Crimes of Passion 1984  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin, Annie Potts, Bruce Davison, Stephen Lee, John G. Scanlon, Gordon Hunt, Pat McNamara, Dan Gerrity, Terry Hoyos, Vince McKewin, Norman Burton, James Crittenden
Prostitute or fashion designer–Joanna Crane (Kathleen Turner) cannot seem to decide which way to go. She works as designer "Joanna" by day but at night is streetwalker "China Blue." When Bobby Grady (John Laughlin) is given the job of looking for evidence that Joanna is stealing designs, he sees her turning into China Blue at night. Unhappily married to his wife (Annie Potts), Bobby falls in love with Joanna. But, a fanatic preacher, Rev. Peter Shane (Anthony Perkins), is determined to prevent Bobby and Joanna from ever getting together.
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 Footloose 1984 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn, Lori Singer, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Laughlin, Frances Lee McCain, Timothy Scott, Elizabeth Gorcey, Jim Youngs, Douglas Dirkson, Lynne Marta, Arthur Rosenberg, Alan Haufrect
This teenage musical is about Ren (Kevin Bacon) whose parents move from Chicago to a town where music and dancing are barred. His love interest is Lori (Dianne Wiest) who is the daughter of Reverend Shaw Moore (John Lithgow) who supports the ban, and that results in a confrontation between Ren and The Reverend. The town council also becomes involved when Ren leads the town's teenagers in a revolt against laws abolishing rock & roll and dancing.
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The Hills Have Eyes Part II 1985  R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: Michael Berryman, Tamara Stafford, Kevin Spirtas, John Bloom, Janus Blythe, Colleen Riley, Penny Johnson, John Laughlin, Willard E. Pugh, Robert Houston, Susan Lanier, Lance Gordon, Michael Berryman, David Nichols, Edith Fellows
When a bus carrying a load of bikers breaks down in the desert, some of the passengers wander off and soon are attacked by cannibals–in the same part of the desert where the Carter family ran into trouble in the original film.
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The Lawnmower Man 1992 R, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Romance / Thriller
Director: Brett Leonard
Cast: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis, Mark Bringleson, Jeremy Slate, Dean Norris, Troy Evans, Colleen Coffey, Jim Landis, Austin O'Brien, Rosalee Mayeux, Michael Gregory, Joe Hart, John Laughlin
Through drugs and virtual reality, computer scientist Dr. Lawrence Angelo (Pierce Brosnan) takes retarded gardener Jobe Smith (Jeff Fahey) and turns him into a "super-being." However, problems arise when Jobe, with his boosted IQ, develops a psychopathic personality and decides to take revenge on the people who had treated him badly in the past. Good special effects.
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Midnight Crossing 1988  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Roger Holzberg
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Daniel J. Travanti, John Laughlin, Kim Cattrall, Ned Beatty, Pedro DePool, Doug Weiser, Vincent Fall, Michael Thompson, Chick Bernhardt
When Castro took over the government of Cuba, $1 million was hidden to keep it from the hands of the Communists. Now, a group of four men make plans to retrieve the money. Bombs away.
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| 1. Crimes of Passion (1984)
2. Footloose (1984)
3. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
4. The Lawnmower Man (1992)
5. Midnight Crossing (1988)
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