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Tag Archives: 1980s
Robinsonada or My English Grandfather (1987)

The story, in flashback, of the death of a British Telegraph engineer in Georgia, USSR in 1920. Read More »
Consuming Passions (1988) Giles Foster, Jonathan Pryce, Vanessa Redgrave, Tyler Butterworth

At his new job at Chumley’s Chocolates, Ian Littleton accidentally knocks several workers Read More »
The Tall Guy (1989) Mel Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson

Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) plays straight man to unpleasant comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). Read More »
As Time Goes by (1988) Barry Peak, Bruno Lawrence, Nique Needles, Ray Barrett

A surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes Read More »
The Informer / Jin shou zhi (1980) Chung Wang, Danny Lee, Hing-Yin Kam

Wang Chung plays a cop in charge of a rag-tag bunch of misfits who are after a drug runner. Read More »
Campus Man (1987) Ron Casden, John Dye, Steven Lyon, Morgan Fairchild

Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He’s got what it takes, but what he doesn’t have is enough money to stay in college. Read More »
Loaf and Camouflage / Loufa kai Parallagi (1984) Nicos Perakis, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Giorgos Kimoulis, Takis Spiridakis

The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory Read More »
Near Death (1989) Frederick Wiseman, Documentary

Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman profiles the doctors, nurses, physicians Read More »
The Big Red One (1980) Samuel Fuller, Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine

The story of a hardened army sergeant and four of his men, from their first fight Read More »