Archive for Release Year: 1989
8 posts from 24 September 2018 to 18 April 2026.
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More of the same shit, only more so.
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Ferris Bueller’s Army Day. I understand he was playing a kid thrust into responsibility by war, but he’s still the nerd from WarGames.
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A classic, from the Director of Rambo.
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Christ, that’s intense. Like a not so good version of Solomon Kane, same vibes but less production values.
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This is the quintessential romcom, written by Nora Ephron even. Harry is such a jerk for so long, I don’t see what Sally sees in him. That’s the hardest thing to suspend disbelief over.
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No way, this is a prequel to The Big Lebowski. Jackie Treehorn himself, a mobster in some podunk town, graduating to a bona fide porno empire in Malibu. And The Stranger is in it too, with long flowing hair!
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I’m shocked at this cast! Peter “Battleship” Berg as the fucking lead, what the fuck is this? Nepo baby Mitch “The X-Files” Pileggi as the mad killer? Fucking Dr. Timothy Leary as a televangelist that gets punched in the face?
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Seeing this now feels like unearthing the Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus, it’s so removed from the current reality, from all sides. But it even works as a pure drama, coming back home to meet the parents packs some extremely emotional punches.