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Captain America

Genres: Sci-Fi, Action

Starring: Ned Beatty, Michael Nouri, Melinda Dillon, Ronny Cox, Norbert Weisser, Scott Paulin, Francesca Neri

Directors: Albert Pyun

Country: USA, Yugoslavia

Year: 1990

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod

Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull.

 

Visions in Meditation #3: Platos Cave

Genres: Short

Starring: Stan Brakhage

Directors: Stan Brakhage

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Available Quality: Hi Def

Though his film were rarely seen outside the experimental film community, there is one bit of film that Brakhage is supposed to have made that practically everyone in America has seen -- the original shot of a Downy fabric softener bottle falling in slow motion into a plump pile of towels.

 

Child's Play 2

Genres: Thriller, Horror

Starring: Brad Dourif, Beth Grant, Jenny Agutter, Greg Germann, Gerrit Graham, Grace Zabriskie, Christine Elise

Directors: John Lafia

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod

Chucky's back! The notorious killer doll with the satanic smile comes back to life in this new chapter depicting the terrifying struggle between young Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) and the demonic doll attempting to possess his soul. Despite being roasted to a crisp in his last escapade, Chucky rises from the ashes after being reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll. Back in one piece, Chucky tracks his prey to a foster home where the chase begins again in this sequel to the enormously popular original.

 

Lambada

Genres: Drama

Starring: Gina Ravera, Melora Hardin, Dennis Burkley, Basil Hoffman, Ricky Paull Goldin, Rita Bland, J. Eddie Peck

Directors: Joel Silberg

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Available Quality: Hi Def

Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid's respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them academics. But when a jealous student exposes Kevin's double life, his two worlds collide, threatening his job and reputation.

 

Glaze of Cathexis

Genres: Short

Starring: Stan Brakhage

Directors: Stan Brakhage

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def

"The production of nervous force is directly connected with the diet of an individual, and its refining depends on the very purity of this diet, allied to appropriate breathing exercises.The diet most calculated to act effectively on the nervous force is that which contains the least quantity of animal matter; therefore the Pythagorean diet, in this connection, is the most suitable.

 

Dick Tracy

Genres: Action, Thriller, Family

Starring: Seymour Cassel, Glenne Headly, William Forsythe, James Keane, Ed O'Ross, Charlie Korsmo, Michael Donovan O'Donnell

Directors: Warren Beatty

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod

Legendary police detective Dick Tracy is the only man tough enough to take on gangster boss Big Boy Caprice and his band of menacing mobsters. Dedicated to his work but at the same time devoted to his loyal girlfriend, Tess Trueheart, Tracy find himself torn between love and duty. His relentless crusade against crime becomes even more difficult when he gets saddled with an engaging orphan and meets seductive and sultry Breathless Mahoney, a torch singer determined to get the best of Tracy. A faceless character, known as the Blank, threatens both Tracy and Big Boy, and it takes all of Tracy's skills to save the city.

 

Treasure Island

Genres: Adventure

Starring: Christian Bale, Charlton Heston, Pete Postlethwaite, Christopher Lee, James Cosmo, John Abbott, Julian Glover

Directors: Fraser Clarke Heston

Country: USA, UK

Year: 1990

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, w...

 

Edward Scissorhands

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dick Anthony Williams, Vincent Price, Alan Arkin, Caroline Aaron

Directors: Tim Burton

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

A kind inventor is almost finished piecing together his latest creation when fate prevents him from completing his most important project. Edward may seem dangerous, with scissors instead of hands, but when a compassionate Avon lady comes calling, it's clear that things are going to be changing for Edward who has been alone in the large empty mansion. What they both don't realize is that the most important change of all won't be found in Edward but in the residents of the sleep suburbs he will be calling home, and a young teenage girl who's eyes will be opened.

 

Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon

Genres: Action, Comedy

Starring: Mark Houghton, Xin Xin Xiong, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Chia Yung Liu, Po Tai, Fung Woo, Irene Britto

Directors: Chia Yung Liu

Country: Hong Kong

Year: 1990

Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (Chinese: ????, Chinese: ????, pinyin: shòu h? féi lóng) aka Skinny Tiger & Fatty Dragon aka Nutty Kickbox Cops from the German distributor is a 1990 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Lau Kar Wing (Liu Chia Yung), starring Sammo Hung and Karl Maka. The trio had worked together in the late 1970s, making two films for Lau and Hung's short-lived Gar Bo Motion Picture Company. Whilst Lau continued to appear in Hung's films for Golden Harvest throughout the 1980s, Maka had gone on to co-run Cinema City. Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon was therefore something of a reunion for the three actors.

 

Twin Peaks - Season One

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Starring: Michael Ontkean, Kyle MacLachlan, Mädchen Amick

Directors: David Lynch, Mark Frost

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Twin Peaks' pilot episode was first broadcast on April 8, 1990 on ABC, which led to another seven episodes being produced and a second season, which aired until June 10, 1991. The show's name came from its setting, a small fictional Washington town. Exteriors were primarily filmed in Snoqualmie and North Bend, with additional exteriors shot in southern California. Most of the i...

