What does the author of Insight Into Entertainment think of the Heckerling/Crowe 80’s classic?
The King of Pain: SUMMER SCHOOL
Note: This is my final entry for the King of Pain Blog-a-Thon. Tomorrow I’m hoping to cap it all off by turning the mic over to my fellow bloggers. If you’d like to contribute an entry, this post explains how. -Hatter My long, slow journey across the cinematic River Styx is over, and if there…
The King of Pain: POPEYE
The descent into darkness continues my friends, and I didn’t expect the darkness to contain such an attempt at levity. Back in 1980, Paramount thought it’d be a great idea to make a live-action adaptation of Popeye. They thought it was such a good idea in fact, that they spared no expense: assigning wonder-producer Robert…
The King of Pain: SPACE CAMP
When did we stop dreaming about outer space? As this film played out, I was fascinated by the scores of kids of all ages who were wildly excited to be at Space Camp. Every character – no matter how cool or uncool they are supposed to be – acts as though getting to go to…
The King of Pain: THREE O’CLOCK HIGH
This film should almost be titled “John Hughes Made It Look So Easy”. I’ve come to the conclusion that sitting down to watch any film aimed at teenagers if you aren’t a teenager is a dangerous proposition. The proposition gets infinitely more dangerous if you’re watching it outside of the era it was made. The…
Talkin’ GREMLINS with Jake Cole
So you might recall a few months ago when I caught a screening of GREMLINS. That afternoon was my first experience with the film in possibly twenty years, and I was actually surprised at how well the film had held up. However, that was just me talking…a cat who’d seen the film as an impressionable…
Talkin’ SCARFACE with Bob Turnbull
Something a little different this time around. Thus far, my conversations with other bloggers on neo-classics has leant itself to the light and comedic. Today I figured we’d change gears a little and tackle something badass…and something whose neo-classic status has increased over the last decade or so. As it happens the power-grab story that…