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Tag Archives: 1980s
Extreme Prejudice (1987) Walter Hill, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside
When they were kids Texas Ranger Jack Benteen used to be best friends with drug kingpin Cash Bailey. Read More »
Americana (1981) David Carradine
In a small town in rural Kansas, a troubled veteran attempts to restore an old merry-go-round ride. Read More »
Golden Eighties (1986) Chantal Akerman, Lio, Pascale Salkin, Delphine Seyrig
Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Read More »
Dead Solid Perfect (1988) Bobby Roth, Randy Quaid, Kathryn Harrold, Jack Warden
Made for Cable TV movie. A second-string pro golfer desprate for his shot at success tours the country. Read More »
Legend of the Eight Samurai / Satomi hakken-den (1983) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin’ichi Chiba
Eight mysterious crystals from the body of a long-dead princess now identify the eight samurai Read More »
Union City (1980) Marcus Reichert, Dennis Lipscomb, Debbie Harry, Sam McMurray
Guilty paranoia in a gritty 1950’s industrial town. An accountant, living a repressed life, becomes so obsessed Read More »
Handgun (1983) Tony Garnett, Karen Young, Clayton Day, Suzie Humphreys
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Read More »
Run Tiger, Run / Liang zhi lao hu (1984) John Woo, Teddy Robin Kwan, Bin Bin, Yin-Tze Pan
So, there are two drifters, one is a little kid and a midget. Read More »
Why Me? (1984) Fielder Cook, Glynnis O’Connor, Armand Assante, Craig Wasson
Leola Mae Harmon, a pregnant military nurse who is the victim of a drunk-driving accident. Read More »