Someone To Watch Over Me (1987) **

Tense, but unexceptional film about a policeman protecting a murder witness.

Kenny (1987) **

Stylistically crude, but interesting film about a young handicapped boy from Pittsburg.

King Lear (1987) **

The weakest of Jean-Luc Godard's seven films from the 1980's. Still interesting and original. But lacking a spark. With Molly Ringwald, Julie Delpy, Woody Allen, Jean-Luc Godard and Burgess Meredith.

Black Widow (1987) *

Unmemorable film about a female serial killer.

Three Men And A Baby (1987) *

A Hollywood remake of "Trois hommes et un couffin" (1985). Far less impressive than the original.

Throw Momma From The Train (1987) *

A singularly unfunny brack comedy directed by Danny DeVito.

Critical Condition (1987) *

Richard Pryor's career took a nosedive after this disappointing comedy about an escaped convict pretending to be a doctor.

Empire Of The Sun (1987) *

Incredibly tedious film set in a Japanese internement camp during World War II. Probably Spielberg's worst picture.

Like Father Like Son (1987) *

An incredibly tedious comedy about a doctor (Dudley Moore) switching personalities with his teenage son (Kirk Cameron). There isn't one funny joke in the whole film.

Outrageous Fortune (1987) *

Boring film starring Bette Midler and Shelley Long.

Top 10 Films of 1986

1. "Peking Opera Blues" (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong)

2. ''Blue Velvet'' (David Lynch, USA)

3. "Hannah And Her Sisters" (Woody Allen, USA)

4. "Stand By Me" (Rob Reiner, USA)

5. "Aliens" (James Cameron, USA)

6. ''Children Of A Lesser God'' (Randa Haines, USA)

7. "Le Rayon vert" (Eric Rohmer, France)

8. "Something Wild" (Jonathan Demme, USA)

9. "A Room With A View" (James Ivory, UK)

10. "Le Déclin de l'empire américain" (Denys Arcand, Canada)

Other great films:

52 Pick-Up

Absolute Beginners (UK)

After Spring (Norway)

Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn (Sweden)

A Better Tomorrow (Hong Kong)
Born To Defend (China)

Castle In The Sky (Japan)

Charlotte For Ever (France)

CK Dezerterzy (Poland)

The Color Of Money

Crocodile Dundee (Australia)

Down By Law 

Egeszseges erotika (Hungary)

Fantasies

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

From Beyond

Ginger e Fred (Italy)

The Great Mouse Detective

Hands Of Steel

Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer

Highlander

Jean de Florette (France)

Letters From A Dead Man (Soviet Union)

Little Shop Of Horrors

Maris The Chojo (Japan)

Martial Arts Of Shaolin (China)

Mauvais sang (France)

Mélo (France)

Menu Total (Germany)

The Mission

My Beautiful Laundrette (UK)

My Sweet Little Village (Czechoslovakia)

The Name Of The Rose 

Platoon
Pouvoir intime (Canada)

Righting Wrongs (Hong Kong)

River's Edge

The Sacrifice (Sweden)

Salvador

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Tampopo (Japan)

Tenue de soiree (France)
Top Gun

Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1986:

1. "Manon des sources" (Claude Berri, France)

2. "37,2 le matin" (Jean-Jacques Beineix, France)

3. "Devil In The Flesh" (Marco Bellocchio, Italy)

4. "Matador" (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)

5. "Working Girls" (Lizzie Borden, USA)

6. "She's Gotta Have It" (Spike Lee, USA)

7. "Castaway" (Nicolas Roeg, UK)

8. "Lepota poroka" (Zivko Nikolic, Yugoslavia)

9. "Reform School Girls" (Tom DeSimone, USA)

10. "El Ojete de Lulu" (Jess Franco, Spain)

Short Top 3:

1. "Bois ton cafe" (Eric Rohmer, France)

2. "Precious Images" (Chuck Workman, USA)

3. "L'Eleve" (Harry Kumel, Belgium)

Other great shorts:

La Fessée (Belgium)

King Of Sex

Meetin' WA

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "Sledgehammer" (Stephen R. Johnson, Peter Gabriel)

2. "Big Time" (Stephen R. Johnson, Peter Gabriel)

3. "Wild Wild Life" (David Byrne, Talking Heads)

Top Commercial:

"Mr Right" (Right Guard)

TV Top 3:

1. "Yes Prime Minister: The Key" (Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, BBC, UK)

2. "The Singing Detective" (Jon Amiel, BBC, UK)

3. "Cheers: Thanksgiving Orphans" (James Burrows, NBC)

Other great TV shows:

Alternatywy 4 (Poland)
Yes Prime Minister: A Real Partnership (UK)
Yes Prime Minister: Bishop's Gambit (UK)
Yes Prime Minister: Grand Design (UK)
Yes Prime Minister: The Ministerial Broadcast (UK)
Yes Prime Minister: The Smoke Screen (UK)

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "The Frog The Dog And The Devil" (Bob Stenhouse, New Zealand)

2. "Lupo The Butcher"  (Danny Antonucci, Canada)

3. "Broken Down Film" (Osamu Tezuka, Japan)

Other great cartoons:

Adam (Greece)
The Characters (Holland)
Every Dog's Guide To Complete Home Safety (Canada)

A Greek Tragedy (Belgium)

Luxo Jr
Mongo Makongo
Royal Flush
Set In Motion
Snookles

Sweet Dreams Luv

When Bats Are Quiet (Brazil)

Weak films of 1986:

An American Tail
Cobra

Crimes Of The Heart
Down And Out In Beverly Hills

The Golden Child
In A Glass Cage (Spain)
In The Line Of Duty (Hong Kong)
The Karate Kid. Part II
Kronika wypadkow milosnych (Poland)
Legacy Of Rage (Hong Kong)
Legal Eagles
The Millionaires Express (Hong Kong)
The Mosquito Coast
Peggy Sue Got Married
Pirates
The Pointsman (Holland)
Ruthless People
Snow Queen
Yellow Earth (China)

Weak shorts:

The Masters Of Disaster
Women - For America For The World

Weak cartoons:

Animation Has No Borders
Augusta Feeds Her Child (Hungary)
Augusta Kneading (Hungary)
Heure des anges (Czechoslovakia)
Quest: A Long Ray's Journey Into Light
Si seulement (Canada)

Weak TV shows:

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Kabaret Sylwestrowy (Poland)

Top Musical of 1986

"Little Shop Of Horrors" (Frank Oz, Warner)

Blue Velvet (1986) *****

Peking Opera Blues (1986) *****

The daughter of a Chinese general participates in a plot against him. It's a superb pastiche of the spy movie genre, directed by Tsui Hark. One of the first films heralding the Golden Age of the Hong Kong cinema.

Hannah And Her Sisters (1986) *****

One of Woody Allen's best films.

Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1986) ****

A Room With A View (1986) ****

Something Wild (1986) ****

Le Rayon vert (1986) ****

Children Of A Lesser God (1986) ****

Stand By Me (1986) ****

An outstanding adaptation of a Stephen King's novel about four young boys searching for the body of their friend. A moving, very intelligent film about growing up.

Manon des sources (1986) ****

Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer (1986) ****

Aliens (1986) ****

Fantastic action movie.

Castle In The Sky (1986) ****

A superb animated feature from Japan.

From Beyond (1986) ***

Down By Law (1986) ***

Reform School Girls (1986) ***