Month: February 2017
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Invasion U.S.A.
This is not a good movie. I think even back then I didn’t really like it much — amongst the Stallone/Schwarzenegger/Norris action invasion — and yup, it’s still not great. There are bits here and there that are fun — and the opening with the immigration officials gunning down Cubans in a boat is an…
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Fright Night
This is one of those classic horror movies of the era that a lot of people refer back to — it’s considered pretty influential in terms of the way it presents vampires — but I think I had never actually seen it. I did quite enjoy watching it now — sure, the effects are pretty…
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Clue
This was also still pretty fun to watch — lots of classic lines, and the slapstick stuff still works quite well. It was also nice to see that cast again — filled with some pretty great comedians of the era. The one thing that always bothered me with it though is that it has multiple…
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Brewster’s Millions
One of those wacky comedies of the era, and you know what, it was still pretty fun to watch. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a great film, but the ridiculous premise still works, and I quite enjoyed watching Richard Pryor again. I’m pretty surprised to see it was directed by Walter Hill though, since…
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
I haven’t been updating my Debaser diary with all of the movies I’ve continued to watch as part of my 1985 movie watching marathon, but I have been watching lots (26 and counting), and so time to catch up. Unlike Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (aka part 5), which was pretty much straight up a…
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Medici: Masters of Florence
For our lunch time “Watch Club” at work, after we got done watching Crazyhead, we moved on to this, and so far it’s been pretty good (we’ve watched the first 4 episodes of 8). It’s a pretty decent story, with a good cast, and hey, who doesn’t like watching Robb Stark. The only thing that…
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Marco Polo (Season 2)
As I mentioned not too long ago, I finally got around to watching season 1 of Marco Polo, and now I’m halfway through season 2. Like I said then, I’ve really come to enjoy this show, and I’m a bit bummed that we won’t be getting any more seasons.