From The Hip
When I was in college I used to watch a lot of Ally McBeal (1997-2002) while waiting for video files to either export or compress. I loved Ally McBeal. I… Read more »
Tag: 1980s
The Sword & The Sorcerer
Albert Pyun’s film The Sword & The Sorcerer (1982) came out during the heyday of the sword and sorcery genre. The film pits a lone hero with a three bladed… Read more »
Q
Larry Cohen’s notorious kaiju flick Q (1982) follows a smalltime hood and a police investigation into a series of ritual murders until both plots collide and the deity of Quetzalcōātl… Read more »
Reds
Reds (1981) realizes imperfect memories as historic fiction. What is truth is never clear, only ever suggested by actors and interviewees who so often seem at odds with the story… Read more »
The Blonde Fury
“So you’re a colleague? I thought you were a whore.” Cynthia Rothrock plays an FBI agent sent to Hong Kong to bring down a ring of counterfeiters. Her cover is… Read more »
Broadcast News
Broadcast News (1987) has always been my favorite James L. Brooks movie. I love the characters, the wit, and the commentary on journalistic ethics. Brooks can get sentimental but, in… Read more »
Rouge
‘It’s not easy being a woman.” Director Stanley Kwan opens Rouge (1987) with a series of camera moves that dolly one way while panning in another direction. It is a… Read more »
Dolls
“The longest night in the world.” Tourist Trap (1979) and Dolls (1987) are by far the creepiest Charles Band productions I have ever seen. Dolls oozes a Gothic atmosphere and… Read more »
Mannequin
When I was in college I used to walk passed the Macy’s in center city Philadelphia every day. I remember checking out the window displays, Dickens’ village and the pipe… Read more »
Class
Andrew McCarthy has been back in the public eye promoting his new documentary Brats (2024). And while there wasn’t much to redeem what amounts to a ninety minute pity party,… Read more »
