138. The Trees the Bees and TT Flowers (a Rockford Files episode)
139. Taking Care of Business
140. City Slickers
141. A Death in Canaan
142. Crocodile Dundee
143. Crocodile Dundee 2
144. Slaughterhouse 5
145. Billy Liar
146. La Cage aux Follies
147. The Inspector General
148. Wildcats
149. A Storm in Summer
150. Night Flight.
Note: Both movies 149 and 150 are Hallmark movies and 149 was made twice.
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FILM REVIEWS & NOTES:
7. Planes Trains and Automobiles(John Hughes, 1987)
An early Hughes masterpiece. Neil Page (Steve Martin) is a lucky successful Chicago familyman, who sours to stewardesses and service people, when dissappointed. In an ever worsening Thanksgiving holiday trip home, Neil runs into and reservingly allies with a chummy casual Dell Griffith (John Candy). Neil, Dell and the audience share a journey of discovery into white lies, irony, throw away people, and Dell's advice to "go with the flow like a twig on a mighty stream." Planes.. has a fantastic soundtrack and was the high acting roles for Steve and John. Forgive a few goofy antics.
10 stars out of 10. ********** PAK .
21. Gorillas in the Mist (1988, Michael Apted)
The story of a resourceful and determined naturalist, who studies and stretches the limit of how she can save the mountain gorillas in Africa from extinction. Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) is under siege from tribal poachers, who see her as the menace. She schemes " they want a witch, I'll give them a witch". Dian's resident students are put on protective patrols and she puts a crowbar to an animal trader's microbus door. In the heat of strain, Diane is saved from her course of blaming staff, by her aide. "I'm on your side". Gorrillas is as meticulous in its recreation of 1960's Africa as in its primate interactions & runs off with the whole constellation.
10 out of 10 stars. ********** (PAK).
34. Mystery title British color movie about two men who own very early antique cars. They race a for pink slips(ownership) When the younger of the two pulls over and falls hopelessly behind, the other gent parks feet short of the finish line. If you know the title, please furnish it to perfectradio@hotmail.com or radioliteracy@yahoo.com, and please tell terms, if you wish to remain anonymous.
53. Them! (note this is not the science fiction Them!, but rather the television political play from the early 1970s.
85.Do the Right Thing(1989, Spike Lee)
It's the hottest day of the summer in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. The impoverished largely black community is portrayed through the personal acts and experiences of some residents, store owners and NYC police. Peacekeeping people are pitted against troublemakers and stirring up trouble is an outlet and indulgence. The performances and studies are as intense as Bed-Stuy is rough, and the film's original intent to cast Sal as an intruding bigot is stomped by Danny Aiello's script change to a super tough community-minded enterpreneur. Sal's pizzeria loses its hold when after-hours troublemakers storm the restaurant and a police handled riot ends in a torching. Bitterness mixes with civility and Do the Right Thing ends with Clarence's hateful (right thing) message. Still the performances prevail in giving this movie 9 out of 10 stars. ********* (PAK)
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