Category: 1985

  • Volunteers (1985, Nicholas Meyer)

    Funny comedy about rich guy Tom Hanks going into the Peace Corps in the early sixties and discovering some humility as well as a lady (Rita Wilson; she and Tom Hanks got married after meeting on the film). John Candy’s along as Hanks’s affable sidekick. Hanks is good at the snotty rich guy thing, Candy’s…

  • White Nights (1985, Taylor Hackford)

    It’s the perfect time for the White Nights post I’ve been slacking on. Why have I been slacking? A combination of things. First and foremost, White Nights is a Columbia Picture. Sony releases Columbia Pictures on DVD and has not released White Nights in the US yet. If and when they do, those twits will…