Tag: 1989
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Uncle Buck
Read more: Uncle BuckUncle Buck is a 1989 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes, and starring John Candy and Amy Madigan with supporting roles by Jean Louisa Kelly, Laurie Metcalf, Jay Underwood, Macaulay Culkin, Gaby Hoffmann, Elaine Bromka, and Garrett M. Brown. The film tells the story of a bachelor who babysits his brother’s rebellious teenage daughter and her younger brother and sister while the parents are away. Bob and […]
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Read more: Honey, I Shrunk the KidsHoney, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film. It is the first installment of a film franchise and served as the directorial debut of Joe Johnston. The film stars Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, and Kristine Sutherland. In the film, a struggling inventor accidentally shrinks his kids, along with the neighbours’ kids, down to the size of a quarter-inch. After being […]
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Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Read more: Bill & Ted’s Excellent AdventureBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. The first installment of the Bill & Ted franchise, it stars Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and George Carlin. It follows Bill (Winter) and Ted (Reeves), who travel through time to assemble historical figures for their high school history presentation. In 2688, humanity exists as a utopian society due to […]
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Batman
Read more: BatmanBatman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character. Directed by Tim Burton, it is the first installment of Warner Bros.’ initial Batman film series and stars Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, and Jack Palance. The film takes place early in the Batman’s war on crime and depicts his conflict with his archenemy The Joker (played by Jack Nicholson). After Burton was hired […]
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Black Rain
Read more: Black RainBlack Rain is a 1989 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Douglas, Andy García, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw, Yūsaku Matsuda and Tomisaburo Wakayama. The film focuses on two NYPD detectives who arrest a member of the yakuza (the Japanese mafia) and must escort him back to Japan. Once there, he escapes, and the two officers find themselves dragged deeper and deeper into the Japanese underworld and they […]
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Shocker
Read more: ShockerShocker (also known as Wes Craven’s Shocker) is a 1989 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and starring Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Cami Cooper, and Mitch Pileggi. A serial killer, Horace Pinker (Pileggi), is sent to the electric chair for who murdering over 30 people in California. But what they do not realize is that Pinker has […]