Batteries Not Included
Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/1987
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Matthew Robbins
Actors: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Dennis Boutsikaris, Frank McRae, Tom Aldredge, Elizabeth Peña
Plot: A group of tenants, along with a down-in-the-luck diner, are being forced out by a developer who plans to demolish the building. Just as a local gang comes in to wreck havoc, a group of alien mechanical beings show up to help.
Eddie Murphy Raw
Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Townsend
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Tatyana Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, Billie Allen, Clebert Ford, Birdie M. Hale
Plot: Eddie Murphy's stand-up comedy about his life, father and relationships.
Ironweed
Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hector Babenco
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Tom Waits
Leonard Part 6
Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/1987
Overall Rating: 1.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Paul Weiland
Actors: Bill Cosby, Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn, Victoria Rowell, Gloria Foster
Plot: An ex-spy is brought back into the fold to stop an evil vegetarian from turning brain-washed animals into assassins. Yet he faces an even bigger challenge - getting his ex-wife back.
Overboard
Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Garry Marshall
Actors: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Mike Hagerty, Roddy McDowall
Plot: A rich, spoiled woman hires a carpenter to build a closet on her yacht, but leaves him without pay after disagreeing with his work. When an accident leaves her with amnesia, the carpenter convinces her that she's his wife and wrangles her into the real world to him and his four boys.
September
Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/1987
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Denholm Elliott, Dianne Wiest, Mia Farrow, Elaine Stritch, Sam Waterston, Jack Warden
Better Tomorrow II, A ( Ying hung boon sik II )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: Dean Shek, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow, Emily Chu, Kenneth Tsang
The Dead
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1987
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Huston
Actors: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy, Donal Donnelly, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany
Broadcast News
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James L. Brooks
Actors: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Joan Cusack, Jack Nicholson, Robert Prosky
Moonstruck
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: Cher, Nicolas Cage, John Mahoney, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Danny Aiello
Plot: A widower must choose between the man she agreed to marry and his brother.
