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Valmont
Genres: Romance, Drama
Starring: Colin Firth, Annette Bening, Jeffrey Jones, Fairuza Balk, Ian McNeice, Henry Thomas, T.P. McKenna
Directors: Milos Forman
Country: USA, France
Year: 1989
Available Quality: Hi Def
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love. Based on the same novel as "Dangerous Liaisons."
The January Man
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring: Faye Grant, Brian Tarantina, Alan Rickman, Rod Steiger, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Kenneth Welsh
Directors: Pat O'Connor
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police.
Turner & Hooch
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Tom Hanks, J.C. Quinn, Craig T. Nelson, John McIntire, Ernie Lively, Scott Paulin, Mare Winningham
Directors: Roger Spottiswoode
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being "put to sleep".
Kiki's Delivery Service
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Starring: Minami Takayama, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Rei Sakuma, Chika Sakamoto, Kôichi Yamadera, Takaya Hashi, Kappei Yamaguchi
Directors: Hayao Miyazaki
Country: Japan
Year: 1989
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod
This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now thirteen years old. But she is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home.
Erik the Viking
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Samantha Bond, Richard Ridings, John Cleese, Tim Robbins, Charles McKeown, Mickey Rooney, Freddie Jones
Directors: Terry Jones
Country: UK, Sweden
Year: 1989
Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
No Holds Barred
Genres: Action
Starring: Bill Henderson, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Mark Pellegrino, Charles Levin, Kurt Fuller, Joan Severance, David Paymer
Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for. Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his network. Rip refuses and goes back to his normal life. Still looking for a way to raise ratings, Brell initiates a show called "The Battle of the Tough Guys", a violent brawling competition. A mysterious man, Zeus, wins the competition. This gets Brell to use him as an angle to get at Rip.
Lonesome Dove
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, D.B. Sweeney, Rick Schroder, Robert Urich
Directors: Simon Wincer
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Epic story about two former Texas rangers who decide to move cattle from the south to Montana. Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call run into many problems on the way, and the journey doesn't end without numerous casualties. (6 hrs approx)
Mystery Train
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring: Tom Noonan, Jodie Markell, Elizabeth Bracco, Youki Kudoh, Rufus Thomas, Sy Richardson, Nicoletta Braschi
Directors: Jim Jarmusch
Country: USA, Japan
Year: 1989
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
A Japanese couple obsessed with 1950s America goes to Memphis because the male half of the couple emulates Carl Perkins. Chance encounters link three different stories in the city, with the common thread being the seedy hotel where they are all staying.
Sweetie
Genres: Drama
Starring: Paul Livingston, Geneviève Lemon, Michael Lake, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling, Dorothy Barry
Directors: Jane Campion
Country: Australia
Year: 1989
Available Quality: Hi Def
Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and slightly askew, consulting a fortune teller and then falling in love with a man because of a mole on his face and a lock of hair; then, falling out of love when he plants a tree in their yard. Sweetie is plump, imperious, self-centered, and seriously mentally ill. The parents see none of the illness, seeing only their cute child. Kay mainly feels exasperation at her sister's impositions. Slowly, the film exposes how the roots of Sweetie's illness have choked Kay's own development. Can she be released?
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Genres: Drama
Starring: Stephen Lang, Jerry Orbach, John Costelloe, Sam Rockwell, Stephen Baldwin, Burt Young, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Directors: Uli Edel
Country: USA, UK, West Germany
Year: 1989
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
The Young Riders - Season One
Genres: Romance, Western
Starring: Josh Brolin, Stephen Baldwin, Brett Cullen, Anthony Zerbe, Melissa Leo, Christopher Pettiet, Don Franklin
Directors: Unknown
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Set just before the American Civil War, this series presented a highly fictionalized account of the heyday of the Pony Express. Its focus was a group of young Express riders based at the waystation in Sweetwater, Kansas. Running the station was ex-Texas Ranger and all-around eccentric Teaspoon Hunter. The role of cook, housekeeper and mother hen was filled first by Emma and later by Rachel. The riders included the future "Buffalo Bill" Cody and James Butler ("Wild Bill") Hickok, as well as Ike, a mute, Buck, a half-White/half-Kiowa scout and the Kid, a quiet Southerner. Their final member was Lou, a young woman who lived and worked with the r...
