The Blues Brothers (1980) Dir. by John Landis Starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway and Carrie Fisher Plot R&B singer and career criminal Jake Blues is released from prison after serving three years for armed robbery. Upon learning that the orphanage where he was raised will be foreclosed unless it can raise $5000, he and his … Continue reading The Blues Brothers
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Tremors
Tremors (1990) Dir. by Ron Underwood Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter and Michael Gross Plot The residents of the isolated desert town of Perfection, Nevada, including two handymen, a geologist grad student, and a survivalist couple, come under attack by giant worm creatures that hunt them through vibrations in the ground. Nostalgia I honestly … Continue reading Tremors
The Land Before Time
The Land Before Time (1988) Dir. by Don Bluth Starring Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson and Pat Hingle Plot A group of young dinosaurs, led by the Apatosaurus Littlefoot, are separated from their families by an earthquake. Together they seek out the Great Valley, the only place remaining with abundant plant life, while attempting to avoid the predation … Continue reading The Land Before Time
Red Sonja
Red Sonja (1985) Dir. by Richard Fleischer Starring Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman and Arnold Schwarzenegger Plot A female warrior is tasked by her dying sister to recover and destroy a power magical artifact that has been stolen by an evil queen, before its power grows out of control and it destroys the world. Along the way, she … Continue reading Red Sonja
The Flight of Dragons
It's a TV movie, so there was no theatrical poster, but I found this pretty cool one online by Ursula Lopez The Flight of Dragons (finished in 1982, not released until 1986) Dir. by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass Starring James Earl Jones, John Ritter and Harry Morgan Plot Faced with the weakening of magic … Continue reading The Flight of Dragons
The Mighty Ducks
The Mighty Ducks (1992) Dir. by Stephen Herek Starring Emilio Estevez, Lane Smith and Joshua Jackson Plot A Minneapolis defense attorney, who's successful but an arrogant asshole, is sentenced to community service coaching youth hockey following a DUI arrest. He is assigned to the worst team in the league, an underfunded squad without much in the … Continue reading The Mighty Ducks
Ladyhawke
Ladyhawke (1985) Dir. by Richard Donner Starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer Plot A fast-talking thief escapes from a medieval French dungeon, only to be waylaid by a swordsman who wants his help to break back in. Over the course of their travel, the thief learns of the curse affecting the swordsman and his lover: … Continue reading Ladyhawke
The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon (1985) Dir. by Michael Schultz Starring Taimak, Vanity and Julius J. Carry III Plot An African-American martial artist, “Bruce Leroy” Green, must rescue a popular video DJ from a corrupt video game entrepreneur and his henchman, a rival martial artist/gang leader called the Shogun of Harlem. Nostalgia Like The Beastmaster, this must have been … Continue reading The Last Dragon
The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October (1990) Dir. by John McTiernan Starring Alec Baldwin, Sean Connery, James Earl Jones and Scott Glenn Plot During the 1980s, the captain of the Soviet Union’s newest high-tech submarine goes AWOL with the vessel while on a training mission. While most of the American military thinks that he’s gone rogue and is … Continue reading The Hunt for Red October
The Monster Squad
The Monster Squad Dir. by Fred Dekker Starring Andre Gower, Duncan Regehr and Tom Noonan Plot A club of monster movie-obsessed pre-teens learns that monsters are real when Dracula comes to their town, accompanied by the other Universal horror monsters. He’s searching for a mystical amulet hidden somewhere in the town that will give him … Continue reading The Monster Squad
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