Tag Archives: John Landis

Clue (1985)

In recent years we’ve had intermittent threats of board games becoming movies. Candy Man and Monopoly have been in development for a long while, the latter most recently announced with Kevin Hart attached. Yet this has been an intellectual property … Continue reading

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Double Feature: Into the Night (1985)/Vibes (1988)

The charismatic but decidedly offbeat Jeff Goldblum has by now threatened to shift in public perception from an accomplished, prolific actor into an enshrined collection of memes, but in the 80’s – before Jurassic Park, before Independence Day, and long … Continue reading

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The Meaningless Obligatory Midnight Only End of the Year Award List of Blu-rays Released in 2018

Happiest Retro Film Discoveries of 2018 Dragon Inn (King Hu, 1967) – Criterion Collection King Hu, who would later direct A Touch of Zen (1971), delivers a wuxia with physics-defying swordplay and virtually nonstop action, dispensing with any necessary exposition … Continue reading

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