Showing posts with label Year: 1980. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Year: 1980. Show all posts

The Shining (1980)

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Stanley Kubrick's terrifying, mesmerising classic both adapts and adds to the Stephen King horror novel. Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) ...

The Hunter (1980)

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Steve McQueen’s final film before his death from cancer isn’t regarded as a classic, but it ought to be. He plays a bounty hunter whose task...

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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Tightly plotted and relentlessly entertaining, this was the second Star Wars film to be released (although it's placed fifth in the over...

The Jazz Singer (1980)

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The 1927 film The Jazz Singer starred Al Jolson and went down in history as the first full-length “talking” motion picture. This remake cas...

Fame (1980)

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Alan Parker’s engaging drama tells the story of a group of teenagers at the New York High School of Performing Arts. We follow them from the...

The Blues Brothers (1980)

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Directed by John Landis , this is a remarkable blend of comedy, musical, road-trip saga, crime caper and love letter to Chicago . It’s right...

Raging Bull (1980)

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Martin Scorsese directs Robert De Niro again. This time, De Niro plays real-life boxer Jake LaMotta in an adaptation of the latter’s 1970 m...

Gregory’s Girl (1980)

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An absolutely lovely comedy directed by Bill Forsyth, the talent behind Local Hero and several other great films. Gregory (John Gordon S...

Airplane! (1980)

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Spoof disaster film that’s extremely funny. As with others in this series ( see also The Naked Gun ), no joke is considered too silly or too...

Flash Gordon (1980)

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Highly entertaining adaptation of the comic-book hero’s exploits, wisely playing up the outlandish, cartoonish aspects of the story. The ...

9 to 5 (1980)

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Office-based comedy about sexism in the workplace. Jane Fonda , Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton are fairly entertaining in the main roles, pl...