10 June 2013
Cast: Chris Evans, David Schwimmer, Michael Shannon, Ray Liotta, Winona Ryder
Script: Ariel Vromen, Morgan Land
Genre: biopic, true crime
Setting: 1970s, 1980s, New York
6 Stars
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based on the true story of Richard Kuklinski. In 1986 Richard Kuklinski was arrested for murder, he worked as a contract killer for the mob, and yet his wife and daughters knew him only as a devoted family man. This … Continue reading
15 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: 1980s, Australia
8 Stars
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Vanessa works in a roadhouse in an isolated part of Australia. When we first meet her we don’t know why exactly she’s out there, she says she just wants to save some money and then maybe travel. That isn’t all … Continue reading
Read for the Once Upon a Time VI challenge Many, many moons ago Carl posted his review of this book. And then and there I thought, that sounds interesting. But I never got around to buying it at the time. … Continue reading
10 December 2011
Call no: 133.1
Genre: non-fiction, occultism
Setting: 1980s, 1990s, New York
6 Stars
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In 1982 Elaine Mercado and her family moved from an apartment into what they hoped would be their dream home. This house, in the Gravesend section of south Brooklyn, needed some work, but the family felt they could convert this … Continue reading
1 November 2010
Call no: 800
Genre: general fiction, Juv/YA
Setting: 1980s, London
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This is the sort of book I don’t usually read. You know the ones, from the “sad story” section of the bookshop. The misery-books as I call them. But a few years ago I’d heard of Melvin Burgess as an author to look out for. I’ve read his Lady : My life as a Bitch and to be honest I wasn’t all that impressed, but I’ll always give an author a second go. So I tried this one.
In the 1980′s Nick Dane is growing up as an average, if bright kid. He comes from a single parent family, and his mother has a secret. She never got off the drugs, not completely. And in the course of having a “taste” she accidentally overdoses and Nick is left all alone in the world. Soon he finds himself carted off to a “home” for boys, and soon learns that the violence and random beatings are not the worse this place has to offer.
Author: Siobhan Down ISBN: 9780099488163 DDC: 823.92 LibraryThing | Wikipedia | Siobhan Dowd Trust The place brought to mind a sinking ship. Wood creaked on the floor, across the pews, up in the gallery. Around the walls, a fierce March … Continue reading
18 December 2007
Cast: Alex Veadov, Danny Hoch, Eva Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall
Script: James Grey
Genre: thriller
Setting: 1980s, New York
5 Stars
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Bobby is a night club manager. It is the 1980′s, New York. Life is good. Until the day his brother comes calling. Bobby’s brother, Joe, you see, is a cop. A drugs cop and he arrives in full on SWAT-mode … Continue reading
20 April 2007
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Thieme, Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur
Script: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Genre: drama
Setting: 1980s, Germany
10 Stars
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In 1984 in East Germany the secret police, or Stasi were everywhere, watching everything. This film details the activities of one officer, Wiesler, as he monitored a popular playwright. Wiesler doesn’t believe that Dreyman could possibly be as pro the party as he makes out. Too arrogant. So he suggests keeping him under surveillance, just in case. His superior officer doesn’t agree, at first, but then Minister Bruno Hempf mentions that perhaps he isn’t such a fan, and that perhaps Dreyman isn’t a favourite. It turns out that Hempf is more than interested in Dreyman’s girlfriend, the actress Christa-Maria Sieland, and so would like nothing better than to remove his rival by having him arrested and taken away.
13 October 2006
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Frances de la Tour, James Corden, Jamie Parker, Richard Griffiths, Russell Tovey, Sacha Dhawan, Samuel Anderson, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Campbell Moore
Script: Alan Bennett
Genre: drama
Setting: 1980s, Yorkshire
7 Stars
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Set in 1983, in a Yorkshire grammer school, this film tells the story of a group of teenage boys trying to get into Oxford and Cambridge. Their headmaster who wants them to get a bit of polish as they are … Continue reading
12 May 2004
Setting: 1980s
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Growing up in Ireland -memories for anyone over 30, according to the site I stole it from, well I’m not near 30 yet, and I remember most of these too :) I’m talking about Hide and Seek in the park, … Continue reading
