My Neighbor Totoro (1988) (or My NeighboUr Totoro if you’re in England) Tonari no Totoro Japanese: となりのトトロ IMDB Top 250 Rank: 165 as of 01/01/2013 Directed & Written by Hayao Miyazaki Starring Voice Actors: Chika Sakamoto Noriko Hidaka Hitoshi Takagi (English Dub Voice Cast: Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Tim Daly) Running time: 86 minutes Plot … Continue reading
The Stepford Children (1987) Directed by Alan J Levi Starring: Barbara Eden Don Murray Randall Batinkoff Tammy Lauren Richard Anderson Running time: 96 minutes Plot Synopsis: The Stepford Children is one of three made-for-TV sequels to the 1975 film The Stepford Wives. In this sequel, Steven and Laura Harding & their teenage children David and … Continue reading
Night Of The Comet (1984) Directed by Thom Eberhardt Starring: Catherine Mary Stewart Kelli Maroney Robert Beltran Sharon Farrell Mary Woronov Geoffrey Lewis Peter Fox John Achorn Michael Bowen Running time: 95 minutes Plot Synopsis: (via IMDB) A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls to fight the evil types … Continue reading
The Breakfast Club (1985) Directed by John Hughes Written by John Hughes Starring: Emilio Estevez Anthony Michael Hall Judd Nelson Molly Ringwald Ally Sheedy Paul Gleason John Kapelos John Hughes (uncredited – as Mr Johnson) Running time: 97 minutes Plot Synopsis: (via Wikipedia) The Breakfast Club storyline follows five teenagers, each a member of a … Continue reading
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) by ME! Directed by Jeremiah Chechik Written by John Hughes Starring: Chevy Chase Beverly D’Angelo Randy Quaid Juliette Lewis Johnny Galecki John Randolph Diane Ladd E.G. Marshall Doris Roberts William Hickey Mae Questel Miriam Flynn Nicholas Guest Julia Louis-Dreyfus Running time: 97 minutes Plot Synopsis: The Griswolds decide to stay … Continue reading
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) by ME, Cinema Parrot Disco! Finally writing some reviews! Directed by John Hughes Written by John Hughes Starring: Matthew Broderick Alan Ruck Mia Sara Jeffrey Jones Jennifer Grey Lyman Ward Cindy Pickett Edie McClurg Ben Stein Charlie Sheen Kristy Swanson Running time: 102 minutes Plot Synopsis: (via Wikipedia) The film … Continue reading
Sixteen Candles (1984) Directed by John Hughes Written by John Hughes Starring: Molly Ringwald Justin Henry Michael Schoeffling Anthony Michael Hall Gedde Watanabe Haviland Morris Paul Dooley Carlin Glynn Blanche Baker Edward Andrews Billie Bird John Cusack Joan Cusack Running time: 93 minutes Plot Synopsis: Samantha Baker’s (Molly Ringwald) parents forget her sixteenth birthday. Plus … Continue reading
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) Directed by Victor Fleming Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum Starring: Judy Garland Frank Morgan Ray Bolger Bert Lahr Jack Haley Billie Burke Margaret Hamilton Charley Grapewin Clara Blandick Pat Walshe Terry Running time: 101 minutes Plot Synopsis: Dorothy. Kansas. Toto. A scarecrow, tin man … Continue reading
WALL-E (2008) Directed by Andrew Stanton Starring (mostly voice) actors: Ben Burtt Elissa Knight Jeff Garlin Fred Willard John Ratzenberger Kathy Najimy Sigourney Weaver MacInTalk Music by Thomas Newman Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios Running time: 98 minutes Plot Synopsis: (via Wikipedia) The story follows a robot named WALL-E, who is designed to … Continue reading
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Directed by Frank Darabont Based on Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King Starring: Tim Robbins Morgan Freeman Bob Gunton William Sadler Clancy Brown Gil Bellows Mark Rolston James Whitmore Jeffrey DeMunn Music by Thomas Newman Running time: 142 minutes Plot Synopsis: Andy Dufresne is a banker sent to Shawshank … Continue reading
Hardware (1990) Directed by Richard Stanley Starring: Dylan McDermott Stacey Travis John Lynch Iggy Pop Carl McCoy William Hootkins Mark Northover Paul McKenzie Lemmy Running time: 94 minutes Plot Synopsis: (via Wikipedia) Hardware is a British-American post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film. Inspired by a short story in 2000 AD, the film depicts the rampage of … Continue reading
Adventures In Babysitting (1987) (aka A Night On The Town in some territories. That title is even worse!) Directed by Chris Columbus Starring: Elisabeth Shue Maia Brewton Keith Coogan Anthony Rapp Penelope Ann Miller Bradley Whitford Calvin Levels Vincent Phillip D’Onofrio George Newbern John Ford Noonan John Davis Chandler Ron Canada Albert Collins as himself … Continue reading
