Octopussy (1983)
After taking a less campy approach with For Your Eyes Only, the Bond series returns to the tongue-in-cheek adventures that had become the staple of the Roger Moore era. Also, for the first time there...
Category: 1980s
The Rachel Papers (1989)
Call it a British version of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, only less successful. Normally I would knock a film for clearly going into plagiarist mode in style, but to be honest. when it’s in Ferris-mode,...
Blue Thunder (1983)
Blue Thunder‘s title refers to a military-style, modified helicopter that is being tested as a potential future means to quell crowd insurrections. The test pilot for the helicopter is Frank Murphy (Scheider), who is...
Blue Thunder (1983)
Blue Thunder‘s title refers to a military-style, modified helicopter that is being tested as a potential future means to quell crowd insurrections. The test pilot for the helicopter is Frank Murphy (Scheider), who is...
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
For the record, I watched the dubbed American version of My Neighbor Totoro (or Tonari No Totoro if you need the Japanese title) because it was the only option available to me at the time. I try to...
Bates Motel (1987)
Bates Motel was announced in February 1987 as a two-hour pilot for a proposed new comedy-thriller series on NBC. It was the brainchild of screenwriter Richard Rothstein, creator of the HBO series, “The Hitchhiker”....
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Although it’s the weaker of the three entries in the Star Wars episode 4-6 story arc, Return of the Jedi is still as thoroughly entertaining a final chapter as anyone could have reason to hope for. Lucas decides...
The Couch Trip (1988)
Dan Aykroyd had played a variety of characters up to this point in his career, with lots of memorable ones among them, but he had never played the kind of smart-ass that he does...
True Colours (1986)
Lung, Wong, and May have been lifelong friends, but circumstances forced Lung to flee the scene for five years after being a not-so-nice guy. When he returns, he finds that his once tough friend...
Better Off Dead (1985)
Better Off Dead would continue the naturally comedic persona of John Cusack in light romantic comedies. Although not a huge hit at the time of release, it would develop an ever-increasing cult audience, and...