Tag Archives: 80’s
Dead End Drive-In (1986)
The premise of the Aussie B-movie Dead End Drive-In (1986) works best if you’re blind to it going in – as I was. I only knew this film as a fading VHS box in the science fiction section of all … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 80's, Action, Brian Trenchard-Smith, New Wave, Ozsploitation, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction
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Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
“Welcome to the Ronald Reagan Memorial Bowl!” For four nights during the month of September 1980, Monty Python held court at the legendary Hollywood Bowl to an audience of about 8,000 per show. “[It] tickled all of us,” Michael Palin … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Ballroom
Tagged 80's, Comedy, Concert Film, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
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The Stuff (1985)
“Are you eatin’ it, or is it eatin’ you?” asks a cynical Michael Moriarty at the end of Larry Cohen’s The Stuff (1985), and that’s the plot in a conveniently-packaged cardboard carton. For his thirteenth directorial effort, Cohen, the man … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 80's, Danny Aiello, horror, Larry Cohen, Michael Moriarty, Paul Sorvino, Science Fiction
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