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  • Big Trouble in Little China

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    I know I really liked this movie back in the day — I was a pretty big fan of John Carpenter films in general — but it had been so long since I’d watched it that I barely remembered the story at all, which made it that much more fun to watch. Yes, it’s incredibly silly,…

  • Highlander

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    I loved this movie so much back in the day, and watched it countless times. Watching it again now, it’s still pretty great, and features some really nicely shot fighting sequences — like the showdown at the end in front of blue-lit windows, with shadowy figures in combat, sorta like what we see in that…

  • The Transformers: The Movie

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    I can’t say that this is a really good movie, but I did enjoy watching it as a piece of nostalgia. I’d completely forgotten the story, and then I slowly remembered how disappointed I was when I saw it as a kid, that it introduced so many new characters, and quickly put aside the old favorites.…

  • River’s Edge

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    I remember super liking this movie back in the day, and that it was dark and weird. Well, it’s still dark and weird, and I still quite enjoyed it. The acting is a bit off at times — young Keanu is, well, young, and Crispin Glover over-hams, but in a fun way — but it’s…

  • The Color of Money

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    The funny thing about revisiting this movie is that I had completely forgotten that it was directed by Martin Scorsese. It’s still a pretty entertaining film to watch, although Tom Cruise’s character can get on your nerves — feels like he could have found a better balance between innocence and cockiness. That said, the scene…

  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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    Still one of the all-time classic movies, and as good now as it was back in the day. This movie was still pretty fresh in my mind because I had re-watched it a year or two ago, but I still had a blast watching it. Funny to say that it features Charlie Sheen’s best ever…

  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

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    After having such a good time watching 1985’s A New Beginning (aka Part V) earlier this year, I was going into this one hoping for another good time (watching it on a late Saturday night). Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. As much as I found Part V to be pretty tame in terms of the…

  • Three Amigos

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    This movie has sorta turned into a comedy classic, but I think mostly because of the strength of the three stars, and the incredibly silly premise. I seem to remember that even back then I didn’t think it was that great a movie. Of course, there are a few funny moments here and there that…