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Tag Archives: 1984

Paris, Texas

August 31, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

After being found adrift in the desert, Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) is reunited with the son (Hunter Carson) he abandoned four years earlier. Almost 40 years since its Palme […]

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

March 26, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Since we’re covering the classics it is about time I reviewed one of my all-time favourites, the movie I reference more than any other; the film that did for sleep […]

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

February 26, 2022by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is a pre-Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki movie set in a post-apocalyptic kingdom bordering a toxic jungle. Though watching the dubbed version is less than […]

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#HateFilms: The Karate Kid

November 18, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

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. […]

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Rhinestone

June 29, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Multi-Razzie-nominated Rhinestone belongs in the rare subcategory of films based on songs (in this case Rhinestone Cowboy; the country song, not the Madvillain track) alongside Love Me Tender, Yellow Submarine […]

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Police Academy

May 11, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

An understaffed police department opens its ranks to recruits of any gender, age or weight in 1984’s Police Academy, AKA If…. meets On the Buses. This comedy sees a new […]

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Beverly Hills Cop

April 16, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Eddie Murphy turned down Ghostbusters to make the movie that would narrowly beat it, as Beverly Hills Cop cleverly comes top of the 1984 box office. This action-comedy about a […]

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2010: The Year We Make Contact

January 28, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Q: Who would be crazy enough to make a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey? A: The man who made Timecop. Peter Hyams (End of Days) brings back all our […]

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The Terminator

December 14, 2019by Dan Meier Leave a comment

1984 proved a mixed year for sci-fi – some successful (Ghostbusters), some flops (Dune) and some no one remembers at all (a 2001 sequel called 2010). But none had such […]

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Conan the Destroyer

September 22, 2019by Alex Chafey 3 Comments

Burly Barbarian Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent to rescue the niece (Olivia d’Abo) of Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) with the promise of his lost love being returned to him. He’s […]

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