The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Theatrical Release Date: 08/10/1984
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: W.D. Richter
Actors: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith
Plot: Buckaroo Banzai is everything: hero, musician, scientist, etc... He has invented a device that will allow him to travel through solid mater by using the eighth dimension, and the aliens are after it!
Cloak & Dagger
Theatrical Release Date: 08/10/1984
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Franklin
Actors: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra, William Forsythe, John McIntire
Plot: A young boy has lost his mother and has a mostly-absent father, so he loses himself in video games and creatures a super-spy imaginary friend. But when he gets involved with a real-life espionage case, will his ingenuity aided by his "friend" be enough to save him?
Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis
Theatrical Release Date: 08/10/1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang, Giorgio Moroder
Actors: Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Brigitte Helm, Theodor Loos, Fritz Rasp
Plot: The first ever restoration to the sci-fi classic Metropolis, also made it more appealing to the MTV 80s generation with a modern pop-rock score orchestrated by Giorgio Moroder. Even though this version is accompanied by new shots, new special effects and color tinting, it was the first version since the original Berlin premiere in 1927 that followed closely the original script.
My Name is Anna Magnani ( Io sono Anna Magnani )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/10/1984
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chris Vermorcken
Actors: Anna Magnani, Federico Fellini, Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Marco Bellocchio
Phar Lap
Theatrical Release Date: 08/10/1984
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Simon Wincer
Actors: Tom Burlinson, Richard Morgan, Robert Grubb, Simon Wells, Kelvyn Worth, Justin Ridley
Red Dawn
Theatrical Release Date: 08/10/1984
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Milius
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Darren Dalton, Jennifer Grey
Plot: World War III has started - Soviet and Cuban forces have began their
assault and in a small Colorado town a group of teenagers bands together
to fight the invading forces. With inferior weapons, they must use their
wits and the lay of the land to survive the winter and defeat the
soldiers.
Question of Silence, A ( De stilte rond Christine M. )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/05/1984
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marleen Gorris
Actors: Edda Barends, Nelly Frijda, Henriëtte Tol, Cox Habbema, Eddie Brugman, Erik Plooyer
