I love this trailer, Danny DeVito sets up the story and the action in material shot just for the trailer… that’s cool! Starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and DeVito, this movie is still so much fun!
Month: May 2014
Doctor Who (William Hartnell) – Mission to the Unknown
This is the first episode of the entire series of Doctor Who not to feature the Doctor (Hartnell) or any of his companions. It was a single episode story, that originally aired 9 October, 1965, and was written by Terry Nation. Also known as the Dalek Cutaway, this short, stand alone episode sets up the…
Trailer Tracks: Escape From New York (1981) – John Carpenter
Carpenter’s action flick has the perfect trailer, it introduces the concept, hints at the action, and shows us our hero, Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken. Sure, it looks dated now, but if trailers today re-embraced the less is mor concept again, I’d really enjoy that!
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) – Stephen Chow
Released this week to Blu-Ray and DVD is the latest effort from director Stephen Chow, and if you know the name, then you know what to expect. Best known to Western audiences for his films Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, Chow is a phenomenon, and Journey to the West is yet another enjoyable example…
Trailer Tracks: Big (1988) – Penny Marshall
Before he was known for his dramatic turns, Tom Hanks did a lot of comedy, and he was great at it! Big is perhaps one of his best, perfectly conveying the fact that he’s actually a little kid… Elizabeth Perkins, John Heard, and Robert Loggia co-star…
Tales of the Gold Monkey (1983) – Cooked Goose & Last Chance Louie
This was the beginning of the end for Jake (Stephen Collins) and company. After a month off, the series came back in March of 1983, in a new time slot, Friday night at 10, hardly beneficial to the show’s target audience. Despite being a critical success, and garnering a growing fan base, the show was…
Trailer Tracks: Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Amy Heckerling
This is just classic 80s… Directed by Amy Heckerling, written by Cameron Crowe, with a kick ass soundtrack, and all-star cast including Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Ray Walston – this was the ultimate 80s high school comedy…
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
When I first saw this title pop up in my Netflix queue, I was a little dubious, how could a genre-bending Rodriguez/Tarantino film that ran shorter than two hours be expanded out into a 10 episode series, and would it be a stand alone season, or the beginning of all new adventures for the Gecko…
Trailer Tracks: Stargate (1994) – Roland Emmerich
Long before it spawned a series of spinoffs, this film came along, and simply wowed a lot of viewers. I remember the first time I saw it, the marrying of adventure, science fiction, and the sense of wonder and discovery that I love, this movie totally rocked! Kurt Russell and James Spader star in this…
The Rockford Files (1975) – Pastoria Prime Pick & The Reincarnation of Angie
Poor Jim Rockford (James Garner), he really gets into it in this week’s installment of The Rockford Files, which puts us about midway through season 2. The first episode, Pastoria Prime Pick aired 28 November, 1975, and was written by Gordon T. Dawson. The phone gag features Becker (Joe Santos) calling to thank Jim for…
The Mind Reels 