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The Blob
The Blob (1988) on 5 august 1988
, 1h30
Directed by Chuck Russell
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films
Actors Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark
Rating66% 3.3008053.3008053.3008053.3008053.300805
A meteorite crashes near Arborville, California. An elderly transient discovers, within the sphere, a massive slime mold-like substance (the Blob) that attaches itself to his hand. Three high school students, Brian, Meg and Paul, take him to a hospital. After Brian leaves, Paul witnesses the lower half of the transient melting from exposure to the Blob. As he calls for help, the Blob drops on top of him. Meg arrives to see Paul being devoured by the growing Blob. While she tries to free him, his arm dissolves off, Meg is thrown against a wall and knocked unconscious, and the Blob oozes out of the hospital.
Space Mutiny
Space Mutiny (1988) on 1 august 1988
, 1h33
Directed by David Winters
Origin South africa
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Dans l'espace, Musical films, Space opera
Actors Reb Brown, Cisse Cameron, Cameron Mitchell, John Phillip Law
Rating21% 1.057441.057441.057441.057441.05744
The Southern Sun is a generation ship, or a spacefaring vessel that contains a large number of people, whose mission is to colonize a new world. Its voyage has lasted generations, so many of its inhabitants have been born and will die without ever setting foot on solid ground. This does not please the antagonist, Elijah Kalgan, who conspires with the pirates infesting the nearby Corona Borealis system and the ship’s Chief Engineer MacPhearson. Kalgan hatches a plot to disrupt the Southern Sun’s navigation systems and use the Enforcers, the ship’s police force, to hijack the ship and direct it towards this system. At this point, the inhabitants of the Southern Sun will have no choice but to accept his "generosity".
The Perfect Murder
The Perfect Murder (1988) on 3 august 1988
, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Madhur Jaffrey, Amjad Khan, Annu Kapoor
Rating59% 2.9565452.9565452.9565452.9565452.956545
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. His wife is generally disgruntled and wants a better life. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary of Lala Heera Lal, a wealthy man with underworld links. Inspector Ghote commences his investigation and is displeased when his superiors ask him to work with a Swedish Forensic expert, Axel Svennson. Axel is thrilled to get a closer look at the working of the Bombay Police, but realizes that Ghote may not be one of their best police officers. When their friendship develops, he gets invited to Ghote's house, and meets Pratima. Their investigation, though prima facie simple enough, takes them through turns and twists that both had not expected - including corridors of power and corruption - and finally to the conclusion and the unmasking of the culprit(s) behind this incident.
Tin Toy
Tin Toy (1988) on 1 august 1988
, 5minutes
Directed by John Lasseter
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Jeu, Films about toys, Children's films
Rating64% 3.2427353.2427353.2427353.2427353.242735
The film takes place in one room and stars the toy of the title, a mechanical one-man band named Tinny, and a baby named Billy. At first Tinny is delighted at the prospect of being played with by Billy until he sees how destructive he can be. Fleeing beneath the couch, Tinny discovers dozens of other toys who are too terrified to come out as they went through the same experience. But then Billy falls flat on the hardwood floor and starts crying. Tinny feels ashamed of himself, and decides he has to help no matter what. His antics succeed in cheering Billy up, to the point where Billy picks him up and shakes him violently before throwing him away. Once the toy has recovered from this ordeal, he is annoyed to see that Billy has forgotten about him and is now playing with the cardboard box and bag that he came out of. Billy walks off with the bag on his head, wandering around the room with Tinny following while the credits roll. At the end of the credits, Billy and Tinny walk out the door of the room and a few other toys come out of hiding to run across the floor.
Alice
Alice (1988) on 3 august 1988
, 1h24
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Anne Consigny, Camilla Power, Martin Provost
Rating73% 3.6990853.6990853.6990853.6990853.699085
Alice appears to be in her own bedroom, when a taxidermically stuffed rabbit comes to life and breaks out of its glass case. Alice follows the rabbit through the drawer of a desk into a cavern. She subsequently falls through a bucket and seemingly down an elevator shaft. Wonderland itself is a mix of drab household-like areas with incongruous relationships of space and size. The Queen's execution sentences are carried out by the White Rabbit with a pair of scissors. At the film's end, Alice wakes in her room, discovers that the rabbit is still missing from his glass case, and finds a secret compartment where he keeps scissors. She ponders whether or not she will cut his head off. The film is ambiguous about whether this room is Alice's real world or "Wonderland".
The Rescue
The Rescue (1988) on 5 august 1988
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Kevin Dillon, Ned Vaughn, Marc Price, Charles Haid, Christine Harnos, James Cromwell
Rating54% 2.7050752.7050752.7050752.7050752.705075
The film opens on a U.S. military base in South Korea. Personnel receives word that a U.S. submarine has become disabled in international waters near North Korea. A team of four Navy SEALS travels to the underwater site of the sub, rescues the captain, and lays explosives. The captain is airlifted from the SEALS' raft and taken to safety. Shortly after, the SEALS' raft is intercepted by a North Korean helicopter just as the explosives detonate, destroying the submarine. The SEALS are captured and placed in prison cells in a North Korean fortress. Back home on the base, the SEALS' children watch news of their fathers' trial. The North Korean government alleges that the SEALS were engaged in espionage. Under North Korean law, if they are found guilty, they could be executed.
Vibes
Vibes (1988) on 5 august 1988
, 1h39
Directed by Ken Kwapis
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk, Julian Sands, Ramon Bieri, Michael Lerner
Rating57% 2.8506752.8506752.8506752.8506752.850675
Lauper plays Sylvia Pickel (pronounced with an emphasis on the "kel", as she points out), a trance-medium who has contact with a wisecracking spirit guide named Louise. She first began communicating with Louise after falling from a ladder at the age of twelve and remaining comatose for two weeks. Subsequently, Louise taught her astral projection while Sylvia was placed in special homes for being "different." At a study of physics, she meets fellow psychic Nick Deezy (Goldblum), a psychometrist who can determine the history of events surrounding an object by touching it. Sylvia has a history of bad luck with men, and her overly flirtatious behavior turns off Nick right away.