Those Crazy Movie Folks at Graham Cinema

The Crazy Folks review the viewers' choice The Untouchables (1987), starring Kevin Costner, Robert DeNiro, Andy Garcia and Sean Connery. Directed by Brian De Palma. Treasury Department guy Eliott Ness comes to Chicago to 'do some good' and nabs Al Capone for not paying Uncle Sam his cut. We also will give an honorable mention to Prizzi's Honor and other great mobster flicks of the 80's and 90's (no Godfather Part III), plus a side rant on the worst successful actors and actresses of all-time.

The Crazy Folks review Witness (1985), starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Danny Glover, Patti LuPone and Viggo Mortenson. Directed by Peter Weir. Harrison Ford goes to Amish country after little Amish boy witnesses a murder. The end result is Harrison pretending to be Amish, falling in love and building a barn. I mock you with my ice cream Amish guy. We also talk about the trouble with Streep, touch on the 1986 Academy Awards and Demolition Man as an underrated sci-fi movie.

The Crazy Folks review Lethal Weapon (1987), starring Danny Glover, Mel Gibson and Gary Busey. Directed by Richard Donnor. Mel Gibson is a suicidal cop with a death wish and Danny Glover becomes a glorified babysitter as they join forces to take down a gang of drug dealers.

The Crazy Folks review Robocop (1987), starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer and Kurtwood Smith. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Peter Weller has a bad first day on the job as a cop in futuristic dystopia Detriot and ends up in some badass gear thanks to big bad OCP (Omni Consumer Products). Violence and gore ensue when he goes on a brutal law enforcement binge in the west end, suffers PTSD and ends up recovering some of his humanity. A killing machine with PTSD; what could possibly go wrong?

The Crazy Folks review Big Trouble In Little China (1986), starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall and Dennis Dun. Directed by John Carpenter. Kurt Russell is a big John Wayne wannabe truck driver who wins a big bet, takes his friend to the airport to pick up his girlfriend. Hijinks ensue when the Lords of Death street thugs from Chinatown kidnap her for a dirty old man/formless 7 foot tall freaky guy with over done makeup who practices Chinese black magic.

The Crazy Folks review Romancing the Stone (1984), starring Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Kathleen Turner writes books, gets a map in the mail, goes to Columbia, takes the wrong bus, Michael Douglas saves her from shady villian guy in the jungle, they go on an adventure and shenanigans ensue over a giant shiny green rock.

We are getting ready to roll out our movie and tv show reviews for the bored and the quarantined. Stay tuned for our weekly podcast courtesy of the Graham Cinema in Graham, North Carolina.