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Genres: Animation, Short
Starring: Roger Rees, Barry Purves
Directors: Barry Purves
Country: UK
Year: 1989
Will, a poor player who bears an uncanny resemblance to Shakespeare, auditions on stage in front of Peter, a busy producer with his nose in the trade papers, hardly noticing Will's extraordinary performance. Will, using the prop of a life-sized doll and changing costumes with magical speed, acts out brief scenes at the heart of Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, As You Like It, Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, Titus Andronicus, Merry Wives, the Tempest, the Winter's Tale, and other of the Bard's plays. It's an infinite variety show, and finally Peter's attention is on Will. What will the producer say when Will finishes?
Baywatch - Season One
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Starring: David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth
Directors: Michael Berk, Gregory J. Bonann, Douglas Schwartz
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production. From 19992001, with a setting change and large cast overhaul, it was known as Baywatch Hawaii. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Baywatch was the most watched TV show of all time, with over 1.1 billion viewers around the world each week.
Great Balls of Fire!
Genres: Drama, Biography, Music
Starring: Stephen Tobolowsky, Dennis Quaid, Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Lisa Jane Persky, Robert Lesser
Directors: Jim McBride
Country: USA
Year: 1989
The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
The Golden Girls - Season Five
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur
Directors: Susan Harris
Country: USA
Year: 1989
The series revolves around four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida. The owner of the home is a widow named Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), who was joined by fellow widow Rose Nylund (Betty White) and divorcée Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur). They both responded to a room-for-rent ad on the bulletin board of a local grocery store. In the pilot episode the women had a gay cook named Coco, who was eliminated immediately because there was already not enough dialogue for the three women. The three were soon joined by Dorothy's mother, Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) after her Shady Pines retirement home burned down.
The Wonder Years - Season Two
Genres: Comedy, Family, Drama
Starring: Daniel Stern, Fred Savage, Dan Lauria
Directors: Carol Black, Neal Marlens
Country: USA
Year: 1989
The show achieved a spot in the Nielsen Top Thirty for four of its six seasons. TV Guide named the show one of the 20 best of the 1980s. After only six episodes aired, The Wonder Years won an Emmy for best comedy series in 1988. In addition, at age 13, Fred Savage became the youngest actor ever nominated as Outstanding Lead Actor for a Comedy Series. The show was also awarded a Peabody Award in 1989, for achieving two seemingly contradictory effects: evoking a traditional family sitcom while pushing boundaries and using new modes of storytelling. In total, the series won 22 awards and received another 54 nominations for various awards. In 199...
Lock Up
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Sylvester Stallone, Donald Sutherland, Jordan Lund, Darlanne Fluegel, John Amos, Frank McRae
Directors: John Flynn
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.HD 1080p PC, Mac, PS3 and XBOX 360 COMPATIBLE
The Terror Within
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
Starring: George Kennedy, Tommy Hinkley, Starr Andreeff, John Lafayette, Andrew Stevens, Terri Treas, Joseph Hardin
Directors: Thierry Notz
Country: USA
Year: 1989
It's the post-apocalypse, and the world has been changed by "the accident," a chemical warfare experiment gone awry. At an isolated subterranean complex, a group of people survives because they were able to get the antidote for the illness. They rescue a surface survivor from the gargoyles, who unfortunately had time to impregnate her, and when the "baby" is born and escapes into the ventilation ducts, they begin experiencing an attrition problem.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Season Six
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Williams
Directors: Michael Cox
Country: USA
Year: 1989
As well as being broadcast by ITV in the UK, the series was popular overseas, particularly in the United States, where the episodes initially ran on PBS stations there in the Mystery! strand. Later series gained co-production funding from Boston PBS broadcaster WGBH. The shows have also been transmitted on cable television stations Disney Channel and A&E Network in the US, and on CBC in Canada. In the UK, the series has often been repeated on Granada Plus, ITV3 and BBC Two, who ran the complete series on Saturday afternoons from 2003 to 2005. This makes the series one of the very few major in-house ITV series ever to have been subsequently sh...
Monster High
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Starring: Andrew Husmann, Dean Iandoli, Diana Frank, David Marriott, Robert Lind, Sean Haines, Doug Kerzner
Directors: Rudy Poe
Country: USA
Year: 1989
Two high school goofs steal an explosive device from another world that has been hidden on earth, and an alien named Mr. Armageddon is sent to retrieve it from them.