MOVIE REVIEWS - 1989

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1989 movie highlights

1989 was the year that "Franchise" movies became the new norm for Hollywood. Throughout the North American Summer, cinemas were crowded with Genre sequels including, what was presumed at the time to be the final film in the series, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, a reteaming of New York's favourite spectral sleuths with GHOSTBUSTERS II and a second outing for Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in LETHAL WEAPON 2. Some sequels got lost in the mix... STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER failed to resonate with audiences and nealry killed the movie franchise for good. Timothy Dalton's second adventure as James Bond proved to be his last as LICENSE TO KILL, the 16th movie in the long-running series, also failed to generate much Box Office return. However, one movie dominated the year like no other, creating the template for the 21st Century Global Blockbuster...

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1989 movie highlights

the fly ii
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horror
RELEASED: 10/02/89
(Usa)
TIME:  105 MINS
RATED: m

the burbs

comedy thriller
RELEASED: 17/02/89
(USA)
TIME: 101 MINS
​RATED: pg

fletch lives
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action comedy
RELEASED: 17/03/89
(usa)
TIME: 95 MINS
​RATED: pg

pet sematary
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​horror thriller
released: 21/04/89
(usa)
TIME: 102 MINS
RATED: m

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field of dreams
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fantasy
RELEASED: 21/04/89
(Usa)
TIME:  106 MINS
RATED: pg

indiana jones and
the last crusade

action adventure
RELEASED: 24/05/89
(USA)
TIME: 126 MINS
​RATED: pg

star trek v:
the final frontier
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science fiction
​REleased: 9/06/89
(usa)
TIME: 106 MINS
​RATED: pg

ghostbusters ii


​​horror comedy
released: 16/06/89
(usa)
TIME: 108 MINS
RATED: pg

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batman
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action adventure
RELEASED: 23/06/89
(Usa)
TIME:  126 MINS
RATED: pg

lethal weapon 2
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action thriller
RELEASED: 7/07/89
(USA)
TIME: 114 MINS
​RATED: m

licensE to kill
(james bond 16)
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action thriller
RELEASED: 14/07/89
(usa)
TIME: 133 MINS
​RATED: m

friday the 13th
​part VIII: jason takes manhattan
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horror
released: 28/07/89
(usa)
TIME: 100 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

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the abyss
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science fiction
RELEASED: 9/08/89
(Usa)
TIME:  145 MINS
RATED: m

a nightmare on elms street 5:
​the dream child

horror
RELEASED: 11/08/89
(USA)
TIME: 99 MINS
​RATED: ma 15+

black
rain


action thriller
RELEASED: 22/09/89
(usa)
TIME: 125 MINS
​RATED: m

the
punisher
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​​action thriller
released: 8/10/89
(usa)
TIME: 89 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

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halloween 5:
the revenge of michael myers

horror
RELEASED: 13/10/89
(Usa)
TIME:  96 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

shocker



horror
RELEASED: 27/10/89
(USA)
TIME: 105 MINS
​RATED: m

back to the future
part ii


science fiction
RELEASED: 22/11/89
(usa)
TIME: 108 MINS
​RATED: pg

tango
& cash


​​action
released: 22/12/89
(usa)
TIME: 105 MINS
RATED: m

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