This film was such a big deal. Tarantino took decades of accumulated pop cultural detritus and alchemised it into something that got a standing ovation at Cannes. The film told a generation of overqualified underachievers that their encyclopedic knowledge of blaxploitation flicks and sitcom trivia wasn’t worthless cultural debris – it was a language unto … Read more
Fred Dekker Rules. The Monster Squad arrived on Home Video February 10th, 1988 – for $89.98 – after getting staked with an August 14th, 1987 theatrical release. It’s hard to believe there was a time when The Monster Squad was just one in a flotsam of 80’s films with only a single domestic VHS release. … Read more
Don’t take the ring, Laura. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me rolled into Home Video this week in 1993, after an August 28th, 1992 US theatrical garmonbozia. This one’s for you, Mr. Lynch. I was definitely into the whole Twin Peaks Chic during its ’89-91 run on ABC. However, the series’ popularity waned heavily with … Read more