Ambitious high-school football player, Stef Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) and his girlfriend (Lea Thompson) dream of winning the college scholarships that will enable them to leave their depressed…
Browsing: Movies 1983
An absorbing, highly charged, teenage romance by writer-director John Sayles. The emotional story of star-crossed young lovers stumbles over occasional holes in the plot, yet…
Chicago kid Mick O’Brien (Sean Penn) is sent to a juvenile prison for vehicular manslaughter. Unfortunately, the person he has killed is the kid brother…
A super-duper, high-tech helicopter is the centrepiece of this fast-paced action yarn which plays out in the skies above Los Angeles. The high-tech “urban pacification”…
Teenage BMX riders Goose (James Lugton) and PJ (Angelo D’Angelo) become friends with Judy (15-year-old Nicole Kidman in one of her first major roles), who…
Research scientists Michael Brace (Christopher Walken) and Lillian Reynolds (Louise Fletcher) develop a device that can record and playback physical, emotional and intellectual sensations from…
This risible spoof of the Bulldog Drummond stories stars Alan Shearman, Ron House and Diz White, members of the Anglo-American stage company Low Moan Spectacular…
Set in Sydney (Australia) during the turbulent years of the Great Depression, an orphaned boy becomes a pawn in a bitter family feud as two…
This lip-smackingly good women-in-prison saga finds Exorcist (1973) star Linda Blair – topless for the first time – as naive teenager, Carol, convicted of manslaughter after…
Nerdy misfit student Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) buys “Christine”, a 1958 Plymouth Fury with a history in which people tend to die in and around…
After months at sea, Bo’sun John Baggs Jr. (James Caan) feels a compelling need for feminine company and as soon as he sets foot ashore…
Jonathan is a new student at Vernon Academy, a prestigious prep school in Illinois for the offspring of wealthy Americans. At first, he is the…
Warren Nefron (Jerry Lewis) is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world. When he tries to end it all…
Castle Rock, Maine is a sleepy New England town. A place where families can live in peace. But today Cujo, a full-grown St Bernard, isn’t…
When Inspector Clouseau goes missing, Interpol’s computer is secretly programmed by Clouseau’s boss (Herbert Lom) to select the world’s worst detective to search for his…
Stephen King movies are a tricky lot – There have been over 40 movie and TV adaptations of his work, and for every Misery (1990) there is more…
A haunted harpsichord causes bloody deaths during the bicentennial of the small New England town of Ludlow. The instrument has been sent all the way…
Dan Aykroyd featured in his first leading role (not long after the death of his partner John Belushi) as mild-mannered midwestern WASP college teacher, Clifford Skridlow, getting…
In 1964, Eddie Wilson had it all. He had genius, he had vision, he had the hottest rock & roll band in the country. Then…
Adapted from Willy Russell’s play, Educating Rita retains its charm and poignancy in this cosy film version. Rita, (Julie Walters) a working-class hairdresser with a sharp wit,…
