Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius who has just been fired for building his own tram. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Saya: Perspective in Love / Saya no iru tousizu (1986) Akiyoshi Kimata, Ikue Masudo, Tatsuo Nadaka, Masami Tsuchiya
The flamboyant editor of an underground porn magazine asks his star photographer Read More »
A Case of Honor (1989) Eddie Romero, Timothy Bottoms, John Phillip Law, Candy Raymond
Filipino actor Eddie Romero directs this arresting drama set during the Vietnam War. Read More »
A Chorus Line (1985) Richard Attenborough
A director is casting dancers for a large production. Large numbers of hopefulls audition, hoping to be selected. Read More »
A Month in the Country (1987) Pat O’Connor, Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, John Atkinsons
Five centuries ago a mural was created in a country church in the north of England and then hidden under layers of white paint. Read More »
Terror on Alcatraz (1987) Philip Marcus, Marvin G. Lipschultz, Aldo Ray, Sandy Brooke, Verónica Porche Ali
Frank Morris, returning decades later to the scene of his escape from Alcatraz Read More »
Children’s Island / Barnens ö (1980) Kay Pollak, Tomas Fryk, Anita Ekström, Ingvar Hirdwall
Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children’s Island but decides to remain Read More »
84 Charing Cross Road (1987) David Hugh Jones, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench
When a humorous script-reader in her New York City apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature Read More »
48 Hrs. (1982) Walter Hill, Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O’Toole
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down Read More »
Big Time (1988) Chris Blum, Tom Waits, Michael L. Blair, Ralph Carney
Bringing his unique sense of humor to this bizarre and original piece of moviemaking Read More »