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  • Pray for Death

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    I’ve talked to a lot of people who think that what I’m doing with my 1985 movie marathon is ridiculous, and others who think that it’s probably best to leave these movies alone, to keep my memories of them intact. Well, Pray for Death is probably the best example, amongst everything I’ve watched, of one of those movies…

  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

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    Not only is this still a really great movie, but it reminded me how much I also enjoyed the recent Mad Max movie, and how much I want another movie in the series. I think when I was young I felt that the parts with the kids were a bit lame, but I found myself…

  • Invasion U.S.A.

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    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…

  • Fright Night

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    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…

  • Fletch

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    I’m going to go ahead and say it, I’ve just never been a huge fan of Fletch. I know it has a lot of fans, but even watching it again now, I just don’t find it that funny. I know it was supposed to be more in the vein of a dramedy, but I don’t…

  • Clue

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    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…

  • Brewster’s Millions

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    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…

  • Brazil

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    Definitely one of the classics of 1985, and I loved watching it again — certainly one of the films that has aged the best. Ridiculous, funny, dark, maddening — it’s everything and more.