Tag: crime-drama

• Vintage Cable Box: Repo Man, 1984

  “The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.” Repo Man, 1984 (Emilio Estevez), MCA/Universal A state trooper pulls over a ’64 Chevy Malibu, and asks the bizarre driver what’s in the trunk.  The driver tells him, “You don’t wanna know.”  The trooper opens the trunk and is instantly disintegrated, and all that is left…

  lawlerd

  August 22, 2016

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  1964, 1984, Alex Cox, Alien, alien abduction, Breathless, Capitalism, Chevrolet, Chevy, comedy, conspiracy, crime-drama, Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Jim Sheridan, Malibu, Michael Nesmith, parody, Repo Man, satire, science fiction, send-up, Sid & Nancy, Straight To Hell, UFO

• Vintage Cable Box: “The Star Chamber, 1983”

  “I’ve got five women shot through the head.  I got bodies piling up all around me.  I’m passing out the ammunition!” The Star Chamber, 1983 (Michael Douglas), 20th Century Fox Test case: a couple of undercover cops are chasing a suspicious character who dumps his gun in a garbage can. They’re about to search the…

  lawlerd

  May 2, 2016

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  1983, conservative ideology, crime-drama, criminal justice, criminal justice reform, criminal law, Don Calfa, Hal Holbrook, Joe Regalbuto, Michael Douglas, Murphy Brown, Outland, Peter Hyams, revenge fantasy, Sharon Gless, Stay Tuned, The Star Chamber, vigilante thriller, vigilantes