I’m back with part 2 of the Greatest Summer of Movies! This time we are talking August 1985. As good as July 1985 was for movies, August was even better. The new 5-screen movie theater CONTINUE READING…
The Empire Strikes Back premiered forty years ago, this week. FORTY years ago. I was ten years old and could not wait to see it and though I remember having to wait a couple of CONTINUE READING…
(From October 2015 & May 2019) EPISODE 0 “Goonies Never Say Die”, but Hollywood has sure been dragging their feet about giving fans a sequel to the 1985 film The Goonies. Directed by Richard Donner CONTINUE READING…
Pull up your leg warmers and lace up your skates, because this week SequelQuest is traveling back to the 80’s with Xanadu! Starring the unlikely screen duo of Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, this roller CONTINUE READING…
Christmas comedies are probably the most popular Christmas movies or at least tied with the Romantic Comedies. There are hundreds of comedies focusing on the Christmas season. Some are good, some not so good, CONTINUE READING…
I know what your thinking…Christmas horror movies? How can that be? Well, sometimes bad things happen on Christmas too. The Christmas season is a wonderful time of year, but sometimes the lines are too long, CONTINUE READING…
I really enjoy this video montage of “40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes”… That inspired me to put together a list of the best inspirational/motivational speeches just from ’80s movies. There were several choices that CONTINUE READING…
So much of the popular culture I was consuming in the watershed year of 1989 felt like more than just entertainment—instead, much of it felt incendiary. The world itself felt on the cusp of something big CONTINUE READING…
Who’s Johnny? Why Johnny 5 of course! Though over 30 years have passed since the cinematic debut of everybody’s favorite spunky, sentient robot, we think he’s due for a comeback in Short Circuit 3! Join CONTINUE READING…
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