MOVIE REVIEWS - 1988

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1988 movie highlights

1988 was remarkably similar to 1987, in as much as the reliance upon sequels and "name" stars continued to drive Box Office success. Stallone was back with RAMBO III, Clint Eastwood pulled the Magnum out of the holster for a fifth "Dirty Harry" outing in THE DEAD POOL and Jason Vorhees, Michael Myers and Fredy Krueger all returned to slash their way across cinema screens. Michael Keaton ganrnered attention in Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE, Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin teamed-up for the massively under-rated MIDNIGHT RUN and new Horror icon came into being with "Chucky", the possessed toy doll, in CHILD'S PLAY. While commercially successful mainstream films such as RAIN MAN, COMING TO AMERICA, BIG and TWINS all dominated, the two biggest Genre releases for the year were the groundbreaking WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT and DIE HARD featuring popular television actor Bruce Willis in only his second genuine leading man movie role...

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1988 movie highlights

return of
the living dead:
part II
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horror
RELEASED: 15/01/88
(Usa)
TIME:  89 MINS
RATED: m

braddock:
missing in action III


action
RELEASED: 22/01/88
(USA)
TIME: 101 MINS
​RATED: m

the serpent
and the rainbow

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horror thriller
RELEASED: 5/02/88
(usa)
TIME: 98 MINS
​RATED: m

action
jackson

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​action
released: 12/02/88
(usa)
TIME: 95 MINS
RATED: r 18+

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frantic
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thriller
RELEASED: 26/02/88
(Usa)
TIME:  119 MINS
RATED: m

bettlejuice

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horror comedy
RELEASED: 30/03/88
(USA)
TIME: 92 MINS
​RATED: m

friday the 13th
part Vii:
​the new blood
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horror
​REleased: 13/05/88
(usa)
TIME: 88 MINS
​RATED: m

willow



​​fantasy action
released: 20/05/88
(usa)
TIME: 126 MINS
RATED: pg

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rambo iii
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action
RELEASED: 25/05/88
(Usa)
TIME:  97 MINS
RATED: m

poltergeist
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horror thriller
RELEASED: 10/06/88
(USA)
TIME: 97 MINS
​RATED: r 18+

red heat
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action
RELEASED: 17/06/88
(usa)
TIME: 100 MINS
​RATED: m

who framed
​roger rabbit
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fantasy action
released: 22/06/88
(usa)
TIME: 103 MINS
RATED: pg

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phantasm ii
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horror
RELEASED: 8/07/88
(Usa)
TIME:  97 MINS
RATED: m

the dead pool
(dirty harry)

action thriller
RELEASED: 13/07/88
(USA)
TIME: 91 MINS
​RATED: m

die hard


action thriller
RELEASED: 15/07/88
(usa)
TIME: 132 MINS
​RATED: m

midnight run
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​​action thriller
released: 20/07/88
(usa)
TIME: 126 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

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a nightmare on
elm street part iv:
the dream master

horror
RELEASED: 19/08/88
(Usa)
TIME:  93 MINS
RATED: m

dead
ringers


horror
RELEASED: 23/09/88
(USA)
TIME: 116 MINS
​RATED: ma 15+

halloween 4:
the return of
michael myers

horror
RELEASED: 1/10/88
(usa)
TIME: 98 MINS
​RATED: ma 15+

alien
nation


​​science fiction
released: 7/10/88
(usa)
TIME: 91 MINS
RATED: m

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they live
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science fiction
RELEASED: 4/11/88
(Usa)
TIME:  94 MINS
RATED: m

child's play
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horror
RELEASED: 9/11/88
(USA)
TIME: 87 MINS
​RATED: m

cocoon:
​the return

science fiction
RELEASED: 23/11/88
(usa)
TIME: 116 MINS
​RATED: pg

hellbound:
hellraiser II

​​horror thriller
released: 23/12/88
(usa)
TIME: 99 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

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