read More »
The Mission (1986) Roland Joffé, Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Adventure, Drama
Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Read More »
The Dark Night of the Soul (1989) Carlos Saura, Juan Diego, Fernando Guillén, Manuel de Blas, Drama
A fascinating study of the poet Saint John of the Cross, and his spell in solitary confinement. Read More »
Time of Leopards (1985) Zdravko Velimirovic, Armando Loya, Ana Mazue, Santos Mulungo, Action, Drama, War
As children, a Mozambique native and a Portuguese colonialist were friends. Years have passed and Mozambique is fighting for its independence. Two childhood friends meet on opposing sides. Read More »
After Death (Oltre la morte) (1989) Claudio Fragasso, Jeff Stryker, Candice Daly, Massimo Vanni, Action, Horror
A woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. Read More »
Quiet Cool (1986) Clay Borris, James Remar, Daphne Ashbrook, Adam Coleman Howard, Action
Joe Dylanne is a plainclothes NYC cop with a badge… and a robust personality. He always resorts to unconventional methods in order to capture the city’s slickest criminals. Read More »
Miss Right (1982) Paul Williams, William Tepper, Margot Kidder, Karen Black, Comedy
After falling for Juliette, the woman of his dreams, a womanizing journalist in Rome, Italy, must dump his numerous female lovers one by one, but not all of them take it well. Read More »
Paper Marriage (1988) Alfred Cheung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Maggie Cheung, Joyce Godenzi, Action, Comedy
An illegal immigrant in Hong Kong, unable to get a Green Card, is subjected to humiliation, and does odd things to survive – like taking part in a mud wrestling match. Read More »
Shogun Assassin (1980) Robert Houston, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Action, Adventure
Long ago there was a great samurai warrior who served his Shogun honorably. The Shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and more senile. Read More »
Witness in the War Zone (1987) Nathaniel Gutman, Christopher Walken, Hywel Bennett, Marita Marschall, Action, Drama, Mystery, War
Don Stevens is an ace reporter sent to Beirut, Lebanon to report on the Lebanese civil war. Read More »
Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Richard Loncraine, Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Drama, Thriller
Brimstone and Treacle is a modern gothic tale about the evil that men do and the price that must be paid to make things right. Read More »
Garbo Talks (1984) Sidney Lumet, Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Comedy, Drama
Estelle is a one-person protest army: she goes to jail over grocery prices, shames construction workers for catcalls to passing women, and won’t cross a picket line for her son’s wedding. Read More »