Point to ponder: Is Fast Times at Ridgemont High the best teen movie of all time? Personally I think it is, and it’s also one of the best comedies of the 1980s…if not all time. Adapted from Cameron Crowe’s book…
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Yesterday, songwriting great Jim Steinman — known for his hugely successful collaborations with everyone from Meatloaf to Celine Dion — died at the age of 73. Steinman’s career often brushed up against motion pictures, providing songs for Footloose (“Holding out…
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Stephen King has always been one of my favorite authors. (For an in depth discussion of King and his influence on me, see my article on him here.) King has often been vocal about adaptations of his work, and not…
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Since the release of the theatrical trailer for Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune remake last week, interest has been reignited in David Lynch‘s 1984 take on Frank Herbert‘s sprawling, seminal sci-fi tale. So for this week’s poll, we thought we’d get your…
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Celebrating its 35th anniversary this month is Teen Wolf, Michael J. Fox‘s other 1985 summer blockbuster (after Back to the Future). In the film Fox portrays a high-school basketball player who discovers that his puberty has unexpected consequences — namely…
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We’ve recently been celebrating the films of 1985 here on MovieFanFare, and among the year’s best is Silverado. Director/co-scripter Lawrence Kasdan‘s rollicking salute to the Hollywood westerns of yesteryear follows four cowboys─a former outlaw (Kevin Kline), a falsely accused ex-con…
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John Carpenter is my favorite director, and by extension, I guess you could say Kurt Russell is my second favorite actor (John Wayne is still #1). The reason I say Carpenter is my favorite director and Russell is #2 on…
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Our celebrations of the 35th anniversary of films from 1985 roll on as we honor George Romero‘s Day of the Dead in this week’s Create-A-Caption! Set in an underground military base, the film follows the last humans — consisting mainly…
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It’s been 35 years and a few months since John Hughes‘ seminal 1985 teen angst fest The Breakfast Club first hit theaters. Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy star as teens from vastly different…
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What would the summer movie season be without Indiana Jones? The four theatrical features — Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of…
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