The plot outline for this latest instalment in the Rocky franchise comes from the film's novelization- 'Three years have passed since Rocky fought Apollo Creed, years of enjoying easy fights and a happy home life with Adrian. But now a vicious, young fighter named Clubber Lang, jealous of Rocky's success has challenged him to a …
Another film that was ripe for a rewatching since I last watched it on VHS in the 80s was Poltergeist, the horror film directed by Steven Spielberg Tobe Hooper. The first thing I noticed was how gorgeous the film looks in widescreen. How I, or indeed, any of us watched the film in pan and …
I'm so glad I got to grow up in the 1980s. I remember the soundtrack to Footloose and especially the brilliantly infectious theme song by Kenny Loggins but I had never seen the film it belonged to. Until now. Would the film be the huge piece of 80's goodness that I hoped it would be? …
First Blood is another film I remember from the golden age of home video, an era that holds so many great memories for me. I didn't actually see First Blood from start to finish in the early 80's even though my brothers had rented the film on many occasions. I think I possibly thought of …
The first thing I noticed on rewatching Cobra for the first time since the late 80's was that it's a Cannon film. That instantly made me smile, obviously. I loved Cobra. It's a cartoonish action flick in which Sylvester Stallone grunts, mumbles and fires guns (no real stretch for him, I agree). Cobra is part …
Another film I remember seeing on the shelves of video shops in the 80’s that I somehow didn’t watch was Xtro from 1982. I finally got to see it for the first time earlier. Wow. Just wow. Xtro is out there! A man is abducted by aliens. Three years later an alien impregnates a woman …
I have a confession to make. Even though I’m a huge Scorsese fan, I had never seen The Color Of Money. That was resolved last night. Superb direction, uniformly amazing performances (only an auteur like Scorsese could obtain such a restrained turn from Tom Cruise) and a fantastic screenplay. Great to see Iggy Pop too. …
I watched Fatal Attraction yesterday for the first time since I first saw it in the late 80’s on home video. The film ranges from being a brilliantly directed New York flick to being a thinly drawn slasher movie. I loved the shots of Alex (Glenn Close) when she’s in full psycho mode wearing her …
I hate the cunts who say, 'I had the strangest dream last night!' and then proceed to bore everyone to death with their remembrances. Well, I really did have the strangest (and most brilliant) dream last night. I dreamt that I saw a trailer for a prequel to Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. This …
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With all of this talk of the original Jaws in 3D I got to thinking about the other Jaws in 3D. This was, of course, the third film in the franchise starring the then unknown Dennis Quaid and a shitload of dolphins. I actually got to see the film in 3D at the National Film …
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