Category Archives: Eighties Tutorial

Hellraiser, not very scary but a tad gross

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Steve

Hulu offered this up and I decided to see what made Pinhead a cultural touchstone. Sadly, he and his fellow Cenobites barely appear in it. The movie is more centered around the puzzlebox’s first known victim Frank who is torn … Continue reading →

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Innerspace: 30 years later

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Steve

An Eighties spin on the Fantastic Voyage premise with the comedy of Martin Short while he was popular. Hard to believe Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan got together through this, they only share the opening 10 minutes of scene time. I … Continue reading →

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Weird Science: 30th Anniversary Quote-along!

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Steve

Back to the Future was the big movie of 1985, possibly of the Eighties, but Weird Science was and has always been my personal favorite for that particular year. Better Off Dead is a close second, it falls behind because it didn’t make it … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future: 30th Anniversary Quote-along!

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Steve

I wasn’t going to let this awesome replay anniversary slide away although the event we went to took place about four weeks ago. Universal has also announced they’re having the movie hit theaters for a limited time to celebrate. Alamo as … Continue reading →

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Masters of the Universe

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Steve

I was a college student when Masters of the Universe came and went circa 1987. Obviously I didn’t bother to see it. There were other more interesting things to do, namely acquiring a taste for beer (aka, drinking it without make … Continue reading →

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Summer of 1983: Wargames

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Steve

Seems Alamo hasn’t had as much luck with repeating the success of The Summer of 1982 since the choices for 1983 have been rather slim and sadly they’re not being screened closer to their release dates. Only the programming people could … Continue reading →

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Summer of 1982 extra II:Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Steve

Once more into the Summer of 1982 breach dear friends with what was the only hit Comedy from a year filled with Action, Horror and Fantasy. Fast gets the same treatment as The Wall because it didn’t break any new … Continue reading →

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Clockwise

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Steve

This movie was probably written specifically for John Cleese who would’ve been an English headmaster (or American principal) if he weren’t such a great comic actor. He just has that rigidity in his DNA although it’s probably an act, especially … Continue reading →

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