Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Without A Clue (1988)- Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones… - A nicely contrived send–up of the Sherlock Holmes stories, with Kingsley playing Doctor Watson, who in fact has invented the character of…
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura - Speedy sparkling slapstick from Almodovar, in which pregnant Carmen Maura is dumped by her boyfriend, harassed by his suicidal ex–wife and…
Wonder Years, The (TV Series) (1988-1993)- Feat. Fred Savage
- One of the more endearing US TV series of the period, depicts the 'growing up' of its adolescent protagonists with humour and empathy. This disc…
Working Girl (1988)- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver… - Expertly–made, snappy comedy of ambitious secretary Melanie Griffith's rise to the top.
World Apart, A (1988)- Dir. Chris Menges
Feat. Barbara Hershey - True account of a teenage girl's isolated upbringing in aparteid–torn South Africa, whose obsessed mother is jailed for political activism in…
Young Guns (1988)- Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland… - The long–neglected Western finds popularity with a new generation with an all–star youthful cast.
Zelly and Me (1988)- Dir. Tina Rathborne
Feat. Isabella Rossellini, David Lynch - Poignant story of a young orphan girl caught between her possessive grandmother and her governness (Isabella Rosellini). David Lynch has a major…
21 Jump Street (TV Series) (1987-1991)- Feat. Johnny Depp, Frederic Forrest, Peter DeLuise…
- Iconic, lightly–rendered youth thriller series, in which four young–looking undercover cops infiltrate high schools to expose various…
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins - Book–loving New Yorker Anne Bancroft corresponds with London bookseller Anthony Hopkins in the decades following WWII, leading to some platonic…
A Taxing Woman (1987)- Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Nobuko Miyamoto - A nicely offbeat look at the potentially boring subject of tax evasion. Nobuko Miyamoto plays our star tax collector who meets her match in a hotshot…
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