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The Last Starfighter (1984, Nick Castle)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Dec 26, 2016
The Last Starfighter gets a long way on affability. Lead Lance Guest is nothing if not affable. Robert Preston plays an affable alien grifter. Dan O’Herlihy, completely covered in makeup, is affable as Guest’s alien co-pilot. And the whole concept of the thing–video game wunderkind Guest gets read more
Dreamscape (1984, Joseph Ruben)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Dec 3, 2016
Dreamscape has a lot of subplots. The main plot barely gets any more time during the second act than the subplots. But I’m getting ahead of myself because I wanted to talk about the first act, which has Dennis Quaid getting reacquainted with mentor Max von Sydow. The film opens with this fast, fun read more
o/t: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 22, 2016
Originally titled Kaze no Tani no Naushika vt Nausicaä; cut vt Warriors of the Wind Japan / 117 minutes / color / Topcraft, Toei Dir & Scr: Hayao Miyazaki Pr: Isao Takahata Story: Kaze no Tani no Naushika (1982 onward manga) by Hayao Miyazaki Cine: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kôji Shiragami, Yukitomo Shu read more
Electric Dreams (1984, Steve Barron)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 5, 2016
Electric Dreams is a very strange film. And not just because it’s about a computer brought to life by champagne and electric fire. Not even because said computer has the voice of Bud Cort. It’s strange because it has no interest in having a conventional narrative structure, both in terms of the read more
o/t: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 11, 2016
This was the third and last of the three essays I wrote for the epic, ongoing Science Fiction Movies Countdown being staged at Wonders in the Dark. (The countdown, running from #100 to #1, today reached #48, with a splendid essay by Sam Juliano on Them! (1954), a movie that I’ve somehow never read more
o/t: Nineteen-Eighty Four (1984)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 6, 2016
***The great movie (and other things) website Wonders in the Dark is currently running a 100-movie-strong Science Fiction Countdown, and I’m contributing some pieces. Today sees my witterings about Michael Radford’s superb 1984 offering Nineteen Eighty-Four. Click the link below to see t read more
o/t: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 4, 2016
The excellent website Wonders in the Dark is running a daily countdown of the 100 best science-fiction movies as voted upon by a jury of peers (at my request, not including me), and I’ve volunteered for three of the essays. This one appeared at WitD the other day. Of course, Nineteen Eighty-fo read more
Firestarter (1984, Mark L. Lester)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 1, 2016
If I tried really hard, would I be able to think of something nice to say about Firestarter? I was going to complement some of Tangerine Dream’s score–not all of it, but some of it–but it turns out it’s not so much a score as a selection of otherwise unreleased Tangerine Dre read more
The Ewok Adventure (1984, John Korty)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 29, 2016
There’s a strange effectiveness to The Ewok Adventure during Burl Ives’s narration. With his voice, with the lameness of the script, Ewok Adventure feels like a storybook come to life. Much of the movie is exquisitely produced, whether Peter Bernstein’s score, director Korty’ read more
Rhinestone (1984, Bob Clark)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 9, 2016
With the exception of Dolly Parton, everyone involved with Rhinestone seems nervous. Well, maybe not Richard Farnsworth. He seems impatient, like he can’t wait for his scene to be over. Top-billed Sylvester Stallone spends the first half of the film trying too hard, seems to relax, then finis read more
[BASP] Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 4, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Eighteen Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc) Originally posted: April 22, 2012 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
[BASP] Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 4, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Eighteen Audio Commentary: Supergirl (1984, Jeannot Szwarc) Originally posted: April 22, 2012 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
1984 (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 29, 2016
1984
Directed by Michael Anderson
Written by William Templeton and Ralph Bettison from the novel by George Orwell
1956/UK/USA
Columbia Pictures Corporation/Holiday Film Productions Ltd.
First viewing/YouTube True horror is not being able to trust anyone. This is a fairly faithful adaptation of Or read more
1984 (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Mar 22, 2016
1984
Directed by Michael Anderson
Written by William Templeton and Ralph Bettison from the novel by George Orwell
1956/UK/USA
Columbia Pictures Corporation/Holiday Film Productions Ltd.
First viewing/YouTube Trailer read more
Review: This is Spinal Tap (1984)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 12, 2016
Director Rob Reiner makes an appearance in his own film as documentarian Marty Di Bergi. It’s tongue in cheek, but no ones seems to have told Spinal Tap or anyone else in the film for that matter. For all intent and purposes, they are a real band with a real camera crew following their every read more
Review: This is Spinal Tap (1984)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 12, 2016
Director Rob Reiner makes an appearance in his own film as documentarian Marty Di Bergi. It’s tongue in cheek, but no one seems to have told Spinal Tap or anyone else in the film for that matter. For all intent and purposes, they are a real band with a real camera crew following their every read more
This is Spinal Tap (1984) – Updated
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 12, 2016
Director Rob Reiner makes an appearance in his own film as documentarian Marty Di Bergi. It’s tongue in cheek, but no ones seems to have told Spinal Tap or anyone else in the film for that matter. For all intent and purposes, they are a real band with a real camera crew following their every read more
[BASP] Revenge of the Nerds (1984, Jeff Kanew) / Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987, Joe Roth)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 29, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Thirteen Revenge of the Nerds (1984, Jeff Kanew) / Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987, Joe Roth) Originally posted: March 27, 2011 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
[BASP] Revenge of the Nerds (1984, Jeff Kanew) / Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987, Joe Roth)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 29, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Thirteen Revenge of the Nerds (1984, Jeff Kanew) / Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987, Joe Roth) Originally posted: March 27, 2011 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984, Joseph Zito)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on May 13, 2015
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter never tries to be scary. It tries to be gory… but not too gory. It saves the biggest gore moment for the last, when any number of the other ones throughout the film would’ve given Tom Savini better material. It’s supposed to be gory, but not too read more