The Black Marble 1980  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Becker
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, James Woods, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock, John Hancock, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Dudikoff, Pat Corley, Judy Landers
Joseph Wambaugh's screenplay provides good entertainment as he, once again, presents a police story. This time around, two cops, Valmikov (Robert Foxworth) and Natalie Zimmermann (Paula Prentiss), fall for each other while pursuing a dognapper.
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 The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brian De Palma
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Morgan Freeman, John Hancock, Kevin Dunn, Clifton James, F. Murray Abraham
Brian De Palma directed this comedy/drama based on Tom Wolfe's novel. It stars Tom Hanks as a millionaire whose mistress kills a young black man with his car. Comfortable in the sedate world of Wall Street, he finds himself unable to cope with the life of a suspected criminal. Melanie Griffith is good as his self-involved mistress. This is a pretty good depiction of the problems evolving from racism, but overall it doesn't do justice to Wolfe's novel.
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Catch the Heat 1987  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Feel the Heat
Director: Joel Silberg
Cast: Tiana Alexandra, David Dukes, Rod Steiger, Brian Thompson, Jorge Martinez, John Hancock, Brian Libby, Jessica Schultz, Professor Toru Tanaka, Michael Carr
Narcotics agent Checkers (Tiana Alexandra) is assigned to go underground in Buenes Aires and infiltrate a drug-smuggling operation led by Jason Hannibal (Rod Steiger). The means of smuggling: implant drug packets into small-breasted women. But Checkers' breasts are far from small, so the challenges are great.
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Collision Course 1989  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Pat Morita, Jay Leno, Ernie Hudson, Chris Sarandon, Tom Noonan, John Hancock, Al Waxman, Danny Kamekona, Soon-Tek Oh, Randall "Tex" Cobb
Obnoxious Detective Tony Costas (Jay Leno) is assigned to work with Japanese Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo (Pat Morita), and the two search Detroit for the prototype of a revolutionary top-secret engine. In the process, they manage to work out differences and even end up capturing an underworld boss.
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 Crossroads 1986 R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton, Dennis Lipscomb, Harry Carey Jr., Robert Judd, Steve Vai, John Hancock, Allan Arbus, Robin Townsend
With a wonderful blues score behind it, this story is about a bluesman who "goes down to the crossroads" to make a deal with the devil.
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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat 1991  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Western
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Morgan Brittany, Bruce Campbell, David Carradine, John Ireland, Bert Remsen, M. Emmet Walsh, Maxwell Caulfield, Deborah Foreman, Jim Metzler, Dabbs Greer, Dana Sshbrook, John Hancock, Marion Eaton, Sunshine Parker, Helena Carroll
It's been a hassle, all those years with vampires vs. humans. So, it seemed the right time for the vampires to live in peace in an old ghost town with their sun block 30, etc., and artificial blood made from plants. When the blood plant does not produce enough blood, its designer David Harrison (Jim Metzler) and his wife Sarah (Morgan Brittany) arrive in the ghost town and find themselves in the middle of trouble. There are those fundamentalists, led by Jefferson (John Ireland), who want the real thing and are ready to rise up against the peaceful vampire leader, Count Mardulak (David Carradine), who ordered the blood plant as a method of integrating the vampires into the human world. War it shall be.
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Tank 1984  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, G.D. Spradlin, Jenilee Harrison, James Cromwell, Dorian Harewood, Mark Herrier, Sandy Ward, John Hancock
Sergeant Major Zack Carey (James Garner) antagonizes the local redneck sheriff who in turn frames Garner's son (C. Thomas Howell) and sends him off to a work camp. The climax comes when Garner makes use of his own tank to rescue his family. Worth watching for Garner's performance. 1 User Review
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| | Kinda stupid but picks up when... | Bulwer 02/01/2007 | | This story has all kinds of holes in the plot, it's inane but typical for the time period. It only gets going when Jenilee removes her jacket towards the end and is wearing nothing but a thin tank (no pun intended) top! GOOD GAWD!! Thank goodness for Slow Mo!! |
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| 1. ...All the Marbles (1981)
aka: The California Dolls
2. The Black Marble (1980)
3. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
4. Catch the Heat (1987)
aka: Feel the Heat
5. Collision Course (1989)
6. Crossroads (1986)
7. In the Custody of Strangers (1982)
8. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
9. Tank (1984)
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