Up for a guilty pleasure trip down nostalgia lane? Descriptions below are from IMDB.com.
Fame (R, 4/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced at $2.99 to rent / $9.99 to own in SD, $3.99 to rent / $12.99 to own in HD)
At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc.
This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation.
They are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Raul Garcia.
– Written by Reid Gagle
Purple Rain (R, 4.5/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced at $2.99 to rent / $9.99 to own in SD, $3.99 to rent / $12.99 to own in HD)
A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise.
He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn’t all that he needs.
A complicated tale of his repeating his father’s self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.
– Written by John Vogel
Flashdance (R, 4/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced at $2.99 to rent / $9.99 to own in SD, $3.99 to rent / $14.99 to own in HD)
Alex Owens is a female dynamo: steel worker by day, exotic dancer by night.
Her dream is to get into a real dance company though, and with encouragement from her boss/boyfriend, she may get her chance.
The city of Pittsburgh co-stars. What a feeling!
– Written by Stewart M. Clamen