Jul 24 2010

MWG: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 1:36 pm

Hanging out at Marci’s house, she was checking out what was available to watch on Netflix Instant Play. When she realized I had never seen this movie before, she was shocked and picked it as her movie of the month.

Netflix synopsis: While the final Mad Max film can’t outrun the first two, director George Miller delivers an awesome depiction of order amid chaos. Max (Mel Gibson) becomes embroiled in the internal tensions of Bartertown, ruled by the imperious Aunty Entity (Tina Turner). Will ex-cop Max turn into an assassin? Featuring the inventive Thunderdome fight sequence, this installment offers plenty of action. Adam Cockburn and Bruce Spence co-star.

RT Score: 81%
RT Consensus: Beyond Thunderdome deepens the Mad Max character without sacrificing the amazing vehicle choreography and stunts that made the originals memorable.

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Jun 15 2010

MWG: Legend

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 11:06 am

Stacy wanted to continue on the theme we have had going on this year with what she calls, “The Tim Curry classic Legend.”

Netflix synopsis: Jack (Tom Cruise) lives peacefully in a mythical forest with animals and goblins until fate leads him to battle a host of terrors to rescue a captive unicorn. If he loses, the world plunges into an eternal ice age. Meanwhile, he must save the beautiful princess Lili (Mia Sara) from the clutches of the demonic Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry). Director Ridley Scott’s cut of this epic fantasy adventure includes 20 more minutes of footage.

RT Score: 52%

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May 17 2010

MWG: Big Trouble in Little China

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 3:15 am

It is Jim’s turn to pick the movie for us this month. Here is what he said when asked to pick a movie, “I’m going to go with the great John Carpenter masterpiece, Big Trouble in Little China.”  I’m surprised he didn’t pick it sooner.

Netflix synopsis: Traveling through a shadowy world filled with supernatural creatures and spectacular action, regular guy Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) and lawyer Gracie Law (Kim Cattrall) try to track down a 2,000-year-old magician, Lo Pan (James Hong), who has kidnapped Burton’s friend’s green-eyed fiancée. John Carpenter directs this adventurous spoof of the martial-arts movie genre set in San Francisco’s Chinatown district.

RT Score: 81%

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Apr 18 2010

MWG: Red Sonja

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 4:56 pm

Amy has picked Red Sonja as our next movie pick. She picked it to go along with other recent choices of Conan, Clash of the Titans, and Willow. It has the common theme of fighting in it. I also think they are trying to do a remake of this movie too.

Netflix synopsis: After her family is brutally murdered, a young woman named Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) sees “red” and becomes a master of the sword — all to seek revenge on the evil queen responsible for the tragedy that snuffed out her kin. Directed by Richard Fleischer, the film co-stars Arnold Schwarzenegger (in one of his earliest roles) and features Sandahl Bergman as the evil queen.

RT Score: 17%

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Mar 01 2010

MWG: Willow

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 8:43 pm

Jeremy had February’s pick so he finally decided on a movie at the beginning of March. He kept using some excuse like he had homework to do or something. Whatever! Anyway, I think this movie pick came about due to someone mentioning it on television or something happened that reminded Jer of playing the Willow video game. I never knew there was a video game, but watched this movie a lot when I was younger. I remember thinking it was awesome, but I don’t remember much else about it.  Apparently, critics did not agree with that view, but who is to argue with my eighth-grader thoughts, which is how old I was when this came out. :)

Netflix synopsis: After finding a baby adrift in a river, a dwarfish “Nelwyn” named Willow (Warwick Davis) must protect it from an evil queen (Jean Marsh), battling dragons and vanquishing evildoers with help from the warrior Madmartigan (Val Kilmer) in a bid to shield the infant from harm. Ron Howard directs this George Lucas-produced fantasy-adventure that received a pair of Oscar nods for sound editing and visual effects.

