This movie is so bad. Maybe not Quest of Peace bad, but it’s up there. Though having said that, the International cut is much better than the North American one, and also created a huge crush for me on the Supergirl character (yes I know she’s not real). Helen Slater, Peter O’Toole and Faye…
La Grande Bouffe (1973) – Marco Ferreri
This recommendation, following my screening of Pulp Fiction for Great Movies – 100 Years of Film was an odd little film, and decidedly dark. Four friends, who all seem to come from different walks of life (how they met remains a bit of a mystery to me) have decided to gather for a weekend…
Trailer Tracks: Spies Like Us (1985) – John Landis
This one came along at just the right time in my life, and me and my friends in Bermuda just played this movie to death! Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd were hilarious to us, and Vanessa Angel definitely caught our eye. We must have driven the ‘dick fer’ joke into the ground alongside the…
Citizen Kane (1941) – Orson Welles
I first saw this movie in my film studies class at university. I was bored out of my skull. How was this considered one of the greatest movies ever made? In fact most of that course put me off film for the better part of a year. So I was curious to see what…
Trailer Tracks: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) – Terry Gilliam
This was my introduction to the world of Terry Gilliam, as I discovered Monty Python late in life, and then started digging up other works that the Pythons had been involved in. And I love this film, it’s been forever since I’ve seen it, so it may be high time to do so, but…
Doctor Who (William Hartnell) – The Smugglers
Season Four of Doctor Who starts with what I found to be the most uninteresting story to have spilled out of the TARDIS. Written by Brian Hayles, this story ran from 10 September to 1 October, 1966. Maybe it would be better if it existed in some other format than a reconstruction, using production…
Trailer Tracks: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) – Steve Barron
This trailer was an obvious choice to pair up with today’s post, and definitely conveys the sense of fun that seemed to permeate the television series, and no doubt, helped sell a lot more toys. I’m dubious about the new film, but we’ll see I guess.
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) – Randall Lobb
Back in the mid-80s, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created a huge pop culture touchstone for many of the children growing up in the 90s… four turtles, named for Renaissance artists, taught by an aged rat, living in the sewers, living off pizza, and fighting for justice against a cadre of menaces, with the…
Trailer Tracks: *Batteries Not Included (1987) – Matthew Robbins
This Spielberg produced family/sci-fi/drama didn’t really make much of an impact when it came out, and honestly, I haven’t seen it since I rented it from Vision Video one weekend. Still, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, and little aliens!
Magnum, P.I. (1980) – Don’t Eat the Snow in Hawaii (Parts I & II)
I’m jumping ahead to the next Bellisario title, Magnum, P.I., while I fight with my computer and try to get more Airwolf to watch. That’s not a bad thing though, because this is my second favorite Bellisario show ever, and I am so looking forward to revisiting this one! I can’t even begin to…
