The Bond That Set My 00 Standard You never forget your first Bond. This was the first NEW James Bond after I discovered the franchise through a late night Bondathon around the time of Octopussy’s release. With a scorching air-drum-inducing theme song by then-hottest band in my record collection, Duran Duran, the movie felt like … Read more
Verhoeven’s Mind-Bending Arnie Action Total Recall got its ass to Home Video today in 1990, after a June 1st theatrical release. Another Verhoeven tour-de-force – it was priced-to-own at $24.99 and became one of year’s top-selling videocassettes. If I Rekall correctly, I tried sneaking into a showing after watching Back To The Future Part III … Read more
Batman Forever landed on Home Video today in 1995, after a June 16th theatrical drive thru. After the exquisitely bleak ‘92 yuletidey sequel, it was decided that Tim Burton would hand over the bat-reins to seasoned filmmaker Joel Schumacher to lighten things up and bring some of that Happy Meal money back. He moved the … Read more
Too Intense for Kids, Just Right for VHS Glory It took over 2 years, but Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom finally arrived on home video today in 1986 after a May 23rd, 1984 theatrical release. Obviously it was another lucrative priced-to-own Paramount title at $29.95, and with Raiders being co-promoted at a cool … Read more
The Soundtrack of 1985 for an R-Rated Record Breaker People forget just how huge this was. Adjusted for inflation, it’s still one of the highest-grossing R-Rated films in history – with a total US box office gross of 730,714,743 in 2024. The original home video release also broke some records too, with 1.3 million units … Read more
Chimpanzees, Test Pilots, and Maudlin Memories Project X landed on Home Video today in 1987, after an April 17th theatrical release. Jonathan Kaplan’s underrated tale of a chimpanzee test pilot starring Matthew Broderick, William Sadler and Hellen Hunt could have easily been a prequel to a new Planet of the Apes series, well at least … Read more