In the realms of animated history, it’s become common knowledge that Pixar has an unerring ability to leech salty tears from from even the most
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My Neighbour Totoro (1988) – Review
While animated films are usually undefeated when it comes to delivering magical, impossible worlds, delivering magical, impossible worlds is just another weekday to the vibrant
Miami Vice – Season 1, Episode 7: No Exit (1984) – Review
A couple of episodes ago the director was Paul Michael Glaser, one half of Starsky & Hutch, and now the other half, David Soul, sits
Miami Vice – Season 1, Episode 6: One Eyed Jack (1984) – Review
One Eyed Jack introduces one of the series’ most iconic characters while delivering a personal story for Sonny Crockett that mixes old flames, gambling debts,
Miami Vice – Season 1, Episode 5: Calderone’s Return: Part 2 – Calderone’s Demise (1984) – Review
Calderone’s Return: Part 2 is directed by none other than Detective Dave Starsky himself, Paul Michael Glaser, and delivers a satisfying and emotionally charged conclusion
Miami Vice – Season 1, Episode 4: Calderone’s Return: Part 1 – The Hit List (1984) – Review
Calderone’s Return: Part 1 – The Hit List brings the focus back to the lingering shadow of the pilot’s central villain. This episode ramps up
Silverado (1985) – Review
Time does funny things to some movies, doesn’t it. Take Silverado, Lawrence Kasdan’s spirited ode to the Western for example – to watch it now
Castle In The Sky (1986) – Review
You’d think that when starting a brand new animation house, you’d want to come up with something as fiercely original as you possibly could to
Raging Bull (1980) – Review
In 1976, Rocky was released to the world and frankly, was a sensation. Gritty, but chock-full of heart, we followed the unlikely journey of a
Miami Vice – Season 1, Episode 3: Cool Runnin’ (1984) – Review
The third episode of Miami Vice is exactly what I thought the series would be as it captures the escalating violence of Miami’s drug wars
Miami Vice – Season 1, Episode 2: Heart Of Darkness (1984) – Review
Miami Vice’s second episode proves the first was no fluke, taking the ground-breaking style established in the pilot and channelling it into a darker, more
Miami Vice – Season 1, Episode 1: Brother’s Keeper (1984) – Review
I’m around five years to young to have seen Miami Vice when it original aired but its cultural impact was undeniable even to a then
Blue Velvet (1986) – Review
It’s easy to imagine that David Lynch – cinema’s premier practitioner of surreal dream weaving – was always incredibly steadfast in his abilities when it
Dragon Lord (1982) – Review
As Jackie Chan moved steered his movie career from the late 70s to the early 80s, you can feel him feeling out and challenging the
Heroes Shed No Tears (1984) – Review
In 1986, after roughly a decade of slaving away making movies he didn’t want to make, John Woo finally exploded onto the scene proper with
Chiller (1985) – Review
Sometimes, life can be tough for a Wes Craven completist. You see, while we love the dear, departed director, for every genre defining film in
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – Review
Just between you and me, I always hated E.T. as a child. There were various reasons of course, but when it came to the Spielbergian
Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984) – Review
While 1984 was the year we got the undisputed king of infamous Christmas slasher movies with Silent Night, Deadly Night, there was another film released
Tiger On The Beat (1988) – Review
When you think of the 80s, Hong Kong cinema, chances are you whip up thoughts of one of Jackie Chan’s frenetic action comedies or John
Vamp (1986) – Review
For ageless creatures that essentially have the powers of gods once the sun goes down, vampires sure do like to be strippers. From From Dusk
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