Tagged: Lawrence Kasdan

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1980s / Action / Adventure / War

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Before I would develop an obsession with Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Vertigo, Raiders of the Lost Ark was my all-time favorite movie.  Perhaps as testament to the film’s greatness, it still ranks as a close second.  When someone...

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2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Into Darkness) strips away the lumbering effect of the Star Wars prequels and gets back to the golly-gee-whiz action-fantasy we’ve all come to know and love from the original Star Wars (aka A New Hope), and while...

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1980s / Comedy / Romance

Continental Divide (1981)

John Belushi stars as Chicago Sun-Times star reporter Ernie Souchak, a household name in town for exposing corrupt politicians, whose latest assignment is to travel to the Rocky Mountains in order to do a...

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1980s / Action / Western

Silverado (1985)

Silverado is a throwback Western that doesn’t bother trying to reinvent the genre into a new form.  It embraces all of the old clichés and formulas of the olden days, rehashing them with popular stars...

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2000s / Horror / Science Fiction

Dreamcatcher (2003)

Dreamcatcher is one long, glorious turd of a movie that will possibly go down as a fave cult film for some, while completely bewildering the rest of the audiences out there. From initial appearances feels like...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Science Fiction

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...

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1980s / Romance / Thriller

Body Heat (1981)

During a blistering heatwave, a small town Florida lawyer (Hurt, Broadcast News) picks up a well-to-do married woman (Turner, The Man with Two Brains) and begins a scorching affair hotter than the weather around them. Things get hotter...

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1980s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

The Empire Strikes Back continues the Star Wars saga in exciting fashion, with the Empire now having driven the Rebels from their secret base to another on an ice world called Hoth. The Empire eventually finds them...