RT Score 48%

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Jan 04 2010

MWG: Clash of the Titans (1981)

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 10:08 pm

Since there is a remake of this movie coming out, I felt the need to watch this cheesetastic version. My brother and I used to watch it all the time when we were little. It used to drive my mom crazy. I’m not sure if  it was the awesome dialogue or special effects. Maybe it was a combo, but it didn’t stop me from loving it. I haven’t seen it in years so I don’t remember much about it besides Medusa scared the crap out of me.

Bonus: It’s available to watch instantly on Netflix!

Netflix synopsis: This epic mythological adventure stars Harry Hamlin as Perseus, son of Zeus (Laurence Olivier), who embarks on a series of perilous quests in the hopes of rescuing Princess Andromeda (Judi Bowker) and winning the keys to the kingdom of Joppa. With winged horse Pegasus as his steed, Perseus must answer vexing riddles, capture the head of Medusa and slay a ravenous sea monster. Burgess Meredith and Ursula Andress co-star in this classic tale.

RT Score 72%

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Oct 19 2009

MWG: Beverly Hills Cop

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — jimz0r @ 7:52 pm

My pick for October is Beverly Hills Cop. You might remember back when Eddie Murphy really was hilarious. You’ll have to concentrate very hard though because it’s been a while.

BHC

Netflix synopsis: Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend’s murder. But soon, he realizes he’s stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie detective Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) joins the fish-out-of-water Axel and shows him the West Los Angeles ropes in director Martin Brest‘s Academy Award-nominated action comedy.

RT Score 83%

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Oct 14 2009

MWG: Back to the Future

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 9:48 pm

Sharon had September’s pick for the Movie Watching Group (MWG), but was so super busy, it was hard to pin down a movie pick from her until this month. Then I forgot to make a post about it for a week. oops! Maybe we’ll do better if Jim will pick his October movie before the end of this month. ;) Anyway, Sharon chose Back to the Future.

backtothefuture

Netflix Synopsis: In this classic sci-fi adventure from director Robert Zemeckis, eccentric inventor Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) turns a DeLorean into a time machine that inadvertently sends his young friend, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), 30 years into the past. While stuck in the 1950s, Marty disrupts his parents’ destiny and risks throwing the time-space continuum completely out of whack. The only way back to 1985 now is to get mom and dad to pucker up.

RT Score: 96%

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Feb 17 2009

MWG: Conan the Barbarian

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 9:48 pm

You know how Amy had us watch a classic movie last month? Well, Sharon is continuing on that trend with this Ah-nold classic.

Conan the Barbarian

Netflix synopsis: Catch Arnold before he became a politician! A pure swords-and-sorcery flick, Conan the Barbarian is one of the best and sparked a wave of fantasy films in the early ’80s. When Conan’s parents are killed in a raid, he’s sent to a slave camp where his master trains him to be a warrior and use his skills in high-stakes fights. Once granted his freedom, the muscle-bound bruiser seeks to avenge his parents’ brutal murder and solve the riddle of steel.

Rotten Tomato Score: 75%

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Aug 12 2008

MWG: Strange Brew

Category: 1980s,Movie Watching Group,Movies,Reviews — velveetahead @ 6:39 pm

I’ve gone back and forth on what my next movie will be, but I will go with one of my all-time favorite movies. It has a dumb plot, but I found it hilarious when I first saw it in fourth grade. Every time my brother and I would go to the video store, we would rent it. This was back in the days that no one owned movies since they all cost around $100, but I’m pretty sure we spent that after all the times we rented it. You don’t even have to like beer to enjoy it since I wasn’t not a beer fan in fourth grade. ;) It also shows that Rick Moranis was once cool. Please don’t hate it because it is Canadian!

Strange Brew

Netflix synopsis: Hoping to snag some free beer by helping a brewery owner reclaim her business, goofy Canadian brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie (SCTV’s Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) wind up battling criminal Brewmeister Smith (Max von Sydow), who plans to take over the world by releasing his hypnotic brew to the beer-guzzling population. Now, the fate of humankind lies in the hands of Canada’s biggest “hosers” in this classic comedy.

Rotten Tomato Score: 70%

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