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Jungle Fever (1991)
"Jungle Fever" is a romantic drama film that explores the beginning and the end of an extramarital interracial relationship set in the urban backdrop of New York City. Producer-director-screenwriter Spike Lee explores the relationship from racial, marital, religious, moral, and social angles, forthrightly depicting reactions of people, [..]
Punchline (1988)
"Punchline" shows that the stand-up comedy business is not all laughs. This mostly drama-based film tells the story of a talented young comic who helps a housewife break into a career as a comedian. There is a hint of "A Star is Born" (1937, 1954, 1976, [..]
Scrooged (1988)
Holiday hilarity prevails in "Scrooged," producer-director Richard Donner's updated version of "A Christmas Carol," first published by Charles Dickens in 1843. Bill Murray plays an autocratic head of a television network who gets visits from the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. We all know what will [..]
Midnight Crossing (1988)
Faye Dunaway heads a cast in a drama film about two couples who go on a search for one million dollars they think is buried on an island between Miami and Cuba. The four people soon turn against each other in dramatic fashion in "Midnight Crossing." [..]
Willow (1988)
"Willow" is a story developed by George Lucas that director Ron Howard ("Cocoon" 1985) brought to the big screen. The story follows a dwarf, played by Warwick Davis, who protects an infant from an evil queen. Top notch direction by Howard and a great screenplay by [..]
Whisper Kill (1988)
"Whisper Kill" is a suspense-filled crime drama about an investigative reporter and an associate pursuing a murderer. Director Christian I. Nyby II and teleplay writer John Bensink keep the 93-minute made-for-television film running smoothly, with Loni Anderson and Joe Penny in the starring roles. For some [..]
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
"My Stepmother Is an Alien" is out-of-this-world escapist entertainment from director Richard Benjamin ("The Money Pit" 1986). Kim Basinger plays an alien who is sent to Earth to deal with disruption of her planet's gravity, caused by a scientist's experiments with radio waves sent into deep space. [..]
Twins (1988)
"Twins" is a buddy comedy film featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito playing twins who were separated at birth. A core element of the comedy is not only the physical contrast between the two, but the personality differences that include the streetwise DeVito and the intelligent but [..]
Big Business (1988)
"Big Business" is a comedy film starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, each playing two roles as sets of twins mismatched at birth. One set grew up in a wealthy New York City family, while the other two were reared in poverty-stricken West Virginia. Director Jim [..]
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Director-screenwriter Terry Gilliam ("Monty Python and the Holy Grail" 1975) tries to create a motion picture based on the wartime exploits of a German nobleman against the Ottoman Empire. The supposed fantasy-adventure-comedy "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" fails to be a fantasy, an adventure, or a comedy. [..]