Tag Archives: 1980s

The A-Team – Big cheese: 1980s TV show gets action movie makeover

Posted on 28 July 2010 by Jason Best

Cheap and cheesy 1980s TV show The A-Team gets an expensive retread with a big-screen blockbuster version – but will the new movie fire up cinemagoers’ fond memories of the original or trample all over them? Having never seen the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Schlock classic Street Trash is still goo-tastic!

Posted on 13 January 2010 by peter

One of the most outrageous and offensive midnight movie classics of the 1980s, the schlock horror comedy Street Trash, is now out on DVD as a special two-disc edition – restored, uncut, and packed with features, making this gore-fest a … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Gregory’s Girl

Posted on 17 September 2009 by Beth Williams

If, like me, you’re drawn to the fashions, music and general culture of Britain in the 1980s, then you may be gearing yourself up to check out Nick Love’s remake of that 1980s football hooliganism movie The Firm, which comes … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Son of Rambow and children of the 80s

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Beth Williams

On Sky Movies Premiere today at 6.10pm A schoolboy who is forbidden to watch TV and films by his religious family, gets involved in making a home movie with the school tearaway after seeing a bootleg copy of Stallone’s Rambo: … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Anvil! The Story of Anvil – Heavy metal doc is a real-life Spinal Tap!

Posted on 20 February 2009 by Jason Best

  ‘Is this another Spinal Tap?’ I scribbled in my notebook when this documentary about the middle-aged members of a failed Canadian heavy metal band got underway. Before seeing this movie last year, I’d never heard of Anvil, so-called ‘demigods … Continue reading →

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Rita, Sue and Bob Too

Posted on 29 January 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings On Film4 tonight at 11.25pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Hmm, this clip from tonight’s film brings it all back. You see, I grew up in the north of England … Continue reading →

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News Muse – 1980s redux

Posted on 19 September 2008 by Adele Craciun

It started in a subtle way. Top Gun-style Ray Bans became fashionable again. Then in snuck the legwarmers followed by the leggings, spandex waist belts and oversized tops. Then came Miami Vice the movie and the recent reunion of New … Continue reading →

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The Best View – In Bruges & Son of Rambow

Posted on 11 August 2008 by Jason Best

Two films that made a splash – a year apart – at the Sundance Film Festival are released on DVD today. Playwright turned filmmaker Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges, the opening night film at Sundance this January, is a gleefully dark … Continue reading →

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