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84 From ’84: Purple Hearts

Purple Hearts In middle of the Vietnam War, a Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare Cast: 1984 viewing When

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84 From ’84: Night Patrol

Night Patrol A hapless police officer is transferred to the night shift even as he clandestinely pursues a career as a stand up comedian. Cast: 1984 viewing Never heard of this movie before I started

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84 From ’84: Tightrope

Tightrope New Orleans single dad and cop Wes Block goes after a serial rapist-killer, but when he gets too close the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted. Cast: 1984 viewing I’d never get in the theater

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84 From ’84: Best Defense

Best Defense A military weapons engineer struggles to do his job responsibly, while a hapless tank commander has to live with the consequences in combat years later. Cast: 1984 viewing I didn’t see this movie

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84 From ’84: The Lonely Guy

The Lonely Guy A writer for a greeting card company discovers the struggles and tribulations of living alone after breaking up with his unfaithful girlfriend. Cast: 1984 viewing Steve Martin was banned in my house,

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84 From ’84: Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother’s sky-rocketing medical bills. Cast: 1984 viewing I saw this movie once…

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84 From ’84: Top Secret!

Top Secret! An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a

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84 From ’84: The Natural

Every Friday on our 84 From ‘84 journey will be dedicated to the highest grossing movies of the year. There are 14 Fridays before this ends so we’ll countdown the top 14 from 1984. We’re

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84 From ’84: Meatballs Part II

Meatballs Part II Camp Sasquatch will be bought out and closed unless owner Coach Giddy wins the boxing competition scheduled for the end of the summer. Tough city punk Flash, who’s performing his community service

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84 From ’84: Sahara

Sahara Intent on winning a competition in place of her distinguished late father, beautiful young heiress Dale takes on the guise of a man and competes in his spot, embarking on a car race that

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84 From ’84: The Lost Empire

The Lost Empire Seeking revenge, officer Angel Wolfe, her Native American friend Whitestar, and outlaw Heather infiltrate a fortified island where an undead wizard and his evil cult force captured women to take part in

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84 From ’84: Dreamscape

Dreamscape A man who can enter and manipulate people’s dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an

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84 From ’84: The Beginning

The invention of the motion picture began in the late 19th century. In those early days it was still seen as a novelty, nothing to take seriously. By the early 1900s there were vast improvements

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80s Reboot: The Fall Guy Movie

There were many great action TV series in the 80s; The A-Team, Miami Vice, Airwolf, Street Hawk, Magnum P.I. and The Fall Guy. I watched them all, some more than others. The Fall Guy was

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Road House (1989) vs Road House (2024)

Road House (1989) is a fantastic action movie starring Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliott, Kelly Lynch and Ben Gazzara. Road House (2024) starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen and Jessica Williams doesn’t quiet