DK Canada’s highly enjoyable Monsters in the Movies brings me another classic film for my viewing pleasure. This one, I’ve wanted to rewatch for awhile, but couldn’t find the time. Happily, it showed up in the chapter, Devil’s Work, under evil wizards. Arnold Schwarzenegger brings Robert E. Howard’s iconic creation, Conan the Barbarian to life…
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Miami Vice (1987) -Viking Bikers From Hell, and Everybody’s in Show Biz
Things are going to get interesting this week, I mean with a name like Viking Bikers From Hell, you know this one has to be good. Written by Dick Wolf and Micheal Duggan from a story by Water Kurtz (actually John Milius), this episode debuted on 3 April, 1987. A vicious motorcycle gang is seeking…
Red Dawn (1984) – John Milius
The final recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my screening of Dr. Strangelove is John Milius’ dark and violent film, Red Dawn. With an all-star cast including Patrick Swayze, Lea Thompson, C. Thomas Howell, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Grey, Powers Boothe and Harry Dean Stanton, the film chronicles an invasion…
Trailer Tracks: Conan The Barbarian (1982) – John Milius
My first introduction to Arnold Schwarzenegger was Terminator in 1984, but at that point, I was putting my parents’ video membership to good use, and coming home with 2 to 4 movies every weekend, and I finally got a look at this one. Co-starring James Earl Jones, Max Von Sydow, Mako and Sandahl Bergman, this…
The Mind Reels 