 

The Golden Girls - Season Six

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Starring: Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur

Directors: Susan Harris

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Like many sitcoms and serials of the 1980s and early 1990s, The Golden Girls frequently referenced neighbors in storylines and set-ups for gags and crossovers. There were eight neighbors referenced over the shows run, one of them (The Westons) evolved into a spinoff of its own. Of the eight neighbor families only the Westons, the McDowels, the Bartons and Frieda Claxton were actually shown on screen. Their neighbors are listed as follows, in order of frequency of appearance and/or reference.

 

The Wonder Years - Season Three

Genres: Comedy, Family, Drama

Starring: Daniel Stern, Fred Savage, Dan Lauria

Directors: Carol Black, Neal Marlens

Country: USA

Year: 1990

The series depicts the social and family life of a boy in a typical American suburb from 1968 to 1973, covering his ages of 12 through 17. Each year in the series is presented as having taken place 20 years before the original air dates (1988 to 1993).

 

State of Grace

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Starring: Gary Oldman, John C. Reilly, John Turturro, R.D. Call, Ed Harris, Sean Penn, Thomas G. Waites

Directors: Phil Joanou

Country: USA, UK

Year: 1990

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def

Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.

 

Darkman

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Starring: Liam Neeson, Ted Raimi, Nicholas Worth, Dan Hicks, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Aaron Lustig

Directors: Sam Raimi

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

Peyton Westlake is a scientist who has discovered a way to produce synthetic skin. This could revolutionise skin grafting, except for one minor glitch; the synthetic skin degrades after 100 minutes of exposure to light. When gangsters attack Peyton, he is horrifically burnt, and assumed dead. In his quest for revenge, Peyton, aka the Darkman, is able to take on the appearance of anyone (using the synthetic skin,) but he's only got 100 minutes per disguise.

 

Hamlet

Genres: Drama

Starring: Josef Sommer, Dana Ivey, Reg E. Cathey, Kevin Kline, Diane Venora, Rene Rivera, Michael Cumpsty

Directors: Kevin Kline

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Available Quality: iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def

This is a Great Performances presentation of Joseph Papp's 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of the play. Hamlet returns from university for his father's funeral to find his uncle married to his mother. Prompted by his father's ghost, Hamlet carries out his investigation and revenge.

 

In Living Color - Season One

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Jim Carrey, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Kelly Coffield Park

Directors: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Country: USA

Year: 1990

In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series, which originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote, and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The show was taped before a live studio audience at stage 7 at the Fox Television Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The title of the series was inspired by the NBC announcement of broadcasts being presented "in living color" during the 1950s and 1960s, prior to mainstream color television.

 

Slumber Party Massacre III

Genres: Horror

Starring: David Kriegel, Michael Harris, Maria Claire, Marta Kober, Hope Marie Carlton, Wayne Grace, Maria Ford

Directors: Sally Mattison

Country: USA

Year: 1990

After a hard day of volleyball at the beach, a teen whose parents are away decides to have a slumber party with her girlfriends. Their boyfriends predictably show up to scare them, but a stranger from the beach is also seen lurking around the house. Soon the group begins experiencing an attrition problem.

 

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Season Seven

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Starring: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Williams

Directors: Michael Cox

Country: USA

Year: 1990

MPI Home Video has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1, in various incarnations. MPI released The Adventures & The Return in single disc volumes as well as complete collections. The Casebook & The Memoirs were released as a single collection box sets. In addition, on 25 September 2007, a complete series set was released featuring all 41 episodes in one complete collection for the very first time.

 

The Guardian (1990)

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Drama

Starring: Theresa Randle, Xander Berkeley, Dwier Brown, Miguel Ferrer, Jenny Seagrove, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall

Directors: William Friedkin

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Alan and Molly Sheridan have a baby boy named Jake. They hire a baby-sitter, Camilla, to look after Jake and she becomes part of the family. The Sheridan's friend and neighbour, Phil, takes a liking to Camilla and asks her out. She refuses, but Phil follows her and discovers that she is not quite human. Camilla discovers that she has been followed and Phil is pursued. He leaves a desperate message for Alan and Molly which reveals that Camilla has special plans for baby Jake.

 

Full House - Season Five

Genres: Comedy, Family, Drama

Starring: Dave Coulier, John Stamos, Bob Saget

Directors: Jeff Franklin

Country: USA

Year: 1990

Initially, Jesse is uncertain if his life is going in the right direction after making the life-altering decision to help raise the girls. In season two, Danny becomes host of a local television morning show. His co-host, Rebecca "Becky" Donaldson, starts dating Jesse, and eventually becomes his wife and joins the household. The family finds a dog and keeps one of her puppies, Comet, as a pet. Finally, Jesse and Becky have twin sons, Nicky and Alex, who become additions to the family. Two notable additional characters are Kimmy Gibbler, D.J.'s best friend and the Tanner family's annoying neighbor, and Steve Hale, D.J.'s boyfriend.