Upon his return from Vietnam, an ex-soldier finds his neighborhood has deteriorated badly Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Hong Kong Godfather AKA Jian dong xiao xiong (1985) Lung Wei Wang, Ka-Yan Leung, Norman Chu, Shu-Yuan Hsu
After receiving a life imprisonment sentence for a NY Chinatown massacre, Jia Shi Lan, alias Hei Lan Read More »
The Accidental Tourist (1988) Lawrence Kasdan, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis
After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Read More »
The Holcroft Covenant (1985) John Frankenheimer, Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant
Noel Holcroft is a foreign-born American citizen working in New York as an architect. Read More »
Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987) Edward Asner, Linwood G. Dunn, Ginger Rogers
The history of the major Golden Age of Hollywood film company, RKO Pictures. Read More »
The Great Skycopter Rescue (1980) Lawrence David Foldes, Aldo Ray, William Marshall, Terry Michos
When oil is discovered in a small-town, some greedy prospectors hire a gang of wild bikers to scare the townsfolk away. Read More »
From a Far Country (1981) Krzysztof Zanussi, Sam Neill, Christopher Cazenove, Lisa Harrow
The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtyla was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Read More »
Boycott AKA Baykot (1986) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mohammad Kasebi, Majid Majidi, Esmat Makhmalbaf
A young guy Valeh is arrested by the security during Shah’s reign in Iran. Read More »
Scandal Sheet (1985) David Lowell Rich, Burt Lancaster, Lauren Hutton, Pamela Reed
The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor Read More »
Down on Us AKA Beyond the Doors (1984) Larry Buchanan, Sandy Kenyon, Joe Camp, Toni Sawyer
The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin Read More »