TV… The Colbys (1985-87)

Just when you thought it was safe to put away those shoulder pads... A Swan Song for Barbara Stanwyck in her Soap sassy, sisterly role to the actor she called Moses.

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FILMS… Flashdance (1983)

She's in the mood for dancing, romancing, she's giving it all... Not to be confused with Footloose, an 18-year-old girl is a welder by day and an exotic dancer by night in a drama about dancing, love, friendships and fulfilling your dreams.

TV… Ray Bradbury Theatre (1986), The Screaming Woman, S2 EP2

When a Wee 11 -year -old Drew Barrymore Goes Down to the Woods One day... A Ray Bradbury written TV Tale where wee Heather Leary has a liking for horror stories. She hears screaming coming from the woods.

FILMS… Withnail and I (1987)

It's the end of an era for a Bohemian bittersweet bromance... A pair of unemployed and often drunk actors take a break from their dismal London life at a country cottage in the Lake District.

FILMS… Misunderstood (1984)

A Tale of Two Brothers... An American expat's wife dies and he has to break it to his young children. Only telling his eldest son, both become lost in their own grief unable to connect with each other.

TV… Murder is Easy (1982)

Once, twice, at least three times a murderer... An MIT stats professor Luke, befriends an old lady on the train on her way to Scotland Yard to report a murderer. She is killed in a hit and run accident, and Luke meets some possible suspects at her funeral. But whats the probability he's in love with the culprit?

FILMS… Dirty Dancing (1987)

Remembering a cinema trip in the 1980s... The year is 1987, the film is Dirty Dancing and the stars are Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze.

FILMS… Educating Rita (1983)

Why didn't I review this Willy Russell written reel years ago..? A heavy drinking, jaded University lecturer is assigned to teach an Open University student in all things literature.

FILMS… Escape from New York (1981)

A Movie Chock Full of Snake Plissken Action... Kurt Russell plays the leather jacketed, eye patched, big booted anti-hero that everyone thought was dead, on a one man dangerous mission in a maximum security prison, to save the President.

FILMS… Annie (1982)

You're getting Annie (1982) as my comfort movie... In the 1920s, baby Annie is left at an orphanage by her parents, who promise to return for her. 10 years later, Annie is invited to stay at a famed billionaire's house for a week. She tells him her wish to be reunited with her parents.

FILMS… North Sea Hijack / ffolkes (1980)

A ffolkes hero has the situation all sewn up... A cat loving, whisky drinking, bearded misogynist and his frogmen take on some terrorists in a North Sea oil rig.