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Tag Archives: 1980s
Pippin: His Life and Times (1981) David Sheehan, Ben Vereen, William Katt, Leslie Denniston
At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne Read More »
Ferat Vampire (1982) Upír z Feratu
A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign Read More »
The Fan / Der Fan (1982) Eckhart Schmidt, Désirée Nosbusch, Bodo Staiger, Simone Brahmann
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until Read More »
Call Girl ’88 / Ying zhao nu lang 1988 (1988) David Lam, Chi Wong, Elsie Chan, Man-Ho Chan, Maggie Cheung
A depressing tale dealing with five women involved with prostitution Read More »
The Funeral / Osôshiki (1984) Jûzô Itami, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai
At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. Read More »
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983) Ray Austin, Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Patrick Macnee
The criminal organization THRUSH steals the A-bomb H957 and demands $350,000,000 Read More »
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein
An ophthalmologist’s mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife Read More »
Playing for Time (1980) Daniel Mann, Joseph Sargent, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Maud Adams
In World War II, the Jewish French musician and cabaret singer Fania Fenelon Goldstein Read More »
The Impossible Spy (1987) Jim Goddard, John Shea, Eli Wallach, Sasson Gabay
Young Israeli husband Eli Cohen is recruited by the Mossad in the early 1960’s and sent to Syria. Read More »