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Some GirlsSome Girls (1988)
Dir. Mike Hoffman
Feat. Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly, Sheila Kelley
An odd and moving little film in which a college student travels to Quebec to visit his girlfriend – and her eccentric family, and is thrust…
Switching ChannelsSwitching Channels (1988)
Dir. Ted Kotcheff
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve
Newsroom comedy about a chief at a cable TV station who tries to prevent his ex–wife and anchorwoman from marrying another man by assigning her…
Twelfth NightTwelfth Night (1988)
Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Richard Briers, Caroline Langrishe
Kenneth Branagh restages his Renaissance Theatre production of the popular comedy for Thames Television with a top cast of English thespians.
TwinsTwins (1988) Recommended
Dir. Ivan Reitman
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito
A science experiment posits Big Arnie and pint–sized Danny DeVito as not–so–identical twins who meet as adults after being…
Vampire's KissVampire's Kiss (1988) Recommended
Dir. Robert Bierman
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
Nicolas Cage gives a wildly uninhibited performance as a psychotic yuppie who thinks he's been bitten by a vampire. From the pen that wrote the…
Whoopi Goldberg - Fontaine... Why am I Straight?Whoopi Goldberg - Fontaine... Why am I Straight? (1988)
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
Comedienne Whoopi Goldberg performs live, concentrating on the Fontaine persona – a streetwise dude – she first brought to light in an…
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series)Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series) (1988-1990)
Clive Anderson hosts this original British version of the gameshow based around improvised comedy. Regular clever clogs include Richard Vranch, Ryan…
Without A ClueWithout 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 BreakdownWomen On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Recommended
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)Wonder Years, The (TV Series) (1988-1993) Recommended
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…

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