Flannel over henley, jeans, hair perfectly parted down the middle. Alan Abernathy is an X-Files sort of guy, marginally cool with just enough quirky oddball energy to be relatable. He’s the late 90s everykid who still carried the Gen X ethos, the kind of jaded teenager who felt like the caretaker of his own parents… … Read more
“God I love this street!” I’ve been living there rent-free for decades. Sure it features Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Rick Ducommon, and Carrie Fisher, but the unsung star of the movie is the street itself. Corey Feldman’s immortal line in Joe Dante’s classic could easily refer to the ‘Colonial Street’ filming location on the Universal … Read more
“Mom, they hatched. Get out of the house!” I can’t even try to be objective about this one, Gremlins is hands-down my favourite movie of all time. Having missed it in theaters, I was lucky to rent it in November of 1985 as a new release (it took that long to hit home video), and … Read more
InnerSpace blew up on Home Video today in 1988, after a wilted July 1st, 1987 theatrical release. “Steven Spielberg Presents” really used to mean something. In the early ’80s, it leapt off posters like a promise – Gremlins, Goonies, Back to the Future, that moonlit Amblin logo glowing like a seal of quality. These films … Read more
Well, it certainly tried to be. Like UHF or Stay Tuned, Amazon Women on the Moon feels like a movie made by and for pop-culturally obsessed weirdos – those of us who misspent way too much of our youth daydreaming in front of the TV set, bouncing between late-night horror marathons, sitcom reruns, soaps, gameshows, … Read more