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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Wonderful movie about war. The best war movie I have seen. The drama is intense, and some of the comedy is flat-out hilarious. A great story, and a well-made movie.
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The Lost Boys (1987)
The only cool role Keifer ever had. Patric is mostly there to be good-looking. Feldman and Haim are always a fun, goofy duo. Wiest is great at playing the lonely single mother (here and Parenthood). Herrmann gives a good performance which could have really shined in a more dramatic movie.…
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Damn hilarious. Two really funny guys, and a touching story. Great cast, complete with a few of Hughes’ personal troupe. Hughes has a knack for portraying humor as a part of everyday life, and not as the norm. A few of the scenes were copied from Hughes’ earlier work, National…
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The Running Man (1987)
Not one of Arnold’s best. He’s still good, though. Neat seeing Richard Dawson.
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Storme: Lady of the Jewel Box (1987)
Interesting, but we should have seen some of the show somehow. That’s all they talked about, about how great it was, and they hyped it up, but we never get to see it. That was really a woman? My God.
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Tin Men (1987)
The acting is kinda stale, but there is a hell of a lot of buddy-buddy dialogue and smalltalk (which is kinda fake at times and does little to forward the surprsingly simple plot). What’s with the St. Louis Arch at the end? A symbol for “brotherhood”? A long ad for…
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Wings of Desire (1987)
Interesting German film about the meaning of love to a couple of angels, if not a little slow at times. But what a difference it makes in the theatre, especially the sound. A weak storyline. Many interesting connections between childhood and love. And after seeing the movie, the concept of…
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I'm a photographer, web developer, travel enthusiast, and movie buff living in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.In the summer of 1993, I started writing reviews for every movie I saw and haven't looked back. I'm up to 2,375 reviews now. This makes me cool or a complete dork, depending on your perspective.
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