The Hitcher
Whether drinking Monster or watching Quiz Call, we’ve all done stupid things to stay awake – but none more stupid than Jim (C. Thomas Howell) in 1986’s The Hitcher, who […]
Tag Archives: 1980s
Clue
The story of board game turned movies is a curious one. Ouija bored and Battleship sank without a trace. Rumours of a Hungry Hungry Hippos film turned out to be a […]
#HateFilms: The Karate Kid
Our final instalment in the Michael Owen film club is this karate klassic from the director of Rocky. Undeterred by Owen’s future review of Rocky (“It’s rubbish”), director John G. […]
I’ve Never Seen…The Last Crusade
Aqua’s favourite doctor (Harrison Ford) goes after the Holy Grail of ancient artefacts: the Holy Grail. He’s accompanied by a holy grey-old man, his father Henry Jones Snr (Sean Connery), […]
Bloodsport
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays army officer Frank Dux (the missiles from Brissiles?), who enters an illegal and exceptionally brutal martial arts contest for reasons which aren’t entirely clear. Probably just […]
Big
13-year-old Josh Baskin (David Moscow) yearns to be big and learns the misery of adulthood when he wakes up as a full-grown George Osborne lookalike (Tom Hanks). Directed by Penny […]
The Thing (1982)
John Carpenter’s The Thing has the same basic premise as The Thing from Another World (a very cold group of researchers discover a very deadly alien life form) but moves […]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
A detective (Bob Hoskins) with a long-held grudge against cartoons, gets drawn into Toontown when popular actor Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer), who stars as himself in cartoon serials, is set […]
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
As the Wyld Stallyns gallop back into (a handful of) cinemas, we look back on Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure from 1989. Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon’s cult classic follows Bill […]
Twins
In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comedic debut he plays Julius Benedict, a genetically superior superhuman, who discovers his long-lost twin (Danny DeVito) made from all the genes that were left over. His […]
