Big Shots
Theatrical Release Date: 10/02/1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Mandel
Actors: Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Robert Prosky, Jerzy Skolimowski, Paul Winfield
Creepozoids
Theatrical Release Date: 10/02/1987
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Richard L. Hawkins, Linnea Quigley, Ken Abraham, Ashlyn Gere, Michael Aranda, Joi Wilson
Like Father, Like Son
Theatrical Release Date: 10/02/1987
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rod Daniel
Actors: Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron, Margaret Colin, Catherine Hicks, Patrick O'Neal, Sean Astin
Near Dark
Theatrical Release Date: 10/02/1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Tim Thomerson, Jenette Goldstein
Plot: A small group of vampires turn a new man into one of them. But before they accept him into the group he must make his first kill. Can he go through with it?
Zombie High
Theatrical Release Date: 10/02/1987
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Link
Actors: Virginia Madsen, Paul Feig, Sherilyn Fenn, Clare Carey, Scott Coffey, Richard Cox
Babette's Feast ( Babettes gæstebud )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gabriel Axel
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Ghita Nørby
Plot: In 19th Century Denmark a pair of sisters stay with their father, an honored Protestant pastor, even given the opportunity to leave. When a French woman and refugee, Babbette, arrives, she begs to be taken in becoming a maid/cook/housekeeper. The father eventually dies and, on his 100th anniversary, the sisters plan a celebration feast - one in which Babbette wants to plan and prepare. Despite some trepidation, the sisters agree and Babbette offers the community the meal of a lifetime, especially for one certain man.
Big Bad Mama II
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 1.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Wynorski
Actors: Angie Dickinson, Robert Culp, Danielle Brisebois, Julie McCullough, Bruce Glover, Jeff Yagher
Plot: When a greedy bank magnate forecloses on Wilma McClatchie's land, the
sultry lady takes her two lovely teenage daughters on a robbery spree
against the man's banks, and before long, the three are folk heroes. But
when the wretched banker runs for governor, the McClatchies seek the
ultimate revenge by luring the man's son into their life of crime.
Bloody Wednesday
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark G. Gilhuis
Actors: Raymond Elmendorf, Pamela Baker, Navarre Perry, Teresa Mae Allen, Herb Kronsberg, Dale E. Turner
Plot: Odd tale of a guy who has severe mental problems leading to a shooting spree.
Catch the Heat
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Silberg
Actors: Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant, David Dukes, Rod Steiger, Brian Thompson, Jorge Martínez, John Hancock
Crazy Love
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dominique Deruddere
Actors: Josse De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas, Gene Bervoets, Amid Chakir, Florence Béliard
The Cure in Orange
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tim Pope
Actors: Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Laurence Tolhurst, Boris Williams
Funland
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael A. Simpson
Actors: William Windom, David L. Lander, Bruce Mahler, Robert Sacchi, Clark Brandon, Jan Hooks
House of Games
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Mamet
Actors: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala, J.T. Walsh, Ricky Jay
Plot: Margaret Ford (Crouse) is a psychiatrist who is trying to help Billy Hahn,
a gambler who wants to end his life. Billy confesses that he owes $25,000
that needs to be paid if not he will be killed. She then looks for Mike
(Mantegna) to compromise the dilemma. She gets close to Mike and wants to
write about his line of work.
Jackie Chan's Project A2 ( 'A' gai waak juk jaap )
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau, Charlie Chan, David Lam
Plot: Dragon Ma is back, having rid the seas of the dreaded Pirate Lo. Back on
land, assigned to the police force, he is to clean up corruption and crime
in a local suburb. Along the way, he is caught up in the fate of Chinese
patriots attempting to secure sympathy and support for their cause. The
Chinese Manchu government is after the revolutionaries, and anyone that
stands in their way, even the police force.
Retribution
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Magar
Actors: Dennis Lipscomb, Leslie Wing, Suzanne Snyder, Jeff Pomerantz, George Murdock, Pamela Dunlap
Plot: Supernatural story revolving around two men who are killed at the same
time, and come back from the dead in one body.
Signed: Lino Brocka
Theatrical Release Date: 10/01/1987
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christian Blackwood
Actors: Lino Brocka
Bad Blood ( Mauvais sang )
Theatrical Release Date: 09/30/1987
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leos Carax
Actors: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Hans Meyer, Julie Delpy, Carroll Brooks
senyora, La
Theatrical Release Date: 09/29/1987
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jordi Cadena
Actors: Silvia Tortosa, Hermann Bonnín, Luis Merlo, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Jeannine Mestre, Alfred Lucchetti
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Theatrical Release Date: 09/26/1987
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Vincent McEveety
Actors: James Arness, Amanda Blake, Buck Taylor, Fran Ryan, Earl Holliman, Steve Forrest
Plot: Will Mannon is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there some 12 years ago
