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Tag Archives: 1980s
Tiger Cage / Dak ging to lung (1988) Woo-Ping Yuen, Jacky Cheung, Carol ‘Do Do’ Cheng, Simon Yam

After getting their drug operation raided by the cops, a drug trafficker nicknamed Swatow Hung Read More »
Barefoot in the Park (1982) Harvey Medlinsky, Richard Thomas, Bess Armstrong, Hans Conried

Newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Read More »
Among the Cinders (1984) Rolf Hädrich, Paul O’Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley

Author Maurice Shadbolt went before the cameras to play father to the main character Read More »
A Private Function (1984) Malcolm Mowbray, Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott

1947 in a small town in England. The war has been over for two years Read More »
Say Amen, Somebody (1982) George T. Nierenberg, Willie May Ford Smith, Thomas A. Dorsey, Sam Benford

Documentary about the American gospel music scene, focusing on two of the movement’s pioneering forces Read More »
Gods Gift / Wend Kuuni (1982) Gaston Kaboré, Serge Yanogo, Rosine Yanogo, Joseph Nikiema

In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. Read More »
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980) Ralph Senensky, Jack Starrett, Klair Bybee, Michael Conrad, James Daughton

A television movie made from two segments of the TV Series Planet of the Apes (1974), The Horse Race (1974) and The Tyrant (1974). Read More »
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981) Val Guest, Bernard Cribbins, Bill Maynard, Joss Ackland

Det. Const. “Dangerous” Davies is not known for his finesse, but often finds Read More »
Near Dark (1987) Kathryn Bigelow, Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen

A small-town farmer’s son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter. Read More »