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Tag / 1982

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Time Masters (1982)

  • Others
  • 1982, France, Rene Laloux
  • 1 Comment

Containing the hallmarks of great sci-fi fantasy movies, this enthralling but underseen animation from the โ€˜Fantastic Planetโ€™ director, with art stylings from Mล“bius, gives us intergalactic, mind-bending travel, as an urgent rescue crew attempts to reach a boy stranded on a hostile planet. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Legendary Weapons of China (1982)

  • Lau Kar-Leung
  • 1982, Hong Kong, Lau Kar-Leung
  • 1 Comment

Offering almost nothing in terms of plot and characterisation, Lauโ€™s film is an often hilarious if skilful showcase of a series of dynamic action โ€˜spectaclesโ€™ one after another.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Himala (1982)

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  • 1982, Philippines
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The exploitation of religion in a poor village is the subject of Bernalโ€™s best-known, and at times, shocking work, as word spreads about a woman who claims to have visions of the Virgin Mary.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 26, 2023 by Eternality Tan

King of Comedy, The (1982)

  • Scorsese, Martin
  • 1982, Martin Scorsese, USA
  • 4 Comments

De Niroโ€™s most wicked performance for a Scorsese picture, this is an incisively comical take on what happens when the determination to succeed in showbiz is taken to the extreme.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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February 5, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Boat People (1982)

  • Criterion Collection, Hui, Ann
  • 1982, Ann Hui, Hong Kong
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Itโ€™s tragic and overly melodramatic for sure, but Ann Hui’s then-controversial work about the sufferings of the Vietnamese post-Vietnam War remains a significant entry of the burgeoning Hong Kong New Wave.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Blade Runner (1982)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 1982, Ridley Scott, USA
  • 8 Comments

One of the greatest sci-fi films ever made, this is a masterpiece of mood setting, existential themes and unforgettable images.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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October 27, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Visit, or Memories and Confessions (1982)

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  • 1982, Documentary, Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal
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This quaint self-reflective piece by Oliveira doesnโ€™t always work, but it is an introspective glimpse into the filmmakerโ€™s mind, his life experiences and awareness of his mortality.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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October 24, 2020January 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Good Marriage, A (1982)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1982, Eric Rohmer, France
  • 3 Comments

Rohmerโ€™s second โ€˜Comedies & Proverbsโ€™ film is one of his more straightforward affairs as it dissects with nuance why some people are obsessed with marriage, while others are simply disinterested.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 9, 2020September 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Veronika Voss (1982)

  • Criterion Collection, Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
  • 1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany
  • 2 Comments

The perils of drug addiction meet with the allure of a faded Third Reich star in Fassbinderโ€™s evocative and fatalistic penultimate film.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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July 12, 2020October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

One from the Heart (1982)

  • Coppola, Francis Ford
  • 1982, Francis Ford Coppola, USA
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A skimpy storyline and uninteresting lead characters mar this artistic antecedent to โ€˜Moulin Rougeโ€™ and โ€˜La La Landโ€™.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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