As previously stated, I do love me a Kurt Russell film, I just think he’s a wonderfully cool actor, and I also like that there are so many of his films I have yet to run down. So when I came across The Mean Season which sees him playing a newspaperman involved in a cat-and-mouse…
Tag: 1985
Star Trek: #11 Deadly Reflection (1985)
The third part of the Mirror-Verse story was on DC Comic racks for February 1985. Mike W. Barr continues delivering a solid script, while Tom Sutton handles pencils, and Ricardo Villagran handles inks. The pair also deliver the issue’s cover. Stardate: 8217.2 The splash page shows the two Kirks confronting each other, with the Prime…
Star Trek: #10 Double Image (1985)
The Human Adventure continues with DC’s ongoing Star Trek series. Double Image is the second part of an eight part story, written by Mike W. Barr. The comic once agin features pencils by Tom Sutton, and inks by Ricardo Villgaran, both of whom created the cover, which was on stands for January 1985. Stardate: 8216.4…
The Sure Thing (1985) – Rob Reiner
Somehow, this Rob Reiner film got by me for decades. I was lucky enough to nab a copy on blu-ray and was more than ready to dig into. As I watched it, it put me in mind of It Happened One Night. It’s a road movie rom-com. We get John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards,…
Red Sonja (1985) – Richard Fleischer
It’s too bad this one wasn’t better. It could have been a lot of fun. Insttead, it’s releegated to cult status and is a delightful, but flawed romp. Arnold Schwarzenegger is obviously playing Conan, but they can’t call him Conan in this sword and sorcery adventure that introduced the world to Brigitte Nielsen, the towering,…
Real Genius (1985) – Martha Coolidge
I loved this movie from the fist moment I saw it on video back in the 80s. And then when I worked in a video store, this is one that we threw on in the background and would say all the dialogue to, and crank the 80s tunes when they played. It’s just fun. And…
Farscape (2002) – Unrealized Reality, and Kansas
Unrealized Reality was written by David Kemper and first aired on 23 August, 2002. Crichton (Ben Browder) is about to get an education! When he tumbles into a wormhole, and he encounters an alien, Einstein (John Bach), who wants to learn why Crichton was given this information. And to show him how much things can…
Gotcha! (1985) – Jeff Kanew
I remember greatly enjoying Gotcha! when I rented it on video back in the day. And though it’s always been floating round in the back of my mind, I haven’t watched it since… until now. And let me tell you, this one stands up. There’s a couple of things that don’t stand the test of…
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) – Tim Burton
I hadn’t seen Pee-wee’s Big Adventure since it first came to home video in 1986. Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee wasn’t on my radar before that, it was all very much Back to the Future and Miami Vice for me. So when I was introduced to it one night, I found myself laughing aloud, hugely enjoying…
Code of Silence (1985) – Andrew Davis
Chuck Norris stars in this 1985 actioner which is arguably some of his best work. Honestly, having just gotten through it, and without sounding too harsh, that’s not saying much. He may be a great athlete and martial artist, but his acting skills still aren’t great. Originally tooled as one of the many Dirty Harry…
The Mind Reels 