Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
Time Bandits (1981)
Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam finally came into his own with 1981’s Time Bandits, a film which put him on the map as a cinematic fantasist to be reckoned with. But it took a few attempts. Monty Python and the … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Midnight Matinee
Tagged 80's, Comedy, Fantasy, God, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, The Devil, Time Travel
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You’re a Big Boy Now (1966)
Francis Ford Coppola’s film school thesis, You’re a Big Boy Now, is also his first major picture (he’d directed Dementia 13 a few years before), and it’s appropriate that a coming-of-age comedy should also be a work of giddy experimentation … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Ballroom
Tagged 60's, Comedy, coming of age, slapstick
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Trailer: Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
Posted in Coming Attractions
Tagged 80's, Action, Ninja
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