‘I Queue’: Gurn Blanston revisits ‘Red Dawn’

Red Dawn Year:1984 Director: John Milius Writers: John Milius, Kevin Reynolds Cast: Patrick Swayze- Jed Charlie Sheen- Matt C. Thomas Howell- Robert Lea Thompson- Erica Jennifer Grey- Toni Tag Line: The invading armies planned for everything – except for eight kids called “The Wolverines.” Or The Brat Pack goes to war. (OK, I made that [...]

…and we’re back (and some updates!)

For all three who noticed we were gone for a little bit, thank you. To ensure a more regular posting schedule, I would like to pose a question. As some may know, I also run a site Use Soap, that I use as a repository for my weekly review column at a local newspaper. I [...]

‘Deliverance’ with Christopher Dickey

Film: Deliverance (R) Year: 1972 Writer: James Dickey Director: John Boorman Starring: Burt Reynolds as Lewis John Voight as Ed Ned Beatty as Bobby Ronny Cox as Drew     By: Gurn Blanston Memories: There are a few things that pop into most people’s heads when you mention the movie Deliverance: Dueling Banjos, inbred hillbillies, squealing [...]

‘Vision Quest’ with its author Terry Davis

Film: Vision Quest Rated: R Directed by: Harold Becker Written by: Terry Davis (novel), Daryll Ponicsan (screenplay) Tagline: All he needed was a lucky break. Then one day she moved in. Starring: Matthew Modineas Louden Swain                    Linda Fiorentino as Carla                    Michael Schoeffling as Kutch                    Ronny Cox as Louden’s Dad By Rob R. [...]

‘Westworld’ featuring Jared Martin

Title: Westworld (1973) Rated: PG Director: Michael Crichton Writer: Michael Crichton Starring:  Yul Brynner as The Gunslinger                      James Brolin as John Blane                      Richard Benjamin as Peter Martin By Gurn Blanston Pre-screening memories: I first saw this movie at a matinee showing with my father in the mid 70’s. We had a tradition of [...]

‘The Warriors’ with cast member Irwin Keyes

Title: The Warriors (1979) Rated: R Directed by: Walter Hill Written by: David Shaber and Walter Hill                          Based on a novel by Sol Yurick Starring: Michael Beck as Swan                    James Remar as Ajax                    David Patrick Kelly as Luther                    Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Mercy                    Roger Hill as Cyrus Tagline: These are the [...]

Episode XL: ‘Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man’ (with actor Jordan Lund)

Title: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) Rated: R Directed by: Simon Wincer Written by: Don Michael Paul Starring: Mickey Rourke as Harley Davidson                    Don Johnson as The Marlboro Man                    Daniel Baldwin as Alexander                    Vanessa Williams as Lulu Daniels                   Tom Sizemore as Chance Wilder                    Jordan Lund as ‘The Stagecoach Driver’ [...]

‘Bachelor Party

Bachelor Party (1984) Director: Neal Israel Writers: Neal and Bob Israel (no pun intended… well, maybe by their parents) Starring:        Tom Hanks – Rick Gassko                       Tawney Kitaen – Debbie Thompson                       Adrian Zmed – Jay O’Neil                       Robert Prescott – Cole Whittier Tagline: Shocking, Shameless, Sinful, Wicked. And the party hasn’t even started. By: Gurn [...]

‘Tango & Cash’

Tango & Cash (1989) Rated: R Director: Andrei Konchalovsky Written by: Randy Feldman Starring :          Sylvester Stallone as Ray Tango                            Kurt Russel as Gabe Cash                            Teri Hatcher as Kiki Tango                            Jack Palance as Yves Perret Tagline: Two of L.A.’s top rival cops are going to work together… even if it kills them. [...]

‘Fire and Ice’

Fire and Ice (1983) Rated: R Director:          Ralph Bakshi Screenplay:      Roy Thomas                         Gerry Conway Characters:      Frank Fazetta                         Ralph Bakshi Tagline: “Heroic Fantasy Adventure!”   By Gurn Blanston   Pre-screening memories: The animated fantasy epic Fire and Ice was released in 1983 at a time when I had just [...]