September 9, 1987
Bad Taste (1987) ***
Directed by Peter Jackson. Low budget thriller about cannibal aliens from outer space.
Dirty Dancing (1987) ***
Nostalgic musical set in a Catskills resort in the summer of 1963. Songs and musical numbers include:
"Be My Baby" ***
"Johnny's Mambo" **
"Do You Love Me" ***
"Stay" **
"Hungry Eyes" ***
"Hey Baby" **
"De Todo Un Poco" **
"Cry To Me" *
"In The Still Of The Nite" **
"She's Like The Wind" **
"(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" ***
"Be My Baby" ***
"Johnny's Mambo" **
"Do You Love Me" ***
"Stay" **
"Hungry Eyes" ***
"Hey Baby" **
"De Todo Un Poco" **
"Cry To Me" *
"In The Still Of The Nite" **
"She's Like The Wind" **
"(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" ***
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) ***
Excellent comedy starring Robin Williams as an unorthodox radio DJ in Saigon in 1965.
Moonstruck (1987) ***
A delightful romantic comedy about a young widow (Cher), who falls in love with her fiance's brother. A brilliant combination of tenderness and irony.
Predator (1987) ***
This action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is a cross between "Rambo" and "Alien".
Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (1987) ***
A delightful Eric Rohmer's comedy - constantly surprising and full of embarrassing situations.
The Witches Of Eastwick (1987) ***
Quirky horror/comedy about the Devil (Jack Nicholson) who's trying to seduce three beautiful witches (Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher).
Au revoir, les enfants (1987) ***
French drama about a little Jewish boy hiding in a Catholic school during the Nazi occupation.
House Of Games (1987) ***
A psychiatrist is led by a smooth-talking gambler into the shadowy world of stings, scams, and con men. Intelligent film directed by David Mamet.
August 8, 1987
July 7, 1987
Armour Of God (1987) **
This Jackie Chan film has a few nifty car chases, but too few fight scenes. The sequel to this film, 1991's "Armour Of God II: Operation Condor" (released in America in 1997 as "Operation Condor") is much better.
An Autumn's Tale (1987) **
A romantic melodrama, with plenty of comic touches. A Hong Kong film set in New York, starring Chow Yun-Fat and Cherie Chung.
Eastern Condors (1987) **
Basically a Hong Kong remake of "The Dirty Dozen", with half a dozen hard-core criminals sent on dangerous military mission to Vietnam. Any film starring Samo Hung and Yuen Biao promises major kung-fu ass-kicking, but this one delivers memorable chop-socky goodies only in the last 10 minutes. Until then, it's just a boring, Rambo-like, jungle war movie, with plenty of gunfights and explosions.
City On Fire (1987) *
A really lousy crime film from Hong Kong, directed by Ringo Lam. It became famous in 1990's when "Film Threat" published an article falsely claiming that Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) was a remake of "City On Fire". In reality, aside from a very brief scene with robbers pointing guns at each other, there are very few similarities between those two films.
June 6, 1987
May 5, 1987
April 4, 1987
The Man Who Planted Trees (1987) *****
One of the greatest animated films of all time, this Oscar-winning Canadian masterpiece combines excellent storytelling with innovative animation and a timely environmentalist message. It tells a beautiful story of an old goatherdsman planting thousands of trees in a desolate Alpine valley. An enormously uplifting praise of the human spirit, a veritable ode to selflessness, quiet determination, courage and lowliness. A magnificent achievement.
An Inside Job (1987) ****
A truly disgusting, truly brilliant and truly hilarious cartoon set in the mouth of a dentist's patient, who is robbed of his gold teeths by a clever sadist, who plants tiny explosives and retrieves the loot. Bizarre vocal impersonations (including Jack Nicholson's, who made his film debut in "The Little Shop Of Horrors" playing a masochistic patient who adores his visits to the dentist). A brilliant little film, but guaranteed to shock and disgust many viewers.
Plus One Minus One (1987) ***
First, we see what happens in one person's life. Then, we see how those events would enfold had he never been born. An interesting little cartoon.
Your Face (1987) ***
Countless variations on human physionomy are presented in this simple cartoon. An Academy Award nominee.
Itinéraire (1987) ***
A series of portraits of women, drawn in different styles, from classical to cubist to abstract.
George And Rosemary (1987) ***
A shy man is in love with a lady living across the street. A nice cartoon nominated for an Oscar. It also received the Second Prize (short subject) at the Montreal Film Festival.
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