“Boy, you just bought the whole can of whup-ass!” In the 1980s there was a big surge in Vietnam themed war movies. From the Rambo and Missing in Action series to Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. They covered both the experiences of the soldiers in war and the aftermaths upon […]
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For fans of furious punk rock music THE DAMNED (Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Rat Scabies, Brian James) are one of the all time greatest bands to ever come along. A new 110 minute documentary on the legends entitled THE DAMNED: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead directed by Wes […]
“I was designed to save the world…” Today film geeks were challenged to retweet #AvengersAssemble in order to see the 3rd full trailer for MARVEL’s upcoming sci-fi action epic AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON early. Well we all went crazy and after a few hours the much anticipated look at […]
Michael Mann’s 1986 crime thriller MANHUNTER remains one of the best efforts of his career. At the time he made the film, he was also producing the hit TV series Miami Vice and much of that show’s MTV style editing and contemporary aesthetic shows up. Based on the novel Red […]
“Don’t misconstrue this. I’m not displaying character. Just temporary insanity.” A movie that sometimes gets lost in the shuffle when it comes to examples of great 80s sci-fi cinema is Peter Hyams’ 1981 space western OUTLAND. The story takes place on Jupiter’s moon Io where a titanium mining colony (“Con […]
“Why don’t you call me sometime when you have no class?” There was something about the decadent 80s and comedy films that went together perfectly. One of my favorites that I saw at the movies in 1986 was BACK TO SCHOOL. Rodney Dangerfield, the late great legendary comedian stars as […]
“That man is a brownie hound” One of my favorite songs as an 11 year old kid in 1985 was “Don’t You Forget About Me” by Simple Minds. I knew it so well because of the music video which I rewatched again and again. At the time the single was […]
“I’m getting too old for this shit.” When people talk about the late “King of Cool” Steve McQueen they usually bring up his big hits like the The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, and Papillon. Maybe you’ll even get a geek like myself that thinks THE BLOB is awesome. […]
“In my day, we had to either learn the tricks or we gave work to the gravediggers.” Following the massive success of Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy, the spaghetti western became the most popular genre in Italy. From the mid 60s to the mid 70s hundreds of these thrilling action movies […]
“There’s nothing like a little bit of mayhem to cheer one up.” When I was in high school my English Literature teacher introduced me to several movies that were part of the curriculum for our class. It turned out that each of them would become: some of my favorite films. […]