Back in 1984, horror fans were introduced to Freddy Krueger in Wes Craven's imaginative hit A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. I have great memories of seeing this in the theater and repeatedly on VHS, which was ALL the rage back in the day. 40+ years later, it's still got plenty of bloody scares, Johnny Depp's first big screen role and one of the worst performances in a major role ever caught on film from Heather Langenkamp. I've heard of wooden performances, but this one's solid st

If you were a young dude in 1984 that had HBO, I'm betting you saw HOT DOG: THE MOVIE as many times as I did. Which is countless. One of...

Winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, 1984's AMADEUS is a brilliant film, soaring with wall-to-wall Mozart music, great...

One of the biggest early career hits in film history, BEVERLY HILLS COP was Eddie Murphy's third film, after "48 Hours" and "Trading...

In 1984, one of the dumbest sequels ever made was unleashed donning a bloody hockey mask, FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER. Corey...

At 3 hours and 49 minutes long, Sergio Leone's Directors Cut of ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA is an excruciatingly long mob film that falls...

Revisiting 1984's FOOTLOOSE, two things struck me. First, it holds up a lot better than "Flashdance" which was released the previous...

I'm a huge Gene Wilder fan. From "Young Frankenstein" and "Blazing Saddles" to "The Producers" and "Silver Streak", the man was a...

2001 A Space Odyssey is a pretty tough act to follow. Although more conventional in structure and storytelling, 2010 is an exciting...

f you loved "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" you're in for a great time with the only time Elvis movies and WW2 films were ever spoofed...

Sordid, interesting, but struggling to climb out of its own sleaziness, 1984's TIGHTROPE is one of Clint Eastwood's more interesting...

1984 was a great year for James Cameron, Schwarzenegger and movie goers, with THE TERMINATOR hitting theatres. Cameron had cut his teeth...

Once in awhile you come across a film that was so ahead of its time, you can see why it bombed at the box office upon its release....

A terrific follow up to the superb "Wrath of Khan", 1984's STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK continues exactly where that film left...

I don't think I've seen STARMAN in at least two decades. What a pleasure to go back and revisit this smart, witty sci-fi classic. Jeff...

After Tom Selleck had to turn down the part of Indiana Jones due to his commitment to "Magnum PI", he starred in a steady string of...

Back in 1984, ROMANCING THE STONE was a huge box office hit, making over $70 million on its $10M budget. It's easy to see why. Kathleen ...

With last month's very unexpected death of Prince, I felt compelled to go back and watch PURPLE RAIN again. I remembered really...

David Lean's "A Passage to India" was his last film, released in 1984. Like Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Dr Zhivago" it's beautiful...

Last week, I really enjoyed the documentary “Electric Boogaloo” about the 80’s schlock-producers Golan & Globus, who created some of...

They don't make movie stars like Robert Redford anymore. In 1984, four years after his last film "Brubaker", Redford returned to the...

Back in 1984, the special effects of THE LAST STARFIGHTER were out of this world. 33 years later, they haven't held up very well, but...

In 1984, Tom Selleck had already bombed once in theatres with his big screen debut “High Road To China” the year before. His sophomore...

Limping onto the screen much too late to capitalize on the "Star Wars" craze and wasting an incredible amount of talent and money,...