MFB: January 1988

Introduction for newcomers

Censor certificates

Glossary

Monthly Film Bulletin

January 1988

Vol. 55 No. 648

Amazing Stories

USA - 1987 - 110m - col

UIP (15)

D: Steven Spielberg, William Dear, Robert Zemeckis
Three episodes of the same-named TV series (1985-87), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.

Angel Dust

Poussière d’ange

(aka: Killing Time)

France - 1987 - 95m - col

Palace (15)

D: Edouard Niermans

The Bee Keeper

Ο μελισσοκόμος

Greece/France/Italy - 1986 - 122m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Theodoros Angelopoulos

Bulletproof

USA - 1987 - 94m - col

Virgin (15)

D: Steve Carver
Ultra-Stereo

China Girl

USA - 1987 - 90m - col

Vestron (18) (cut)

D: Abel Ferrara
Dolby Stereo

Creepshow 2

USA - 1987 - 90m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Michael Gornick
Series: Creepshow (1982, Nov/1982).

Crime Story

USA (TV) - 1986 - 97m - col

V: CIC (15)

D: Abel Ferrara
Pilot episode of the same-named TV series (1986-88), released on UK video as a stand-alone feature.

Fatal Attraction

USA - 1987 - 120m - col

UIP (18)

D: Adrian Lyne
Dolby Stereo

The Glass Menagerie

USA - 1987 - 135m - col

Columbia (PG)

D: Paul Newman

Housekeeping

USA - 1987 - 116m - col

Columbia (PG)

D: Bill Forsyth
Dolby Stereo

The Lost Boys

USA - 1987 - 97m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Joel Schumacher
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008), Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

O melissokomos

[see: Bee Keeper, The]

My Sweet Little Village

Vesničko má středisková

Czechoslovakia - 1985 - 100m - col

Cannon (PG)

D: Jiří Menzel

Near Dark

USA - 1987 - 94m - col

Entertainment (18) (cut)

D: Kathryn Bigelow
Ultra-Stereo

Predator

USA - 1987 - 106m - col

20th Century Fox (18)

D: John McTiernan
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Converted to 3-D for Blu-ray release in 2014.
Followed by: Predator 2 (1990, May/1991), AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004, Nov/2004), AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007, Mar/2008), Predators (2010, Sep/2010).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

UK - 1987 - 101m - col

Palace (18)

D: Stephen Frears

Sarraounia

France/Mauritania/Burkina Faso - 1986 - 121m - col / scope

ICA (15)

D: Med Hondo

The Stepfather

USA - 1986 - 89m - col

Virgin (18)

D: Joseph Ruben
Followed by: Stepfather II (1989), Stepfather III (1992).
Ultra-Stereo

The Woo Woo Kid

USA - 1987 - 98m - col

Guild (PG)

D: Phil Alden Robinson