Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Filmed in 1985, this 1987 comedy is an omnibus of sporadic concepts, most of them revolving around the worlds of pop culture, utilizing a common theme of the kinds of things one might see...
1980s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 26, 2012 · Last modified January 16, 2019
Filmed in 1985, this 1987 comedy is an omnibus of sporadic concepts, most of them revolving around the worlds of pop culture, utilizing a common theme of the kinds of things one might see...
1980s / Mystery / Thriller / Uncategorized
by Vincent Leo · Published July 28, 2007 · Last modified February 16, 2023
In the early 1980s, filmmaker Curtis Hanson had just come off of directing Losin’ It, a teen comedy about a group of young American men who travel to Tijuana, Mexico to lose their virginity....
To mangle a phrase, “The third time’s the harm”, like Police Academy 3: Back in Training takes us back to the series’ roots, but any semblance of cleverness, wit or even dumb fun has been sucked...
Here, our young cadets have graduated, and have to help one of the precincts in the city, led by Capt. Pete Lassard (Hesseman), brother of the police academy’s Cmdt. Eric Lassard. It seems Pete...
The first of a whopping seven films in the series, two short-lived television series, and it’s still the only one worth watching, Police Academy is an amiable, juvenile romp that is recommended for a few belly...
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