Be Kind Rewind: Back to the Future Double Feature
By Michael Nazarewycz Polish Up That Stainless Steel! Very few people dominated both the big and small screens in the 1980s the way Michael J. Fox did. After small parts and just-misses, the Canadian...
View ArticleTerror Train (1980)
By James Porter “The boys and girls of Sigma Phi, some will live, some will die.” I’ll let you in on a little something—I like trains. I grew up watching Thomas the Tank Engine, I’ve owned three model...
View ArticleChristmas Vacation, 1989
By Ryan Zimmerman There’s one word that instantly brings to mind the joys and holiday spirit we all look forward to each Christmas season. Just one word personifies family, fun and feasts. That word...
View ArticleThe Hunger, 1983
A film commentary by Romy Shiller, PhD ABOUT: The Hunger is a 1983 British romantic horror film directed by Tony Scott. It is the story of a love triangle between a doctor who specializes in sleep and...
View ArticleThe Video Store
Oh, please . . . say it ain’t so . . . yet another thing from my childhood doomed to the 80s graveyard? Not my awesome, big, boxy VHS tapes! I’m not ready for VHS to RIP just yet. Beta, sure, I’m fine...
View ArticleNetflix Sends Some 80s Love
May 5, 2014 May 1st saw the addition of some great 80s cinema to the streaming catalog on Netflix, including 1987’s “Adventures in Babysitting” (don’t bother denying how much you loved that movie) and...
View ArticleSummer School – The Movie (1987)
By Lori Ferraro There were several movies that I saw in the movie theatre more than once in the 80s because I loved them (Pretty in Pink) because it had cute boys (Top Gun) or because it was funny . ....
View ArticleBack to School, 1986
Yes, it’s that time of year again. When I think of back to school, I think of the following things: 1) Big yellow school busses, the sound of the bell ringing, and autumn leaves crunching underneath my...
View ArticleMy Hero: Mr. Mom
Before he played Birdman and before his signature role as the caped crusader in Tim Burton’s Batman, Michael Keaton played a different kind of hero in the 1983 hit comedy, Mr. Mom. In addition to...
View ArticleWhy Summer Rental is the Quintessential 80s Summer Movie
We had free HBO last weekend and as usual we recorded (or “taped” as I like to say…) a bunch of movies so we’re all stocked up for a while. I’ll finally see Dallas Buyers Club, that great/weird...
View ArticleA Most Excellent Movie – Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
With the school year coming to an end, my mind races toward a few typical end-of-school-year events. Sure, there’s prom, senior skip day, the anticipation of summer vacation and . . . oh yeah . . ....
View ArticleMy Favorite Vacation – European Vacation
Now don’t get mad at me right off the bat; the original Vacation movie starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall and Dana Barron as the Griswold family is great. Fantastic. Amazing....
View Article‘Can’t Buy Me Love’s’ Amanda Peterson Dies at 43
The star of one of the great movies of the 1980s, Can’t Buy Me Love, has passed away at just 43 years old. Amanda Peterson was found dead in her home on Sunday; her cause of death is not yet known at...
View ArticleMusical What-Ifs, Back to the Future Style
Before there was the Butterfly Effect, there was the McFly Effect. The Back to the Future trilogy is essentially a dissertation on chaos theory, on the ways that tinkering with the past can affect the...
View ArticleVacation: Two Enthusiastic Thumbs Up
I’ve spent the last week leading up to today’s release of the new Vacation reading critics’ reviews. Most have been less than kind, suggesting the new iteration tries too hard and fails to live up to...
View ArticleFriday the 13th (1980)
I love Halloween – love it, love it, love it. I love candy, I love pumpkins, I love getting dressed up, and I love that the world seems to have an orange glow. And scary movies. I LOVE scary movies;...
View ArticleWatch Mr. Stay Puft’s Reaction to the ‘2016 Ghostbusters’ Trailer
In a clever skit posted to Darren Wallace’s YouTube Channel, Mr. Stay Puft one of the beloved characters from the original 80s Ghostbusters film, gives what might be one of the most morbid reactions...
View ArticleSupercut Of ‘Greatest Tracksuits In Movies’ Features Many 80s Classics
From the humble to the flashy, film’s most iconic tracksuits take centerstage in this new video that cuts across genres and decades, fabrics and fads. Stitched together from 74 movies— some, box...
View Article‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ Was A Completely Different Movie Before This Happened…
In the new film Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, 80s icon Pee-wee Herman finds himself interacting with residents in his town of Fairville. The plot sounds slightly similar to the original idea for the 80s...
View ArticleThe Super 8 ‘Star Wars’ Tribute Done Entirely With Hands You’ve Probably...
Fans show appreciation for their favorite films in all sorts of ways. This Super 8 hand version of Star Wars might be one of the coolest ways that a fan has shown respect for the film. The 80s classic...
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