131. Appointment with Death
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills
132. Wee Sing: Grandpa's Magical Toys
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Susan Shadburne
Actors: Francisco Reynders, Kevin Hageman, Daniel Strauch, Sharene Mackall, Joel Morello, Jeff Ekdahl
133. Cocktail
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Kelly Lynch, Gina Gershon, Lisa Banes
Plot: Brian Flanagan (Cruise), a good looking, hardworking young man takes up bartending when he realizes he can't make it in the business world without a college degree. Brian teams up with veteran bartender Douglas Coughlin (Brian Brown) and they quickly become the most popular bartenders in the city.
Trying to raise money to open their own place, they spend the summer bartending in Jamaica where Cruise meets and falls in love with Jordan (Shue). But he quickly messes it up by cheating on her in order to win a bet.
134. Blackout
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Doug Adams
Actors: Gail O'Grady, Carol Lynley, Michael Keys Hall, Joseph Gian, Deena Freeman, Joanna Miles
135. The Dawning
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Knights
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, Hugh Grant, Tara MacGowran
136. Moon Over Parador
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Paul Mazursky
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia, Jonathan Winters, Charo, Sonia Braga, Fernando Rey
Plot: An actor tells the story of him masquerading as a dead dictator in an attempt to keep his death from the people of his country, only to change the military leader's image and those around him.
137. For Keeps?
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John G. Avildsen
Actors: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn, Pauly Shore, Conchata Ferrell
138. Waxwork
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anthony Hickox
Actors: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, Dana Ashbrook, Miles O'Keeffe, John Rhys-Davies
Plot: A group of friends are invited to see a very special wax museum, featuring scenes of some of the most evil men ever to exist. What they don't know is that the exhibits are very real, and they will become part of the permanent collection when they die.
139. Crossing Delancey
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Actors: Amy Irving, Peter Riegert, David Hyde Pierce, Reizl Bozyk, Jeroen Krabbé, Sylvia Miles
140. Phantasm II
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: James LeGros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Samantha Phillips, Kenneth Tigar
Plot: Following the events of the first film, Mike is released from a psych ward
-convincing the doctors everything he experienced was his imagination. Yet
immediately on release, he contacts Redge and decides to continue his hunt
for the "Tall Man" - and when he starts having dreams about a beautiful
girl, one he knows is in danger, he means to stop him before he can get to
the young woman.
