July 15, 2020 — The 80s were one wild ride for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He kicked them off as a loinclothed barbarian and ended them as the unlikely twin brother of Danny DeVito. Somewhere in the middle, he traveled back in time as a futuristic murderbot, was trapped inside a deadly game show, and took up arms against a band of expert mercenaries. Amidst all that, he still had time to go toe-to-toe with an intergalactic hunter with a penchant for spinal columns and a weakness against mud.
July 4, 2020 — Bill Pullman’s President Thomas J. Whitmore, wary of the suicide mission that looms ahead of him, steps atop a platform and surveys the sea of young, inexperienced pilots. They’re nervous, scared, and aware that this could very well be their last night alive. Whitmore knows this, too, but he doesn’t let anyone see his own reservations. Instead, he asks for a microphone and recites one of the greatest speeches ever to come out of Hollywood.
June 17, 2020 — Not too long ago – or very long ago, depending on when your eyes grace this review – I was spinning frantically aboard the Men in Black: Alien Attack ride at Universal Studios Orlando. Somewhere between my stomach churning from the constant jarring motion and my lungs burning from laughter, my mind sparked a memory. It was of a 12-year-old me sitting near the middle of a theater, my still-impressionable mind about to observe a movie that would leave me fantasizing of civilizations beyond our own.
June 9, 2020 — You know how people tend to latch onto movies and use them to completely define their personality? They watch the same movie ad nauseam until their significant other wants to lobotomize it from their memory? They’ll get tattoos inspired by the film, collect an absurd amount of apparel and merchandise over the decades, and will essentially become synonymous with the film to the point where anytime it’s mentioned, friends and family immediately think of them.
June 2, 2020 — Remember what it was like to be a kid and get into all sorts of trouble. You’d sneak down to the rock quarry or beach and make inappropriate jokes with one another, laughing about the most nonsensical stuff. Or maybe you’d scope out a friend’s attic, stumble upon a treasure map, and spend the weekend evading thugs while hunting down an old pirate’s stash of treasures. READ MORE »
May 17, 2020 — When I sat down with Top Gun, I didn’t really know what to expect. Sure, I understood the basic premise and that Tom Cruise was some hotshot in the sky, but I guess I never contemplated just how “80s” the movie was going to be. To say it personified the generation may not be a strong enough statement, but more on that a little later. What I can say is that it’s not a movie for everyone, but it’s a movie that everyone needs to watch.
May 6, 2020 — Do you love to sit and ponder about the paradoxes and impossibilities of time travel? Boy, do I have a movie for you! The 1985 sci-fi comedy Back to the Future tackles the complexities of time travel as if it were a matter of finding the right mix of ingredients. In this case, it’s one part DeLorean, two parts plutonium, a flux capacitor, and some gigawatts. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future may fumble when it comes to the science of time travel, but as a movie? It more than earns the accolades it’s received since speeding 88 mph into our hearts. When an eccentric doctor, Emmett “Doc” Brown (Christopher Lloyd), builds a time machine and ticks off some Libyans in the process, his protege, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), is unexpectedly sent 30 years into the past. READ MORE »
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