Reviewing the sequels that followed in the wake of Don Siegel’s Dirty Harry is somewhat of a thankless task these days. Oh, don’t get me
Tag: 1980s
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) – Review
By the time we reached the stardate of 1989, a definite creaking sound was enimating from the bowels of the U.S.S. Enterprise. But it wasn’t
Howling V: The Rebirth (1989) – Review
By the time the Howling series had weakly loped to its fifth installment, the one good thing this drawn out shaggy dog story had finally
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) – Review
There’s a rule of thumb concerning the earlier, pre-JJ Abrams Star Trek movies that you probably have heard of – it’s the one that states
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988) – Review
Well, I guess it’s time to once again dip into the Howling franchise, a rapid succession of literal howlers that stands to this day as
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984) – Review
Deep sixing a beloved character in popular fiction has always been fairly complicated. Death threats from outraged basement dwellers with a tenuous grasp of reality
Howling III: The Marsupials (1987) – Review
Anyone hoping that the stunning quality drop of Philippe Mora’s Howling II from Joe Dante’s kickass original was only a minor blip in the wildly
Young Guns (1988) – Review
The 80’s seemed to be somewhat of a barren time for the western as audiences flocked to a rather different type of all-American hero in
The Final Conflict (1981) – Review
Retroactively renamed Omen III – The Final Conflict in order to bring some continuity to the franchise’s titles (this was, of course, long before the
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) – Review
Ok, real talk. The maiden cinematic voyage of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise didn’t really cut the mustard with a first movie that was
The Howling (1981) – Review
It’s not even up for debate that 1981 was emphatically the year of the Werewolf. Not only did it see the release of lycanthope pack
The Long Riders (1980) – Review
Y’know, it’s surprising that Walter Hill didn’t make more straight up westerns during the earlier part of a career literally busting at the seams with
Romancing The Stone (1984) – Review
In the ranks of underrated action adventure movies of the 80’s, surely no other movie containing acts of rousing darring do deserves more modern column
Troma’s War (1988) – Review
After Troma made the giger counters of the world of cult cinema bury their needles with The Toxic Avenger and Class Of Nuke ‘Em high,
House II: The Second Story (1987) – Review
The horror comedy is a tough bugger to pull off, make no mistake. Nailing the tone is essential and unless you know exactly what ratio
Critters 2: The Main Course (1988) – Review
Say what you will about the devilish, extra-terrestrial creatures known as the Krites, but even though the carnivorous little bastards are usually written off as
Amsterdamned (1988) – Review
From Dick Maas, the man who gifted us with the killer lift movie unsurprisingly titled, The Lift (actual tag line: For God’s Sake Use The
No Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987) – Review
Sequels that refuse to follow on from their predecessors are a curious beast – and I’m not talking the Evil Dead’s disinterest in following it’s
House (1986) – Review
Not to be confused with the adventures of Hugh Lauries’ massive wanker of a doctor, or the utterly indescribable 1977 Japanese horror fantasy fever dream,
Critters (1986) – Review
In the wake of Joe Dante’s magnificently subversive Gremlins, Hollywood predictably had a two-for-one sale on any script that featured assaults from gangs of diminutive
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