Chuck Murdock is an all American kid living in a sleepy town in Montana. He is the top pitcher of the little league team as well. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Vampires Kiss (1988) Robert Bierman, Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Comedy, Horror
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a woman and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his delusions. Read More »
Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Bille August, Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Drama
The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Read More »
Calamari Union (1985) Aki Kaurismäki, Timo Eränkö, Kari Heiskanen, Asmo Hurula, Comedy
Fourteen desperate men named Frank, band together to escape from a repressive section of Helsinki. Read More »
C.O.D. / SNAP! (1981) Chuck Vincent, Sigi Krämer, Nicholas Saunders, Marilyn Joi, Carole Davis, Comedy
Albert Zack is a struggling, bumbling, advertising salesman hired to save the Beaver Bra Company from impending doom. Read More »
La venganza del lobo negro (1980) Rafael Romero Marchent, Fernando Allende, Christian Bach, Álvaro de Luna, Action, Adventure, Drama
After two months of relative tranquility in California, the villanous old colonel is elected Governor of California. Read More »
Haruka naru yama no yobigoe / A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Yôji Yamada, Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Drama
A mysterious stranger appears at the door of a farmhouse on a stormy night and asks for shelter. The young widow who owns the farm puts him up in the barn. Read More »
The Unbelievable Truth (1989) Hal Hartley, Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke, Comedy, Drama, Romance
After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where me meets Audry Hugo. Read More »
Kangaroo (1986) Tim Burstall, Colin Friels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Drama
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups. Read More »
Kazoku gêmu / The Family Game (1983) Yoshimitsu Morita, Yûsaku Matsuda, Jûzô Itami, Saori Yuki, Comedy, Drama
A sendup of the stereo-typical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife Read More »