LOVERBOY (1989)

 

Directed By: Joan Micklin Silver Written By: Robin Schiff, Leslie Dixon & Tom Ropelewski Story By: Robin Schiff  Cinematography: John Hora Editor: Rick Shaine 

Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Kirstie Alley, Kate Jackson, Robert Ginty, Dylan Walsh, Nancy Valen, Barbara Carrera, Vic Tayback, Bernie Coulson, Kim Miyori, Carrie Fisher, Robert Picardo, E.G. Daily 

Randy is still unfocused after 2 years in college. His dad will no longer pay tuition and Randy gets a job delivering pizzas. Several cute cougars pay him $200 for pizza delivery and "services rendered". Their husbands?

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0068 - FEAR, ANXIETY & DEPRESSION (1989)

 

Written & Directed By: Todd Solondz  Cinematography: Stefan Czapsky  Editor: Peter Austin, Emily Paine & Barry Rubinow

Cast: Todd Solondz, Max Cantor, Alexandra Gersten, Jane Hamper, Stanley Tucci, Anne De Salvo, Jill Wisoff, Kathleen Gati

Ira is a nervous playwright waiting and hoping to succeed with his art, which he takes it very seriously. But following his dreams and ambitions isn't something easy to do, especially when he has to consider the points of view his family, his artist friends and his girlfriend will provide to him whenever he exposes his incomprehensible works of art.

SWEETIE (1989)

Directed By: Jane Campion Written By Gerard Lee & Jane Campion Cinematography: Sally Bongers  Editor: Veronika Haussler 

Cast: Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling, Dorothy Barry

An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.

SEX, LIES & VIDEOTAPE (1989)

Written, Edited & Directed By: Steven Soderbergh 
Cinematography: Walt Lloyd 
Music By: Cliff Martinez 


Cast: James Spader, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, Andie McDowell 



Ann is married to John, who is having an affair with her sister Cynthia. Ann's a quiet type and unwilling to let herself go. When John's old friend, Graham, shows up, all their lives change. Graham likes to videotape interviews with women.

SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL (1989)

Directed By: Arthur Hiller 
Written By: Gene Wilder, Earl Barret, Eliot Wald, Arne Sultan & Andrew Kurtzman 
Story By: Marvin Worth, Arne Sultan & Earl Barret 
Cinematography By: Victor J. Kemper 
Editor: Robert C. Jones 
Music By: Stewart Copeland 

Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Anthony Zerbe, Alan North, Hardy Rawls, Lauren Tom, Tonya Pinkins, Zach Grenier 


Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening. This is a hilarious film that is funnier then the plot or story and leaves the audience remembering more moments than any other aspect of the film.

CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989)

Directed By: Brian DePalma 
Written By: David Rabe 
Based On The Book By: Daniel Lang 
Cinematography By: Stephen H. Burhum 
Editor: Bill Pankow 
Music By: Ennio Morricone 


Cast: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Don Harvey, Ving Rhames, Dale Dye, Thuy Thu Le, Wendell Pierce, Sam Robards, Darren E. Burrows, John Marshal Jones, Holt McCallany 


During the Vietnam war, a girl is taken from her village by five American soldiers. Four of the soldiers rape her, but the fifth refuses. The young girl is killed. The fifth soldier is determined that justice will be done. The film is more about the realities of war, rather than this single event.

HARLEM NIGHTS (1989)

Written & Directed By: Eddie Murphy 
Cinematography By: Woody Omens 
Editor: Alan Balsam & George Bowers 
Music By: Herbie Hancock 


Cast: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello, Michael Lerner, Jasmine Guy, Redd Foxx, Della Reese, Thomas Mikal Ford, Arsenio Hall, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Lela Rochon, Stan Shaw, Berlinda Tolbert, Charlie Murphy, Robin Harris, Ray Murphy, David Marciano 


During the 1920s, a New York illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.

NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)

Directed By: Jeremiah Chechik 
Written By: John Hughes 
Cinematography By: Thomas Ackerman 
Editor: Jerry Greenberg & Michael Stevenson 
Music By: Angelo Badalamenti 


Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, John Randolph, Diane Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Randy Quaid, Doris Roberts, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Johnny Gaelecki, Juliette Lewis, Sam McMurray, Brian Doyle-Murray, William Hickey, Nicolette Scorsese 


*Please note that some trivia and facts have been republished from imdb among other sources In this review

TROOP BEVERLY HILLS (1989)

Directed By: Jeff Kanew 
Written By: Pamela Norris & Margaret Oberman 
Story By: Ava Ostern Fries 
Cinematography By: Donald E. Thorin 
Editor: Mark Melnick 

Cast: Shelly Long, Mary Gross, Stephanie Beacham, Betty Thomas, Shelly Morrison, Craig T. Nelson, Jenny Lewis, Carla Gugino, Kellie Martin, Tori Spelling, Tasha Scott, Tom Wright, Cheech Marin, Robin Leach, Kareem Abdul-Jabarr, Pia Zadora

HARLEM NIGHTS (1989)

Written & Directed By: Eddie Murphy
Cinematography By: Woody Omens
Editor: Alan Balsam & George Bowers

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Della Reese, Jasmine Guy, Danny Aiello, Arsenio Hall, Lela Rochon, Michael Lerner, Stan Shaw, Robin Harris, Charles Q.Murphy, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Nona Gaye, Berlinda Tolbert