Barfly 1987  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Jack Nance, Joe Unger, Sandy Martin, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Fritz Feld, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Harry Cohn, Gary Cervantes, Rik Colitti
This is the story of alcoholic writer Henry Chinasky (Mickey Rourke) who hangs around in a neighborhood bar where barfly Willa (Faye Dunaway) works. Willa also drinks too much and is thought to be more than a little bit crazy. Henry and Faye set off on a weird relationship involving irrational behavior, and Henry moves in with her. Later, book publisher Tully Sorenson (Alice Krige) becomes interested in Henry and wants to publish his writings. As she tries to help Henry out of his drinking problems, they end up in bed together. A cat fight at the bar between Wanda and Fay ends with Henry toasting the patrons with a drink. Written by Charles Bukowski and based on his own experiences.
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Killing Blue 1988  R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Midnight Cop
Director: Peter Patzak
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Fairchild, Frank Stallone, Michael York, Julia Kent, Monika Bleibtreu, Allegra Curtis, Harvey Friedman, Josef Sumner, Ludger Pistor, Constanze Saskia Rahn, Hans Martin Stier
Inspector Alex Glas (Armin Mueller-Stahl) immerses himself in a tough case that includes drugs, prostitution, and murder as a retreat from his memories of a failed marriage–along with his accidental killing of a girl. Convoluted and hard to follow.
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The Pink Chiquitas 1987  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Anthony Currie
Cast: Frank Stallone, John Hemphill, Don Lake, Bruce Pirrie, Elizabeth Edwards, Claudia Udy, Laura Robinson, Cindy Valentine, Gerald Isaac, Eartha Kitt, T.J. Scott
A pink meteorite lands in a small town and turns the town's women into pink chiquitas who are lusty nymphomaniacs. Private detective Clip Bacardi (Frank Stallone) investigates.
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 Rocky III 1982 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Mr. T, Burgess Meredith, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Al Silvani, Tony Burton, Hulk Hogan, Frank Stallone, Ian Fried, Wally Taylor, Jim Hill, Don Sherman, Dennis James
Sylvester Stallone as writer, director, and star pulls off another very enjoyable film with this version of Rocky Balboa's (Stallone) ups-and-downs in the boxing world. The story begins where "Rocky II" ended with Rocky taking the championship from Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Then the story jumps three years ahead. Rocky has won many matches and is now wealthy. But, problems lie ahead when he loses his title to Clubber Lang (Mr. T) who accidentally causes the death of Rocky's trainer Mickey (Burgess Meredith).
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Staying Alive 1983  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood, Julie Bovasso, Frank Stallone, Polly O'Malley, Tony Munafo, Robert Martini, Sarah M. Miles, Kurtwood Smith, Charles Ward, Norma Donaldson, Jesse Doran, Joyce Hyser
Six years after "Saturday Night Fever," Tony Manero (John Travolta) is still trying to find success. Now, he has left the Brooklyn discos and finds a role in the Broadway show, "Satan's Alley." The show's star, Laura (Finola Hughes) becomes the object of Tony's attentions, but his loyal girlfriend Jackie (Cynthia Rhodes) stands by him throughout the sexual tensions of Tony and Laura while Tony becomes a Broadway star.
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Ten Little Indians 1989 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians
Director: Alan Birkinshaw
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Frank Stallone, Herbert Lom, Sarah Maur Thorp, Brenda Vaccaro, Warren Berlinger, Yehuda Efroni, Paul L. Smith, Neil McCarthy, Moira Lister
Don't bother with this version of the often-filmed Agatha Christie novel. Incredibly this version is set on an African safari rather than in an eerie mansion. The invited "guests" are killed off one-by-one.
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| 1. Barfly (1987)
2. Killing Blue (1988)
aka: Midnight Cop
3. The Pink Chiquitas (1987)
4. Rocky III (1982)
5. Staying Alive (1983)
6. Ten Little Indians (1989)
aka: Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians
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