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Cocoon: The Return (1988)

July 18, 2022by Eric Binford 12 Comments

Synopsis: Five years after they decided to hitchhike a ride to the stars, a group of old folks accompany the aliens from the planet Anterea on a journey back to […]

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1988

Willow (1988)

March 5, 2022by Eric Binford 12 Comments

Synopsis: After finding a baby girl in a basket by the river bank, farmer Willow (Warwick Davis, Return of the Jedi) is chosen by village leaders to take the infant […]

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1988

Cohen and Tate (1988)

June 14, 2018by Eric Binford 7 Comments

Synopsis: Two hit-men (Roy Scheider, Jaws, and Adam Baldwin, My Bodyguard) brutally kill a couple, kidnap their kid and take the child on a long, long road trip to meet […]

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1988

Stealing Home (1988)

April 27, 2018by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: An ex-baseball player (Mark Harmon, The Presidio) returns home after he finds out that his first love (Jodie Foster, The Accused) has committed suicide. The unexpected death of the […]

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1988

Young Toscanini (1988, aka Il giovane Toscanini)

February 27, 2018by Eric Binford 2 Comments

Synopsis: The professional and personal career of famous Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini (C. Thomas Howell, The Outsiders). The film concentrates on Toscanini’s early years, when he was touring South America […]

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1988

The Bourne Identity (1988, TV-Mini-Series)

April 12, 2017by Eric Binford 4 Comments

Synopsis: A half-dead man (Richard Chamberlain, TV’s Shōgun and The Thorn Birds) washes ashore on a French beach. The stranger seems to be suffering from amnesia — he doesn’t remember […]

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1988

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)

December 26, 2014by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: In the south of France, a posh British con artist (Sir Michael Caine, Hannah and Her Sisters) leads a comfortable conning wealthy ladies out of their bank accounts. But […]

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1988

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

June 29, 2014by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: A spaceship from out of space lands in a small American town. The aircraft’s occupants quickly begin feasting on the human population. No one seems to notice the aliens […]

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1988

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

June 9, 2014by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: The film picks right up where A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors left off. The last surviving Elm Street teens believe that Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund, The […]

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1988

Sunset (1988)

April 24, 2014by Eric Binford Leave a comment

Synopsis: Legendary lawman Wyatt Earp (James Garner, Victor/Victoria) arrives in Hollywood, circa 1929, to supervise a movie about his life. Earp quickly establishes a friendship with the star of the […]

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1988

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