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Battle HeaterBattle Heater (Kotatsu) (1990)
Dir. Geroge Iida
Feat. Pappara Kawai, Akira Imoto
A maniacal low–budget doozie about a man–eating Kotatsu heater, this adds its own spirited splash to the horror mini–genre of…
Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will? (1990)
Dir. Jack Fisk
Feat. Beau Bridges, Beverly D'Angelo, Tess Harper
Various estranged family members re–unite when their patriarch decides to call it a life. A hillbilly comedy with lots of quality squabbling.
Death in BrunswickDeath in Brunswick (1990) Recommended
Dir. John Ruane
Feat. Sam Neill, John Clarke
Sam Neill gets himself into deep water when he lands a job in a seedy nightclub, falls in love, but unwittingly gets caught up in ethnic…
I Love You to DeathI Love You to Death (1990)
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright
Kevin Kline heads a great cast in this endearing black comedy about an embittered housewife who creatively tries to bump off her chronically…
Meet the ApplegatesMeet the Applegates (1990)
Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Ed Jr. Begley, Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman
A wacky satire about a family of insects who assimilate into suburban America in order to blow up a nuclear power plant. As bent as it sounds, from…
Shock to the System, AShock to the System, A (1990)
Dir. Jan Egleson
Feat. Michael Caine, Elizabeth McGovern, Peter Riegert
Plagued by mediocrity, bad luck and an intolerant wife, Michael Caine discovers that murder is the remedy for success.
SocietySociety (1990) Recommended
Dir. Brian Yuzna
Feat. Billy Warlock, Connie Danese, Ben Slack
Perverse hallucinations plague a young man in this sqeaumish satire of social mores in LA. The finale is an outrageous orgy of slimy…
Dead FunnyDead Funny (Penn and Teller Get Killed) (1989)
Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. David Patrick Kelly, Jon Cryer, Reg E. Cathey
Black comedy and magic duo Penn and Teller deploy an array of morbid stage show theatrics within the framework of a fictional feature.
HeathersHeathers (1989) Recommended
Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty
'Heathers' are an elite group of glamourous, stuck–up brat–girls who gradually meet their maker courtesy of a rebel Heather (Winona…
How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingHow to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) Recommended
Dir. Bruce Robinson
Feat. Richard E. Grant, Rachel Ward
Richard E. Grant encores for the director of WITHNAIL AND I to play a manic genius ad–man whose conscience rears its ugly head while he…

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