While the story of the tangled movie rights of Ian Flemming’s Bond novel, Thunderball, would probably be best left explained by someone who remotely understood
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Smokey And The Bandit Part 3 (1983) – Review
Some franchises are bigger than the stars who populate them thanks to a central concept that can generate interest regardless of who is front an
Deathstalker (1983) – Review
There’s something about fantasy movies from the early 80s that tend to hit a little different – they’re harder, they’re harsher and they seem to
Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (1983) – Review
In the wake of George Lucas’ world dominating, sci-fi/fantasy, Star Wars, the race was on to concoct as many movies as possible that copied that
The Deadly Spawn (1983) – Review
Sometimes, there’s nothing more warming to the cockles of my heart than seeing a bunch of youngsters, utterly out of their depth and blessedly naive
Blue Thunder
The helicopter is one of the most important inventions next to the gun and the car when it comes to the action thriller; I mean
The Dead Zone (1983) – Review
During the whirlwind of Stephen King adaptations that followed in the wake of Brian DePalma’s sublime Carrie, it seemed like everyone was wrestling to grab
Sudden Impact (1983) – Review
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
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) – Review
Much like an unkillable creature in the final act of a nature run amock horror/thriller, some animals just don’t know when to stay dead. But
Psycho 2 (1983) – Review
On paper, making sequel to possibly the greatest psychological thriller ever made after a twenty two year break sounds like a truly awful idea like
Krull (1983) – Review
Sometimes a film pierces your subconscious at exactly the right age, in exactly the right way, so that you absolutely cannot be objective about it
Christine (1983) – Review
In 1982 John Carpenter’s ass kicking hot streak was derailed by the deafening apathy audiences bafflingly dumped on the legitimate masterpiece in cinema that is
Superman III (1983) – Review
Regardless of what comic lore has told us up until now, the easiest way to stop the Man Of Steel in his locomotive racing tracks
Jaws 3 (1982) – Review
I guess the simplest way of kicking off a review of the third movie of the Jaws Franchice would be to simply state the obvious:
Cujo (1983) – Review
One of the greatest aspects of Stephen King’s writing is that the more out-there horror aspects of his stories mask the human stories that float
Return Of The Jedi (1983) – Review
Once upon a time, if you can believe it, the third entry into the original Star Wars trilogy was considered something of a minor let
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