In this film that sends up the foibles of filmmaking, a standard crew of actors Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Tora-san 26 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta (1980) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ran Itô
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man’s daughter Read More »
Tora-san 25 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana (1980) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ruriko Asaoka
Tora receives a letter from Lily, telling him that she is terminally ill. Read More »
Of Pure Blood (1986) Joseph Sargent, Lee Remick, Patrick McGoohan, Gottfried John
Engrossing tale of a mother investigating her son’s mysterious death Read More »
Jenatsch (1987) Daniel Schmid, Michel Voïta, Christine Boisson, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
A journalist is assigned to interview an eccentric anthropologist who has exhumed Read More »
Hero of Tomorrow / Gong woo jip ban yan (1988) Man Kit Poon, Kiu-Wai Miu, Siu Chung Mok, Ka-Kui Ho
When Lee Sam, a ten-year veteran of the Hong Kong underworld, is released from prison Read More »
Re-Animator (1985) Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
A medical student and his girlfriend become involved in a bizarre experiment Read More »
The Evil Dead (1981) Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor
Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. Read More »
Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story (1986) Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Farrah Fawcett, Tom Conti, Geraldine Page
Farrah Fawcett plays real-life Beate Klarsfeld, a German Protestant housewife Read More »
Mazes and Monsters (1982) Steven Hilliard Stern, Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wysocki
Bound together by a desire to play “Mazes and Monsters,” Robbie and his three Read More »