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84 From ’84: Footloose
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace. Cast: 1984 viewing A new mall opened in my hometown in CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Romancing the Stone
A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue. Cast: 1984 viewing I CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: All of Me
Dying millionaire Edwina Cutwater has her soul transferred into the body of younger, willing Terry Hoskins. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer Roger Cobb’s body – together with the lawyer. CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Runaway
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots… and his CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Exterminator 2
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York City of a drug lord and his gang. Cast: 1984 memories This never hit my theater in 1984. If it did play in my town CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: The Woman in Red
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Protocol
A Washington, D.C., cocktail waitress who prevents the assassination of a visiting Arab emir and winds up a national heroine. Cast: 1984 memories I didn’t see this in the theater. In fact, I don’t recall CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock’s body. Cast: 1984 viewing In 1984 I was still a huge CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Splash
A young man is reunited with a mermaid he briefly encountered as a boy and falls in love with her without knowing her secret. Cast: 1984 viewing Splash was a big movie back in 1984. CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Cloak & Dagger
A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget. Cast: 1984 memories Double Features are rare these days. In fact they might not even CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Hardbodies
Three middle aged guys rent a beach house to hopefully score with young, single women. Not having what it takes, the men hire a sexy young surfer, Scotty, to teach them some game and help CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Electric Dreams
An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman. Cast: 1984 memories A rental based solely on the artwork. I was a big computer nerd and a CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Bachelor Party
A soon-to-be-married man’s friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party. Cast: 1984 memories HBO wins again. They were great for showing these sex comedies. I liked this movie as a kid. For the obvious reasons CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Repo Man
A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty–and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk. Cast: 1984 memories A Friday night rental CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Purple Rain
A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise. Cast: 1984 viewing Prince was CONTINUE READING…