Pump Up The Volume (1990) Directed by Allan Moyle Starring: Christian Slater Samantha Mathis Mimi Kennedy Scott Paulin Cheryl Pollak Annie Ross Ahmet Zappa Billy Morrissette Seth Green Robert Schenkkan Ellen Greene Andy Romano Anthony Lucero Lala Sloatman James Hampton Running time: 105 minutes Plot Synopsis: Christian Slater, known only as Hard Harry to his … Continue reading
A note before I start the review: Since starting this blog, I’ve only reviewed movies I’ve just recently watched instead of attempting to review old favorites of mine. This felt too difficult for me as I’m not always great with words & feel like I won’t do these movies justice. I’ll attempt to do very … Continue reading
Alien: Covenant (2017) **Spoiler-free ranting below** Directed by Ridley Scott Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir Plot Synopsis: (via IMDB) The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape. My Opinion: I’ll … Continue reading
*sigh* Okay, I have to take a deep breath. Give me a minute… Serenity now! Okay. So, Disney are making a straight-to-cable sequel to one of my most beloved movies of all-time: Adventures In Babysitting. I reviewed Adventures In Babysitting (also known in some countries as A Night On The Town) HERE as part of … Continue reading
I Origins (2014) Directed by Mike Cahill Starring: Michael Pitt Brit Marling Astrid Berges-Frisbey Steven Yeun Archie Panjabi William Mapother Cara Seymour Running time: 106 minutes Plot Synopsis: (via IMDB): A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it. My Opinion: Has anyone else seen this? … Continue reading
Night Of The Creeps (1986) Directed by Fred Dekker Starring: Jason Lively Steve Marshall Jill Whitlow Tom Atkins Allan Kayser Wally Taylor Dick Miller Suzanne Snyder Running time: 88 minutes Plot Synopsis: (via IMDB) Alien brain parasites, entering humans through the mouth, turn their host into a killing zombie. Some teenagers start to fight against … Continue reading
Hi everyone! Okay, so… When I started this blog a little over a year ago, I knew that the main thing I wanted to do besides reviewing the films I go out to see in the cinema/theater was make myself watch & review the rest of the IMDB Top 250 films I hadn’t yet seen … Continue reading
This started as a personal project on 01/01/13. I’d always wanted to set myself the goal of watching all of the IMDB Top 250 movies. As of 01/01/13, I’d already watched 150 of them. My plan is to watch & review the remaining 100. But what about the 150 I’d already seen? Well, I eventually … Continue reading
Happy New Year, everyone! 2022. My god. Tried in December to catch up on the shitloads of 2021 films I missed. Missed everything in the cinema & the 2021 leftovers on services that I missed didn’t look that great anyway so it’s likely I’ll never bother with those now (but I do wish I’d seen … Continue reading
Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021) Directed by Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine & Octavio E. Rodriguez (co-director) Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Ed Helms, Justice Smith, Rob Delaney, Kylie Cantrall, Ricardo Hurtado, Olivia Colman Music by Henry Jackman Plot Synopsis: (via IMDb) The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected … Continue reading
Oh man – this was a hard list to do since the majority of my favorite horrors are from the ’70s & ’80s. I’ll also have watched shitloads, so am sure I’ve forgotten to add some great ones & I’ll be annoyed I forgot them. Oh well – I can update the list if so! … Continue reading
I re-read The Bachman Books this year (a collection of four Stephen King stories originally published under his pen-name Richard Bachman). I don’t normally re-read books but it had been over 20 years since I read these. I remember absolutely loving one & really liking another but couldn’t remember anything very specific from either. The … Continue reading
Color Out Of Space (2019) Directed by Richard Stanley Written by Richard Stanley & Scarlett Amaris Based on The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft Starring: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Elliot Knight, Madeleine Arthur, Q’orianka Kilcher, Tommy Chong Plot Synopsis: (via IMDb) A secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has … Continue reading
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