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Month: February 2017

  • 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.

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

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    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…

  • Riverdale

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    I didn’t think I’d watch this series — although I was kinda interested when I heard it had a Twin Peaks influence, I didn’t think I wanted to watch an Archie show. But it popped up on Netflix (here in Canada), and so I thought it might be fun to watch with my wife (who…

  • Medici: Masters of Florence

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    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…

  • Marco Polo (Season 2)

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    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.