Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Once Bitten (1985), The Apple (1980), Choose Me (1984)

Good lord this was funny. Michael Caine and Steve Martin are con men who meet on a train in Europe and first form a partnership, then a rivalry and competition. It's laugh-out-loud funny from the beginning to end, and the third act, where they are both trying to extract $50,000 from a woman is very cleverly written. Highly recommended, one of the funniest movies of the 80s.

A very early Jim Carey vehicle! He is Mark the Virgin who is targeted by a hungry sexy vampire who needs the blood of a virgin to restore her youth. Light sex comedy ensues. This is interesting in parts (and good soundtrack!), but occasionally feels half-baked... on the other hand, it's fun enough so that you don't think too hard. Jim Carrey sure has an elastic face. Nice little movie. 

Wow, this was trash. Horrible, irredeemable garbage on fire. Made famous (infamous?) from the podcast How Did This Get Made?, The Apple was made in 1980 and is set in the faraway future of 1994, when the entire globe is dominated by one music production company, "BIM" (Boogalow Industries Music, or something stupid like that). Boogalow himself is played by the chess master in From Russia With Love, and he's interesting to watch. This movie fails on every front - the music is offensive to the ear, the plot is braindead (that ending!), and the actors muddle their way through every scene. It's ... absolutely awful. Avoid this like the plague. 

I'd never even heard of this one before I stumbled across it on Amazon Prime. First of all: what a soundtrack! All songs done by the great Teddy Pendergrass, so soulful and rich, gives this movie a real atmosphere. Loved it, hard. 

The movie itself is strange, but compelling. You can tell one man wrote and directed it. It's a relationship drama that centers around three people: a man trying to get home to Las Vegas, the owner of a dive bar called Eve's, and a radio call-in host named Nancy Love. 

Keith Carradine and the great (she's very interesting here) Lesley Ann Warren, along with Genevieve Dujold, and others (including Rae Dawn Chong). Good cast, very solid. The movie is also VERY dialog-heavy, but the '40s noir atmosphere is so thick that I didn't mind much. The movie really grew on me as it went along, and by the end I was in 100%. Very intriguing.