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

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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

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

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

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

Exterminator 2 (1984) – Review

When it comes to tactless examples of vigilante cinema, there’s something about the simple sleeze of James Glickenhaus’ fascinatingly nasty The Exterminator that really stood

Ghoulies (1984) – Review

“What if the Gremlins worshiped Satan?” is a movie premise that would have most producers running for the hills – most producers that is, except

The Nine Demons (1984) – Review

While I wouldn’t say I’m an expert of classic Kung-Fu (far from it, but I’m trying to learn) I do know crazy when I see

Ninja III: The Domination (1984) – Review

During its reign, The Cannon Group were responsible for some truly bizarre choices that stretched far beyond their infamously curious business plan. There’s their attempt

The Karate Kid (1984) – Review

It had to happen sooner or later…There comes a time when every diligent movie blogger finds when they’ve no choice but to have to sit

Lensman (1984) – Review

Chances are, if you’re from an older generation, you’ve probably been affected (or infected as the case may be) by Anime long before you ever

The Company Of Wolves (1984) – Review

The 1980s saw its fair share of werewolf movies that broke the mold and played fast and loose with the conventions and lore of lycanthropy

Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes (1984) – Review

Since his inception, Tarzan has been primarily the personification of a pulp adventure hero with such actors such as Johnny Weissmuller, Gordon Scott and the

Cannonball Run II (1984) – Review

If you look at it a certain way, Cannonball Run II makes perfect sense. After all, wasn’t the first Cannonball Run only an exaggerated progression

Runaway (1984) – Review

If you needed more proof that the world of filmmaking contains more swings and roundabouts than a playground the size of Erith, all you need

Missing In Action (1984) – Review

The eccentric ups and downs and chaotic business practices of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus’ Cannon Group are well documented, but one of the most

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