There’s nothing quite like a beach party movie! The release of the 1987 sleeper comedy hit Back to the Beach (starring the legendary Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon and featuring cameos from everyone from Bob Denver to Pee-Wee Herman) on…
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Create-A-Caption: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
As we continue celebrating the 35th anniversary of notable films from 1985, we wanted to use the year’s quirkiest film — Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure — as the basis for our latest Create-A-Caption. A financial and cult success (critical, not so…
Read more →Vintage Video: Siskel and Ebert Talk About 1985’s Worst Films
Lately here on MovieFanFare, we’ve been spending some time looking at the films of 1985 as they celebrate their 35th anniversary this year. While flicks like Back to the Future and even George Romero‘s zombie favorite Day of the Day…
Read more →When Pee-Wee Herman Met Robocop at the Oscars
With the 2019 Academy Awards mere hours away, we thought we’d take a look back at one of the strangest team-ups in Oscar history: When Pee-Wee Herman met Robocop during the 1988 ceremony. Yeah, we don’t know what this was…
Read more →Poll: What’s Your Favorite Tim Burton Film?
Tim Burton is a director whose visual style is so distinctive that you can spot his work just by seeing a movie poster of TV spot. Since exploding onto the scene in 1985 with his feature debut Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,…
Read more →Robocop’s Weirdest Pop Culture Adventures
In 1987, the future of law enforcement was introduced…and the world hasn’t been the same since. The original Robocop blended dark humor with action and sci-fi, resulting in a movie that had a massive impact upon popular culture. In the…
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