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After Hours (1985)
After Hours (1985)
1985 | Comedy, Mystery
Scorsese's direction (2 more)
The quirky cameos
Griffin Dunne
Bad 80s music (0 more)
This is one of my absolute all time guilty secret films. Except guilty secret is wrong, because it is too good to be guilty. Perhaps it's better to say one of the most under-rated and under-seen films of the 80s. Forgotten by many and unknown by many more. When listing the best of Scorsese it is easy to overlook this lighter work, dismissing it as a diversion from his main oeuvre, but that is a shame...

Set over the course of one crazy night on New York, where everything goes wrong and spirals into one weird encounter after another, it is an allegory for lost direction and anxiety in a confusing time; chasing the rat race, money, dreams and love, only to fall down a never-ending rabbit hole. Watching the cameo appearances come and go is like doing an 80s B-movie checklist. Griffin Dunne himself has drifted into obscurity now - not that he was ever huge - and this remains the one thing he will perhaps always be known for.

I wonder if it would make any sense at all to anyone who can't remember the 80s first hand? For me it screams nostalgia for that time: the epitome of music, fashion and movie style back then. I recommend it in an unlikely double bill with Desperately Seeking Susan. Trust me.
  
Silverado (1985)
Silverado (1985)
1985 | Action, Drama, Western
One of only handful of Westerns that I found very entertaining, it's chock full of 80s stars and is a little bit like the magnificent 7 in respect to way the group assembles, Brian Dennehy plays his usual bad guy role well, it's a great cast and a great film.
  
Stranger Things  - Season 1
Stranger Things - Season 1
2016 | Horror, Sci-Fi
80s Nostalgia (5 more)
Excellent cast
Story
Suspense
Horror
One of the reason I keep paying for Netflix
Amazing
Brilliant horror/fantasy/thriller.
Cast works well, story is gripping. Love all the references to my childhood! Demigoron actually made me jump!
Very much tapped into Stephen King’s realms with the story & progression
  
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Minmay84 (140 KP) rated It (2017) in Movies

Aug 25, 2018  
It (2017)
It (2017)
2017 | Drama, Horror
10
7.9 (355 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Great movie
I grew up watching the It movie from the 80s. So I had high hopes from this one. I was not disappointed and it follows the book a little more closely. I really loved it and I hope they make a second one with the kids grown up.
  
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
1988 | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Its time to take a ride on a nightmare merry-go-round
Absolutely awesome late '80s Horror/Comedy with some truly inventive makeup and special effects, easily one of the most memorable movies you'll ever see.

Plus John Vernon has a certain live delivery that you have to see, it's incredible.
  
Forbidden World (Mutant) (1982)
Forbidden World (Mutant) (1982)
1982 | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
5
6.0 (6 Ratings)
Movie Rating
There's a sex scene in this movie set to a backdrop of 80s sounding synth music, before a transition kicks in that reveals another character in the next room over is in fact playing said music on his weird space flute, and it's the single best transition in cinema history.
  
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Tony (1076 KP) rated Akira (1988) in Movies

Aug 10, 2020 (Updated Aug 10, 2020)  
Akira (1988)
Akira (1988)
1988 | Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
7
8.5 (17 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Classic anime (0 more)
Does feel little dated (0 more)
I did enjoy this classic film and have watched it a couple of times - however the 80s early 90s anime drawing isn't my favourite drawing style and I find impacts my enjoyment of a film even if like this it has good story line.
  
Sheena (1984)
Sheena (1984)
1984 | Action, Sci-Fi
Tanya Roberts (0 more)
Watched for the first its okay typical 80s movie with tanya Roberts as a female tazan didn't realise until halfway thru the movie there would a lot of naked tanya Roberts which I wasn't expecting could have without alot of those shots but anyway it was still OK
  
Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
2018 | Sci-Fi
The cameos (2 more)
Premise
Visual effects
Spielburg at his best
I'm an 80s girl and so when i see load of remakes or films with 80s stuff I'm kind of stop runing my childhood let me remebr how I want to remember. However I throughly enjoyed this movie. The plot is interesting and the characters so engaging the cameos of my favourite childhood movies are put in a great visual and entertaing way. I will admit for once i haven't read the book before seeing a film which is unusual for me and so i cant commment on if this film has done the book justice but as a film by itself it works.