Posts Tagged ‘1980s’

Son of Rambow (2007)

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: France | Germany | UK
Actors: Neil Dudgeon | Bill Milner | Will Poulter | Paul Ritter | Taylor Richardson | Peter Robinson | Charlie Thrift | Jules Sitruk | Sam Kubrick-Finney | James Clarke | Eric Sykes | Ed Westwick | Lee Long | Adam Paul Harvey | Atila Emirali
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SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early 80’s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God’s ‘chosen ones’ and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other ‘worldlies,’ listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will’s mind is blown wide open and he’s easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters’ diabolical home movie. Will’s imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter’s complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious rollercoaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point.

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Alan Cumming | Vincent Ventresca | Justin Theroux | Jacob Vargas | Neil Dickson | E.J. Callahan | Zack Phifer | Ricky Paull Goldin | Robb Skyler | Deezer D | Kivi Rogers | Brian McGregor | Victor Wilson | Paul Keeley | Rick Pasqualone
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Romy and Michele are two former schoolmates who have also been roommates for ten years after the time they graduated, and their lives are far from successful, they can’t even get a date. As the 10-year class reunion approaches they try to do something to make an impression on other former schoolmates and finally decide to act as though they are very rich business women who invented Post-Its.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Rutger Hauer | Julia Roberts | Jennifer Rae Westley | Dick Clark | Sam Rockwell | Michelle Sweeney | Drew Barrymore | Chelsea Ceci | Brad Pitt | Matt Damon | Michael Cera | Aimee Rose Ambroziak | Isabelle Blais | Melissa Carter | Jennifer Hall | Ilona Elkin | Sean Tucker | Jaye P. Morgan | Maggie Gyllenhaal | David Julian Hirsh
Directors: George Clooney
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Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” is the story of a legendary showman’s double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Monday, July 7th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Sean Penn | Judge Reinhold | Robert Romanus | Brian Backer | Ray Walston | Scott Thomson | Vincent Schiavelli | D.W. Brown | Forest Whitaker | Tom Nolan | Eric Stoltz | Stanley Davis Jr. | James Russo | James Bolt | Nicolas Cage
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Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.

Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Martin Lawrence | James Earl Jones | Cedric the Entertainer | Michael Clarke Duncan | Mike Epps | Damani Roberts | Louis C.K. | Brandin Jenkins | Reginald Davis Jr. | Gus Hoffman | Affion Crockett | Robin McGee | Werner Richmond | Rich Medina | Ted Ferguson
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A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.

Talk to Me (2007)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Jim Annan | Benz Antoine | Matt Birman | David Brown | Cedric the Entertainer | Don Cheadle | J. Miles Dale | Davidx | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Mike Epps | Kamal Jones | Jeff Kassel | Jim Malmberg | Erick Peterson | Kwame Rakes
Directors: Kasi Lemmons
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The true life story of Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and “tell it like it is.” With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo’s brother Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey’s voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey’s “The truth just is” style — on - and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones | Javier Bardem | Josh Brolin | Woody Harrelson | Kelly Macdonald | Garret Dillahunt | Tess Harper | Barry Corbin | Stephen Root | Rodger Boyce | Beth Grant | Ana Reeder | Kit Gwin | Zach Hopkins | Chip Love
Directors: Ethan Coen
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Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.

Boogie Nights (1997)

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Luis Guzmán | Burt Reynolds | Julianne Moore | Rico Bueno | John C. Reilly | Nicole Ari Parker | Don Cheadle | Heather Graham | Mark Wahlberg | William H. Macy | Samson Barkhordarian | Nina Hartley | Brad Braeden | Joanna Gleason | Lawrence Hudd
Directors: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Everyone’s born with one special thing, and Eddie Adams uses his humongous “asset” to take the world of film pornography by storm. Things get ugly though when success leads to drugs and ruin. Will Dirk clean up and get back on top? Will Amber see her son? Will Rollergirl ever take off her skates?!

K-PAX (2001)

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Mary McCormack | Kevin Spacey | Jeff Bridges | Alfre Woodard | David Patrick Kelly | Saul Williams | Peter Gerety | Celia Weston
Directors: Iain Softley
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Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

New Jack City (1991)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Wesley Snipes | Ice-T | Allen Payne | Chris Rock | Michael Michele | Bill Nunn | Russell Wong | Bill Cobbs | Christopher Williams | Judd Nelson | Vanessa Williams | Tracy Camilla Johns | Anthony DeSando | Nick Ashford
Directors: Mario Van Peebles
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In 1989, Nino Brown, a small time drug dealer, is convinced by one of his fellow thugs that the wave of the future is in the cocaine derivative, crack. Brown sees potential in crack and sets out to establish himself as chief kingpin by killing off his rivals and even going as far as to take over a whole apartment complex. Out to stop him are undercover cops Scottie Appleton and Nick Paretti. Appleton especially wants to get Nino because of the fact that he murdered Scottie’s mother as part of a gang initiaton. Also involved is Pookie, a former crackhead who wants to bring down Nino as well.