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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…
I Want To Go HomeI Want To Go Home (1989)
Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Linda Lavin, Laura Benson
Satirical French comedy focused on a washed–up American comic artist who reluctantly visits France for an exhibition, only to run into his…
I'm Gonna Git You SuckaI'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1989) Recommended
Dir. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Feat. Keenen Wayans, Bernie Casey
From the "In Living Color" team, this is a riotous send–up of those '70s blaxploitation films. A sort of NAKED GUN meets SHAFT, it's hip and…
Icicle Thief, TheIcicle Thief, The (1989) Recommended
Dir. Maurizio Nichetti
Feat. Maurizio Nichetti
Italy's answer to Woody Allen directs and stars in this zany love story–cum–media satire using the film–within–a–film…
Just Me and MarioJust Me and Mario (1989) Recommended
Dir. Greg Stitt
Feat. Mark Hadlow
Mark Hadlow portrays a repressed individual obsessed with the music and life of Mario Lanza. It's a surreal, blackly comic take on suburban angst.
K-9K-9 (1989)
Dir. Rod Daniel
Feat. James Belushi, Mel Harris, Ed O'Neill
Buddy cop action–comedy starring James Belushi as a bad–tempered San Diego police detective who becomes targeted by an international drug…
Kiwi Shorts Volume 2Kiwi Shorts Volume 2 (1989-1993)
Dir. William Toepfer, Anthony McCarten, Jessica Hobbs
Another good sampling of eight short films funded by the NZ Arts Council and Film Commission – also compiled by the good folk at…
Leningrad Cowboys Go AmericaLeningrad Cowboys Go America (Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Total Balalaika Show) (1989) Recommended
Dir. Aki Kaurismaki
Feat. Jim Jarmusch
Laconic, often funny road movie follows an awful Soviet rock group with outlandish hairstyles across backwater USA. Director is Europe's answer to…
Lethal Weapon 2Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Riggs and Murtaugh are back in a slicker, crasser, bigger–budget sequel, the hallmarks of Bond–style franchise fare. With Mel Gibson,…
Look Who's TalkingLook Who's Talking (1989)
Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis
Amiable comedy featuring 'Mickey', the infant that thinks aloud, courtesy of Bruce Willis. He's more than handful for Mom Kirstie Alley and boyfriend…

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