Last week we got your pick for the top film from 1980-84. This time the spotlight is on 1985-89 pictures: Back to the Future, Big, Die Hard, Batman and more. Vote for your favorite, or suggest one that we overlooked.
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Poll: What’s Your Favorite Movie from the First Half of the 1980s?
It was the decade that gave us such memorable films as Raging Bull, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Tootsie, Ghostbusters and others. This week we salute the 1980s and ask you to vote for your favorite 1980-84 movie.
Read more →The Shining (1980): All Work and No Play…
An isolated Colorado resort hotel becomes the setting for unrelenting horror in The Shining. Guest writer Kristen Lopez raises her glass and salutes director Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 screen adaptation, starring Jack Nicholson, of the Stephen King shocker
Read more →The Future–as in Back to the Future–Is Now
Happy Back to the Future Day, readers! We salute the “far-off world” of October 21, 2015 that was depicted in Back to the Future Part II and look at how it compares to today’s reality (yes, the lack of practical hoverboards is particularly disappointing).
Read more →Double Dose of Roger Corman, Part 2: Forbidden World
Hot on the heels of last week’s review of Galaxy of Terror, writer Fred Burdsall concludes his classic twin bill of Roger Corman-produced sci-fi/horror flicks with a visit to the 1982 shocker Forbidden World, starring Jesse Vint and June Chadwick.
Read more →Ninja III: The Domination: Aerobics Meets Swordplay
She’s a telephone lineperson by day, an aerobics instructor by night, and now–thanks to a cursed sword–a mistress of the martial arts. Guest writer Todd Liebenow dons black pajamas and legwarmers to review the 1984 actioner Ninja III: The Domination.
Read more →Double Dose of Roger Corman, Part 1: Galaxy of Terror
For over 60 years he’s written, directed or produced over more than 400 movies of all types. In this classic review, author Fred Burdsall blasts off with the Corman-produced 1981 sci-fi shocker Galaxy of Terror, starring Edward Albert and Erin Moran.
Read more →Craptastic Cinema: Jaws: The Revenge
Summer may be over, but let MovieFanFare’s master of foul-smelling films, Julian Andre, take you back to the beach with this classic review of the 1986 maritime misfire Jaws: The Revenge, starring Michael Caine and Lorraine Gary.
Read more →Police Story (1985): Jackie Chan’s Favorite
Jackie Chan has called “Police Story” his favorite of the many action-packed movies he’s made. See why Chan’s 1985 cop saga remains a jaw-dropping classic today…we bet it’ll be one of your favorites, too!
Read more →Back to the Future: Ten Things to Know About the Movie
Time really does fly: it’s been 30 years since Back to the Future first hit theaters (at 88 miles per hour). To celebrate, we’re presenting this classic look at 10 trivia tidbits about the 1985 sci-fi comedy starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.
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