Forty years later and still arguably the best theme song in the history of PBS. From a strange era in between glam rock and disco. In between men wearing short shorts and women wearing short CONTINUE READING…
He had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor’s CONTINUE READING…
A recent high-school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody. Cast: 1984 memories One of my sisters rented this movie so I CONTINUE READING…
Recently on The Retro Network I participated in an awesome TRN Talk: VHS Collecting podcast discussing the art of VHS collecting with Jason (@RD80s) and the always enthusiastic Chad Young from the Horror Movie BBQ CONTINUE READING…
A farming family battles severe storms, while taking a valiant stand against a bank foreclosure and a powerful land grabber. Cast: 1984 memories Someone in my house rented this, most likely my dad. When I CONTINUE READING…
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. Cast: 1984 memories I saw CONTINUE READING…
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace. Cast: 1984 viewing A new mall opened in my hometown in CONTINUE READING…
A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue. Cast: 1984 viewing I CONTINUE READING…
Dying millionaire Edwina Cutwater has her soul transferred into the body of younger, willing Terry Hoskins. However, something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer Roger Cobb’s body – together with the lawyer. CONTINUE READING…
I’m going to be completely honest with you – I wasn’t the biggest fan of Captain N: The Game Master. Castlevania is one of my favorite NES games, and it did my boy dirty. As CONTINUE READING…
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots… and his CONTINUE READING…
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York City of a drug lord and his gang. Cast: 1984 memories This never hit my theater in 1984. If it did play in my town CONTINUE READING…
When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes CONTINUE READING…
A Washington, D.C., cocktail waitress who prevents the assassination of a visiting Arab emir and winds up a national heroine. Cast: 1984 memories I didn’t see this in the theater. In fact, I don’t recall CONTINUE READING…
Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock’s body. Cast: 1984 viewing In 1984 I was still a huge CONTINUE READING…
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